A Pioneer ParadiseSpectacular beauty and Old West heritage makes Kanab, Utah, a perfect Western getaway.
When pioneers settled on Kanab Creek in the late 1850s, they faced hostile Navajo, Paiute and Hopi Indians. Several atte…
Kosterlitzky: The Mailed Fist of Mexico
Perhaps nowhere in the annals of the wild border countey was there a more improbable character than Emilio Kosterlitzky.…
Ranger with AttitudeUniversity of North Texas, $34.95
In his sixth Ranger-related book, Whiskey River Ranger: The Old West Life of Baz Outlaw (University of North Texas, $34.95) retired U.S. Treasury agen…
John Bozeman’s Legacy
John Bozeman did a lot in his short life—and left a legacy that carries his name today. He was just 25 when he hit the M…
An Audacious AdventureWilson Price Hunt’s cross-country trail-blazing remains inspiring today.
Wilson Price Hunt set out from St. Louis in early summer 1811 with a company of 56 men, an Indian woman, Marie Dorion, and her two children. He would …
Ask the MarshallTrue or Hollywood: Indians cut themselves and pressed the wounds together to become “blood brothers?”
Robert Garcia Phoenix, Arizona True. The blood ritual has been around for centuries in the Americas, Europe and Asia. It…
What History Has Taught MeCraig Johnson, Author
Award-winning author Craig Johnson, who lives in Ucross, Wyoming, with his wife, Judy, spoke with True West at this year…
The Duke and Dollor
John Wayne may or may not have liked horses, but he did have a favorite in his later years. The sorrel gelding was calle…
An Outcast in Her Own TownThe troubling story of Elizabeth Hudson Smith.
The Strangest Adoption in the History of the WestThe little-known and bizarre border saga of Santa Anna’s gringo son.
Riding with the MasterFrom the days of illustrators, Western pulp and into the 21st century, artists still find inspiration in the influential works of Frederic Remington.
“The soldier, the cowboy and the rancher, the Indian, the horses and the cattle of the plains will live in his pictures and bronzes, I verily be…
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