by Stuart Rosebrook | Mar 31, 2018 | Features & Gunfights
The long American road trip across the West evokes emotions of freedom and adventure and mental images of windswept plains, awe-inspiring mountain ranges and endless, impenetrable deserts. The vast Western lands awaken our basic instincts of thrill-seeking and...
by Michael Blake | Mar 17, 2017 | Features & Gunfights
He was known as a man of action, speaking softly but carrying a big stick. He led a group of volunteers called the Rough Riders to victory and fame up Cuba’s San Juan Hill in the Spanish-American War. As President, he preserved over 230 million acres of land for the...
by Stuart Rosebrook | Feb 14, 2012 | Art, Guns and Culture
From the Bucket of Blood Saloon in Virginia City, Nevada, to the Sons of Hermann Hall in Dallas, Texas, to stages at festivals like the Lincoln County Cowboy Symposium in Ruidoso, New Mexico, Western troubadours, Bluegrass pickers, Honky-Tonk singers and...
by Marshall Trimble | Sep 13, 2025 | Ask the Marshall
Lessons I have learned during more than a quarter century of “Ask the Marshall.” How did Arizona finally rid itself of the outlaw Ike Clanton? Dr. Ricas Scottsdale, AZ In 1887, Ike and Fin Clanton, a couple of cow thieves who survived the Cochise County War, moved...
by Johnny D. Boggs and The Editors of True West | Sep 13, 2025 | Features & Gunfights
All Things Western Revived? Top Western Art Museums Many filmmakers and studio executives are realizing that there’s a revived interest in all things Western. But don’t be surprised if your local art museum directors and patrons shrug off such a comment. They’ve known...