We remember the Alamo siege and battle for the men who died there. Not as well remembered are their families who endured…
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No Bull Jeb Rosebrook tapped his roots to forge rodeo cowboy Junior Bonner.
In the early 1970s, Hollywood filmmakers were leaving the studio back lots of Los Angeles with fresh screenplays in hand…
Cowboy Pens Best Rodeo Movie Ever Made Jeb Rosebrook’s highly personal memoir of the writing and producing of the Sam Peckinpah and Steve McQueen movie Junior Bonner recounts the special relationship between the historic Arizona city and its residents in the summer of 1971.
Prescott, Arizona, has been a center of Cowboy Culture since 1888, when civic-minded merchants first posted cash prizes …
Erroneous Ellsworth Showdown Letters help prove that the Wyatt Earp-Ben Thompson showdown is a tall tale.
Among the many questionable incidents people often repeat about Wyatt Earp’s life story, few reveal the duplicity of his…
Remembering Jeb Rosebrook A final interview reveals personal insights into the late award-winning screenwriter-author’s Hollywood career, his memoir and the making of his original screenplay into a classic film.
On August 31, 2018, my father Jeb Rosebrook—author, screenwriter and long-time contributor and friend to True West—died …
A Long and Twisted Trail The Byzantine Connections Between Pancho Villa, A Chicago reporter, Billy the Kid, Bonnie & Clyde and Brushy Bill.
When you tug at the threads of history you will find it connected to some pretty disparate events. For example: If the U…
The Man Who Redeemed The Hamer Name Screenwriter John Fusco makes good on his pledge to set the record straight on the takedown of Bonnie & Clyde.
The story of The Highwaymen, the new Depression-era Western from Netflix, has been a thirty-year obsession for author Jo…
True West’s Ultimate Historic Travel Guide: Southern Prairie and Plains Your guide to the best hotels, restaurants, and saloons in Arkansas, Kansas, Louisiana, Missouri and Nebraska.
The Southern Prairie and Plains region is a historically rich crossroads where America’s greatest Western trails origina…
Everything We Know About Sitting Bull’s Crucifix is Wrong Does a historical society or a biographer’s family have the authentic Sitting Bull crucifix?
One picture of the famous Hunkpapa Lakota Chief Sitting Bull wearing a crucifix is as iconic as it is enigmatic. History…
The Meticulous Rebirth of Old West Guns The greatest Old West firearms are kept alive by a new breed of gunmakers.
No two firearms in Old West history stand out more than the Colt Single Action Army and the Winchester lever action rifl…