by Marshall Trimble | Jun 10, 2019 | True West Blog
The first white men to venture “across the wide Missouri” were awed by the breathtaking sight of the majestic Rocky Mountains that loomed on the horizon. Colorado alone has fifty-eight peaks over 14,000 high. The tallest mountains these adventurers might have seen...
by Stuart Rosebrook | Jul 18, 2018 | Features & Gunfights
In 1868, America was anticipating the completion of the first transcontinental railroad within the next year. The Central Pacific from Sacramento was hastily building parallel to the California Trail across northern Nevada, while the Union Pacific was tunneling...
by Rhiannon Deremo | Apr 10, 2018 | True West Blog
Out here, in Southeast Montana, find yourself miles away from ordinary and smack-dab in the middle of your own Western adventure. Cowboys still ride their horses over the same land that Lewis & Clark explored on their historic journey west. From local steaks to...
by MontyMcCord | Mar 14, 2018 | Features & Gunfights
Early law and order came not from lawmen, but citizens, in what is now Nebraska. When the wagon trains left Independence and St. Joseph, Missouri, pioneers crossed into a wild and unsettled territory. They called it, “Leaving the states.” Some traveled the overland...
by Marshall Trimble | Jan 16, 2018 | True West Blog
Jerome, perched precariously on the slopes of cone-shaped Cleopatra Hill is a popular tourist attraction today. Despite some occasional bickering between aged hippies who live there and geriatric motorcycle jockeys who roar up and down the hill it’s a quiet community....