What’s in a Name
GENE AUTRY If not for his job as a telegrapher at the St. Louis and San Francisco Railway, Gene Autry may not have become famous as the Singing Cowboy. By chance, he met Will Rogers in 1928, when he wired a newspaper column back East for the humorist. Autry often...
True West’s Best of the West 2009 Winners
Here are the winners of our “2009 Best of the West.” Sit back and see if your pick made the list. Best Living Photographer of 2009 David Stoecklein David Stoecklein of Sun Valley, Idaho, has a strong understanding and respect for Western history, culture...
Birth of a Breed
The day before the fall of the Alamo, in which Santa Anna and his soldiers crushed the rebellion in Texas, Samuel Colt formed the Patent Arms Mfg. Co. in Paterson, New Jersey, on March 5, 1836. In fact, the same day Santa Anna’s forces launched their attack on the...
Dodge City, Kansas
A barrel of whiskey kick-started this frontier burg. The first business that opened on the site of Dodge City was George M. Hoover’s and John McDonald’s saloon built of sod and boards. The partners opened their saloon on June 17, 1872, and sold “red eye” whiskey for...
True West January/February 2025
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