The Muleshoe Ranch The early history of the Old Muleshoe ranch reads like something out of a Louis L’Amour shoot ‘em up...
The early history of the Old Muleshoe ranch reads like something out of a Louis L’Amour shoot ‘em up. It was also the stuff that inspires a visiting writer to write a Broadway play that eventually became a hit movie. Dr. Glendy King was the first to settle at what...
On the Bison Trail
The great wild bison herds that once ranged from Canada to Texas had a significant impact on the people and landscape of the West. Their annual migrations churned the soil as they took advantage of natural grasslands. The native people of the region followed these...
The West Awaits!
The great Western American road trip is a bucket list item for travelers all over the world. During this worldwide COVID-19 pandemic, we know that travel is limited at best and nonexistent at worst. Although the nation awaits the lifting of travel restrictions and...
“Our Father, Who Art….”
What did people do in Dakota Territory in the late 19th century? In the part that would become North Dakota—windswept, treeless, flat-as-a-pancake, cold-as-hell—they built churches. Small, intimate, full-on-Sunday churches. The Lutherans mainly built with white...
True West May/June 2025
In This Issue:
Features
- Historic Hotels of the American West
- A Journey Through Wyoming’s Outlaw History
- A Journey Through Washington’s Wild Frontier
- Blazing The Oregon Trail
- Journey Through Time
- Did Brigham Young Order a Massacre?
- Mountain Meadows Scapegoat John D. Lee VS. A Firing Squad
- Mormons in the Movies
- An Indigenous Consultant Ensures Accuracy
- The Battle Axe And A Raw Deal
- Showdown: Bridger VS. Brigham
- The Mountain Man and the Mormon Moses
- The Ghosts of Mountain Meadows
- The War Before the War
- Mountain Meadows
Western Books & Movies
