Looking for a great summer destination out West? Prescott, Arizona’s original territorial capital should be on your bucket list. Visitors should...
John Hance
In the old days they used to say that anyone who visited the Grand Canyon and didn’t meet the great yarnspinner, Captain John Hance had missed an...
Poker Alice
“I would rather play poker with five or six 'experts' than eat.” That's what Alice Ivers Tubbs said. She was better know as Poker Alice, the most...
The Talents of Thomas Fitch
Thomas Fitch was a man of many talents.He wrote for several newspapers and edited a young Mark Twain in Nevada. He was a politician, serving in the...
Fifty-Five Years The Rebel: Johnny Yuma in Production
Fifty-five summers ago writer-producer Andrew J. Fenady was working with actor-writer Nick Adams on producing the series they co-created, The Rebel:...
Señora Doña Maria Luz Corral de Villa
Doña Luz wasn’t the only woman in his life, nor even the only woman who claimed to be his wife. But the striking blue-eyed peasant woman was the...
Red Ghost
Just prior to the outbreak of the Civil War the storied Army Corps of Topographical Engineers used camels as beasts of burden during their survey of...
A Whole Lotta Lola
One of the great joys of writing for a magazine like True West are the passionate and curious readers. At least twice a week, a package of...
Presidential Bovine
Her name was Pauline Wayne. She weighed 1,500 pounds. She was black and white. She produced a remarkable 8 gallons of milk a day—25 percent more...
You Tell ’em Jim!
One of the West's bigger than life characters was Jim Bridger—mountain man, trapper, scout, guide, storyteller. Bridger married three times—all...
Comanche Jack Stilwell
On September 17th, 1868 Colonel Sandy Forsythe’s band of scouts found themselves surrounded by several hundred Cheyenne Dog Soldiers led chief Roman...
Western State of Mind: Lubbock, Texas
Known as the “Hub City” because it is the crossroads of culture, economy and education of the Southern Plains of West Texas, Lubbock, Texas is a...