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...
This Land is Your Land
Pack your bags and saddle up. Adventures await across the American West. Twenty years ago True West magazine launched its annual travel issue, and...
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....
Capturing Protectors Of Peace
Rare shots of Old West lawmen with firearms—and without.
Heroes and Villains, Sinners and Saints
For 20 years at True West, Bob Boze Bell’s art and illustrations have inspired and challenged our understanding of Western American history.
Studying History is One Thing; Walking History is Another
The West’s original emigrants will never be forgotten.