Steve McQueen and the History Behind the Best Rodeo Movie Ever
Plus, a tribute to the man who made it happen: Jeb Rosebrook • (1935-2018)

Apache Kid Mystery Solved?

Zeb Pike: Spy vs. Spy

Tall Tale: Wyatt in Ellsworth

Oregon’s Trail: A Long Way From 1859

Tombstone Wins Top Western Town!

January 2020
Best of the West Collector's Edition

Wyatt Earp
Is He the West’s Greatest Hero?
Or, Was He a Crooked, Jailbird Pimp?

Exclusive:
Ride the Devil’s Herd
How The Cowboy's Ruled Tombstone Before Wyatt Earp
By John Boessenecker

Plus More From:
Casey Tefertiller
Roy B. Young
Gary L. Roberts
Roger Jay

Death of a Mountain Man: Jedediah Smith’s Last Trail
By Win Blevins

The Border Bandit Who Went Straight to Hell

Jedediah Smith’s Last Trail

Six-guns & Sluggers: 150 Years Ago Baseball Invaded the West...By Rail!

True West’s Ultimate Travel Guide: Museums

The Glorious & Tragic Last Days of Geronimo

“I Should Never Have Surrendered!”

Geronimo’s Deathbed Secret Revealed!

Modern Pioneers: Hatmakers Keeping the Old West Alive


Our Annual Western Art Issue

Maynard Dixon
The West’s Greatest Artist Proved He Had Sand

Tombstones’s Johnny Ringo: The Last Days of the Legendary Gunfighter

PLUS:

Shotguns & Outlaws: The Brave Men Who Rode For Wells Fargo

Butterfield’s Record-breaking Stageline

Our Annual Guide To the Best Western Museums

The 80TH Anniversary Of Stagecoach: How John Ford and the Duke Made History

Butch & Sundance:
How the Real Outlaws Who Rode and Robbed From Montana To Bolivia Became Heroes

PLUS:
The Sundance Kid’s First Train Robbery

The Lovely and Dangerous Etta Place

1969: The Summer of the Gun:
The Wild Bunch and Butch & Sundance Changed the Western Forever

Discover the Old West In 10 Cool, High-Country Getaways


Billy the Kid Walks the Deadliest Street In America
50 Shot Down In a Half-mile Stretch of Dust and Mud
Cowboy Up In 12 of Our Favorite Western Towns

PLUS:
Very Rare Crow Scout Photos Taken On the Custer Battlefield By Edward S. Curtis 

Tarzan’s Creator Tracks the Apache Kid

Deadwood Returns With a Vengeance

HBO Revives Deadwood.
Is It Worth the Wait?
By Henry C. Parke

The Truth Behind the Real Characters of Dedwood

• The Real Al Swearingen
• The Real Seth Bullock
• The Real George Hearst
• The Real Calamity Jane
• The Real Charlie Utter

PLUS:
Guns That Won the West At Auction

Deadwod’s “Cathouse” Madam Dora Dufran

Locoweed and the Code of the West

Legendary Director Walter Hill on How to Make a Great Western

Get Your Kicks on the West’s Historic Highways



Knuckleheads of the Grand Canyon!
How the crazy Kolb brothers inspired the creation of a national park.
By Roger Naylor

The Annual Guide to Historic Hotels, Lodges and Saloons

Custer Dies While Crook Goes Fishing

The Paiutes of Powell's Second Expedition

Legendary Manhunt for Joaquin Murrieta

Our 17th Annual Western Travel Issue!

Kevin Costner Redeems a Texas Ranger
Can He Save the Western, Too?
By Henry C. Parke

Crossfire:
The Three Heroes Behind the Manhunt for Bonnie and Clyde
By John Boessenecker, John Fusco and Robert M. Utley

Inside:

A Texas Ranger Earns His Spurs

End of an Era: The Robert G. McCubbin Collection Goes to Auction

Luck, Love and Lead: A New Bio of Wild Bill

The Alamo Attacked Again. . . Can it Survive?
PLUS:
The Tragedy of Texas Jack Omohundro
Big Fight in Tascosa
Wyoming Gunfight: Dead Man Running
Omaha’s Best: The Durham Museum
The Black Legend: Lt. Bascom… A Hero After All?
The Chinese Trail of The Central Pacific

2019 Best of the West Collector's Edition

The Best Texas Rangers In Fact & Fiction

PLUS:
Strange Connections from Billy the Kid to Bonnie & Clyde

The Man who Redeemed the Hamer Name

The Best Wide Spot in the Road

Doc Hilliday: Sneak Peek at the New Book on the Deadly Dentist
Solving the Mystery Behind an Apache Hunter’s Death
Arizon's Most Famous Saloon Story
The Lewis & Clark Mountain Man Everyone Should Know

Celebrating Our 65th Year
Bringing You the True History of the American Frontier

When History Was True
So much of our history is being twisted and vilified, it’s time for a closer look at the facts.
By Paul Andrew Hutton

PLUS:

Bold and Lethal Gunslinger “Pink” Higgins

The Sitting Bull Movie
Everyone’s Talking About

The Truth About the Bear River Massacre

Sitting Bull’s Goggles
Eye Infection or Trend Setter?

