True West Feature Archives

Justice Served

by Mark Boardman | Sep 25, 2018

Commodore Perry Owens. One of the most unusual names in the Old West; maybe one of the coolest. And that iconic photo of him—the stylish Westerner,...

A Badman Gone Good

by Mark Boardman | Sep 19, 2018

Fred Waite is notorious to history as a member of the Regulators, the group featuring Billy the Kid involved in the Lincoln County (NM) War. Waite...

Cole Younger, American Outlaw

by Bob Boze Bell | Aug 27, 2018

Cole Younger has to be the toughest outlaw who ever lived. In addition to having 11 slugs in his body, Cole had to guide his horse with his knees...

$Boxing’s First Champion$

Boxing’s First Champion

by Daniel Somrack | Aug 20, 2018

The manly art of prizefighting has been around since the beginning of recorded time, but only in the last decade has the sport been promoted into a...

Gateways to the Old West

by Candy Moulton | Aug 15, 2018

Get your mule, load the wagon and let’s take a look at the best museums of the West. St. Louis, known as the Gateway to the West, takes our top...

New “Old” Photo of 1896 Fight

by Meghan Saar | Aug 8, 2018

Over 65 years of publication, True West has developed a loyal following of readers who send us historical Old West photographs to preserve in our...

A Graphic Novel Breaks Ground

by Mark Lee Gardner | Aug 6, 2018

I grew up reading the Classics Illustrated comic book series, especially those about Daniel Boone and other frontiersmen. I got a lot of these...

Beyond Awesome

by Johnny D. Boggs | Aug 3, 2018

Grandeur is often associated with the paintings of early artists of the American West: George Caleb Bingham, Karl Bodmer, William Jacob Hays, Thomas...

One Proud Hostile

by Henry C. Parke | Jul 30, 2018

Wes Studi, fresh from the success of Hostiles, appeared on the 2018 Oscars to present a movie montage highlighting military service, the 70 year old...