The Bacon Cure
On his way from Illinois to California in 1852, William Henry Hart wrote, “The bacon too that I had always disliked even the sight of, became very good eating proving that nothing makes us relish our food as much as a good appetite.” Bacon was one of the few meat...
The West’s Newest Museum
We will be a living institution. We will offer experiences. We will be the storytellers.” That’s how museum director Michael J. Fox describes his latest project: Scottsdale’s Museum of the West, in the historic downtown of an Arizona city that calls itself the “West’s...
The 100 Best Historical Photos of the American Indian
Alfred Jacob Miller, George Catlin, John Mix Stanley and Karl Bodmer’s romantic illustrations of America’s frontier Indians were matchless eyewitness portrayals until the advent of the camera. Thomas Easterly is credited as the first to photograph American Indians in...
The Toughest Man West of the Pecos
“Chisum! John Chisum! Weary. Saddle worn.” Sorry. Every time I think of John Simpson Chisum, I think of the 1970 John Wayne movie Chisum, and Andrew J. Fenady’s theme song. OK. Though highly entertaining, Chisum isn’t a classic movie, and Fenady’s probably...
True West January/February 2025
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