Italy had its banditti, Spain and Mexico their banditos. But when Americans sought a synonym for the clumsy “tycoon,” they reached all the way back...

Italy had its banditti, Spain and Mexico their banditos. But when Americans sought a synonym for the clumsy “tycoon,” they reached all the way back...
John Wayne liked J.R.R. Tolkien. That’s a fact in Scott Eyman’s new biography John Wayne: The Life and Legend. Where other biographers have...
Will Bagley, today’s most knowledgeable historian of the overland trails experience, has focused his narrative expertise on the most important point...
For over half a century, author Larry McMurtry has brought the West alive to readers through his lean, lyrical prose. His personal experiences...
The stars fill the dark sky. The night is deadly cold in the winter of 1872. Near Cape Nome, Alaska, the dead are seen trying to return to this...
True giants don’t need to declare themselves, they just are, and William Blinn, the quiet man from Ohio, is a true giant. Blinn has a talent for...
A Western roundup of events where you can experience the Old West. ANIMAL ADOPTIONS Miles City Bucking Horse Sale Miles City, MT, May 15-18: Watch...
Arizona State University Regents’ Professor of History (Emeritus) Peter Iverson has written for decades about the West. Although officially retired,...
In True West’s annual “Best of the West” January 2014 issue, I highlighted the best authors and books of 2013. A new category I’d like to introduce...
The U.S. Army’s sidearm of choice from 1873 to 1892, the Colt.45 single action Army revolver, found new fans when Marshal Matt Dillon, played by...
Emma Cowan awoke early the morning of August 24, 1877, to the sound of strange voices coming from outside the tent she shared with husband George on...
In most everyone’s life comes a moment or event that provides the catalyst to their future. In my case, that event was the 1954 TV airing of...