Features & Gunfights Archives

The Battle of Big Dry Wash

by Bob Boze Bell | May 6, 2021

Al Sieber & U.S. Troops vs. Na-ti-o-tish's Apaches One of the scouts spots the Apaches waiting in ambush on the north side of the canyon. July...

The Hero or Goat of Beecher Island?

by Kent F. Frates | May 6, 2021

The legacy of Gen. George Forsyth’s leadership in the famous battle remains controversial over 150 years later. George “Sandy” Forsyth was a...

Is Doc Holliday in This Photo, or Not?

by TW Editors and Gary L. Roberts | May 6, 2021

An old photo is reexamined by the world’s top Doc Holliday expert. “Doc Holliday is ten feet tall and weighs a ton.” —Tucson Daily Star, June 11,...

Remembering Larry McMurtry

by Johnny D. Boggs | May 6, 2021

The life and times of the legendary Western writer and the legacy of Lonesome Dove. “Sometimes Sonny felt like he was the only human creature in...

Little Bighorn Indian Memorial

by C. Lee Noyes | May 6, 2021

A Vision Realized on the 145th Anniversary of the Battle The Indian Memorial at Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument in Montana was created...

The Great Chiefs

by True West | May 6, 2021

Their Courage Shaped a Nation "Resting here until day breaks and shadows fall and darkness disappears is Quanah Parker, the last chief of the...

Truth Be Known

by TW Editors | May 5, 2021

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...

Standing Tall

by True West | May 5, 2021

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

by Stuart Rosebrook | Apr 7, 2021

Across the West, historic hotels, guest ranches, lodges, restaurants and saloons eagerly await patrons. On a recent trip from Arizona to Washington,...