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What History Has Taught Me: Michael Dante Michael Dante, actor and author.
When I was nine I almost drowned. It’s like watching television. There was no pain and it was a very serene experience. …
Butterfield’s Grand Adventure “Remember Boys, Nothing on God’s Earth Should Stop the United States Mail”
John W. Butterfield’s highly anticipated moment in the sun lost its luster quickly. In Tipton, Missouri, he had planned …
Death of a Cowboy, the Birth of a Legend The final, fateful days of John Ringo
“The sheriff’s posse returned from the pursuit of the Earp party yesterday evening at 5 o’clock. The bronzed and weather…
Old Jails The cliché of the jail bars, with the big window is quite unrealistic.
We always see on Hollywood westerns, the jails in towns like Tombstone, Dodge City are portrayed with large windows with…
Death by Association Charles Cooper shouldn’t have seen a gunfight.
For Charles Cooper, being a friend of Chunk Colbert didn’t turn out well. The two were eating with Clay Allison at Cima…
Falsely Accused The Clanton boys got a bad rap for a holdup.
It was 1885, and Cow-boys Ike and Phin Clanton were living in Apache County, AZ, raising cattle and goats. On December …
A Thirst for Destruction Carrie Nation brought her beliefs and hatchet to America’s saloons.
Carrie Amelia Moore, born in Kentucky on November 25, 1846, grew into a crusader who chopped her way to legend as Carrie…
Our Gang The genesis of the True West Class of 2018.
Meet the staff behind True West Magazine! (Pictured above) Lynda A. Sánchez, Age 6, 1951 Lynda is shown working with her…
65 Years & Counting! Our True West family’s satisfying, and frustrating, quest to seek the truth.
I have dedicated a good part of my life to seeking the truth about all the Old West characters, places and incidents cov…