by William Childress | Feb 1, 2002 | Inside History
Only weeks after the 13-day siege and battle, contemporary newspapers provided conflicting accounts of what happened at the famous mission-fortress. And in the years that followed, painters, poets, writers and filmmakers provided multiple interpretations of Texas’...
by Stuart Rosebrook | Dec 20, 2024 | Features & Gunfights
The American West in All Its Glory Our annual favorites list celebrates destinations across the Western United States. Along blue highways to endless vistas, starry nights to warming sunrises, a trip across the American West—in winter, spring, summer or fall—is sure...
by Various Authors | Feb 24, 2023 | Features & Gunfights
From Montana to Texas, a summer road trip is a great way to immerse yourself in the history and heritage of the American West. I remember my parents loading my sister, Katherine, and me into the family station wagon. It was the late 1960s and our vacation...
by Peter Corbett and the Editors of True West | Jan 20, 2023 | Features & Gunfights
With foresight and determination, city leaders have worked hard for over a century to preserve our Old West history in the most famous Western towns. Some people rescue wild mustangs, wayward souls or soiled doves. Then there are those inspired individuals...
by Stuart Rosebrook | Sep 6, 2022 | Western Books, Western Books & Movies
James B. Mills’ major new biography of Billy the Kid, plus a geographic history of Nebraska, an alternate bio of The Kid, a Wild West Western, and an Apache adventure Give or take 8,300 miles be-tween New Mexico, U.S.A., and New South Wales, Australia, and 140 years...