Cavalry, Cowboys, and Indians
An aging stone monument stands on a lonely, windswept hilltop in Wyoming. The century-old war memorial is seemingly forgotten by the busy travelers rushing down Interstate 90, about a mile away. As I stand at the base of the obelisk, gazing out at the wide open...
The Brief And Violent Life Of Cherokee Bill
Crawford Goldsby, aka “Cherokee Bill”, was born February 8th, 1876 at Fort Concho, Texas. He was the son of George Goldsby, a sergeant in the 10th Cavalry, the storied Buffalo Soldiers. His mother, Ellen, was a Cherokee with White and African-American...
Remembering The Horse Soldiers
Lovely Constance Towers became a star when she played the female lead in two John Ford Westerns back-to-back: 1959’s The Horse Soldiers and 1960’s Sergeant Rutledge. What was Ford looking for in an actress? Towers tells True West: “Pappy had a way of looking at women:...
Unlikely Saddle Pards
“He doted on stories of his father’s daring exploits in Virginia and Louisiana” as a Civil War Union officer. So wrote renowned historian Peter Hassrick of one of his favorite subjects—Frederic Remington. The same might be said of the son of another veteran of the...
True West March/April 2025
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