What History Taught Me
Casey Tefertiller
- Published June 10, 2013
- Written by TW Editors
Wish I had a dollar for every time someone asked me what gun Wyatt Earp used in the Gunfight Behind the O.K. Corral.
Patrick Hogan
- Published April 15, 2013
- Written by Meghan Saar
“If guns could talk” is a popular adage in our business. One that gets pretty close is the Colt Single Action “Couch” gun up for bid at our April 19-21 auction.
Phil Collins
- Published June 13, 2012
- Written by TW Editors
To me Fess Parker was the “Davy Crockett” who started this journey off for me. Full stop.
David Turk
- Published March 18, 2013
- Written by TW Editors
The most interesting territorial deputy U.S. marshal is a tie between Bass Reeves and Bill Tilghman. Reeves went from slave to lawman, spending a long, 32-year career with the marshals. Tilghman, although truly exceptional in his duties, never attained the appointed rank of U.S. marshal due to the politics of the era.
John Fusco
- Published March 13, 2012
- Written by John Fusco
I loved working with the “Young Guns,” but it was the Old Guns, like Jack Palance, James Coburn and Brian Keith, who made it a true Western experience.
Candy Moulton
- Published February 11, 2013
- Written by True West Editors
What nobody knows is that my executive director’s retreat is the homestead cabin my Belgian grandmother first lived in when coming to America. It is a place of family heritage that nurtures my interest in preserving stories of the West.
Sandra Day O’Connor
- Published January 10, 2012
- Written by Sandra Day O’Connor
Growing up on a ranch taught me to be responsible for doing everything as well as I could.
Bruce Boxleitner
- Published January 08, 2013
- Written by TW Editors
I just wrapped production on The Thanksgiving House for Hallmark. As many fans of True West already know, I’m also starring in the Western Comedy Smokewood, Nevada, as the cattleman Johnny Morgan.
Juni Fisher
- Published November 02, 2011
- Written by Juni Fisher
The problem with Country Music is it is now run by, and the awards are voted on by, people who spend all their time texting messages like “OMG! That is so totally great!”
Lee Anderson
- Published December 10, 2012
- Written by TW Editors
The secret to training a horse is absolute trust. Being a prey animal, horses, by nature, fear humans. We are predators and, without trust, a horse will always be “on edge.” They are big, powerful and quick, and more concerned with their welfare than yours.
Stan Lynde
- Published October 04, 2011
- Written by Stan Lynde
On my father’s ranch I learned that no task was beneath me, and that if a job needed doing, somebody needed to do it.
Tom Van Dyke
- Published November 05, 2012
- Written by TWMag
History has taught me it’s never too late to ride a fresh horse. Henry Ford started the Ford Motor Company when he was 40 years old.
Mark Hall-Patton
- Published August 28, 2011
- Written by Mark Hall-Patton
My favorite Old West artifact at the Clark County Museum is a southern Paiute bow and arrow collected in the Vegas Valley about 1900.
Dick Baxter
- Published October 01, 2012
- Written by TW Editors
I fell in love with the West when I first saw a Roy Rogers and Dale Evans Western at the Ritz Theatre in my hometown, Shelbyville, Indiana.
Jody Dahl
- Published July 28, 2011
- Written by Jody Dahl
Rancho-nomics means if you’re goingto make it in the ranching and dude ranching industry, get a leather punch and just keep punching holes in it. When times get tough, tighten the belt and keep on going.
Dr. Buck Montgomery
- Published September 02, 2012
- Written by TW Editors
The secret to producing festivals is the “Disneyland Theory”—always offer something different for your guests to experience every year. Walt changed attractions; I change performers and shows to keep it fresh!
Bobby Bridger
- Published June 27, 2011
- Written by Bobby Bridger
The craziest thing that ever happened to me at a performance occurred during a full-company musical production of Seekers of the Fleece in Cody, Wyoming.
John Wilder
- Published August 06, 2012
- Written by TW Editors
I fell in love with the West when I first heard the story of my maternal ancestors crossing the Oregon Trail in 1851 to settle the territory that would become Seattle, Washington.
Lynn Anderson
- Published May 24, 2011
- Written by Lynn Anderson
In 1966, I ran for Miss Rodeo California in Salinas. I didn’t win the contest.
Won the “Horsemanship.” Won the “Written Test.” Placed Fourth . . . which means I blew out on “Personality” and “Appearance.”
Larry Winget
- Published July 10, 2012
- Written by TW Editors
Most people think you can happy your way to success or think your way to success or that having a positive attitude is all that it takes to be successful. It’s a lie: it always takes work.
Barry Corbin
- Published April 26, 2011
- Written by Barry Corbin
Premiering this year at the Sedona Film Festival in Arizona, the drama Sedona stars Barry Corbin as the garage mechanic Les.
