Butter Me Up
“Mother said to father, while on the train and looking at the herds of cattle through the window: ‘We can be sure of one item of food and that is milk.’” Yet when 12-year-old James Mathis migrated with his family from Arkansas to Grandpa John’s cattle ranch in...
On the Trail of Solomon Butcher
Solomon Butcher first saw Nebraska in 1880 when he claimed homestead land in northeast Custer County. He had been working in Ohio as a traveling salesman, but joined his father, brother George and brother-in-law J.R. Wabel when they migrated from Illinois to Custer...
Great Movie (and TV) Hats
Despite the television show’s invitation to return to “those thrilling days of yesteryear,” The Lone Ranger of the 1950s depicted times, places and things as they never were. The mask alone would have earned the Texas Ranger, John Reid, a necktie party by one...
Gunfighter Graves
“Doc Holliday…He Died in Bed.” Wow, who knew this deathbed twist would jolt True West’s Facebook fans to generate the first major top-rated feed in the magazine’s social media history? It is shocking that tuberculosis turned out to be the loaded gun that claimed...
True West March/April 2025
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