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Best of the West 2025: Heritage Travel
The American West in All Its Glory Our annual favorites list celebrates destinations across the Western United States. Along blue highways to...
Best of the West 2025: Firearms
The Legendary Handgun That Really Won the West To understand the significance of the Colt Walker 47, one must first pay homage to the Colt 1836...
Best of the West 2025: True Westerner Jay Dusard
Our 2025 True Westerner: Jay Dusard Go West! True West’s editors’ favorites reflect the many wonderful facets that create the real and imagined West...
Samuel Walker: Valiant Warrior
While a prisoner at the castle of Perote, Walker was put to work raising a flagpole. At the bottom of the hole, Walker placed a Yankee dime, vowing...
One Hell-Firin’ Minute of Smokin’ Action
Deputy Ed Short vs. Black-Faced Charley Bryant Maps & Graphics by Gus Walker. Based on the research of Robert DeArment. Deputy Ed...
The Battle of Centralia
On September 27, 1864, Bloody Bill Anderson and about 80 men took over the small railroad village of Centralia, looting stores and discovering a...
The Man Who Shoots the West
Jay Dusard is a living American photographer who has made Arizona his home for over 60 years, seeing it first in 1960 on a visit, moving here for...
A True Westerner Indeed
Phil Spangenberger 1940-2024 Last September 26, 2024, True West’s beloved Firearms Editor, Phil Spangenburger, died suddenly during a heart...
Walk Where They Walked
How do you get hooked on history at a young age—or at any age, for that matter? I’d say one of the best ways is to get out of the library and...
Indestructible Johnnie Mullens
JOHN MULLINS KILLED IN AUTO MISHAP John Mullins, 40, formerly of Bozeman, Montana, died here today from injuries received when he was struck by an...
One Rude Dude!
Willie B. Rude vs. Apache Raiders Against overwhelming odds Rude reloads with deadly efficiency. Map by Tom Jonas. Based on the research of Greg...