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Cody, Wyoming
The town is expecting an economic boost from Yellowstone National Park mania. As a gateway town 50 miles from Yellowstone National...
The Unsinkable Raquel Welch
The groundbreaking star left a legacy of courage in Western films. "I’m glad you’re writing about Raquel Welch because she shouldn’t be forgotten....
East vs. West
H.W. Brand’s major new dual biography of Geronimo and Sherman, plus a new history of Western prostitution, a pair of classic Westerns and a new...
Alchemists of the Vine
California’s grape growers discovered a gold mine in distilling aged brandy. Until the mid-1800s mission grapes were the primary wine-making grape...
The Bozeman Trail
A journey on the historic route goes through the heart of traditional Lakota and Cheyenne hunting areas. Long before John Jacobs and John...
Vera’s Life in the Circus was a Zoo
Her $10 greenhorn mistake didn’t help. The first time Vera McGinnis entered the Big Top at Madison Square Garden in New York City, she looked like a...
The Tunnel Saloon Fight
Pete Gabriel vs Former Deputy Joe Phy A Miraculous Recovery MAY 31, 1888 Pete Gabriel, accompanied by his friend Mike Rice, leaves in...
The Bandit Bard
How the English-born, Civil War veteran’s career as America’s most prolific poet-stagecoach robber began on the backroads of California’s gold...
Don’t Bet Against a Sporting Girl
How soiled doves tried to beat the odds against hypocrisy and politicians For several decades, Hollywood has had a fine time portraying...
Hey, Bartender!
Set'em up and pass'em down! 216 authentic Old West Saloons and Bars you need to visit before they are gone. With swinging doors and wooden floors,...
Swinging Doors, Dance Hall Girls and Whiskey
For seven decades, True West has celebrated the historic saloon in fact and fiction. When True West’s founder Joe Small published his first issue of...