A Knight with the Widow Benton
Many have claimed that Jesse James, America’s most notorious bandit, was a Robin Hood who took from the rich and gave to the poor. Others have refuted the claim. But how did this debate begin, and is there any proof that Jesse was a Robin Hood? Perhaps the greatest...
Alamo Myths
Only weeks after the 13-day siege and battle, contemporary newspapers provided conflicting accounts of what happened at the famous mission-fortress. And in the years that followed, painters, poets, writers and filmmakers provided multiple interpretations of Texas’...
Arikara Toll Gate
It was in March of 1822 that the now-famous advertisement appeared in the Missouri Republican: TO ENTERPRISING YOUNG MEN. The subscriber wishes to engage one hundred young men to ascend the Missouri River to its source, there to be employed for one, two, or three...
The Split
Almost five years had passed since the gas-lit world of saloons and gambling halls brought Wyatt Earp and Doc Holliday together in Texas. They appear to have enjoyed each other’s company from the outset, but on the night of September 19, 1878, in Dodge City, Kansas,...
True West January/February 2025
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