This place has always been majestic, awe-inspiring and dangerous. The people who came here, and continue to arrive, are strivers, connivers and...
The Outrageous History of Arizona
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True West’s Best of the West 2012 Winners
Here are the winners of our "2012 Best of the West." Sit back and see if your pick made the list. BEST PHOTOGRAPHER OF THE WEST Jay Dusard Jay...
Keeping New Mexico’s Pueblo Culture Alive
The Phillips family always loved their annual summer trip to Santa Fe from their California home in the 1950s and ’60s. In the Hopi land of northern...
Butch & Sundance—and Rolla
The old Bob Seger song claimed that Rock ‘n’ Roll never forgets. History does, all too often. Take the case of Clement Rolla Glass, who died too...
Mountain Man Grub vs the Forts’
“Our journey on will be still more difficult, on account of food. In a few days from this place, buffalo cease entirely, and no game is to be found...
Not-So-True True Grit
Four riders surrounded the Texas Ranger, LaBoeuf (Matt Damon). Suddenly, the horseman on the Ranger’s left threw a lasso over his shoulders and...
November/December 2011 Events
A Western roundup of events where you can experience the Old West. Michael Martin Murphey’s Cowboy Christmas Ball Oklahoma City, OK, December 16:...
Ponchos Ride Again
“Is that a real poncho?… I mean, is that a Mexican poncho or is that a Sears poncho?” —”Camarillo Brillo” by Frank Zappa In one of the few tender...
In one C.S. Fly photograph, Geronimo holds two long sticks in his left hand. Would these be tamping rods for the rifle he’s holding?
In one C.S. Fly photograph, Geronimo holds two long sticks in his left hand. Would these be tamping rods for the rifle he’s holding? Lanny Tucker...
I own an Old West poker chip with the imprint of a crescent and star. Is it true that was the mark for the Acme Saloon in El Paso, where John Wesley Hardin was killed?
I own an Old West poker chip with the imprint of a crescent and star. Is it true that was the mark for the Acme Saloon in El Paso, where John Wesley...
Why is Arizona’s Zane Grey Highway also called the General Crook Trail?
Why is Arizona’s Zane Grey Highway also called the General Crook Trail? Angela Young Phoenix, Arizona Rim County historian Jayne Peace Pyle says...
During our recent trip to Wyoming’s Fort Laramie, our tour guide told us that when Union troops left Indian Territory forts to serve in the Civil War, the Union sent more than 6,000 Confederate captives to man the forts. Is that correct?
During our recent trip to Wyoming’s Fort Laramie, our tour guide told us that when Union troops left Indian Territory forts to serve in the Civil...