Several people tried to help Wyatt Earp tell his life story, but nothing came of it. That changed after his death in 1929. With the publication of...
The Explosion
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John Ford- True to Hollywood
Legendary director John Ford considered himself a student of history—especially Old West history. And he often told people how Wyatt Earp gave him...
A Pioneer Paradise
When pioneers settled on Kanab Creek in the late 1850s, they faced hostile Navajo, Paiute and Hopi Indians. Several attempts at settlement ended in...
Kosterlitzky: The Mailed Fist of Mexico
Perhaps nowhere in the annals of the wild border countey was there a more improbable character than Emilio Kosterlitzky. The son of a Russian...
Ranger with Attitude
In his sixth Ranger-related book, Whiskey River Ranger: The Old West Life of Baz Outlaw (University of North Texas, $34.95) retired U.S. Treasury...
John Bozeman’s Legacy
John Bozeman did a lot in his short life—and left a legacy that carries his name today. He was just 25 when he hit the Montana gold fields in 1862....
An Audacious Adventure
Wilson Price Hunt set out from St. Louis in early summer 1811 with a company of 56 men, an Indian woman, Marie Dorion, and her two children. He...
Ask the Marshall
Robert Garcia Phoenix, Arizona True. The blood ritual has been around for centuries in the Americas, Europe and Asia. It comes in many forms, but...
What History Has Taught Me
Award-winning author Craig Johnson, who lives in Ucross, Wyoming, with his wife, Judy, spoke with True West at this year’s Western Writers of...
The Duke and Dollor
John Wayne may or may not have liked horses, but he did have a favorite in his later years. The sorrel gelding was called Dollor—no “a”--and it was...
Branding Cattle: The XXX
The rangeland of Arizona had pretty strict ideas when it came to stealing livestock yet it can’t be denied that a lot of cow outfits got...
Western Events for October 2016
Western roundup of events where you can experience the Old West! ART SHOWS CONFLUENCE OF CULTURES IN THE AMERICAN WEST: A SELECTION OF CONTEMPORARY...