The Frontier Characters of South Dakota
Calamity Jane, Wild Bill and George Custer roamed the Black Hills On July 2, 1874, George Armstrong Custer led a surveying expedition of around 1,000 men, 110 wagons and hundreds of head of mules, horses and cattle from Fort Abraham Lincoln into the...
The Kindled Flame 1835
A LONG ROAD TO THE BATTLE AT THE ALAMO Mexico had its hands full with Texas—the northern portion of its state Coahuila y Tejas—in 1835. Many Texas citizens wanted separate statehood from Coahuila within the Mexican confederation. This proved a dangerous...
Top 10 True Western Towns of 2025
The Heartbeat of America The small towns of the American West are where you will discover the people and places dedicated to preserving our Western heritage and way of life. I was raised in the suburbs of one of the nation’s most Western cities, Los Angeles, but I...
Best of the West 2025: Western Books
Then and Now The state of Western history and fiction publishing in 2024 is one of grit and determination. In 2013, I received a call from my friend Allen Barra who said there was an opportunity at True West: Western Books editor. I thanked him and called Executive...
True West July/August 2025
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