The Lone Star lawmen have been a favorite of editors and readers of True West for seven decades. In 1953, the year True West magazine...
The Legendary Texas Rangers
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Vaqueros, Buckaroos and Cowboys
For 70 years, True West magazine’s editors and contributors have been among the greatest chroniclers of the American cowboy. True West’s founding...
What History Has Taught Me: Carole Compton Glenn
Carole Compton Glenn, True West Business Manager, 1999-2022 As general manager of this magazine, Carole Compton Glenn reigned supreme as the heart...
Best of the West 2023
At 70 years old, we pause, reflect and celebrate the grand milestone. In 1953, Austin, Texas, publisher Joe A. Small launched True West...
Shooting Back
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...
Ride On, Brave Riders
We have been bucking the odds for a very long time—69 years, to be exact. Yes, somehow, some way, this feisty, little ol’ magazine has survived,...
Whole Lotta Love
Giving our mothers and grandmothers their due is more than satisfying. Back in 1994 I had it on my schedule to do one of my timeline books on “The...
A New Chapter Has Begun
Saying goodbye to the True West World Headquarters.
Twenty Years Running in Front of a Train
It’s full steam ahead as we barrel into our third decade.
Wild, Wild Truths
Sometimes the truth is wilder than anything you can make up.
Shotguns and Outlaws
Wells Fargo’s shotgun messenger Mike Tovey was among the bravest of them all.
One Man with Courage Makes a Majority
Jeff Milton vs The Burt Alvord Gang.