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The West’s Greatest Artist Proved He Had Sand

The Traveling Wake of Billy The Kid:
Buckeye Blake’s Bronze Vision Rides Into History at Fort Sumner
The Ultimate Summer Guide to the Best Western Books
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Rapid City “True Western Town”
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The True History Behind American Primeval
Could it be more brutal than the series?
Was Brigham Young Portrayed Fairly?
John D. Lee: Monster or Scapegoat?
Who was the True Hero of the Mountain Massacre?
The Real Jim Bridger
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Mormons in the Movies
Historic Scenic Highways & Hotels of the Old West

Our Third Annual Heritage Travel Issue
The Original Landman: LLegendary Texan, Charlie Goodnight, was a Texas Ranger and he saved the buffalo. Some think he is the original landman. Here’s the true story.
By Allen Barra

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By Bill Groneman III
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Best of the West Collector's Edition
Samuel Walker Texas Ranger and the Gun That Changed the West
Jay Dusard The True Westerner Cowboy Photographer Gets His Due
Walk Where They Walked—Jesse James and the Centralia Massacre
Deadwood Named 2025 Top True Western Town

Wild Times: The Mountain Man Rendezvous
The Frontier Pioneers whose fur trade set the stage for the American West.

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Did Willie B. Rude Really Stand Off 100 Apaches?
The incredible, true story of William B. Rude

The Revised Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid
Sam Peckinpah’s updates to his classic movie

The Real Path to Finding the Authentic West
Take our guide on how to walk where they walked

Walk Where They Walked: The Ultimate Historic Travel Guide

True Western Town: Cave Creek, Arizona

The Killer Kids of the Civil War: How did the War Between the States Create the Old West Gunfighter?

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Thirty Years Since Wyatt Earp, Kevin Costner Returns with Horizon

Our Top Western Museums of 2024

True Western Town: Durango, Colorado

Doc Holliday Before He Went To Tombstone
New Evidence of the Gambler's Life in Prescott
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Sooner State Outlaws: When the Rails Ran Red in Oklahoma
The Ultimate Summer Guide to the Best Western Books
Take a Ride into History on Our Favorite Heritage Railroads

Bass Reeves Finally Gets His Due

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How did Custer Almost Kill Edward S. Curtis?

Chasing Villa: The Apache Scouts’ Final Mission

True Western Town: Jerome, Arizona

The Best Scenic Highways and Historic Hotels, Lodges and Saloons

Our 22nd Annual Heritage Travel Issue
The Day Tom Mix Died: What really happened on that lonely stretch of desert highway?
By Jeb Rosebrook
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Frontier Doctor: A Railroad Lady Who Saved Lives
Blazing Saddles at 50!

Best of the West Collector's Edition
The Cowboy America's Icon
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How to Spot a Dude
The Real McCoy: How a Wyoming Cowboy Became an American Hero
The Reel Cowboys
Our Top Ten Towns for 2024

Adventures Await:The Ultimate Historic Travel Guide
Liver Eating Johnson: How Did He Earn His Terrifying Nickname
PLUS:
The Legendary Grizzly: 8 Feet Tall & 600 Pounds of Fury
Pioneer Pets: They Helped Settle the West
True Western Town: Grapevine, Texas

Killers of the Flower Moon: Terror in the Heartland
Honor and Sacrifice: Remembering the 104 U.S. Marshals Who Gave Their Lives in Oklahoma
PLUS:
The Old West’s Greatest Deputy Marshals
Django Unchained The Struggle of the Modern Western by James B. Mills
Own a Piece of History: Guns of the Young Wild West!
True Western Town: Tombstone, Arizona

SPECIAL COLLECTOR’S EDITION: TOMBSTONE 1993-2023
Still Walking Tall at 30!
Is it the greatest Western?

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History vs. Hollywood
Who Won in the Making of Tombstone ? 

