by True West | Sep 4, 2022 | Features & Gunfights
A portfolio of bold American women who changed the world. Alexis de Tocqueville came to America to study democracy. At the end of his two-volume Democracy In America, he wrote, “if one asked me to what do I think one must principally attribute the singular prosperity...
by True West | Sep 2, 2022 | Art, Guns and Culture, Western Roundup
PRESCOTT FRONTIER DAYS’ WORLD’S OLDEST RODEO Prescott, AZ, June 28-July 4: The 135th annual rodeo celebrates the 50th anniversary of the release of the classic Western Junior Bonner, which was filmed entirely on location locally, including during the rodeo and parade....
by Melody Groves | Sep 2, 2022 | Features & Gunfights
Historic Train Excursions Coast to Coast From North Carolina to California, Montana to Texas, “ridin’ the rails” is reminiscent of days gone by, when trains were the fastest mode of transportation. Passengers sat back, relaxed and marveled at the scenery or engaged in...
by Henry C. Parke | Sep 2, 2022 | Western Books & Movies, Western Movies
A born storyteller, the California ranch girl has worked hard at her craft to become a successful Western novelist and screenwriter. When Western novelist and screenwriter Lee Martin visited the set of Shadow on the Mesa, the first film based on one of...
by Bob Boze Bell | Sep 2, 2022 | Classic Gunfights, Features & Gunfights
Billy the Kid vs. Joe Grant – An Eyewitness Revelation January 10, 1880 Bob Hargrove’s saloon in Old Fort Sumner, New Mexico, is packed with cowboys, including James Chisum, brother of John, and three of his cowhands. Chisum and his men have been invited...