Features & Gunfights Archives

The Man Who Redeemed The Hamer Name

by Henry C. Parke | Dec 10, 2018

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

by Stuart Rosebrook | Dec 7, 2018

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

by Stuart Rosebrook | Dec 3, 2018

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

by Stuart Rosebrook | Nov 30, 2018

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

by Bob Boze Bell | Nov 26, 2018

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

by Stuart Rosebrook | Nov 23, 2018

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

by Stuart Rosebrook | Nov 16, 2018

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

by Brad Courtney | Nov 16, 2018

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

by Stuart Rosebrook | Nov 15, 2018

Travelers to the American Southwest will quickly discover the beauty and diversity of its geography, cultures, heritage-rich small towns and large,...