Homesteaders, Heroines and Hell-Raisers
“It is curious how quickly one’s animal instinct of survival comes to the fore in primitive lands,” recalled Edith Eudora Kohl in her homesteading memoir Land of the Burnt Thigh: A Lively Story of Women Homesteaders on the South Dakota Frontier. The year was 1907, and...
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...
True West September/October 2025
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