Her $10 greenhorn mistake didn’t help. The first time Vera McGinnis entered the Big Top at Madison Square Garden in New York City, she looked like a...
Vera’s Life in the Circus was a Zoo
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Features & Gunfights
The Tunnel Saloon Fight
Pete Gabriel vs Former Deputy Joe Phy A Miraculous Recovery MAY 31, 1888 Pete Gabriel, accompanied by his friend Mike Rice, leaves in...
The Bandit Bard
How the English-born, Civil War veteran’s career as America’s most prolific poet-stagecoach robber began on the backroads of California’s gold...
Don’t Bet Against a Sporting Girl
How soiled doves tried to beat the odds against hypocrisy and politicians For several decades, Hollywood has had a fine time portraying...
Hey, Bartender!
Set'em up and pass'em down! 216 authentic Old West Saloons and Bars you need to visit before they are gone. With swinging doors and wooden floors,...
Swinging Doors, Dance Hall Girls and Whiskey
For seven decades, True West has celebrated the historic saloon in fact and fiction. When True West’s founder Joe Small published his first issue of...
Cowboy Up!
From Montana to Texas, a summer road trip is a great way to immerse yourself in the history and heritage of the American West. I remember my...
The Godfather of Westerns
Robert Duvall talks about the iconic Lonesome Dove, on the cusp of a special cast reunion. From the True West Archives With seven...
Tapped Out!
Tap Duncan vs. Bill Hayes “You can have Idaho, but you S.O.B.sbetter not follow me to Arizona.” Maps & Graphics by Gus Walker. Based on the...
Vaqueros, Buckaroos and Cowboys
For 70 years, True West magazine’s editors and contributors have been among the greatest chroniclers of the American cowboy. True West’s founding...
Rowdy Cowboys, Outlaws, and Blood Feud
L.R. Millican’s life in Lampasas, Texas, was both lucky and legendary. Lampasas, for a time, was on the edge of a lively frontier in Texas, and much...
Two Rode Together
Oliver Loving and Charles Goodnight made history in 1866, and 120 years later Larry McMurtry made them legends. The Goodnight-Loving Trail has...