The Rebirth of the Greatest Old West Firearms!

Justice Served: Commodore Perry Owens served a bloody warrant, but what about the rest of his career?
By Mark Boardman

PLUS:
Ike Clanton Goes Down

From Slavery to Cattle King

Comsyock Inferno

Arizona's LegendaryHot Springs

Shot All To Hell!
The True Story of How Cole Younger Survived with 11 Bullet Wounds

Wyatt Earp & Bat Masterson Launch Boxing Into the Big Time

Trailing Outlaw Sam Bass

A never-before-published photograph of a famous corner in San Antonio

Wes Studi: One Proud Hostile Looks Back

The Long & Rich History of In-din Humor

What Happened to the Man Who Killed the Man Who Killed Billy the Kid?

Dinnis Quaid Comes Clean On His Doc Holliday Diet

Whiskey Bent and Hell Bound?

The Power of Redemption: The Incredible True Story of the Deadliest Gunfight in Arizona History
By Heidi J. Osselaer

PLUS:
Edward Curtis Endures: Why Everyone Loves/Hates the Shadowcatcher
By Meghan Saar

A Lost Photo of Crook’s Scout Discovered?

Hats Rule! Cowboy Up in a Dozen of True West’s Favorite Towns

The West’s Deadliest Gunfighter
Forget Hardin, Hickok Was the Real Deal.
By Bob Boze Bell

PLUS:
Crazy Facts You Never Knew About Custer’s Last Stand
The Arizona Cowboy Who Bested Tom Horn

Grant: How the West Defined This Controversial President
By John P. Langellier

PLUS:
New! A Killer Billy the Kid Unpublished Walter Noble Burns Manuscript…

Did Geronimo and Chatto Share Photo Props? You Decide.

The Secrets Behind the Cup-Spinning Scene In Tombstone

Hell’s Comin’ With Me!
The True Story of Wyatt Earp’s Vendetta Ride

A Roundtable Discussion On Hostiles

Custer’s Gold

Suckers on the OK Strip

Did Earp’s Father Instill His Rage?
By Mary Doria Russell

The 10 Myths of the Controversial Ride
By Peter Brand

The Girl With the Blue Tattoo
Did Olive Oatman Want to Be Rescued?

PLUS!
A Plague of Flea Market Billy's,  are Any of Them Authentic?

Who Killed the Texas Terror?

Historically Accurate Westerns Is There Such a Thing?

Or, Is It a  Fool’s Errand?
By Paul Andrew Hutton

Six-Gun Goes To War
Apache Traitor or Hero

Dennis Quaid as Doc Holliday Finally Gets His Due?

The 65 Most Important Historical Photos from the Robert G. McCubbin Collection

The Mountain Men: How Kit Carson Changed the West
By Paul Andrew Hutton

True West’s Ultimate Historic Travel Guide

PLUS:

Calamity Jane Steals the Dead Man’s Hand

Town Marshal Jerked to Jesus

“Don’t Shoot Your Eye Out!”: The Classic Red Ryder BB Gun

The Real Frank James and the Man Who Captured Him Best: Sam Shepard 1943-2017

10 Treasured Firearms & Great Western Books of 2017

Don’t Touch My Hat!
Cowboy Hat Etiquette a Survival Guide For City Folks Who Want to Stay Alive.

The Most Ridiculous Saddle in the History of the World!

Who Shot J.W?

The Guy Wearing “Buckskin” Frank Leslie’s Holster Is . . .

The Death-Defying Riders of the Pony Express
PLUS:
Vaqueros, Buckaroos & Cowboys in Western Art
The Man Who Invented Billy the Kid
Marty Robbins:
The Singing Drifter With A Big Iron On His Hip
Ike Clanton’s Tombstone Restaurant Goes Under

In Search of Curly Bill
New Evidence Uncovered
By John Boessenecker

PLUS: The Great Western, Two-Gun Totin’ Mother of Yuma!
By Paul Andrew Hutton

Finally, a Worthy Biography on Tom Jeffords

Oour Annual Guide to the Best Museums of The West

Buffalo Bill 100 YEARS LATER…
WHY HE STILL MATTERS

PLUS:
A GOOD LAWMAN FROM A BAD FAMILY
ABILENE: QUEEN OF THE COWTOWNS HITS THE 150-YEAR MARK
RIDE WITH THE IRON LADIES OF THE AMERICAN RAILROAD

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