Death Rides a White-Faced Horse
May 19, 1881 Curly Bill Brocius is holding court in Galeyville, Arizona, with his cow-boy cohorts. Jim Wallace, a veteran of the Lincoln County War, rides up on a chestnut horse with a white-striped face, dismounts and joins Brocius and friends on the porch of a...
West Texas in the Daylight
All those years when I hung my hat in Dallas / Fort Worth, I told myself the best way to drive across West Texas was at night. I mean, what’s there to see in that godforsaken country? It’s flatter than a pancake and smells like Hereford feed lots. So, I’d leave the...
More Bucks and Other Changes
Peanut shells litter the National Western Stock Show and Rodeo’s “green room.” A minister prays with a young cowboy, preparing him for his bull ride. There’s a card game at one of the tables, while other cowboys work telephones and check gear. It’s a scene that could...
Frontier Women at Arms
When Frank Butler loaded his guns at a fairground outside Cincinnati, Ohio, one spring day in 1881, the last thing in his thoughts was a legend about to be born. A professional exhibition shooter who counted himself among the best in the country, Butler was prepared...
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
