Best of the West 2022: Western Preservation
Bringing History Alive Awards are already piling up. I get to write about winners. Risk-takers. Visionaries. Bullheaded folks who have a passion and hold on tight. Each January, I get to look back at my “Old West Savior” columns and pick the one I loved...
Best of the West 2022: Art & Collectibles
It’s Not Just the Money; It’s the Story Auction houses and Western collectors enjoyed a banner year of selling and buying art, collectibles and firearms. Why do we collect The West? For most of us it’s not about the money, nor is it just an investment. It is about a...
Best of the West 2022: True Westerner of the Year
Riding – and Writing – for the Brand! Phil Spangenberger If you have ever spoken to Phil Spangenberger about the Old West, historical firearms, history, horses, hunting, Westerns—or almost any subject, for that matter—you will immediately realize that he...
Mr. Authenticity
Many fans of Westerns, especially the True West maniacs, are guilty of picking them apart for the anachronisms all too often found in such films. I recall having a conversation about the 1969 flick Little Big Man, with a friend who raved on about it, and I...
True West July/August 2025
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