Phil Spangenberger 1940-2024 Last September 26, 2024, True West’s beloved Firearms Editor, Phil Spangenberger, died suddenly during a heart...
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Old Vaquero Sayings "Cerveza makes you feel like you ought to feel without cerveza." Quotes “Large numbers of strangers can cooperate...
Truth Be Known
Old Vaquero Sayings “There is a fine line between catching an outlaw and becoming one.” Quotes “Either write something worth reading or do...
Truth Be Known
Old Vaquero Sayings “We die twice; the first time when our hearts cease to beat; the second time when our stories cease to be told.” Quotes “Go...
Truth Be Known
Old Vaquero Sayings "Study the past if you want to know what the idiots are going to do next." Quotes “I travel not to go anywhere, but to go. I...
Truth Be Known
Old Vaquero Sayings “He who does not expect to win is already defeated.” Quotes “An idealist is one who, on noticing that a rose...
Into the Heart of the West
Make your plans, pack your bags and head out for a Western adventure of a lifetime! Whether you live in rural North Dakota or urban Texas, an annual...
Pioneer Pets
Dogs and cats are as Western as six-guns and Stetsons—and a lot more lovable. In the Old West, dogs were common—and necessary. Cats, not at first,...
Mountain Men, Grizzlies and Christmas
For 70 years, stories about legendary fur trappers have been editorial mainstays, but on the cover, they’re a rare gift to readers. Since 1953, True...
U.S. Marshals, Oklahoma and Wild Bill
For 70 years, Western law and order history has been popularized by True West’s editors. From Joe Small’s first issue in the summer of 1953 to the...
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Old Vaquero Sayings “The devil knows more by being old than by being the devil.” Quotes “Not what we say about our blessings, but how we use...
Tombstone: A Reckoning
Thirty years after the popular film’s release, it might be the most influential Western of all time. In 1993, Walt Disney’s Hollywood...