That the train would inspire the world’s first narrative film, Edwin S. Porter’s 1903 Western The Great Train Robbery, makes complete sense to us....
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Mr. Hornaday’s War
When he appears in history, William Temple Hornaday almost always shows up in sentences that include names like Teddy Roosevelt or Gifford Pinchot....
July 2012 Events
A Western roundup of events where you can experience the Old West. ADVENTURE Kit Carson Wagon Train Monte Vista, CO, July 25-28: Named after...
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June 2012 Events
A Western roundup of events where you can experience the Old West. ADVENTURE Range Creek Archaeology Trip Price, UT, June 16-17: Learn about the...
Western Movie Hotels
Parry Lodge (Kanab, UT): After working on the Tom Mix feature Deadwood Coach, the Parry brothers built this hotel in 1931 to feed and house movie...
Tom Mix: The First Western Superstar
Tom Mix began his career with the 101 Ranch Wild West Show. From 1910-1917, he was bouncing all over the West, filming two-reelers in small towns...
Making A Character Hat
For every Roy Rogers, Gene Autry or James Arness in their perfectly blocked, spotless hero hats, there is a Gabby Hayes, Slim Pickens or Ken Curtis...
You on the SET!
With Johnny Depp riding around New Mexico this summer for Disney’s Lone Ranger—in and around Albuquerque, Santa Fe, Shiprock and other locales—we...
May 2012 Events
A Western roundup of events where you can experience the Old West. New Mexico History MuseumCentennial Exhibits Santa Fe, NM: Learn about the first...
Roger Archibald
“Is that pencil?” mocks Western artist and Arizona native Roger Archibald. When people’s eyes first fall upon his black-and-white depictions of...
Arizona: Celebration of the Grand Canyon State
The Maynard Dixon cover is not the only reason to love this new Arizona book. Jim Turner’s family moved to Tucson, Arizona, in 1951, to cure his...
Top 10 True Western Towns of 2012
True West Magazine’s annual award given to towns that have made an important contribution to preserving their pasts and to sharing their town’s...