Tattoos in the Old West
Did cowboys or gunfighters have tattoos? And if so what kind of tattoos? Tattoo’s go back thousands of years. In this country many Native American tribes wore tattoos. In 1846 a man named Martin Hildebrandt, began his career as a tattoo artist. He was among the...
Coffee in the Old West
From Hardee’s Rifle and Light Infantry Tactics, regarding daily rations: Looking at the soldier’s rations, note the specific inclusion of green coffee beans. At the time, most Americans typically roasted their own beans over a fire. While there were dedicated...
Gunslinger Guns for Today’s “Shootists”
Nowadays, Old West fans can enjoy solid, shooting replicas of the six-guns and long-arms packed by the legendary gunmen of yesteryear. While many of the well-known good and bad men of the American frontier have been associated with one or two firearms, most of them...
Ulzana’s Raid
Fifty years after its release, Robert Aldrich’s Western stands out as a classic in an era when the genre is waning. In 1972’s Ulzana’s Raid, the title character is an Apache war chief who escapes the San Carlos Indian Reservation with a...
True West July/August 2025
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