TRUE WEST AT 70 The very first issue of True West magazine appeared during April 1953 when this writer was eight years old (I would turn nine three...
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Western Cavalry Training
True West’s Firearms Editor Phil Spangenberger was asked to share with us 10 significant photos of the Old West. His nine other photos and...
Western Roundup: December 2022
Prescott Courthouse Parade & Lighting Prescott, AZ, December 3: This event is festive and fun for the entire family. Parade begins at 1 p.m. and...
What History Has Taught Me: Paul Hedrick
Tecovas’ Founder Paul Hedrick Paul Hedrick is an Austin-based entrepreneur and founder of Tecovas, a retail brand whose mission is to build the most...
Shooting Back
Our readers remind us of the variables and vagaries of historic truths, “well-established” facts, headlines and historical photographs. The Revenge...
Safe Crossing
The Little Colorado River starts high on the slopes of Mount Baldy in the White Mountains of Eastern Arizona and flows north across the Colorado...
The Irish Singer Sponsored by Chuck Pinnell
Composer Chuck Pinnell makes his literary debut with The Irish Singer, inspired by his West Texas childhood and family trips to southern New...
Shooting Back
Our readers remind us of the variables and vagaries of historic truths, “well-established” facts, headlines and historical photographs. The Oklahoma...
What History Has Taught Me: Patrick Dearen
Author, Historian, Journalist Inducted into the Texas Literary Hall of Fame with the class of 2022, Patrick Dearen of Midland, Texas, is the author...
The Best Smirk in the West
You only have to look at the smirk on Sharlot Hall’s face to know she just bested nasty men who thought women didn’t belong in photos like this—the...
What History Has Taught Me: Logan Maxwell Hagege
Western Artist Logan Maxwell Hagege (b. 1980) is a Los Angeles-based contemporary artist with modern visions of the West. Hagege’s mature...
Western Roundup October 2022
Dalton Defender Days & Cowboy Trade Days Coffeyville, KS, October 1-2: Celebrate that fateful day of October 5, 1892, when the Dalton...