Our readers remind us of the variables and vagaries of historic truths, “well-established” facts, headlines and historical photographs. Who was...
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LIVE EVENT: Wild Bill Hickok The Skinny on the First Gunfight
If you love Westerns and classic gunfight in the street face offs, you can thank one guy: Wild Bill Hickock, the first gunfighter and the founder of...
Young Guns South of the Border
Six decades after the California Gold Rush, adventurous young men from around the world were still flooding the West seeking fame, fortune and, for...
American Plains Artists Special Summer Show Sponsored by Discover San Angelo
Coming to Fort Concho National Historic Landmark in San Angelo, Texas, the American Plains Artists Special Summer Show. Fifty new western paintings...
True West Embroidered Logo Apparel
New True West merchandise is here! Now in the Mercantile you can find True West embroidered logo apparel. Shop Hoodies Shop Sweatshirts...
The Future of Historic Photos?
Animating historic photos is an amazing new phenomena made possible through Artificial Intelligence. Check out this incredible YouTube video...
We Are the Land Sponsored by the University of California Press
We Are the Land, A History of Native California by Damon B. Akins and William J. Bauer Jr. "A welcome contribution to Native studies and the rich...
Blackhawk Museum Spirit of the Old West
Explore the history and way of life in the American frontier. The Spirit of the Old West Gallery weaves the story of the American West,...
Western Roundup: June 2021
Brian Lebel’s Old West Show & Auction June 25-27, 2021, Santa Fe, NM: A weekend dealer show and sale, along with an exciting, live/online...
What History has Taught Me: Rose Speirs
Rose Speirs, Communications Director, Deadwood History, Inc. Rose Speirs works for Deadwood History, Inc. in Deadwood, South Dakota. For her, it is...
The Great Chiefs
Their Courage Shaped a Nation "Resting here until day breaks and shadows fall and darkness disappears is Quanah Parker, the last chief of the...
Standing Tall
In September 1877, Red Cloud and Spotted Tail led a delegation of 10 Oglala, 10 Brulé and three Arapaho leaders to Washington, D.C. They...