True Western Towns
Durango, Colorado

Durango, Colorado

October’s Cowboy Gathering rounds up poets, pickers and train lovers. Durango is an active four-season town. Each year starts with winter...

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Northfield, Minnesota

Northfield, Minnesota

The James-Younger gang met its match in a frontier bank. At the centennial of the nation’s founding, Northfield, Minnesota, was a bucolic river town...

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Jerome, Arizona

Jerome, Arizona

  When you dig deep into Jerome’s history you find so many layers—so many stories of boom and bust, of bordellos, opium dens, gambling and...

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Grapevine, Texas

Grapevine, Texas

An historic Lone Star State town shines amid big-city lights.     Any traveler who’s changed planes at Dallas-Fort Worth International...

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Tombstone, Arizona

Tombstone, Arizona

The legendary town celebrates its classic Western movie.     It’s high noon on a Friday in Tombstone. Tourists in shorts and sandals are...

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Pecos, Texas

Pecos, Texas

A cow camp grew up from a cattle trail crossroads. Picture Horsehead Crossing of the Pecos River with a herd of parched cattle stampeding to the...

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Miles City, Montana

Miles City, Montana

  Miles City was primed for the Fourth of July. The fledgling town in eastern Montana Territory celebrated with music from Fort Keogh’s Fifth...

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Cheyenne, Wyoming

Cheyenne, Wyoming

A ‘Hell on Wheels’ town with a rowdy rodeo welcomes visitors to stay and enjoy the hometown atmosphere.     It’s America’s smallest state...

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Bozeman, Montana

Bozeman, Montana

Plan a trip to the eclectic Big Sky college town and relax in its great Western vibe.   After statehood in 1889, Montana towns fought bitterly...

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Cody, Wyoming

Cody, Wyoming

The town is expecting an economic boost from Yellowstone National Park mania.     As a gateway town 50 miles from Yellowstone National...

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