The Arizona Rangers

The Arizona Rangers

The dawning of the 20th century brought little improvement to the notorious reputation Arizona had earned during the tumultuous years of outlawry and the Indian Wars. The close proximity to Mexico and the rugged mountain wilderness in the eastern part of the territory...
Bruce Boxleitner

Bruce Boxleitner

  I just wrapped production on The Thanksgiving House for Hallmark. As many fans of True West already know, I’m also starring in the Western Comedy Smokewood, Nevada, as the cattleman Johnny Morgan. I’m currently working on a project with Trevor Crafts. We are...
Top 10 True Western Towns of 2013

Top 10 True Western Towns of 2013

#1 Fort Smith, Arkansas Location is everything in real estate. It’s also pretty darned important in history. The western Arkansas town of Fort Smith sits tucked in a bend of the Arkansas River, up against the border of what was once the Indian Territory, on the very...
The Rocky Mountain Rangers

The Rocky Mountain Rangers

The Canadian prairies were anything but polite in 1885. In southwestern Alberta, rancher William Cochrane wrote his father: “There is a great deal of uneasiness about the Indians…Riel’s runners are in their camps, and it seems doubtful what they will do…we ought...
Looking for the Shawnee Trail

Looking for the Shawnee Trail

What was it John Wayne said in Red River? “Ten miles a day will be good. Fifteen will be luck.” Sounds just about right. I’m inching my way toward the Dallas North Tollway on the way to Frisco, Texas, and it looks like all 1.2 million Dallasites have the same idea. I...