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Colt’s Last Wild West Six-Gun
The Old West may have been gone by the early 1900s, but the West was still a place where a man needed to be “well heeled.”
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Honky-Tonk Days In Arizona
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The Holy Grail for Sale
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Mexican Beer Ads vs. Mexican Jail Time vs. Vogue Trash
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The Real Naked Lunch
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No Nudes Is Good News?
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Living the Dream
Death by Rolling Pin?
Who knew a kitchen gadget, wielded by an angry wife, could cure a drunken husban...
Not a Pipe Dream
Howard Terpning has been described as the “finest artist of Plains Indian histor...
Power on the Plains
When the first explorers of the early 19th century ventured west beyond the Miss...
Fort Smith, Arkansas
History reports that “Hanging Judge” Isaac Charles Parker sentenced 156 men (and...
This is a Hold Up
The jaundiced characterization of a dandified, belt-wearing, young riverboat han...
True Westerners
Casey Tefertiller
Wish I had a dollar for every time someone asked me what gun Wyatt Earp used in t...
Bloody Sunday Riot
The conflicts of Old West mining wars between labor and business spread to the f...
Mysterious Dave
Dave Mather was a man of mystery—not only in life, but also in death. “Mysterious...
A Mandan Circle Unbroken
Cory Spotted Bear is making up for lost time. He learned about the rich heritage...
The “Icon” is Dead
The Icon is dead. Hear the sounds of sadness, relief and ... conflict.
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History
Tom Mix’s Wild West
The Pacific Northwest was far off Tom Mix’s range in 1909. Yet the Oklahoma cowb...
Left for Dead Yginio Salazar vs Peppin’s Thugs
July 19, 1878
As a raging fire engulfs another room, Alexander McSween and his me...
Travel
Following an American Patriot
On this summer month, when most Civil War minds think about the events 150 years...
Custer’s Little Bighorn Battlefield
These works helped inform my own Little Big Home tome, and they are essential re...
Saddle Up for the Holidays
Just because it’s winter doesn’t mean you need to put away your riding boots.
The Missing Lincoln
A friend once told me a story about being alone with the Lincolns at Honest Abe’...
Entertainment
Searching for The Searchers
In Martin Scorsese’s Mean Streets, Robert DeNiro and his buddies steal some cash a...
Heartwarming Gunslingers?
Randall Wallace has a love of strong, heroic and heartwarming stories. He was no...
1959’s No Name on the Bullet
About 30 years ago, my younger sister Pam had to write an essay on a “hero” for ...
Lee Marvin: Point Blank
Dwayne Epstein’s biography of Lee Marvin, Lee Marvin: Point Blank , is a well-rese...
Cheyenne / The Boy From Oklahoma
For the first half of the 20th century, Warner Brothers did not have a signature...
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True West's Best of the West 2011 Winners
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True West's Best of the West 2013 Winners
Here are the winners of our "2013 Best of the West." Sit back and see if your pi...
True West's Best of the West 2012 Winners
Here are the winners of our "2012 Best of the West." Sit back and see if your pi...
True West's Best of the West 2009 Winners
Here are the winners of our "2009 Best of the West." Sit back and see if your pi...
True West's Best of the West 2010 Winners
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True West's Best of the West 2008 Winners
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