More than half of the gatherings of mountain men and fur trade caravans took place in Wyoming, including the first one in 1825 along the Henry’s...
On the Road to Rendezvous
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Articles
What History Has Taught Me: Tom Kramer
Tom Kramer Tom Kramer was born and raised in Missouri but headed west to Hollywood at age 19. He is a three-time Emmy nominee and Writers Guild of...
Gunfighters, Vigilantes and the Duke
How many times did John Wayne’s character die in his Westerns? Jimmy Garcia San Antonio, Texas John Wayne’s characters died in only three Westerns,...
The Mountain Man’s Ace in the Hole!
In the discussion of firearms of the fur trade era, handguns are usually given a back seat and are seldom mentioned in any detail. In reality,...
All That Glitters is Not Gold
"All that glitters is not gold” is a phrase that has been used by everyone from Shakespeare to Neil Young. Had either of them been at Brian Lebel’s...
The Lost Chronicles of Harrison Rogers
Jedediah Smith is considered one of the great Western explorers, blazing trails from Missouri to California in the 1820s. He was the first to enter...
Shooting Back
Killer Kids Oh, the troubled faces of these killer kids on the cover of the current issue of True West reflect the horror and madness of war. You...
Walk Where They Walked
In this issue of True West we are launching a new history campaign—actually more of a crusade—to Walk Where They Walked. We are going to encourage...
Truth Be Known
Old Vaquero Sayings "Cerveza makes you feel like you ought to feel without cerveza." Quotes “Large numbers of strangers can cooperate...
Yellowstone River
Photographer Evelyn Cameron (above with her Graflex camera) captured these images of the XIT herd swimming the Yellowstone River near Fallon,...
What History Has Taught Me with Rob Word
Rob Word, Western Filmmaker and Historian As one of the founding fathers and producer of the Motion Picture and Television Fund’s prestigious Golden...
Little Joe, Boot Hill and Doc Holliday
Are Billy Clanton and the McLaury brothers really buried where the markers are placed at Tombstone’s Boothill Graveyard? James Carroll (San Antonio,...