Were Freemasons prevalent in the Old West? Bill Calloway Wilmington, Delaware Freemasons were common in the United States in the 19th century, so a...

Thomas Eidson’s book, adapted as The Missing, features a torture scene where Apaches sew a man into an animal skin and put it over a fire. The...

What happened to Tombstone Judge Wells Spicer? Nick R. Chilton Marion, Ohio Judge Wells Spicer—who presided at the inquest into the O.K. Corral...

Who was the greatest of the bank and train robbers? Dan Clutter Denison, Iowa I would have to go with Indian Territory outlaw Henry Starr, a...

Did Wyatt Earp ever drive or own a car? Jeff King Washington, D.C. True West has a photo of Wyatt Earp standing next to a car, what appears to be a...

The California Trail conjures up images of emigrants and gold seekers, mountain men and Mormons, as well as the hopefulness of new lands that...

There were no roads; no towns. The extreme summer heat and winter cold were almost unbearable. But from a former Civil War-ambulance pulled by four...

Who is Drew Thompson? That was the single thread of FX’s Justified’s fourth season, with a mystery structure carrying the episodes, rather than hard...

True West Magazine presented Forrest Fenn, whom Newsweek called a "real-life Indiana Jones," his True Westerner Award at an invitation-only gala...

To track the Horrell boys of Lampasas, Texas, you can follow the trail of dead—including their own. During their nearly six years raising hell in...