Thirty years after the popular film’s release, it might be the most influential Western of all time. In 1993, Walt Disney’s Hollywood...
Tombstone: A Reckoning
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Features & Gunfights
The ‘Western’ Godfather
Kurt Russell spills the beans. It didn’t surprise me that Kurt Russell was willing to go off topic during our interview. After all, it was...
Doc Hits Bottom (but not much else)
Doc Holliday vs Billy Allen “Doc Holliday is ten feet tall and weighs a ton.” —The Arizona Daily Star August 19, 1884 Broke, sick and usually...
The Town Too Tough to Die
For seven decades, True West has chronicled the legendary history of Tombstone and its notorious citizenry. As it is the 30th anniversary of the...
Western Art Museums of the Year
Visionary museums from coast to coast showcase the West’s best artists and artwork. Emerging from a depressing run of pandemic, war and overall...
Discover the West
Museums from coast to coast celebrate our Western heritage for all generations. Museums across the country are expanding their collections and...
Spur Talk
The day Bill McDonald rode over the hill leading the Appaloosa, Slim and I were repairing the corrals. Slim was running Pete Coleman’s little...
Chalk Level Shoot-Out
The Youngers vs. The Pinkertons The Bushwhackers Score A Goal Shot Down in the Missouri Wilds Based on the research of John Langellier and Jack...
In the Lens of History
A century ago, the state of Montana was still one of the youngest states. The Rocky Mountain and Great Plains state received its star on Old...
Charlie Russell The Humorist
The legendary Montana cowboy is well known for his cowboy art, but he was also quite funny and sometimes ribald (some would say scandalous!). Here...
The Legendary Four Sixes Ranch
The ranch was founded 155 years ago by men and women who are as mythical as they are real. Ranching has always been something of a...
Yellowstone Cowboys
The real story of Teddy Blue and how he became Montana’s greatest cowboy. “We all got well lit up and went to a hot show on Blake Street,” wrote...