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Early African Americans in the West

Early African Americans in the West

by | Mar 17, 2021 | True West Blog

Most of the African Americans migrating to Arizona came from the southern states and their work experience was agriculture. In 1860 there were only 21 Blacks in Arizona and ten years later there was still only 26. Here are some more numbers that you may already have,...
A Big Sky Adventure

A Big Sky Adventure

by | Mar 2, 2021 | Features & Gunfights

FROM THE MAGIC CITY OF THE PLAINS TO THE LITTLE BIGHORN AND THE “GRANDEST” TRADING POST OF THE FUR TRADE, A ROAD TRIP THROUGH EASTERN MONTANA OFFERS NO SHORTAGE OF FRONTIER FUN.   Billings, Montana, was little more than a boomtown in 1882, when pioneers and...
A Killer Bullets Couldn’t Stop

A Killer Bullets Couldn’t Stop

by | Mar 1, 2021 | Features & Gunfights

While fighting for the citizens they swore to protect, two horseback-era Texas Rangers were cut down by a deadly killer. Maybe in the flag-waving fervor following America’s April 2, 1917, entry in the Great War, 56-year-old Ben Pennington saw joining the Texas Rangers...
What’s In a Name

What’s In a Name

by | Feb 3, 2021 | True West Blog

“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...