The executive director of the Western Folklife Center in Elko, Nevada, which hosts the prestigious National Cowboy Poetry Gathering every January....
CHARLIE SEEMANN
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Art, Guns and Culture
CARIN MARI
The lead singer for Carin Mari & Pony Express, Carin Mari was featured on Michael Martin Murphey’s album Tall Grass & Cool Water. South...
BILLY GOES BIG
The sale sent shockwaves throughout the Western collectibles community. No photograph of an outlaw had ever brought this kind of money ($80,000 is...
Debbie Sells Out
A few months prior to finding out she would have to liquidate her collection of movie memorabilia—the largest private collection of its kind Debbie...
PAUL ANDREW HUTTON
The Distinguished Professor of History at the University of New Mexico, Paul Andrew Hutton is also True West’s Historical Consultant. Best...
Boot Stompin’, Guitar Pickin’ and Soul Searchin’ Western Roadhouse Country Blues
From the Bucket of Blood Saloon in Virginia City, Nevada, to the Sons of Hermann Hall in Dallas, Texas, to stages at festivals like the Lincoln...
A River of Returns
“It is a toss-up whether the scenery or the adornment of Marilyn Monroe is the feature of greater attraction in River of No Return,” reviewed The...
Our Favorite Western Music of 2011
True West editors pick their favorite Western music. DON EDWARDSThe Western Music Association (WMA) honored the great Don Edwards with the Best...
Hal Empie
Being a native of Arizona has always been considered rare. For Hal Empie, who was born outside of Safford in 1909, while the territory was still...
Arizona’s Top 10 Paintings
If some of the major early artists in the West—Catlin, Bodmer, Miller, Audubon, Bierstadt—had painted in Arizona, they would be on this list. But...
PC Trumps PRCA
At first glance, the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo looks like any other rodeo. Well, that wine tent seems out of place, as do the pig races on...
Harvey’s Happy Girls
“There is never any sick among the travelers along the Santa Fe line on the eating houses. These are all owned and managed by Mr. Fred Harvey....”...