Does “cookie” refer to cook?
Does “cookie” refer to cook? Thuy An Carefree, Arizona Ramon F. Adams’s Western Words lists “cookie” as one of the names for a range cook. Cook in Spanish is cocinero, so he was sometimes called that or “coosie.” Another name included “Old Woman.” The cook was the...
The Biggest Buffalo Buff
Buffalo are still roaming the American West—even in Arizona. Outside the buffalo wildlife ranges in Raymond, east of Flagstaff, and House Rock, east of the North Kaibab, you can find an Arizona tribute to the “greatest icon that ever lived” in Navajo County. If Gary...
The Outlaw Trail
The two riders pounded the trails and roads of eastern Utah on that late April afternoon in 1897. They kept up a quick pace—had to, since they were being trailed by a bunch of guys armed with guns and questions. Questions like “Where do you think you’re going with...
Opulence, Your Name is Cheyenne
As in the Cheyenne Club—the private cattlemen’s club in Wyoming Territory that was “over the top” in every way. It sat like a beacon on Seventeenth Street in Cheyenne, and was about the most lush and exclusive club in the nation. It was a grand, 3-story building...
True West May/June 2025
In This Issue:
Features
- Historic Hotels of the American West
- A Journey Through Wyoming’s Outlaw History
- A Journey Through Washington’s Wild Frontier
- Blazing The Oregon Trail
- Journey Through Time
- Did Brigham Young Order a Massacre?
- Mountain Meadows Scapegoat John D. Lee VS. A Firing Squad
- Mormons in the Movies
- An Indigenous Consultant Ensures Accuracy
- The Battle Axe And A Raw Deal
- Showdown: Bridger VS. Brigham
- The Mountain Man and the Mormon Moses
- The Ghosts of Mountain Meadows
- The War Before the War
- Mountain Meadows
Western Books & Movies
