The First Gold Rush in American history wasn’t at Sutter’s Mill in the Sierra Nevada as most think, it took place near Charlotte, South Carolina in...
New Doctor In Town Doctor Edward Waters first visitor was self-styled “Doctor” Hulling, also the town drunk...
Doctor Edward Waters arrived in the California Mother Lode town of Placerville and hung out his shingle. His first visitor was self-styled “Doctor”...
The Treacherous Murder Of Mangas Colorados Known as the single greatest leader of the Apache...
After coming under heavy gunfire from Membreno and Chiricahua Apaches under Mangas Colorados and Cochise at Apache Pass, on the evening of July...
Judge George Turner How did a chief justice of a Supreme Court fall from grace in such a short time?
When the Territory of Nevada was created in 1861, President Abraham Lincoln appointed George Turner Territorial Chief Justice. Two years later...
Wyatt Earp: Good Guy Or Bad? “Wyatt Earp murdered at least three people when he wasn’t a lawman. In fact Arizona had a warrant out for him and Doc Holliday. Why is he considered a great man today?”
A True West reader asked me the other day, “Wyatt Earp murdered at least three people when he wasn’t a lawman. In fact Arizona had a warrant out for...
Two Proper Irish Gentlemen John Mackay and Jack O’Brian
The Comstock Lode produced over 400 million dollars over the next thirty years and produced sixty millionaires, more than all the other mines in the...
Pendleton Whisky Launches Let’er Buck Challenge The challenge will benefit the Pendleton Round-Up’s Let’er Buck Cares Fund.
Like many rodeos around the country, The Pendleton Round-Up canceled its annual celebration, scheduled to take place in its hometown of Pendleton,...
Secure Your Piece of True West History Bob Boze Bell's art from the walls of True West World Headquarters is up for grabs!
For 20 years, True West magazine has been published from behind the walls of its Cave Creek, Arizona, headquarters. Countless pages and covers have...
2020 WRCA World Championship Ranch Rodeo Still on in Amarillo, Texas ...with added performances!
The Working Ranch Cowboys Association and the WRCA Foundation is proud to announce the 25th WRCA World Championship Ranch Rodeo will occur in...
Creative Medicine The Tombstone doctor found new ways to treat patients.
Dr. George Goodfellow is best known as the Tombstone physician who tended to the dying and wounded from the OK Corral shootout. But he did much...
The Translator Dave Cerday did more than just interpret for Comanches and the government.
Dave Cerday is one of those names that is more or less lost to history. The half-Comanche was not really accepted by the tribe or the whites, so he...
An Old Lawdog On The Hunt Wyatt Earp picked up a gun again at age 62.
In October 1910, Old West lawman Wyatt Earp—at age 62—almost got into one more gunfight. Earp was asked to head up a special posse to protect...