Billy the Kid is best known for his time in New Mexico, but did he also spend time in Arizona? Jim Hanson Tempe, Arizona Henry McCarty visited...
Berkley: The Gila Wars by Larry D. Sweazy (May); Hell’s Angel by Peter Brandvold (June); The Reluctant Pinkerton by Robert J. Randisi (July); The...
Greenwood Publishing Group: The Civil War and the West by Carol L. Higham (September). Hill and Wang: Wyatt Earp: A Vigilante Life by Andrew...
I’m looking forward to the next chapter of the Mexican Revolution by two authors who have covered this history splendidly, The Plan de San Diego:...
I typically encourage people to preserve properties, but four years ago, when True West asked my advice on nominating the Pinal City Cemetery to...
Pretty much everyone in the art world knows the name Charlie Russell, but not so much John Norval Marchand, even though he is the artist who...
Trails across the West in the mid-1800s crisscrossed Indian lands, often displacing the people who had been living on the land for generations. The...
August 19, 1884 Broke, sick and usually drunk, Doc Holliday hits rock bottom in Leadville, Colorado. Today, a fellow gambler, Billy Allen, is...
“Doc Holliday...He Died in Bed.” Wow, who knew this deathbed twist would jolt True West’s Facebook fans to generate the first major top-rated feed...
Who was the first man killed by Billy the Kid? Allen Fossenkemper Fountain Hills, Arizona The story goes that Frank “Windy” Cahill, a civilian...
Who was Tombstone cowboy Frank Patterson? Alan Patterson Bisbee, Arizona Frank Patterson isn’t as well known as some of his pals, but he was around...
What is a “grass widow?” Brad Peters, Phoenix, Arizona Grass widow is a term dating back several hundred years. Originally, it could have referred...