The Arizona deputy sheriff lived a double life as a highwayman, gang leader and train robber. Burt Alvord wasn’t exactly a household name among...
The Curious Saga of the Outlaw Burt Alvord
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Top 12 Guns that Tamed the Wild West
True West considers these the most significant workhorses of the frontier. “The Gun That Won the West!” “Which gun was that?” you may ask,...
Shooting Back
Our readers remind us of the variables and vagaries of historic truths, “well-established” facts, headlines and historical photographs. Double-Take...
Truth Be Known
Old Vaquero Saying “Love is blind but not the neighbors.” Quotes “Pretty near all these stories are true.” —Wild Bill Hickok, hedging on the...
The Tom Jonas Map Quest
Here’s a behind-the-scenes look at what it took to get a map of the location of Doc Holliday’s Saloon in Las Vegas, New Mexico (“Classic Gunfights,”...
Armed and Courageous
Private Bill Foster wears his Arizona Ranger badge and holds the standard Ranger 1895 Winchester .30-40 lever-action rifle as he stands to the left...
What History Has Taught Me – Jim Arndt
Jim Arndt - Photographer and Author Award-winning New Mexico-based photographer Jim Arndt has been sought after for Western-style ad and...
Western Roundup – April 2021
SCOTTSDALE ART AUCTION Scottsdale, AZ, April 10: Over 350 lots of the finest in Western, wildlife and sporting paintings and sculptures will...
Freedom, Independence and Madness
In many photos of Buffalo Bill, his hats are turned up on the right side. Do you know the reason why so many Old West characters did this? Allen...
Exploring Buffalo Bill’s Wyoming
HIT THE ROAD AND DISCOVER THE GRAND HISTORY AND HERITAGE OF WILLIAM CODY ACROSS THE COWBOY STATE. Will Cody and his father stood on a...
Tracking the Texas Rangers
FOLLOW THE HISTORIC TRAILS OF THE LONE STAR LAWMAN THROUGH WEST TEXAS FROM SAN ANGELO TO EL PASO. “They are having a lively time in Tom Green...
Silver State Highways
ADVENTURES ACROSS THE STATE OF NEVADA LEAD TO HISTORIC SITES, OLD MINING TOWNS AND ENDLESS VISTAS. The Silver State is probably best known...