There’s been many a young man or woman who dreamed of climbing into a time machine and transporting themselves back to the days when the West was wild and free. That raises the question, how much dinero would it take to equip one’s self.
One didn’t need an outfit to go west and become a cowboy. Some adventure-seeking youngsters headed west afoot with little more than the clothes they wore. Take for exa

True West March/April 2025
In This Issue:
Western Books & Movies
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- Truth Be Known
- What Has Taught Me: Deb Goodrich
- Earp, Cowboy Songs & Prairie Hygiene
- Trails of the Old West
- The Frontier Characters of South Dakota
- The Bowie Knife
- The Kindled Flame 1835
- King of the Scatterguns
- Selling the Mythic West and the Real West
- A Gut Punch Turns into a Miracle Reprieve
- The Beginnings of the Bird Cage
- Frontier Colossus