What’s In a Name
“Sheet-Iron Jack” Allen, was a California horse thief who wore an iron vest when plying his trade. Jack earned his nickname after surviving four barrels of buckshot. Charlie Bryant was fired upon at close range with a pistol. Bullet grazed his cheek...
Top 10 True Western Towns of 2021
Standing Tall Despite the pandemic, American Western towns remain strong and determined to be better than ever in 2021. It’s reassuring to know that True Western Towns endure through the worst calamities. It happened more than a century ago during the Spanish Flu...
Wheels to Fortune
Over a century ago gold-crazed miners traded in their sleds for bikes and pedaled their way to their Alaskan bonanzas. In late February, as the days grow longer and supposedly milder, down-clad triathletes besting cranes and geese flock to western Alaska for The...
Relay Horses
I’ve always heard that Butch was the first to have used relays of horses in 1889 to escape pursuing posses. I had a question today from a reader who wanted to know if the James-Youngers and the Dalton Brothers used relays. My first thought was the terrain...
True West January/February 2025
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