A Shared Treasure We live in San Antonio, Texas. My wife was going through her father and mother’s belongings after their deaths and found...
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TRUE WEST AT 70 The very first issue of True West magazine appeared during April 1953 when this writer was eight years old (I would turn nine three...
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The Real Deal: Ben Johnson The November 2021 cover story “Ben Johnson: A True American Cowboy” by Marshall Trimble struck a sentimental chord with...
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Our readers remind us of the variables and vagaries of historic truths, “well-established” facts, headlines and historical photographs. Double-Take...
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Our readers remind us of the variables and vagaries of historic truths, “well-established” facts, headlines and historical photographs. A Case of...
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Our readers remind us of the variables and vagaries of HISTORICAL truths, “well-established” facts, headlines and historical photographs.
My Lake Mohave Christmas Came Early
Summer along the lower Colorado River is hot. Come July or August, 123 degrees in the shade is common around Lake Mohave. And that Lake Mohave...
Breaking Colts
Breaking a colt, what a sorry expression. Just curious, but have you ever thought of “breaking” your child? Kind of a sick deal if we use the term...
State Of Native America
It’s the part of America that most of America doesn’t want to talk about and knows absolutely nothing about—the Indian reservation. It’s simply...
Ranch Hand Rodeo
When I was a kid picking cotton in Texas, certain drugstore cowboys sang a song that went: When it’s roundup time in Texas, And the bloom is on the...