True West Magazine - Logo
Crossfire

Crossfire

by | Mar 11, 2019 | Features & Gunfights

Three historians slice and dice what actually happened in one of the greatest manhunts in American history. We have decided to run all of the opposing evidence from Robert Utley, John Boessenecker and John Fusco, and let you, the reader, decide for yourself. We blew...
A Texas Ranger Earns His Spurs

A Texas Ranger Earns His Spurs

by | Mar 4, 2019 | Features & Gunfights

Frank Hamer rested his muscular frame against the trunk of a hackberry tree.  He levered a round into the chamber of his Winchester Model 1894 saddle ring carbine, then squinted down the rear sight. Drawing a long breath, he slowly squeezed the trigger and the hammer...
The Tragedy of Texas Jack

The Tragedy of Texas Jack

by | Feb 11, 2019 | Features & Gunfights

Texas Jack could have been the person about whom the phrase “tall, dark and handsome” was coined. And Giuseppina Morlacchi was a heartbreaker. She was a ballet dancer from Italy and he was a cowboy from Virginia. Born John Burwell Omohundro, he later decided that...
The Big Fight

The Big Fight

by | Feb 7, 2019 | Departments, Investigating History

It takes something for an Old West shootout to be called “The Big Fight.” That’s the handle they stuck on a free-for-all in Tascosa, Texas, in the early hours of March 21, 1886. Trouble had been brewing for some time. A bunch of ex-Texas Rangers was now working at the...
Max Evans in Hollywood

Max Evans in Hollywood

by | Jan 25, 2019 | Western Books & Movies, Western Movies

“Ol’ Tony Hillerman told me one time, ‘Max, you know, if you option a novel, you’ve got to hope they don’t make the movie. Because then you can’t option it again.’ He was giving me advice long after the horses had entered the corral.” Legendary Texas-born...