Climax Jim was the darling of the Arizona press during the late 1890s. He rose to fame thanks to the fertile imaginations of the old-timers who knew...

Climax Jim was the darling of the Arizona press during the late 1890s. He rose to fame thanks to the fertile imaginations of the old-timers who knew...
Dating to ancient times, commanders have wrestled with communications over distances and under combat conditions. The flashing shield, drums or...
True West is setting out on a mission to help you find the best books, on a multitude of subjects, that depict this great frontier era in American...
The rugged country on the west side of the Teton Range, between Yellowstone and Grand Teton National Parks, is a wilderness area named for Jedediah...
Date Unknown, 1876 While en route from Arizona back to Texas, cattleman John Slaughter is holding his herd of cattle at John Chisum’s South Spring...
We are rough men and used to rough ways,” said Bob Younger, after he was captured for his role in the foiled bank raid in Northfield, Minnesota....
This is the story of a gun, a handgun that appears to have belonged to Billy the Kid....
Abraham Lincoln created the Arizona Territory in 1863, separating the future 48th state from the Territory of New Mexico. Fort Whipple, near what is...
When Larry McMurtry’s Lonesome Dove was published in 1985, virtually every review included the term “epic.” “Deeply affecting” was a close second in...
This new Duke collection features Red River, The Alamo, The Comancheros, The Horse Soldiers, The Undefeated, The Big Trail and North to Alaska,...
I fell in love with the West when I first saw a Roy Rogers and Dale Evans Western at the Ritz Theatre in my hometown, Shelbyville, Indiana....
Award-winning author Matthew P. Mayo continues his popular “Grittiest Moments” series with Sourdoughs, Claim Jumpers & Dry Gulchers. Mayo takes...