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The Real Lonesome Dove

The Real Lonesome Dove

by | Apr 22, 2020 | Features & Gunfights

The Dallas Times Herald newsroom was abuzz that summer of 1985. Practically everyone had a copy of Larry McMurtry’s Lonesome Dove. We knew or at least knew of McMurtry, the Archer City native often seen wearing his “Minor Regional Novelist” sweatshirt. Those of us...
Western Roundup: February/March 2020

Western Roundup: February/March 2020

by | Feb 5, 2020 | Departments

ART SHOWS/ AUCTIONS OKC Land Run Antique Show Oklahoma City, OK, March 7-8: Shop a wide selection of antiques from some of the region’s most prominent and professional collectors. 918-619-2875 HeritageEventCompany.com Western Spirit Art Show and Sale Cheyenne, WY,...
Doc & Wyatt Team Up

Doc & Wyatt Team Up

by | Sep 10, 2019 | Classic Gunfights, Departments

Eddie Foy is performing at the Comique Theatre in Dodge City, Kansas. In the packed house are Bat Masterson and Doc Holliday. Wyatt Earp is on duty as assistant town marshal, but he posts himself in front of the theater to hear Foy’s act. In his autobiography,...
Our Gang

Our Gang

by | Oct 10, 2018 | Features & Gunfights

Meet the staff behind True West Magazine! (Pictured above) Lynda A. Sánchez, Age 6, 1951 Lynda is shown working with her father, Joe Carithers, on a corral near Arizona’s Tucson Mountain Park, where her father worked as superintendent. One of the last members of the...
Tejano History Under One Roof

Tejano History Under One Roof

by | Oct 3, 2018 | Departments, Old West Saviors

The entire history of early Texas—from a Spanish viceroyalty, to ownership by Mexico, to the Republic of Texas to statehood—was lived by the man who built Casa Navarro. In a lifetime spanning 1795 to 1871, José Antonio Navarro stands as the most important Tejano in...