1873 - Year of the Gun 2023 is a special year for several iconic Old West guns, as well as True West magazine, and Firearms Editor Phil...
Best of the West 2023: Firearms
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Texas Rangers
A Tall Tale of Two Women: Part 2 – Cynthia Ann Parker
Cynthia Ann Parker was born to Silas and Lucinda Parker (nee Duty) in Crawford County, Illinois. She was born about 1824. In about 1834, they...
The Myth of Frank Hamer
The legendary lawman’s first killing never happened. The story goes that legendary Texas Ranger Frank Hamer killed his first man when he was just...
The 1847 Walker Colt
Despite the popularity of the Colt revolver among Texans, Colt's company failed in 1842. Realizing the revolver needed more durability for use on...
Rangers and Ranger Wannabes
Rangers have always occupied a special place in American history. During the Seven Years War or French and Indian War. In 1755 Captain Robert Rogers...
Sam Walker: The Early Years
Sam Walker had migrated to Texas in 1842 and immediately joined in the continuing war along the border with Mexico. That same year Sam Houston...
What Event Marked the End of the Old West?
What event marked the end of the Old West? That's hard to say precisely because the Old West covered hundreds of square miles....
Tracking the Texas Rangers
FOLLOW THE HISTORIC TRAILS OF THE LONE STAR LAWMAN THROUGH WEST TEXAS FROM SAN ANGELO TO EL PASO. “They are having a lively time in Tom Green...
A Bad Role Model Wes Hardin shouldn’t have looked up to Alec Barekman
Alec Barekman was kin by marriage to John Wesley Hardin. And when Wes went on the run after his first killings as a teenager, he hid out with the...
The Real Texas Rangers
Armed And Dangerous
La Frontiera
From the settlement of Texas to the Mexican Revolution, The Texas Rangers were the most respected—and feared—law enforcers in Lone Star State history.
Survival Time
This fight has commenced.