Arguably, the most iconic firearm of the silver screen West is the Peacemaker Colt, with the mellow ivory-looking stocks, so often carried by John...
John Wayne’s Six-Gun Clone
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Art, Guns and Culture
The Cheesy Old West
“A wild, and woolly, rollicking mining camp is the best way I can describe Canyon City, when I first came here. “The men could throw a ball in the...
Double D Ranch: Western Boho with a Gypsy Soul
With roots planted in 1830s land grants from the Republic of Texas, the family of the McMullen sisters is part of the rich tapestry that is the...
Valuable Vaqueros
On June 19, 1867, the day after Joseph McCoy purchased 250 acres of land in what would become the cowtown of Abilene, Kansas, the last emperor of...
The Top 10 Western Movies
Western films offer more beyond John Ford or Sam Peckinpah. Enough already about The Searchers, High Noon, The Gunfighter and The Wild Bunch. Here...
Living Like the Boggs
What better place for writer Johnny D. Boggs and realtor Lisa Smith to live than the outskirts of Santa Fe, New Mexico, at the edge of a greenbelt?...
The Sharpshooter’s Choice
“Aim at a high mark” was the motto adopted (even copyrighted) by the legendary female sharpshooter Annie Oakley, reflecting her lifelong quest for...
Sunday Dinner
What do you get when you combine good food, family, friends, laughter, music and entertainment? A pleasant old-fashioned Sunday feast! That’s...
Sons of the Pioneers Spice Up Music Auction
Leonard Franklin Slye likely never would have become the actor we know as Roy Rogers had he not first found fame in a cowboy band he formed with Tim...
Surviving Festival of the West
The Rockin’ M Wranglers don’t really look like wranglers, and Jim and Jeanne Martin certainly don’t sound like most wranglers I’ve known. The couple...
Horse Romance
The West was won from the back of the horse. Mounted conquistadors easily subdued American Indians initially terrified by the strange beast. The...
True West’s Best of the West 2010 Winners
Here are the winners of our "2010 Best of the West." Sit back and see if your pick made the list. Best Hotel in the West Menger Hotel San...