Old Vaquero Saying “Give someone a book and they’ll read for a day. Teach someone to write a book and they’ll spend a lifetime mired in paralyzing...
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Features & Gunfights
Standing Tall
In September 1877, Red Cloud and Spotted Tail led a delegation of 10 Oglala, 10 Brulé and three Arapaho leaders to Washington, D.C. They...
Open for Business
Across the West, historic hotels, guest ranches, lodges, restaurants and saloons eagerly await patrons. On a recent trip from Arizona to Washington,...
On the Santa Fe Trail: 1821-2021
The bicentennial of the National Historic Trail is a great reason to hit the road and rediscover why it is the West’s original “Mother Road.” When...
The Santa Fe Trail Beckoned the Mosty Brothers
Two Kansas City boys hiked the famous road west in 1874 to make their mark in the cattle trade. The Santa Fe Trail, a vital commercial route,...
Who is Rose of Cimarron?
A gunfight at the OK Hotel spurs a controversy. Rose of Cimarron was first introduced to readers in 1915 in a little red paper-covered book titled...
The Man with No Nose
Doc Holliday vs Mike Gordon Hoodoo Brown’s court invents “excusable homicide” Gambler draws a “pair of sixes” and is “froze out.” By Bob Boze Bell...
Red Badge of Courage
The young men of a divided nation answered the call of war 160 years ago, and their youthful visages before going to battle still haunt us today. At...
The Curious Saga of the Outlaw Burt Alvord
The Arizona deputy sheriff lived a double life as a highwayman, gang leader and train robber. Burt Alvord wasn’t exactly a household name among...
Top 12 Guns that Tamed the Wild West
True West considers these the most significant workhorses of the frontier. “The Gun That Won the West!” “Which gun was that?” you may ask,...
Truth Be Known
Old Vaquero Saying “Love is blind but not the neighbors.” Quotes “Pretty near all these stories are true.” —Wild Bill Hickok, hedging on the...
Armed and Courageous
Private Bill Foster wears his Arizona Ranger badge and holds the standard Ranger 1895 Winchester .30-40 lever-action rifle as he stands to the left...