Down Mexico Way
At 4:20 a.m. on March 9, 1916, the United States was invaded for the first time since the British sacked Washington during the War of 1812. The invasion was caused by a grudge and a subsequent desire to avenge an imagined betrayal. The invader, Pancho Villa, was one...
On the Trail of Laura Ingalls Wilder
“As far as I could see, covered wagons stood one beyond another in a long, long line. Behind them and over them, high over half the sky, a yellow wave of dust was curling and coming. My mother said to me, ‘That’s your last sight of Dakota.’” Rose Wilder Lane recorded...
On Her Own
If your image of a senorita in the Old West is beautiful brown eyes shyly hidden behind a lace fan, then you’ve never heard of Juana Briones—a senorita who belied all the stereotypes and taught the American government a thing or two. Although her name is not widely...
“The Devil Always Gets the Best Lines”
There’s something comforting about being on Gene Autry’s Melody Ranch, up in Newhall, California. Passing through the gate and onto the lot, there’s a real familiarity to the place, even if the boulders are hollow, affixed in the back with crossed timbers, and the...
True West January/February 2025
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