The legendary Montana cowboy is well known for his cowboy art, but he was also quite funny and sometimes ribald (some would say scandalous!). Here...
Charlie Russell The Humorist
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The Legendary Four Sixes Ranch
The ranch was founded 155 years ago by men and women who are as mythical as they are real. Ranching has always been something of a...
Yellowstone Cowboys
The real story of Teddy Blue and how he became Montana’s greatest cowboy. “We all got well lit up and went to a hot show on Blake Street,” wrote...
Cowboys Rule!
Working cowboys and cattle drives have dominated the covers of True West for 70 years. Did True West’s founder Joe Small have a soft spot in his...
Under Western Skies
The annual Scottsdale Art Auction was a tour de force of classic and contemporary art of the West. All Images Courtesy Scottsdale Art Auction...
If You Thought Dude Ranching Days Were Over….
Montana’s original wants to set you straight. It’s a fair guess that “the man who put ‘dude’ in dude ranching” would be pleased. Although he’s long...
The Indians and the Jesuit
Father de Smet built the first permanent settlement in Montana. It took the Salish Indians of Montana nearly three decades to acquire a Catholic...
Shooting Back
Our readers remind us of the variables and vagaries of historic truths, “well-established” facts, headlines and historical photographs. Historic...
They Showed me a Good Time
Last May I had the privilege of visiting a whole slew of Jesse James history sites in the great state of Missouri. Thanks to the knowledge and...
Truth Be Known
Old Vaquero Sayings “Before you give up, think of the reason you held on so long.” Quotes “My favorite state has not yet been invented. It will be...
Yosemite Village
In 1867, photographer Eadweard J. Muybridge traveled with his large-format camera to Mariposa, California, to photograph Yosemite. During the trip,...
What History Has Taught Me with Mike Cox
Journalist, Author, Historian Mike Cox is the author of more than 40 nonfiction books—including five on the Texas Rangers. In 2022 he was listed in...