by | Dec 22, 2021 | True West Blog
The workhorse among the Army’s Corps of Topographical Engineers surveying the southern border of the New Mexico Territory during the 1850’s was Lt. Amiel Weeks Whipple. He was the steady and sure wheelhorse of J. R. Bartlett’s and Major William Emory’s boundary...
by Jana Bommersbach | Dec 10, 2021 | Departments, Old West Saviors
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...
by Steve Friesen | Dec 10, 2021 | Collecting the West, Departments
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...
by Stuart Rosebrook | Dec 10, 2021 | Departments, Shooting from the Hip
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...
by Phil Spangenberger | Dec 10, 2021 | Features & Gunfights
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...