Dana Delany Remembers Tombstone 
An Exclusive Interview

Montana’s Charlie Russell Trail

True Western Town
Pecos, Texas

From Great Falls to Fort Worth: Our Annual Western Art Issue

Yellowstone Cowboys: The Real Story of Teddy Blue
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Taylor Sheridan’s Western Empire
Spur Talk: A Max Evans Classic
Miles City, Montana: A True Western Town
Discover the Wonder of the West at Our Favorite Museums

Kit Carson and the Conquest of California: An Exclusive from Historian Paul Andrew Hutton
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Did the Devil Make Me Do It?
Dark Humor on the Trail to the Golden State
Tracking Bass Reeves from Fort Smith to Muskogee
Cheyenne, Wyoming: A True Western Town
Ride That Train! Our Favorite Railroad Adventures from Coast to Coast

Texas Rangers Bicentennial 1823-2023

Texas Rangers: 10 Who Never Stood Down

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The Last Hours of the Notorious King Fisher
Fremont’s Western Adventure


Gateway to Yellowstone & Big Sky Country: Bozeman, Montana

Two-Lane Blacktops and Red Dirt Highways to History

Our Annual Guide to the Best Western Saloons, Hotels and Lodges

Last Call!
213 Historic Saloons You Must Visit Before They Are Gone

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Don't Bet Against a Sporting Girl
How Soiled Doves Beat the Odds

Gentleman Bandit
The True Story of Black Bart
An Exclusive Excerpt from John Boessenecker

Cody, Wyoming
A True Western Town in Yellowstone Country

Our 21st Annual Heritage Travel Issue
Robert Duvall The Legendary Lonesome Dove Interview By Henry C. Parke
PLUS: The Goodnight-Loving Trail:
The Real History Behind Lonesome Dove
Texas Cowboys, Outlaws and a Blood Feud
Abilene, Kansas A True Western Cowtown
Cowpunching and Gunslinging: The Wild and Woolly Tap Duncan

The Day Jesse James Died
New Evidence Uncovered
By Mark Lee Gardner
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James Beckwourth: Was He the Greatest Mountain Man?
Explore the Tennessee to Texas Trail of Davy Crockett
Our Top 10 Towns for 2023

Special Collector's Edition
True West's Best of the West 2023
The Very Best Photographs from the True West Vault

Mountain Men: Winter Survivalists

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Alaska’s Backwoods Legend Jack Dalton
The Accidental Explorer Charles Erskine Scott Wood
On the Fur Trappers’ Trail
The Ultimate Historical Travel Guide

Hellraisers!
The Real Women of the Wild West Get Their Due!
PLUS:
The Earps’ Last Stand in LA
Bill Tilghman’s Fight for Justice
The Return of the Open Road
Cowboys & Cowgirls and Handmade Boots
Western Books: Our Favorites of 2022

A Fitting Funeral for Billy the Kid
What Really Happened to El Chivato?
An Exclusive Excerpt from James B. Mills' Billy the Kid; El Bandido Simpático

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The Six-Million-Dollar Gun

Cannibal Correspondence
The Love Letters of Alfred Packer

Yellowstone Country:
Open and Ready for Business

From Tombstone to Texas:
Our Annual Western Art Issue

Real Women of the Wild West
A Portfolio of the Brave and the Bold

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The Widows of the Battle of Little Bighorn by Chris Enns
Laura Nihell and Her Fight for Justice by Jana Bommersbach
Our Top Western Museums of 2022

The Last Days of Crazy Horse

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Chato vs. Geronimo
Two Warriors who Fought for Their People

Wild Bill’s Drunken Brawl

Riding for the Guidon at Little Bighorn

An Exclusive Excerpt from Mark Lee Gardner’s new book
The Earth Is All That Lasts

Punch Your Ticket on Our Favorite Historic Railroad Getaways!

Bat Materson The Deadly and Dangerous Life of the Man who Invented Wyatt Earp
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Queen of the Cowtowns
Dodge City Celebrates 150 Years
The Goingsnake Massacre
Was Muskogee Once the Most Dangerous City in America?
Wild West Alaska
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Dalton Gang vs. Coffeyville
How the Outlaws Ran Out of Luck in Death Alley 

Annual Guide to Historic Hotels, Saloons and Dude Ranches

The True History Behind "1883"
Is the Swearing Authentic?

Fort Worth & Hell's Half-Acre

Wagons Ho!
Making it Real from "The Big Trail" to "1883"

Trailing Them North
Texas to Montana on the Western Trail

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Our 20th Annual Heritage Travel Issue

Did Doc Kill Ringo?
The Facts vs. the Legend

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Was Kevin Jarre’s original script even better?

The King of the Santa Fe Trail

The Fiery Chile Queens

Our Ultimate Top Ten Western Towns for 2022

Law & Order: Tribal Police Who Chose to Wear the Badge

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Yellowstone at 150: The Park That Changed the World

Wildcat: The True Story of Pearl Hart
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