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Tracking the Texas Rangers

Tracking the Texas Rangers

by | Mar 13, 2012 | Travel & Preservation

You’re Riding Shotgun With…               David George, who orchestrated the turnaround of the Buckhorn Saloon & Museum in San Antonio, further enhancing this historic museum with a new addition, the Texas Ranger Museum. The Ranger museum houses hundreds of Ranger...
Cowboys & Cowtowns

Cowboys & Cowtowns

by | Mar 13, 2012 | Travel & Preservation

You’re Riding Shotgun With…               Orin Friesen, whose passions are the Chisholm Trail, Texas Longhorn cattle, the Pony Express and Kansas history. A serious student of history for more than 50 years, Friesen is the operations manager of the Prairie Rose...
Hardin’s Deadly Tools

Hardin’s Deadly Tools

by | Mar 12, 2012 | Art, Guns and Culture

We’ve long held a fascination for the gunmen of the Wild West, and firearms enthusiasts have been especially interested in the hardware used by them. Unlike most Wild West gunmen, who left behind scarce detailed accounts of the guns they had used during their...
Our Favorite Reads of 2011

Our Favorite Reads of 2011

by | Feb 14, 2012 | Western Books

  True West editors weigh in on our favorite reads.   BIOGRAPHIES   THE KILLING OF CRAZY HORSEBy Thomas Powers (Knopf/Vintage)The shadowy warrior of the Sioux Wars of the 1860s and ’70s is redefined in this gripping narrative that tackles both the mythology and...
The Lone Rango

The Lone Rango

by | Feb 14, 2012 | Western Movies

One film that touched everyone—from the kiddies to us grizzled veterans—was 2011’s Rango. We enjoyed it more because we understood all the inside humor. From paying homage to Clint Eastwood’s “Man With No Name” to the dozens of Western heroes encapsulated in the...