When you tug at the threads of history you will find it connected to some pretty disparate events. For example: If the United States government had...
A Long and Twisted Trail
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Features & Gunfights
Best of the West 2019: Western Books
A I write this column from my desk in my office in Iowa City, Iowa, in October 2018, reflecting on the past, present and future state of Western...
The Man Who Redeemed The Hamer Name
The story of The Highwaymen, the new Depression-era Western from Netflix, has been a thirty-year obsession for author John Fusco. “Those old photos...
Best of the West 2019: Heritage Travel
Truth be told, I love a long road trip across America and have enjoyed dozens of trips as a young man and as a father. My first travel memories are...
Best of the West 2019: Art and Collectibles
On January 25-26, 2019, in Mesa, Arizona, Brian Lebel’s Old West Auctions will oversee the auction of the Robert G. McCubbin Collection of Historic...
True West’s Ultimate Historic Travel Guide: Southern Prairie and Plains
The Southern Prairie and Plains region is a historically rich crossroads where America’s greatest Western trails originated and its biggest rivers...
Death at his Elbow
If you took all the alcohol out of the Wild West era, you would certainly save a forest of trees, because all of the printed stories of shooting,...
True West’s Ultimate Historic Travel Guide: Northern Prairie and Plains
Travelers to the Northern Prairie and Plains will discover the beauty of the Great Plains’ endless vistas rolling on beyond the horizon, the...
True West’s Ultimate Historic Travel Guide: Great Basin and Rocky Mountains
The Great Basin and Rocky Mountains region is home to some of the West’s largest national parks, including Yellowstone, Glacier, Grand Teton, Rocky...
Betting on the Baby on the Bar
Tombstone boasts Arizona’s most famous gunfight, but Prescott can claim its most famous saloon story. It speaks of a baby won in a gambling game...
True West’s Ultimate Historic Travel Guide: The Desert Southwest
Travelers to the American Southwest will quickly discover the beauty and diversity of its geography, cultures, heritage-rich small towns and large,...
Doc Gets Hammered
October 10, 1880 Two well-known sports, John Tyler and John Henry “Doc” Holliday, exchange harsh words while gambling in the Oriental Saloon. His...