A Collector Like No Other
Of course, he’d become one of the frontier’s most ardent historians and collectors because history called early to Doug McChristian. He’d always been a reader because his grandmother was the county librarian and his mother was a teacher—besides, his dad read those...Buffalo Bill and the Extinction of the Buffalo
Was Buffalo Bill was instrumental in the near extinction of the American bison (Buffalo)? In an odd sort of way Bill Cody helped in the preservation of the bison. In 1867 Cody was hired by the Kansas Pacific Railroad to feed the railroad construction workers building...
Too Tough to Die!
We get a kick out of those who talk about the Western myth. What myth? The frontier was as real as a sawed-off shotgun and wilder than anyone could make up. The same goes for the towns where our unique American story unfolded. They’re still out there, working hard in...
Cochise, Cowboys and Cavalry
The first thing you notice about Willcox, Arizona, is the wine. Wineries. Wine-tasting rooms. Wine festivals. Wine has practically taken over this old cowtown. Those wine festivals can bring in 3,000 people—almost doubling the town’s population. But what would late...
True West May/June 2025
In This Issue:
Features
- Historic Hotels of the American West
- A Journey Through Wyoming’s Outlaw History
- A Journey Through Washington’s Wild Frontier
- Blazing The Oregon Trail
- Journey Through Time
- Did Brigham Young Order a Massacre?
- Mountain Meadows Scapegoat John D. Lee VS. A Firing Squad
- Mormons in the Movies
- An Indigenous Consultant Ensures Accuracy
- The Battle Axe And A Raw Deal
- Showdown: Bridger VS. Brigham
- The Mountain Man and the Mormon Moses
- The Ghosts of Mountain Meadows
- The War Before the War
- Mountain Meadows
Western Books & Movies
