by TW Editors | Sep 23, 2021 | Features & Gunfights
From the Boss of The Plains to The Gus “A fine hat fits like a good friend.” —Charles M. Russell In 1989, veteran actors Robert Duvall and Tommy Lee Jones costarred in the epic CBS Western miniseries Lonesome Dove. Adapted from Larry McMurtry’s Pulitzer...
by Lynda A. Sanchez | Sep 23, 2021 | Features & Gunfights
Mi Buen Compañero Beba agua mi buen compañero. Agua fresca del cielo. Beba para acariciar la sed. Beba mi caballo alazán lucero De esta copa, mi sombrero Porque ya terminamos con El trabajo del día. Yo, y mi caballo que se llama Bandolero! —J. James Sánchez ...
by Henry C. Parke | Sep 23, 2021 | Western Books & Movies, Western Movies
Writer-director-producer Taylor Sheridan celebrates his roots with his new series filmed in Texas. When writer, producer and director Taylor Sheridan spoke to True West in August, he was less than a week from shooting the Yellowstone prequel, Y:1883,...
by | Sep 6, 2021 | True West Blog
Burt Mossman was Governor Murphy’s choice to be the first captain of the Arizona Rangers. The rawhide-tough cowman had made quite a reputation for himself when he ran the famous Hash knife outfit in northern Arizona. Mossman’s life reads like something...
by | Aug 31, 2021 | True West Blog
Arizona greeted the 20th Century as a frontier Jekyll and Hyde. On one hand, communities like Phoenix, Prescott and Tucson were becoming modern cities. Churches and schools outnumbered the bawdy houses and saloons, a sure sign that civilization was making progress....