Spur Talk
The day Bill McDonald rode over the hill leading the Appaloosa, Slim and I were repairing the corrals. Slim was running Pete Coleman’s little ranch about three miles south of Cow Springs, New Mexico. I was just a snotty-nosed, freckle-faced kid at the time....
Chalk Level Shoot-Out
The Youngers vs. The Pinkertons The Bushwhackers Score A Goal Shot Down in the Missouri Wilds Based on the research of John Langellier and Jack McPhee All images True West Archives unless otherwise noted Illustrations by Bob Boze Bell March 17, 1874 Around 2:10...
In the Lens of History
A century ago, the state of Montana was still one of the youngest states. The Rocky Mountain and Great Plains state received its star on Old Glory in 1889, 25 years after it had been made a territory carved out of the vast, lightly settled Western lands first...
The Legendary Four Sixes Ranch
The ranch was founded 155 years ago by men and women who are as mythical as they are real. Ranching has always been something of a gamble, so it makes sense that Captain Samuel “Burk” Burnett won one of Texas’s famous ranches in a poker game. Of course,...
True West September/October 2025
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