The Great Chiefs
Their Courage Shaped a Nation “Resting here until day breaks and shadows fall and darkness disappears is Quanah Parker, the last chief of the Comanches” – Epitaph on Quanah Parker’s gravestone On March 4, 1905, Comanche Chief Quanah...
The Lost Sullivan Mine
The fabulous Silver King Mine was first discovered in 1873, at a time when conflicts with the Apache Indians were frequent and few people dared prospecting or settling the area. General George Stoneman, setup a camp near the site of frequent Apache raids and ordered...
On the Santa Fe Trail: 1821-2021
The bicentennial of the National Historic Trail is a great reason to hit the road and rediscover why it is the West’s original “Mother Road.” When you get right down to it, almost every trail ever blazed was for profit. Despite all the glory associated with them, the...
Great News
News of the World, Tom Hanks’ first Western, is one of the best films of the year. While Texas novelist Paulette Jiles liked the idea of News of the World becoming a movie, this wasn’t her first rodeo. “Larry McMurtry did a script for Color of Lightning, but he...
True West January/February 2025
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