What event marked the end of the Old West?
Daniel Proctor (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
That’s hard to say precisely because the Old West covered thousands of square miles. Stagecoaches were still hauling passengers in remote parts of Arizona into the 1920s. The Arizona Rangers were still breaking up gangs of rustlers in early 1900, as were the Texas and New Mexico Rangers. There are areas in the West including parts of the Dakotas, Montana, Wyoming, Nevada, Utah, Colorado, Idaho, Arizona,

True West July/August 2021
In This Issue:
Features
Western Books & Movies
To The Point
Departments
- Western Roundup: July/August 2021
- The Trails and Tales of the Old West Go on Forever
- What History Has Taught Me: Ronnie Dunn
- Medora, North Dakota
- Magical Mezcal
- True Grit
- The Kid’s First Kill
- The 1841 “Mississippi” Rifle
- The West’s First Preservationist Will Surprise You
- Great Danger Rests on the Town! God Save Us!
- Shooting Back