Treasures of the Old West
When the Spanish explored the West, they discovered numerous ruins clinging to cliff sides and mountain tops. Today, many of these ancient Puebloan communities have been lost to the vagaries of time, human depredation and looting. Yet, many of these architectural and...
A Wild Western Zine
In the 1960s, James Warren and Forrest J. Ackerman’s Famous Monsters of Filmland was such a runaway success, covering old and new Horror movies, the demand for another magazine was immediate. Drugstore racks were heavy with monsters for kids, but Warren wanted an...
The “Shoot Today, Kill Tomorrow” Gun
During the June 1874 battle of Adobe Walls in the Texas Panhandle, where an estimated 700 Comanche, Kiowa and Cheyenne warriors attacked nearly 30 hide hunters, young hunter Billy Dixon made a remarkable 1,538-yard shot at a mounted Indian, from his borrowed Model...
The Myths of a Border Warrior
Reportedly born around 1886, Rafael “Red” López was a bad man. He killed six men—including five law officers—in late 1913 near Bingham, Utah. Then he vanished from the Minnie Silver Mine, surrounded by a posse, seemingly into thin air. One story about Red claims he...
True West January/February 2025
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