Lincoln County’s New History
“My Aunt Jenny had been taken by the Indians as she was four….” The family bought her back with 500 pounds of shelled corn a decade later, in the 1860s. That isn’t the kind of history you find in most books. And considering this happened in Lincoln County,...
True West’s Ultimate Historic Travel Guide: The Desert Southwest
From the Grand Canyon to the Texas Gulf Coast, from the Rio Grande River Valley to Oklahoma’s endless grasslands, the Desert Southwest Region is a land of sky islands, spectacular canyonlands, plains and prairies, unforgiving deserts and rugged mountains. The natural...
True West’s Ultimate Historic Travel Guide: The Pacific Coast
“Ocian in view! Oh! The Joy!” William Clark wrote in his journal on November 7, 1805, viewing what he believed was the Pacific Ocean as the Corps of Discovery reached the broad estuary of the Columbia River, 20 miles from the coast. Clark’s exhilaration at reaching...
Building Your Western Library With Leo W. Banks
As a youngster, Leo W. Banks watched too many TV and movie Westerns. The summer before entering Boston College High School, the Jesuits sent out a reading list that included Jack Schaefer’s Shane, and that sealed it. He was hooked. Banks has spent his working life as...
True West July/August 2025
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