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In this issue

Who Killed Sitting Bull?
The Fateful Friendship Between Sitting Bull and Buffalo Bill by Paul Andrew Hutton

PLUS:
Proving You’re Indian is Tougher Than You Think
Tombstone Baseball Roster Change
Lost Treasure Never Gets Old
Battle of the Rosebud Explained
Our Top Western Museums of 2025
True Western Town: Fort Worth, Texas

Soldiering Onward after the LA Inferno

Unsung heroes like Dr. Brian Dervin Dillon are emerging after the California fires with a message...listen to the earth and the way of the Native folk.

2 mins

From the Plains to the Parlor

Buffalo Bill's Wild West ignited a collecting craze.

2 mins

Only Hits Matter

Old West gunfighters had two secrets for accuracy when shooting the Colt Peacemaker.

3 mins

THE DANCING HORSE

THE FATEFUL FRIENDSHIP OF SITTING BULL AND BUFFALO BILL

10+ mins

SETTING THE RECORD STRAIGHT

Correcting a Misidentification in the C. S. Fly Photograph of the Tombstone Baseball Team

2 mins

A CENTURY OF TRIBAL DISENROLLMENT

FIRST THE DAWES COMMISSION, NOW CASINO TRIBES, PROFIT BY ERASING INDIAN HERITAGE

10+ mins

THE PRETENDIANS

FROM APACHE TO CREE TO MOHAWK, HERE ARE SOME GREAT PRETENDERS THAT NEVER WERE.

3 mins

I Found the Planchas de la Plata!

Has one of the most famous of lost mines been found? Will the home of a lowly javelina turn out to be the treasure cave of the Santa Ritas? The chances are good!

10+ mins

Cultural Wyoming

Art and history meet on the route from Bighorn Basin through Powder River Basin to Casper.

5 mins

Beyond the Blue Horizon

Paul Andrew Hutton's The Undiscovered Country, plus new books on Montana's racehorses, the notorious Kellys, Jose Cuervo, and a rare diary of the Utah War.

5 mins

Anne Hillerman

The author discusses her father's legacy, her 10th Leaphorn, Chee & Manuelito novel, and how Dark Winds blow no ill.

4 mins

Fort Worth Rides High on Cowboy Culture

Yellowstone creator Taylor Sheridan brings film and TV projects to town.

3 mins

Western Museums Keep our Past Alive to Enjoy Today

Museums across the West are combining technology and rich artifacts to create innovative and immersive experiences for visitors who can explore such topics as ranching and rodeo, Native American lifestyle, and how the West has been portrayed in popular culture. The top museums in the West also have historic buildings and expansive collections of material about pioneers, outlaws, lawmen and the early settlers in the West.

10+ mins

ALL THINGS WESTERN REVIVED?

TOP WESTERN ART MUSEUMS

6 mins

Cavalcade of Ask The Marshall

Lessons I have learned during more than a quarter century of \"Ask the Marshall!\"

3 mins

What HISTORY HAS TAUGHT ME

For my money, the best Spaghetti Western ever made is Sergio Leone's Once Upon a Time in the West.

2 mins

Read all Stories from True West

True West Magazine Description:

Publisher: True-West-Publishing

Category: Lifestyle

Language: English

Frequency: 10 Issues/Year

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.