True West Best of the West 2018 Art and Collectibles
When “Old Hosstail” Joe Austell Small founded True West Magazine 65 years ago, in 1953, he could not foresee that his pictorial publication dedicated to the history of the American West would itself become a collectible. Many, including President Dwight Eisenhower and...
Kit Carson and the Mountain Men
A large rodent determined the destiny of Kit Carson, the Mountain Men and much of the American West. The North American beaver, the second-largest rodent in the world, along with its Eurasian cousin, was prized for its luxurious fur. Beaver pelts, useful in...
True West’s Ultimate Historic Travel Guide: Northern Prairie and Plains
The Northern Prairies and Plains of the West are awe-inspiring in their natural beauty, endless vistas, rolling hills, dense forests and long, winding river valleys. Today, millions of acres of land are planted with grains that feed a world, where tens of millions of...
Courtship and Marriage in the Territories
One might say Asa Mercer was a “marriage arranger.” In 1861 he became a founding father and first president of the University of Washington. He was from New England and noticed a severe shortage of marriageable women in Seattle. So he went back to Lowell,...
True West March/April 2025
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