Making peace with a violent past Our readers remind us of the variables and vagaries of historic truths, “well-established” facts, headlines and...
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Truth Be Known
"The first to apologize is the bravest. The first to forgive is the strongest. The first to forget is the happiest." "Men fight for liberty and win...
Truth Be Known
"No one is as wrong as the man who thinks he knows all the answers." “Every saint has a past, and every sinner has a future.” —Oscar Wilde “...
Truth Be Known
Old Vaquero Sayings "If you want things to remain the same, something has to change." Quotes "A generation which ignores history has no...
Shooting Back
HE GOT THE DROP ON CRASH I have been a subscriber for a while and love the magazine. I was reading the article "All That Glitters Is Not Gold" in...
Rangers’ Morning Muster
Rangers’ Morning Muster The Company D Texas Rangers, preparing to take off on the mock “scout” after desperadoes, fortify themselves with hot...
Ride Cowboy, Ride!
On September 26, 2024, True West’s 2022 True Westerner of the Year and beloved Firearms Editor Phil Spangenberger died suddenly during a heart...
What History Has Taught Me: Tom Kramer
Tom Kramer Tom Kramer was born and raised in Missouri but headed west to Hollywood at age 19. He is a three-time Emmy nominee and Writers Guild of...
Shooting Back
Killer Kids Oh, the troubled faces of these killer kids on the cover of the current issue of True West reflect the horror and madness of war. You...
Truth Be Known
Old Vaquero Sayings "Cerveza makes you feel like you ought to feel without cerveza." Quotes “Large numbers of strangers can cooperate...
Yellowstone River
Photographer Evelyn Cameron (above with her Graflex camera) captured these images of the XIT herd swimming the Yellowstone River near Fallon,...
Shooting Back
Jana Bommersbach Has Passed While we were finishing this issue we got word that our beloved columnist, author and friend, Jana Bommersbach passed...