Three historians slice and dice what actually happened in one of the greatest manhunts in American history. We have decided to run all of the...
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Our Gang
Meet the staff behind True West Magazine! (Pictured above) Lynda A. Sánchez, Age 6, 1951 Lynda is shown working with her father, Joe Carithers, on a...
65 Years & Counting!
I have dedicated a good part of my life to seeking the truth about all the Old West characters, places and incidents covered in the pages of True...
Doc’s Diet
True West caught up with Dennis Quaid who will serve as Grand Marshal of the Doc Holli-Days parade in Tombstone, Arizona, this August 11. Nearly 25...
Studio Props?
Our February issue sharing how history should view Chatto, in John Sandifer’s “Apache Traitor or Hero?” article, has sparked an interesting...
True West’s Best of the West 2018
In True West’s 65th anniversary year, the magazine is proud to announce the 2018 Best of the West winners! Since 1953, this pictorial publication...
The Revenant Takes Home Oscars
Leonardo DiCaprio took on his stiffest test yet, emoting most of his character through actions rather than words, in Director Alejandro González...
Billy the Kid Experts Weigh in on the Croquet Photo
Click here for the rebuttal from Jeff Aiello, Co-Executive Producer of the upcoming documentary Billy The Kid: New Evidence The juggernaut of...
CRITERION AND MR. FORD
“I knew Wyatt Earp...I was an assistant prop boy then...and he told me about the fight at the O.K. Corral.” John Ford’s statement to Peter...
True West’s Best Heritage Travel for 2015
In 1840, trapper Joseph Meek led the first emigrant wagons over the Oregon Trail from Fort Hall to Fort Walla Walla in the Oregon Territory. Today,...
The 100 Best Historical Photos of the American Indian
Alfred Jacob Miller, George Catlin, John Mix Stanley and Karl Bodmer’s romantic illustrations of America’s frontier Indians were matchless...
True West’s Best Western Wear for 2015
John B. Stetson set up shop in 1865 in Philadelphia and began selling his “Boss of the Plains” Stetson hat he had invented while living out West,...