by | Mar 7, 2023 | True West Blog
Like most indigenous peoples, the Apaches were fascinated by individuals exercising any form of clairvoyance. Some had the “gift” and Geronimo was one of the blessed. When Threatened by soldiers Geronimo would consult his Power, a guardian spirit which...
by Various Authors | Feb 24, 2023 | Features & Gunfights
From Montana to Texas, a summer road trip is a great way to immerse yourself in the history and heritage of the American West. I remember my parents loading my sister, Katherine, and me into the family station wagon. It was the late 1960s and our vacation...
by Henry C. Parke | Feb 24, 2023 | Western Books & Movies, Western Movies
The actor is not ready to hang up his hat and spurs. Robert Duvall would be one of the finest actors in the history of film if he never appeared in a single Western. And he would be one of the finest actors ever to appear in Westerns if he’d only been in Lonesome...
by Johnny D. Boggs | Feb 23, 2023 | Features & Gunfights
Oliver Loving and Charles Goodnight made history in 1866, and 120 years later Larry McMurtry made them legends. The Goodnight-Loving Trail has inspired songwriters and novelists. Cattleman Charles Goodnight became one of the iconic figures of Texas and the West—and...
by Jana Bommersbach | Feb 23, 2023 | Art, Guns and Culture, Old West Saviors
His wife’s beautiful name graces the charming town he left behind. “Little Misery” was about the only name you’d find in this part of the Dakota Badlands in the early 1880s. It sums up what life was like here for the few soldiers stationed to protect the...