The Best of the West: Heritage Travel

The Best of the West: Heritage Travel

Highways to History For well over six decades the editors of True West magazine have been encouraging its readers to hit the road and travel the blue highways and back roads of the Western United States to discover firsthand where history happened. Since those first...
The Best of the West: Western Movies

The Best of the West: Western Movies

Westerns are Everywhere— Except in Theaters There’s been a quiet explosion of Western film releases in 2019—from indies to international productions. The irony is that when it comes to watching Westerns, the bigger the screen, the better, but while it’s been a big...
The Best of the West: Western Preservation

The Best of the West: Western Preservation

Passion Wins the Day It’s probably obvious from my writing, but I love people who are passionate about what they’re doing. That’s why writing this column on Old West Saviors is such a joy, because I get to meet people all year who have often moved heaven and earth to...
Ride the Devil’s Herd

Ride the Devil’s Herd

The Cowboys were the Old West’s biggest outlaw gang. In Arizona and New Mexico, they committed highway robberies, waylaid Mexican pack trains, stole thousands of heads of cattle on both sides of the international border and murdered at least 35 men. The Cowboys worked...