Thirty years after the popular film’s release, it might be the most influential Western of all time. In 1993, Walt Disney’s Hollywood...
Tombstone: A Reckoning
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Wyatt Earp
O.K. Boomers
Wyatt Earp was a Boomer. As are most of the writers and historians arguing about him in this issue. Granted, the term Boomer has slightly different...
A Deal Gone Bad
The Earp-Clanton dispute deepens. June 2, 1881. Wyatt Earp approaches Cowboy Ike Clanton with a proposal. If Clanton will betray the men who tried...
Trailing Dave Rudabaugh
Wyatt Earp hits the trail to track the outlaw. In October 1876, Dave Rudabaugh robbed a Santa Fe Railroad construction camp and fled south. Wyatt...
Get the Heck Into Dodge
Wyatt Earp puts on a badge in the cow-town. May 19, 1876 (or thereabouts). Wyatt Earp is appointed deputy marshal of Dodge City, Kansas. Over the...
Shooting Back
Our readers remind us of the variables and vagaries of historic truths, “well-established” facts, headlines and historical photographs. Thanks for...
Thomas Fitch
Thomas Fitch is probably best known as the attorney for the Earps and Doc Holliday in the OK Corral inquest. He also represented Brigham Young and...
Fast Draws, Red Clouds and Wild Rags
Did Chief Red Cloud have anything to do with the death of Crazy Horse? Joe Manriquez (Whittier, California) Red Cloud was among the...
The Power of Pictures
The very best historical photographs from our treasured vaults define our idea of the West. In honor of our 70th year, the editors of True West have...
Meet Mrs. Tombstone
Most places need a committee; Tombstone needed Edna. The Town Too Tough to Die was on life support when Edna Landin came to town in 1949. It was...
Tumbling Dice, Blind Pigs and Brothels
The Earps’ last stand in Los Angeles was more bust than bonanza. In 1866 the first home for disabled war veterans was opened in Togus, Maine, and...
Battle of the Plaza
Bat Masterson vs. Peacock & Updegraff Things Go Lickety-Bang! Bullets Careen into the Long Branch Traveling mostly by rail, Bat Masterson...