True West’s Best of the West 2009 Winners
Here are the winners of our “2009 Best of the West.” Sit back and see if your pick made the list. Best Living Photographer of 2009 David Stoecklein David Stoecklein of Sun Valley, Idaho, has a strong understanding and respect for Western history, culture...
Kemo Sabe Unmasked
The history of the Texas Rangers is the history of Western movies. When Broncho Billy Anderson told director Edwin S. Porter that he could ride like a Texas Ranger, he won the role of a bandit in Porter’s 12-minute, 1903 silent film The Great Train Robbery. The truth...
That Cowboy Stench
Having worked in the emergency room as a young physician throughout the 1970s, I learned the difference between human “sweat” and “stench,” as these apply to the presentation of different patients under a wide variety of circumstances. I concluded that “sweat is...
Sheriff’s Sale
“Quien es?” asked the lone figure standing in the dim-lit doorway. Instantly, two shots rang out from a darkened room, ending the life of one of the Old West’s most infamous characters, Henry McCarty, a.k.a. William Bonney, a.k.a. Henry Antrim, best known as Billy the...
True West January/February 2025
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