Men who work where danger is a way of life have a tendency to embrace superstitions or habits that might seem strange to an outsider. For...
Cornish Miners in the West
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The Assassination of Allison
A lawman was too much of a terror to outlaws. Dave Allison was a top Texas lawman in the late 1800s and early 1900s. But his reputation may have...
A Case of Revenge?
Were the McLaury brothers avenged? 1881 was a bad year for Ft. Worth attorney Will McLaury. His wife had died. Then his brothers Frank and Tom were...
The Overconfident Attorney
Will McLaury thought he had the Earps and Holliday nailed, red-handed. Attorney Will McLaury did what he could to avenge his two brothers, both...
It Always Rains After a Dry Spell
It’s that time of the year again when Arizona ranchers like to sit around discussing the dry weather. Each prevaricator likes to claim their...
Harry Goulding and His Monument
The year was 1938 and the Navajo were in the deep depths of the Great Depression. Harry Goulding proprietor of Goulding’s Trading Post had the idea...
Five-Syllable Henry
Arizona has been blessed with a remarkable assemblage of U.S. Senators including Carl Hayden, Barry Goldwater, Ernest W. McFarland, Paul Fannin,...
True West Mobile App: Finally
True West Magazine has launched its first mobile app to a global audience across all major platforms, including Apple, Google, and Amazon. The new...
Don’t Reach for Your Six-Shooter Unless You’re Sure Somebody Hasn’t Snatched It
Bill Downing was one of the most disliked fellows in Old Arizona. He was moody, morose, bad-tempered, sullen and surly. And that was when he was...
Arizona’s Shangri La
When one imagines pristine Arizona’s dry, desolate, sun-baked deserts in the 1850s it’s difficult to picture any of it as being a utopian Shangri La...
Andy Devine: Hollywood’s Sidekick Star
Andy Devine was a big man not just in size but also in heart and soul. Probably the last time anyone called him “Little Andy” was when he was about...
Infamous Deadwood: Wild Bill Hickok Sponsored by Deadwood, South Dakota
Wild Bill is probably the most famous Deadwood resident, even though he was only in town a few short weeks. James Butler Hickok arrived in Deadwood,...