As we begin a new calendar year of publishing, I am hopeful for a big year in Western history, culture and biography publishing. Here are three books being released in January and February I highly recommend:
In 1869, the first transcontinental railroad was completed, which gave rise to the great era of railroads, engineering, construction and labor. Historian Jack Kelly’s latest big b

True West February 2019
In This Issue:
Features
Western Books & Movies
To The Point
Departments
- Women of the Alamo
- Who Was Allowed to Wear Feathered Bonnets and What Did They Signify?
- What History Has Taught Me: Alan Rockman
- What Can You Tell Me About Wild Bunch Associate Laura Bullion?
- Grand Canyon’s Grand Meals
- Western Events for February 2019
- Oregon at 160
- Fire Engulfs Paramount Western Ranch
- Battle of the Plaza
- Hollywood’s Six-gun Fakery
- Were any Arizona Rangers Involved in Gunfights in Mexico?
- A Noose and a Scoop
- The Oatman Party was near Arizona’s Painted Rock Petroglyph Site when they were Massacred in 1851. Could that have been a Factor in the Attack?
- What Were Frontier Dentists Able to Do Medically Besides Pull Teeth and Make Primitive Dentures?