The old saw about guns that “won the West” may be overstated, yet undoubtedly, armament did play a major role in frontie…
Cowan’s Auction The respected name gets a new twist.
Regular viewers of PBS readily recognize Wes Cowan from Antiques Road Show and History Detectives. Back in the late 1970…
Seminole Scouts These brave men overcame slavery, prejudice and exile to return and serve honorably during the U.S. Army’s Indian Wars in the American Southwest.
These black scouts were descendants of runaways fleeing enslavement by whites. They sought refuge in Florida in the lat…
The Western Auction of the Year The Robert G. McCubbin Collection goes under the gavel in the most anticipated Old West collector’s event since the sale of the Billy the Kid tintype.
Would Billy the Kid’s blade pass the million-dollar mark? In True West’s January 2019 issue the long-awaited Brian Lebel…
Building Your Western Library: John Langellier Army historian shares his passion.
John Langellier moved to Arizona as a child. From then on his fascination with the West, particularly with the U.S. Army…
Westward from the White House Review of Glenda Riley and Richard Etulains’ Presidents Who Shaped the American West.
Glenda Riley and Richard Etulains’ Presidents Who Shaped the American West is a highly satisfying narrative spanning two…
From Frontier Soldier to Peacemaking President U.S. Grant and the West.
On March 4, 1869, a rather unlikely candidate took his oath of office as the eighteenth president of the United States. …
Sand Creek Complexity Review of Gregory F. Michno's The Three Battles of Sand Creek.
Sand Creek, like Little Bighorn or Wounded Knee, serves as a lightning rod evoking polemic responses. Gregory F. Michno …
Modernization of Mexico’s Army Review of Stephen B. Neufeld’s The Blood Contingent
Stephen B. Neufeld’s The Blood Contingent: The Military and the Making of Modern Mexico, 1876-1911 (University of New Me…
Johnny Lingo: Tis the Season
Celebrating Christmas in today’s American West essentially follows similar trends found around the country. One notable …