Regular viewers of PBS readily recognize Wes Cowan from Antiques Road Show and History Detectives. Back in the late 1970…
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Shaken, Stirred and Strong Old West mixologists had many names and many jobs, but their legacy remains the legendary cocktail.
Mixologists, or bartenders, of the time were often skilled and jokingly referred to as pharmacists or chemists with a “m…
Rattlesnakes It’s the time of year when rattlesnakes are coming out of their dens after a long winter siesta.
It’s the time of year when rattlesnakes are coming out of their dens after a long winter siesta. This time of the year t…
The Western Auction of the Year The Robert G. McCubbin Collection goes under the gavel in the most anticipated Old West collector’s event since the sale of the Billy the Kid tintype.
Would Billy the Kid’s blade pass the million-dollar mark? In True West’s January 2019 issue the long-awaited Brian Lebel…
Good Things to Eat Wolferman’s is still delighting customers’ taste buds 130 years later.
When Frederick Wolferman launched his Kansas City, Missouri, grocery store in the 1880s, he likely didn’t imagine it wou…
Western Events for February 2019 Western roundup of events where you can experience the Old West this February.
Western roundup of events where you can experience the Old West this February. Adventure Cripple Creek Ice Festival Crip…
Oregon at 160 Rediscover the state’s inspiring story from exclusion to progress.
When wealthy trapper Ewing Young died in 1841 in what is Oregon today, he had no apparent heirs, and there was no way to…
Too Tough to Die! From Arkansas to Washington, Western towns welcome the world to their historic downtowns to immerse in and celebrate the glories of the American West.
We get a kick out of those who talk about the Western myth. What myth? The frontier was as real as a sawed-off shotgun a…
Western Events for January 2019 Western roundup of events where you can experience the Old West this January.
Western roundup of events where you can experience the Old West this January. Art Shows Litchfield Park Native American …
Best of the West 2019: Art and Collectibles End of an Era: The Robert G. McCubbin Collection goes to auction.
On January 25-26, 2019, in Mesa, Arizona, Brian Lebel’s Old West Auctions will oversee the auction of the Robert G. McCu…