Meghan Saar

Meghan Saar is the editor of True West, the world’s oldest, continuously published Western Americana magazine. She has worked in niche publication content development since 2002, and she has a B.S. in Journalism and Creative Writing from the University of Arizona—Tucson.

Custer’s Last Strand Custer scholars and buffs find treasures among Glen Swanson’s Battle of the Little Big Horn relics.

Custer’s Last Strand” made news around the nation after links of the controversial cavalry commander’s curly blond hair …

The Shadow Catcher Endures Why everyone loves/hates the Edward Curtis Indians.

Everyone loves the Edward Curtis Indians,” Sioux scholar Vine Deloria Jr. famously declared in the introduction for Chr…

An Artist’s Artist Mandan warrior Four Bears captivated Old West artists through the power of his own art.

Mandan warrior Four Bears has been praised for his artistic genius, which may explain why artists of the Old West have f…

Romance and the Buffalo Hunt The lady Charles M. Russell would wed improved his study and treatment of frontier buffalo hunts.

Nancy Cooper clearly fired up Charles M. Russell’s imagination when they met in 1895 (a year later, 32-year-old Charlie …

Private Eye Cowboy? A Texan’s First Generation Colt sold with a badge tied to a nationwide detective agency.

Born on November 3, 1877, in Hillsboro, Texas, Laney Thomas Cathey was four when the railroad arrived. His relatives bel…

Monkey Business A million-dollar sale at Brian Lebel’s proves collecting the Old West attracts more wealth than a monkey riding a goat.

A half-scale saddle that advertised Buffalo Bill’s Wild West act of a monkey riding a goat was among the top historical …

Meghan Saar

Custer’s Last Strand Custer scholars and buffs find treasures among Glen Swanson’s Battle of the Little Big Horn relics.

The Shadow Catcher Endures Why everyone loves/hates the Edward Curtis Indians.

An Artist’s Artist Mandan warrior Four Bears captivated Old West artists through the power of his own art.

Romance and the Buffalo Hunt The lady Charles M. Russell would wed improved his study and treatment of frontier buffalo hunts.

Private Eye Cowboy? A Texan’s First Generation Colt sold with a badge tied to a nationwide detective agency.

Monkey Business A million-dollar sale at Brian Lebel’s proves collecting the Old West attracts more wealth than a monkey riding a goat.

A Plague of Flea Market Billys Another alleged Billy the Kid tintype finds a new worldwide audience.

Big Year for Custer Guns Roughly three quarter of a million dollars earned on three Custer-era firearms.

An Enduring Everyman Hero Tom Petty: 1950-2017.

Blessed Booze A whiskey salesman and a Presbyterian pastor liven up the American History sale at Cowan’s Auctions.