Western Saddles The western style saddle goes back to the Crusades and earlier...
The biggest difference between the western saddle and eastern is the horn. The saddle horn was essential for roping open range cattle during roundup time. Back east in the heavily wooded country cattle were mostly herded on foot. Neither horse nor rope was necessary....
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
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
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...
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
