The Last Great Buffalo Roundup
By 1880, the great herds of buffalo—estimated at 60 million in America—were all but gone, leaving behind them a dismal story of human greed and shortsightedness. William T. Hornaday of the New York Zoological Society traveled throughout the West in 1889 to conduct a...
150 Places to Celebrate Kansas’s 150th Birthday
There’s no place like Kansas. We’re talking about the Central/ Sunflower/Wheat/Jayhawk State. This state has more nicknames than Bob Boze Bell (but you can’t print what folks call BBB). After a fight over free- or slave-state status (thus another moniker, “Bleeding...
Coffee with Lizards?
We’ve all heard of coffee with cream and sugar, but with lizards? Yep, such a concoction was drunk in Texas in the late 1800s. “At one of the dances a large wash pot of coffee, surrounded by numerous tin cups, was kept boiling all night under a large tree in the front...
Top 10 True Western Towns of 2011
Given to towns that have made an important contribution to preserving their pasts. We hope this award will not only encourage federal, state and local governments to continue funding such efforts, but also inspire Western towns to reward its citizens and visitors...
True West March/April 2025
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