This was a film that I’ve been dreaming of making for 30-some-odd years,” Kiefer Sutherland told the audience when Forsaken premiered at the Autry...
Silent Film Actors were Tough
No matter how farfetched those silent movies featuring those hard riders of the silver screen; many of the actors including Tom Mix, Ken Maynard,...
Digging Billy the Kid
Several years ago, a debate over whether New Mexico’s Fort Sumner is actually the final resting place of the state’s most famous outlaw spilled over...
How do today’s cowboy boots compare to those of the Old West?
How do today’s cowboy boots compare to those of the Old West? Ray Burden Beckenham, Kent, England Cowboy boots today are quite similar to those worn...
A True West Writer’s 40-Year Journey
During June 1959, when I was one month shy of turning 15, I noticed a Western magazine on a newsstand called True West. Several other Western...
Judge Charlie Meyer
Many frontier towns had no official judge and usually a man respected for his knowledge would be asked to arbitrate disputes between two parties. If...
Virginia Chow-Chow
One of the favorite condiments of the Old West was chow-chow, a spicy vegetable mixture. This recipe shows why it was so tasty and so popular. Chop,...
A Blast at the Tucson Train Station
On March 20, 1882, Wyatt Earp gave Frank Stilwell a shotgun send-off. Doc Holliday and others added their two cents. Stilwell’s body, found the next...
A Good Gun and a Trusty Horse
Throughout history, the horse has been known as “Man’s Noblest Companion.” Alexander the Great had Bucephalus, Marengo was Napolean’s favorite...
A Few Quotations We Shouldn’t Forget
“Leave me alone and let me go to hell by my own route!” Famous almost-last words of Calamity Jane shortly before her death in Deadwood, South...
A Song for the Good Times
Myles Keogh was a soldier of fortune, an Irishman who fought for the papal army in Italy and later the Union in the Civil War. He’s best known for...
The Revenant Takes Home Oscars
Leonardo DiCaprio took on his stiffest test yet, emoting most of his character through actions rather than words, in Director Alejandro González...