Bruce Boxleitner

"James Arness made all the difference in his storied film and television career."

Ask the Marshall — Saloons, Paniolos and Telegraphs

Was the Long Branch Saloon in Dodge City, Kansas, an integrated saloon during 1876 to 1886, the height of the cattle drive era? This rare interior photo of Chalk Beeson's famous Front Street bar shows bartender Lo Warren (front, right), a Black bartender and cowboys sitting at the rear of the saloon.

Native History Celebrated Large

Only months old, the First Americans Museum in Oklahoma City is dedicated to truth-telling.

MR.AUTHENTICITY

TRUE WEST’S FIREARMS EDITOR PHIL SPANGENBERGER HAS SPENT DECADES GUN COACHING MANY OF HOLLYWOOD’S TOP ACTORS, WHILE ADDING AUTHENTICITY TO FILMS, WHEREVER HE COULD. HERE ARE HIS RECOLLECTIONS OF A COLORFUL CAREER IN MOVIES AND TV.

BRAVES AND BADGES

EARLY AMERICAN INDIAN POLICE PLAYED A STRONG ROLE IN THE SETTLEMENT OF THE WEST.

He Missed the Scoop

John Clum was busy when the Tombstone street fight took place.

Bartlesville, Oklahoma

The oil-enriched town preserves and celebrates its Western heritage.

Three Cheers for Hospitality

The Harvey Girls of yesteryear set the standard for uniform customer service across the West.

The Most Well-Known, Unknown Western Illustrator

A.R. Mitchell’s paintings are so “moving.”

WHAT HISTORY HAS TAUGHT ME

BEN NIGHTHORSE CAMPBELL, U.S. SENATOR, ARTIST, OLYMPIAN

Tombstone's Naked Chef

Isaac “Little Jakey” Jacobs raced his way into history.

THE LAST FRONTIER

EDWARD CURTIS’S FINAL ADVENTURE

Virginia City, Montana

This city struck it rich with a well-preserved ghost town.

Spark on the Prairie

Hit the road across Oklahoma and Texas to discover the history behind the Warren Wagon Train Raid and the Kiowa Indian Trial of 1871.

THE GIFT OF COCHISE

TRUE WEST’S HISTORICAL CONSULTANT FONDLY REMEMBERS HIS MOST TREASURED BIRTHDAY GIFT.

SHADOW CATCHER

THE MAN WHO SAVED 100 NATIONS

RIDE THAT TRAIN!

HISTORIC RAIL EXCURSIONS AWAIT THE ADVENTUROUS ACROSS THE WEST.

THE LAST RIDE OF BONNIE McCARROLL

AN ON-THE-SCENE ACCOUNT YOU’VE LIKELY NEVER HEARD UNTIL NOW.

Young Guns

ARMED AND DANGEROUS ON THE AMERICAN FRONTIER

The West's First Preservationist Will Surprise You

His name is famous for other notorious ous things, but don’t overlook this.

Medora, North Dakota

Theodore Roosevelt's Western home is where legends were made - and still celebrated.

True Grit

Eighteen-year-old Susan Magoffin traveled West with her lady’s maid on the Santa Fe Trail.

The 1841 “Mississippi” Rifle

This handsomely rugged 1840s muzzleloader was prized by frontiersmen and military riflemen alike and helped phase out the smoothbore musket.

L.Q. Jones, a Villain With a Grin

The highly respected Texas actor and director reflects on a 50-year career in Hollywood.

Magical Mezcal

The Mexican spirit is legendary on both sides of the border.

BILLY THE KID APACHES

The audacious outlaw fought and raided his rival renegades without retribution.

Little Bighorn Memorial

A VISION REALIZED ON THE 145TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE BATTLE

The Great Chiefs- THEIR COURAGE SHAPED A NATION.

Resting here until day breaks And shadows fall And darkness disappears Is Quanah Parker, the last chief of the Comanches. —Epitaph on Quanah Parker’s gravestone

The Hero or Goat of Beecher Island?

The legacy of Gen. George Forsyth’s leadership in the famous battle remains controversial over 150 years later.

REMEMBERING LARRY MCMURTRY

The life and times of the legendary Western writer and the legacy of Lonesome Dove.