Cattle Queens, Dragoons and Rangers
How were Old West hotel rooms heated? Carolyn Childs (Houston, Texas) Fires were a menace to those wood structures; they could wipe out an entire town. By the 1820s and 1830s, coal was quickly becoming a dominant fuel type. It revolutionized indoor heating. Iron...
Braves and Badges
Early American Indian Police played a strong role in the settlement of the West. Before recorded history, American Indians practiced some form of policing. The Sioux possessed the most organized tribal police society called the Akicita, also known as warrior...
The Trails and Tales of the Old West Go on Forever
What event marked the end of the Old West? Daniel Proctor (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) That’s hard to say precisely because the Old West covered thousands of square miles. Stagecoaches were still hauling passengers in remote parts of Arizona into the 1920s. The...
Billy the Kid and the Apaches
The audacious outlaw fought and raided his rival renegades without retribution. All images courtesy True West Archives unless otherwise noted Their war-cries were enough to jolt even some of the most hardened of men. When you first saw them, they had likely...
True West January/February 2025
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