The Santa Fe Trail Beckoned the Mosty Brothers
Two Kansas City boys hiked the famous road west in 1874 to make their mark in the cattle trade. The Santa Fe Trail, a vital commercial route, developed international trade between the United States and Mexico, fostered commerce on the Plains, served as a military road...
Top 12 Guns that Tamed the Wild West
True West considers these the most significant workhorses of the frontier. “The Gun That Won the West!” “Which gun was that?” you may ask, but, as any serious arms enthusiast would tell you, regardless of advertising or promotional rhetoric, no single firearm...
Early African Americans in the West
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
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...
True West July/August 2025
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