Best of the West 2016: Western Movies DVDs & TV Shows
As this special issue honors the best pictures of cowboys, it certainly seems fitting that we also honor the best Cowboy Pictures, those movies that showcased the cowboy way of life. Some even featured real-life, just-off-the-trail cowpokes including Hoot Gibson, Ben...
The 100 Best Historical Photos of the American Cowboy
Rise of the Cowboy Before the Mexican-American War concluded in 1848, American traders who traveled to the Western frontier encountered Spanish vaqueros of northern Mexico. The arrival of railroads and an increased demand for beef during the Civil War drove the need...
The Nude Duel that Will Not Die
August 24, 1877 A wild picnic is in progress just outside the city limits of Denver, Colorado. Notorious brothel owner Mattie Silks is among the party crowd. She is with her “kept man,” Corteze Thomson, a handsome, fleet-footed gambler. After numerous rounds of...
A Brilliant But Doomed Mission
Imagine Oklahoma Territory’s Fort Sill in 1895, almost 10 years after the surrender of Geronimo. Imagine Mexico’s Sierra Madre, where hit-and-run attacks by Apaches on both sides of the U.S.-Mexico border continued to create chaos. Imagine what we would call today a...
True West January/February 2025
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