The men and women of the Old West are among the most cherished figures in Americana—the symbols of the making of a country and of hard work, honest...
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Don’t Miss the Party Train
We know the train was a major player in the settling of the Old West. We know it’s a romantic and wonderful way to travel—just ask anyone why they...
A Half-Breed Son-of-a-Basque
Like two horses harnessed together, the West of change and the West of complexity alternatively gallop and prance, slip and stumble,” writes Richard...
Zebulon Pike’s Wandering Explorations
I guess you could say Zebulon Pike made a grand circle tour in 1806-07, although that wasn’t his intention when he set out on a reconnaissance of...
Zebulon Pike’s Wandering Explorations
I guess you could say Zebulon Pike made a grand circle tour in 1806-07, although that wasn’t his intention when he set out on a reconnaissance of...
Corrida de Toros
Which is the more aggressive and dominant animal—a Mexican fighting bull (toro) or an American buffalo? Scotty Philip, a cattle trader well known...
Cowboys & Indians
The Cherokee Kid is the most famous cowboy Indian known today. His real name was Will Rogers, and he was born in 1879 on a cattle ranch in the...
On a Mission in San Antone
Dressed in cowboy hat and boots, I’m walking across the San Antonio Missions Visitors Center parking lot with my four-year-old son when a docent...
Top 10 Western Meals to Eat
Out of work cowhands used to ride the grub line, which is pretty much what I do for a living. ’Cause I like to eat. And a body can find a whole lot...
What the Brits are Doing for the West
As any reader of True West knows, interest in the Old West is worldwide—people love reading about the Earps and Custer, Billy the Kid and Geronimo...
Discovering Natural Horsemanship
This is the story of a writer’s journey that turns to admiration and respect, sharing one man’s curiosity with horses and what he learned along the...
Beyond the Missouri
Richard Etulain is best known as a scholar for his expertise in the cultural and intellectual—and, especially, literary—history of the American...