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...
Wet Your Whistle at These Historic Saloons
“Saloon openings are all the rage. The Oriental is simply gorgeous and is pronounced the finest place of the kind this side of San Francisco.” “The bar is a marvel of beauty; the sideboards were made for the Baldwin Hotel; the gaming room connected is...
The Gentleman Vigilante
Ever heard of Elias Whitcomb? The Old West is full of brave Indian fighters who settled our country, yet never made dime novels or campfire songs. Whitcomb was one who escaped notoriety despite his outrageous exploits and tight links with notorious killers enshrined...
True West May/June 2025
In This Issue:
Features
- Historic Hotels of the American West
- A Journey Through Wyoming’s Outlaw History
- A Journey Through Washington’s Wild Frontier
- Blazing The Oregon Trail
- Journey Through Time
- Did Brigham Young Order a Massacre?
- Mountain Meadows Scapegoat John D. Lee VS. A Firing Squad
- Mormons in the Movies
- An Indigenous Consultant Ensures Accuracy
- The Battle Axe And A Raw Deal
- Showdown: Bridger VS. Brigham
- The Mountain Man and the Mormon Moses
- The Ghosts of Mountain Meadows
- The War Before the War
- Mountain Meadows
Western Books & Movies
