May 2013 Events
Western roundup of events where you can experience the Old West. ADVENTURES GREAT AMERICAN HORSE DRIVECraig, CO, May 1-6: Ride on a thrilling and authentic trail drive that moves a large horse herd across 62 miles of open Colorado range.970-586-4577 • Sombrero.com...
Irma Hotel
In his day, Buffalo Bill Cody was arguably the most famous American in the world. No surprise, really, considering the former soldier and frontiersman formed his Wild West show in 1883 and toured the U.S. and Europe for three decades. In 1895, between tours, he helped...
Remembering the Dakota War in Minnesota
Are you here to see the Dakota War exhibit?” a male worker at the Minnesota History Center in St. Paul asks me. It takes a moment before I can answer. I didn’t expect anyone in Minnesota to be broadcasting the 150th anniversary of a war that most people here would...
Seeking Ute Stories
I sat in the front row of a school auditorium watching girls compete in a princess contest. This was not a competition of fancy hair and youngsters wearing makeup, but rather a tradition dating back decades. These girls were seeking to become the young princesses of...
True West March/April 2025
In This Issue:
Western Books & Movies
More In This Issue
- Truth Be Known
- What Has Taught Me: Deb Goodrich
- Earp, Cowboy Songs & Prairie Hygiene
- Trails of the Old West
- The Frontier Characters of South Dakota
- The Bowie Knife
- The Kindled Flame 1835
- King of the Scatterguns
- Selling the Mythic West and the Real West
- A Gut Punch Turns into a Miracle Reprieve
- The Beginnings of the Bird Cage
- Frontier Colossus
