“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...

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 summers ago writer-producer Andrew J. Fenady was working with actor-writer Nick Adams on producing the series they co-created, The Rebel:...

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...

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...

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...

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...

One of the West's bigger than life characters was Jim Bridger—mountain man, trapper, scout, guide, storyteller. Bridger married three times—all...

On September 17th, 1868 Colonel Sandy Forsythe’s band of scouts found themselves surrounded by several hundred Cheyenne Dog Soldiers led chief Roman...

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...

David Crockett tried to live down the reputation of his kinsman and namesake of Alamo fame. This Crockett was in a Cimarron, NM bar—very drunk—when...

Mexican Revolution leader Pancho Villa knew the value of good publicity. Mutual Film Corporation knew the potential profits of silver screen war. So...