Snapshots of Old West History
Our collective American snapshot history began when George Eastman introduced the Kodak camera and roll film in 1888. As the years went on, more and more folks were able to record their favorite memories of their travels. Nowadays pretty much everyone owns a digital...
True West’s Best of the West 2011 Winners
Here are the winners of our “2011 Best of the West.” Sit back and see if your pick made the list. BEST SUNDAY RIDE TO THE RIVER Longhorn Saloon’s Sunday RideBandera, TXMySpace.com/LonghornSaloonBandera On Sunday afternoons, you’ll see folks in Bandera,...
John Wayne’s Wild West
A two-page photo spread in this handsome volume goes a long way toward explaining this book. Pages 26 and 27 illustrate that wonderful moment in True Grit when Rooster Cogburn lays Mattie Ross’s huge Colt Dragoon, the gun she inherited from her murdered father, across...
Top 10 Western Museums of 2010
I hadn’t seen lines like this since I tried to get into a bookstore in Dallas, Texas, where actor Jimmy Stewart was autographing copies of his book of poetry. That was like trying to get into a Dallas Cowboys home playoff game. On May 24-25, 2009, when the New Mexico...
True West July/August 2025
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