by | Jul 31, 2023 | True West Blog
Climax Jim was the darling of the Arizona press during the late 1890s. Thanks to the fertile imaginations of the old timers who knew him and the newspaper reporters who embellished and enlivened the activities of this likable street-wise kid from the east coast who...
by | Jul 18, 2023 | True West Blog
When a cowboy got to a cattle town after a long drive, making his dollar a day, what would have been his thoughts on spending a part of that money on a shave, bath, new clothes, etc, and what would those things have cost him, not to mention a few drinks. What would...
by Candy Moulton & The Editors of True West | Jul 16, 2023 | Features & Gunfights
Museums from coast to coast celebrate our Western heritage for all generations. Museums across the country are expanding their collections and broadening the stories they tell as they continue to grow and reimagine their presentations. Stories of the land and how...
by Henry C. Parke | Jul 15, 2023 | Western Books & Movies, Western Movies
Producer and actor Wyatt McCrea, grandson of Western movie icon Joel McCrea, is enthusiastic about acting in The Contested Plains, about a frontier family in 1874 Kansas. “The ‘Yellowstone Halo Effect’ is what we’re dealing with now, so you’ve got to take...
by Stuart Rosebrook | Jul 14, 2023 | Western Books, Western Books & Movies
Just in time for great summer reading, Tom Clavin’s latest Western history, Follow Me to Hell: McNelly’s Texas Rangers and the Rise of Frontier Justice (St. Martin’s Press, $29.99), has hit the bookstores and digital platforms for readers who love the Old West....