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,...
Yellowstone Cowboys
The real story of Teddy Blue and how he became Montana’s greatest cowboy. “We all got well lit up and went to a hot show on Blake Street,” wrote Teddy Blue Abbott. “The play I think was called ‘Poor Nell,’ anyway, a burglar beats his wife to death on the stage. After...
Shooting Back
Our readers remind us of the variables and vagaries of historic truths, “well-established” facts, headlines and historical photographs. Historic Saloons, Hotels and Lodges I appreciated the stuff you printed about Montana in the May 2023 issue. And it was entirely...
Josephine Williams
Josephine Williams was born in the SandHills of Nebraska, went to nursing school in Chicago. She graduated from nursing school in 1903 just prior to being diagnosed with tuberculosis, a probable death sentence in those days. Her doctor asked if she’d ever heard of...
True West September/October 2025
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