Calamity Jane, Wild Bill and George Custer roamed the Black Hills On July 2, 1874, George Armstrong Custer led a surveying expedition of around...
The Frontier Characters of South Dakota
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Custer Almost Kills Curtis
The New York Herald dubbed The North American Indian (TNAI) as the “most gigantic undertaking in the making of books since the King James edition of...
Noonan’s Last Stand
“We was flabbergasted.” The proud slayers of a huge grizzly are memorialized in one of the most famous photographs in all of Western history. ...
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...
Little Bighorn Indian Memorial
A Vision Realized on the 145th Anniversary of the Battle The Indian Memorial at Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument in Montana was created...