In August of 1836, brothers Augustus and John Allen created a new town they hoped would be the “great interior commercial emporium of Texas.” They...
The Bayou City
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Travel & Preservation
True West’s Ultimate Historic Travel Guide: The Desert Southwest
From the Grand Canyon to the Texas Gulf Coast, from the Rio Grande River Valley to Oklahoma’s endless grasslands, the Desert Southwest Region is a...
Where The West is Still Wild…
See Cave Creek (hometown and World Headquarters of True West magazine) in all its frontier town glory at this year’s Wild West Days on Nov 3-5. ...
Cowboys and Conductors
The northern Arizona town of Williams got off to a fast start after its founding in 1881. With the arrival of the Atlantic & Pacific Railroad...
Western Events for November 2017
Western roundup of events where you can experience the Old West this November. Adventure Shade Hardy Ride Morristown, AZ, October 28: This carriage...
Reveille on the Overland Trail
Ohio State Senator William O. Collins, a proponent of war-funding after the attack on Fort Sumter in April 1861, took a stronger stand for the Union...
Western Events for October 2017
Western roundup of events where you can experience the Old West this October. ADVENTURE Gold Rush Bandits Autumn Train Robbery Elgin, OR, October 7...
Lords of the West
Birthed in Canada, the Hudson’s Bay Company was founded on May 2, 1670, when King Charles granted a charter to his cousin, Prince Rupert,...
Gateway to the West
Located on a plateau above the west bank of the Missouri River and its confluence with the Platte River, Omaha has always been a good spot for...
Western Events for September 2017
Western roundup of events where you can experience the Old West this September. ADVENTURE Viejo Pueblo Ghost Rides San Elizario, TX, September 2:...
Canyons, Chasms and Cataracts
Not long after his graduation from West Point, Lt. George M. Wheeler became an assistant survey engineer in the San Francisco area. Promoted to...
Civil War on the Western Frontier
Lawrence, Kansas was founded in the 1850’s as the state’s center of resistance to the expansion of slavery. And it paid the price. Targeted,...