by Meghan Saar | Nov 13, 2017 | Features & Gunfights
On Christmas Day in 1867, three years after the founding of this fair Montana Territory city, Bozeman was elected by citizens as the county seat. This was a joyous occasion for a town that had experienced a tumultuous year. The frontiersman who helped blaze the...
by | Nov 9, 2017 | True West Blog
The Girl I Left Behind Me, a long-standing popular folk tune and song, comes from Dublin, Ireland and is dated by most authorities to the late 18th or early 19th century. The song was popular in the U.S. Regular Army, who adopted it during the War of 1812 after they...
by Stuart Rosebrook | Nov 6, 2017 | Departments, True Western Towns
From the Grand Canyon to the Texas Gulf Coast, from the Rio Grande River Valley to Oklahoma’s endless grasslands, the Desert Southwest Region is a land of sky islands, spectacular canyonlands, plains and prairies, unforgiving deserts and rugged mountains. The natural...
by Stuart Rosebrook | Nov 2, 2017 | Uncategorized
“Ocian in view! Oh! The Joy!” William Clark wrote in his journal on November 7, 1805, viewing what he believed was the Pacific Ocean as the Corps of Discovery reached the broad estuary of the Columbia River, 20 miles from the coast. Clark’s exhilaration at reaching...
by Phil Spangenberger | Oct 25, 2017 | Features & Gunfights
I was recently asked which of my personal guns are my favorites. Of course there are many that I enjoy having for different reasons. Some I admire because of their historical association or intrinsic beauty. Then there are those I’m attached to for sentimental...