The Six-Million-Dollar Gun
The real story behind Pat Garrett’s infamous pistol that killed Billy the Kid In the fall of 1880, Sheriff-elect Pat Garrett was given his marching orders by the cattle king of New Mexico, John Chisum: “Clean out that squad east of Sumner.” On December 23, Garrett and...
Saving the West – Top Western Museums 2022
Our top Western Museums for 2022 reflect the dedication of communities to their heritage. The icons of the West, like the Duke and the American cowboy, are among the featured exhibits in the best museums of the American West, and they are being joined by new cultural...
Patrick Wayne
An actor in his own right, the Duke’s son entertained audiences for decades in Westerns and action movies. In the golden years of Hollywood, a star could always get their kid a bit part in their movie, to keep them busy and quiet. That’s usually as far as it...
The Real Women of the Wild West
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...
True West September/October 2025
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