In this issue

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?

Black Hills And Gold Dust

The Sioux lost their sacred land due to the 1874 discovery.

2 mins

America's Cowboys Get Their Due

An iconic saddler’s shop houses a heritage Nevada museum that honors the first cowboys.

2 mins

Custer's Last Strand

Custer scholars and buffs find treasures among Glen Swanson’s Battle of the Little Big Horn relics.

2 mins

Hollywood's Flintlock Fakery

For decades, moviemakers used centerfire, metallic-cased cartridge guns with wdummy flintlocks to emulate the real thing.

3 mins

One Proud Hostile

A conversation with Wes Studi, fresh off his blockbuster portrayal of the chief yellow hawk and marking the 25th anniversary of his role as Geronimo.

7 mins

Bizarro's Take on American Indians

DAN PIRARO GREW UP WANTING TO LOOK INDIAN AND ENDED UP PAYING HOMAGE TO THEM WITH HIS HUMOR.

2 mins

A Daring Sense Of Humor

Yuma Bill enjoyed a good joke while scouting for the U.S. Army.

2 mins

Hell On Wheels Meals

Transcontinental Railroaders chowed down on oysters and bullets.

2 mins

Virginia City, Nevada: Queen Of The Comstock

The historic city remains the crown jewel of the Silver State’s mining towns.

3 mins

The Eagle Sacrifice

Why did Hopis capture eagles? Les Freeman Upper Hutt, Wellington, New Zealand

4 mins

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True West Magazine Description:

TRUE WEST captures the history of the American frontier through authentic and provocative literary nonfiction and heritage travel narratives that keep the spirit of the West alive.