On May 5, 1871, Sgt. John Mott and three others followed Apache footprints, tracking what they thought were the incautio…
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True West’s Ultimate Historic Travel Guide: The Pacific Coast Your guide to the best hotels, restaurants, and saloons in California, Idaho, Nevada, Oregon and Washington.
Travelers to the Pacific Coast will quickly discover the beauty of its mountain ranges, coastal lands, vast deserts and …
True West’s Ultimate Historic Travel Guide: Eat, Drink and Sleep Where History Happened Historic hotels, restaurants and saloons in the American West offer travelers welcoming respite, comfort and entertainment.
On May 10, 1869, the greatest commercial and transportation innovation of America’s first century was completed—the tran…
Battle-Tested in the Rockies Mountain man Patrick Gass deserves more attention in accounts of the Lewis & Clark Expedition.
In 1925, Kathryn Downing-Smith, the wife of one of Patrick Gass’s grandsons, wrote a letter to her niece Pearl about Gas…
Everything We Know About Sitting Bull’s Crucifix is Wrong Does a historical society or a biographer’s family have the authentic Sitting Bull crucifix?
One picture of the famous Hunkpapa Lakota Chief Sitting Bull wearing a crucifix is as iconic as it is enigmatic. History…
Out of the Bloodshed A survivor of the largely overlooked Bear River Massacre held his people together.
On January 29, 1863, Sagwitch Timbimboo stepped out of his lodge in pre-dawn darkness and sub-zero cold. He stood in the…
The Meticulous Rebirth of Old West Guns The greatest Old West firearms are kept alive by a new breed of gunmakers.
No two firearms in Old West history stand out more than the Colt Single Action Army and the Winchester lever action rifl…
Bold and Lethal Manhood came quickly on the Texas frontier for gunslinger “Pink” Higgins.
When does a boy become a man? The age-old question regenerates itself when a proud, but tired, young mother places a gen…
Our Gang The genesis of the True West Class of 2018.
Meet the staff behind True West Magazine! (Pictured above) Lynda A. Sánchez, Age 6, 1951 Lynda is shown working with her…
65 Years & Counting! Our True West family’s satisfying, and frustrating, quest to seek the truth.
I have dedicated a good part of my life to seeking the truth about all the Old West characters, places and incidents cov…