Patton’s First Two Notches
May 14, 1916 Second Lt. George S. Patton and his force, riding in Dodge touring autos, approach the San Miguelito Ranch from the south, appropriately at high noon. Patton positions two carloads—eight soldiers and a guide—at the southern wall around the hacienda and...
The Mythic West That Matters Now
In his famous 1893 frontier thesis, Frederick Jackson Turner argued that the juncture between the civilization of East and the savagery of the frontier defined America’s image of itself. That may have been true, but one could argue that for the last 90 years or so the...
The Vaquero: A World-Class Horseman
As an Old West fan you may have tried your hand at riding a horse; you might even consider yourself pretty proficient at it. Some of you can only imagine what it must be like to sit astraddle a five-foot-tall, half a ton of living, thinking, lightning-quick muscle...
Ken Spurgeon
William Quantrill makes me angry and curious. A part of me roots against him and wishes for his demise. Another part of me is incredibly curious as to what made him tick. Did he really care about the cause, or was he simply a manipulator who found an audience? How did...
True West January/February 2025
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