The Bad Man from Bodie
Bodie is a ghost town—perhaps the West’s best preserved ghost town, where abandoned weather-beaten buildings stand stoically against encroaching sagebrush. But years ago, the remote mining camp east of the Sierra Nevada Mountains in California became the object of a...
The Bad Man from Bodie
Bodie is a ghost town—perhaps the West’s best preserved ghost town, where abandoned weather-beaten buildings stand stoically against encroaching sagebrush. But years ago, the remote mining camp east of the Sierra Nevada Mountains in California became the object of a...
Music That Ain’t Country (Let Alone Western)
You’re more likely to find me listening to an audiobook or tuning in to National Public Radio than dialing in a Country-Western station, but not too long ago, I scanned the airwaves for some C&W music. Several stations later, the radio was turned off, replaced by...My SASS friends and I disagree. I say chinks were not worn by working cowboys in the 1890s. I believe they were show wear for riders during the late 1940s. Can you settle this?
My SASS friends and I disagree. I say chinks were not worn by working cowboys in the 1890s. I believe they were show wear for riders during the late 1940s. Can you settle this? Phil Bartlett Fremont, California Most cowboy gear originated with the Mexican vaquero....
True West January/February 2025
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