Death on the Line
Even an everyday call to investigate cow stealing could spark violence that catapulted a Texas Ranger into the halls of death. This first look at Bob Alexander’s latest tome brings you the story of a brave man caught in the crossfire of King Ranch borderland...
“Curly Bill” (Extended Review)
Randolph Farmer’s “Curly Bill” is presented as a biography of the cattle rustling cowboy who survives today in frontier history as a minor appendage to the Wyatt Earp story. Farmer seems...
Remembering Dobe
“I’m riding Old Paint, I’m Leading Old Dan. I’m going to Montana just to throw the Houlihan. They feed in the coulees, they water in the draw. Their tails are all matted, their backs are all raw.…” In Howard Hawks’s 1948 Western, Red River, Harry “Dobe” Carey...
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
North Dakota is nicknamed the Roughrider State after Theodore Roosevelt’s 1st U.S. Volunteer Cavalry. TR (folks didn’t call him Teddy to his face) loved North Dakota. Tour western North Dakota, and you will understand why TR said if he were given the choice to...
True West March/April 2025
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