Steam Engines The steam engine was invented in England in 1825 and a year later it arrived in America...
The steam engine was invented in England in 1825 and a year later it arrived in America. By the 1850s trains were chuffing along at 25 mph. Since the times of the Romans people had only been able to travel as speeds of 4 mph. Those steam locomotive were real water...
Braggin’ Rights
“Most people don’t realize the depth and the breadth of the museum,” Price says. If your Mama told you not to brag, you probably didn’t grow up in Texas—a state where size does matter. After all, it was No. 1 until Alaska came along. But bragging rights are deserved...
San Angelo, Texas
The rush of westbound settlers after the Civil War led to the founding of Fort Concho in 1867. With military protection, a settlement sprouted around a trading post across the North Concho River. The area got a boost in 1888 when the Santa Fe railroad came through....
The Wonders Of The West
From the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C., to the National Park Service’s Iñupiat Heritage Center above the Arctic Circle in Barrow, Alaska, the history of the American West has been collected, saved, curated, displayed and interpreted in just about every...
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
