A broken wagon spoke deserves all the credit. Think about it. Needing to repair their wagon, Eastern artists Bert Geer Phillips and Ernest Leonard...

They say that in the 1870s, native grass grew stirrup high in Sulphur Springs Valley. True or not, ranchers flocked to southeastern Arizona. So did...

Of Grave Concern: An Ophelia Wylde Paranormal Mystery) is another masterful tale by Max McCoy. He creates a gripping story as he blends the rugged...

  By his own account, Joe Grandee admits his first cover submission to True West was rejected. The editor told him it was historically...

These days, fans of Western American art should feel a bit like kids let loose in a candy store. The opportunities to enjoy fine Western art have...

What is Stuart Lake’s middle name? John Brooks Rock Island, Illinois The middle name of the author of the acclaimed Wyatt Earp: Frontier Marshal is...

What information do you have on that old cowboy staple, coffee? Cindy Smith Cartersville, Georgia Long before Gunsmoke’s Matt Dillon, Chester Goode...

What happened to Etta Place? Kathy Craney Drexel Hill, Pennsylvania Etta (Ethel) Place, girlfriend of Harry A. Longabaugh, a.k.a. the Sundance Kid,...

The June issue shows Doc Holliday’s tombstone in the Linwood Cemetery in Glenwood Springs, Colorado. Is that his real burial spot? Harry Thomas...

How common was postmortem photography in the Old West? Ted Mulligen Massapequa, New York We’re all familiar with those famous photos of dead outlaws...