What did a cowboy do to get by when they got too old to ride herd and work as a cowboy? Utah Phillips wrote a great song on that theme The Goodnight...
Too Old to Wrangle or Ride on the Swing
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In Search of Hugh Glass
Travel the Rocky Mountain West to discover the truth about the legendary mountain man. If he had to do it over, there’s a chance Hugh Glass...
Charlie Russell The Humorist
The legendary Montana cowboy is well known for his cowboy art, but he was also quite funny and sometimes ribald (some would say scandalous!). Here...
Vaqueros, Buckaroos and Cowboys
For 70 years, True West magazine’s editors and contributors have been among the greatest chroniclers of the American cowboy. True West’s founding...
Rowdy Cowboys, Outlaws, and Blood Feud
L.R. Millican’s life in Lampasas, Texas, was both lucky and legendary. Lampasas, for a time, was on the edge of a lively frontier in Texas, and much...
Kingman Kin
Here’s a classic film story that involves my hometown, Kingman, the Hotel Beale and my shirttail kin. As the story goes, Buster Keaton was...
Lost Pick Mine
Arizona’s rugged central mountains, with their brawny mountains and twisting, boulder-choked canyons were a perfect place to lose a mine. Coronado’s...
History of the Toothbrush
When was the toothbrush invented? Tools to clean teeth have been around since prehistoric times. Folks used twigs, bones, feathers and even...
Cowboy Superstitions
Did you know it is considered bad luck for a cowboy to wear yellow in the arena? It's because the color is associated with cowardice. Never, set a...
The Power of Pictures
The very best historical photographs from our treasured vaults define our idea of the West. In honor of our 70th year, the editors of True West have...
Cowboy Hats and Western Boots
The two most recognizable fashion icons of the American West are selling out worldwide. Born out of necessity in the post-Civil War West, the...
Bronc Busting
I heard an old cowboy say, “The trick to breaking a horse is to climb on and keep getting bucked off until the horse gets bored.” It’s hard to say...