by Candy Moulton | Mar 29, 2020 | Features & Gunfights
Two of the most recognized women in the Old West are Sacajawea and Elizabeth Custer and both of them have stories tied to the history of western North Dakota. Their stories are just two of many connected to this Great Plains landscape. Captain William Clark and...
by True West | Mar 29, 2020 | True West Blog
Out here history lies in the badlands, prairies and rivers that flow through Southeast Montana. Visit Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument and feel the history as you walk the hills and ravines and learn about the warriors and soldiers who fought in the...
by Henry C. Parke | Feb 6, 2020 | Western Books & Movies
The very first feature-length movie made in Hollywood, Cecil B. DeMille’s 1914 film The Squaw Man, was an Indian-centered Western, and D.W. Griffith was making films like The Red Man’s View five years earlier. Whether factual or fantasy, Indian Westerns have a long,...
by | Feb 4, 2020 | True West Blog
In 1855 the Dragoons became Cavalry and the Hardee Hat was issue. They were black felt with a 6 1/4″ brim. The issue hats kept that style until 1883 when they adopted the tan felt. Those remained the issue until the early 1900s. We’re all familiar with those...
by Leo W. Banks | Jan 30, 2020 | Features & Gunfights
The West is still where Americans go to find a new life, and the risks can be huge. The woman who cashes out her retirement to rebuild a ramshackle mercantile in a lost mountain town is taking a chance. So is the bespectacled gent from that strange land east of the...