Did Doc Holliday Hunt Down Old Man Clanton?
No man is an island, isolated from his time and place, so exploring the world of a historical individual not only gives a sense of reality to his story—it can tell us things about his character we might have missed in a more targeted search. Take my study of Doc...
16 Historical Destinations That Will Make You Weep
The American West, imagined and celebrated worldwide in art and literature, film and television, is equally a land of grace and grief. Since Columbus sailed the Atlantic, world history changed, not just in the Americas, but, around the globe, with the near immediate...
10 Myths About TOM HORN
Tom Horn occupies a prominent, if controversial, place in frontier annals. While he had a varied career in his 43 years—miner, cowpuncher, pioneer rodeo star and lawman—his most enduring legacy was as a civilian packer and scout for the U.S. Army in the Apache...
Hunting His Own Kind
Since arriving in Arizona Territory in 1881, Tom Horn had spent much of his time in the employ of the federal government, as an employee of the army or the White Mountain Apache Reservation at San Carlos. Until he left his position as superintendent of trains (chief...
True West March/April 2025
In This Issue:
Features
Western Books & Movies
