A Half-Breed Son-of-a-Basque
Like two horses harnessed together, the West of change and the West of complexity alternatively gallop and prance, slip and stumble,” writes Richard Etulain in Beyond the Missouri: The Story of the American West. Professor emeritus of history at the University of New...
Corrida de Toros
Which is the more aggressive and dominant animal—a Mexican fighting bull (toro) or an American buffalo? Scotty Philip, a cattle trader well known along the Mexican border, decided to find out during the winter of 1906-07. His plan? To ship by rail two bull buffaloes...
Top 10 Western Meals to Eat
Out of work cowhands used to ride the grub line, which is pretty much what I do for a living. ’Cause I like to eat. And a body can find a whole lot of chow in the West. So the ramrods at this outfit decided to investigate and choose the 10 meals (west of the...I read that an Arizona outlaw beat a check kiting charge by eating the evidence during the trial. True or false?
I read that an Arizona outlaw beat a check kiting charge by eating the evidence during the trial. True or false? Joshua Young Phoenix, Arizona Rufus Nephews, a.k.a. Climax Jim, was a little-known but notorious cattle rustler in Arizona’s White Mountain country. He...
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
