Standing Tall
Despite the pandemic, American Western towns remain strong and determined to be better than ever in 2021.
It’s reassuring to know that True Western Towns endure through the worst calamities. It happened more than a century ago during the Spanish Flu epidemic, and it’s happening now as the West resists and recovers from Covid-19.
The year 2020 was a harsh one for Western towns, as history buffs and other travelers largely stayed home to stay healthy. Tombstone’s board sid

True West February/March 2021
In This Issue:
Features
- Bass Reeves: The Invincible Lawman
- Classic Gunfights: A Deadly Duel at 500 Yards
- Was Wyatt Earp Really a Deputy U.S. Marshal?
- Man with a Badge
- Bass Reeves and Hollywood
- Top 10 True Western Towns of 2021
- Once And For All, Is The Lone Ranger Based on Bass Reeves?
- Wheels to Fortune
- Truth Be Known
- Opening Shot – A Mammoth Moment
Western Books & Movies
To The Point
Departments
- Boring History? Not the Way We Tell It
- Cowboy Guns for Self Defense?
- Classic Gunfights: A Deadly Duel at 500 Yards
- Forgotten Hero of Denali
- Ask the Marshall – Bat Masterson: Armed and Dangerous
- Western Roundup: Feb/March 2021
- The Thrifty Frontier Kitchen
- William Henry Jackson’s West
- What History Has Taught Me: L. J. Martin
- Lincoln: Prepare Ye the Way for the Horde
- Shooting Back