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Features & Gunfights
The Godfather of Westerns
Robert Duvall talks about the iconic Lonesome Dove, on the cusp of a special cast reunion. From the True West Archives With seven...
Tapped Out!
Tap Duncan vs. Bill Hayes “You can have Idaho, but you S.O.B.sbetter not follow me to Arizona.” Maps & Graphics by Gus Walker. Based on the...
Vaqueros, Buckaroos and Cowboys
For 70 years, True West magazine’s editors and contributors have been among the greatest chroniclers of the American cowboy. True West’s founding...
Rowdy Cowboys, Outlaws, and Blood Feud
L.R. Millican’s life in Lampasas, Texas, was both lucky and legendary. Lampasas, for a time, was on the edge of a lively frontier in Texas, and much...
Two Rode Together
Oliver Loving and Charles Goodnight made history in 1866, and 120 years later Larry McMurtry made them legends. The Goodnight-Loving Trail has...
The Towns Too Tough to Die
With foresight and determination, city leaders have worked hard for over a century to preserve our Old West history in the most famous Western...
Noonan’s Last Stand
“We was flabbergasted.” The proud slayers of a huge grizzly are memorialized in one of the most famous photographs in all of Western history. ...
Tragic Powwow
The Apache Kid vs Al Sieber, Then Everyone in Arizona Maps & Graphics by Gus Walker Based on the research of Dr. Sam Palmer, Dan Thrapp, Lynda...
James P. Beckwourth and His Trail
The legendary mountain man left a legacy of truth and fiction about his larger-than-life experiences as a trapper and trailblazer of the American...
Riding with the James Gang
For 70 years, True West’s editors have been publishing stories about the legendary Missouri outlaws. In the summer of 1953, True West’s founding...
The Dirty Little Coward Gets His Due
“I remember telling Ron once that I considered The Assassination of Jesse James as by far the best Jesse James movie ever made. He replied that he...