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Best of the West 2023: Firearms

1873 - Year of the Gun 2023 is a special year for several iconic Old West guns, as well as True West magazine, and Firearms Editor Phil...

Best of the True and Mythical West at Auctions in 2022 Collectors proved they have the dollars to keep auction houses hammering out record prices....

by Bob Boze Bell | Dec 8, 2022

We have done a feature on the most important historical photos of the Old West (see January 2018) and we have done the most iconic photos, so this...

by True West | Oct 30, 2022

Prescott Courthouse Parade & Lighting Prescott, AZ, December 3: This event is festive and fun for the entire family. Parade begins at 1 p.m. and...

by Sherry Monahan | Oct 30, 2022

California’s famous candy companies have been making the world a sweeter place since 1849. One of California’s contributions to our...

by Steve Friesen | Oct 28, 2022

The annual auction in Great Falls, Montana, exceeded expectations as always. The Russell, this year’s premiere fundraising event at...

by Jana Bommersbach | Oct 28, 2022

Most places need a committee; Tombstone needed Edna. The Town Too Tough to Die was on life support when Edna Landin came to town in 1949. It was...

by Bob Boze Bell | Oct 28, 2022

We have been bucking the odds for a very long time—69 years, to be exact. Yes, somehow, some way, this feisty, little ol’ magazine has survived,...

by Jana Bommersbach | Sep 22, 2022

Hawaii’s Paniolo Preservation Society keeps the Old West alive in the 50th state. Here’s a Cliffs Notes history of the cowboy: The first were...

by Steve Friesen | Sep 22, 2022

The Rock Island Auction hammers out Wild West shootists' sidearms. The Rock Island “Premier Firearms” auction held August 26-28 included...

by Sherry Monahan | Sep 22, 2022

When Adolph Coors decided to start his brewery, he partnered with a fellow German named Jacob Schueler in 1873. Coors ran the brewery while...

by Bob Boze Bell | Sep 22, 2022

Giving our mothers and grandmothers their due is more than satisfying. Back in 1994 I had it on my schedule to do one of my timeline books on “The...