True West Magazine - October 2022

In this issue

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

PLUS:

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

In This Museum, the Paintings Do Talk

The George Phippen Museum continues to inspire Western artists.

2 mins

A FITTING FUNERAL FOR BILLY THE KID

WHAT REALLY HAPPENED TO EL CHIVATO?

10+ mins

The Six-Million-Dollar Gun

The real story behind Pat Garrett's infamous pistol that killed Billy the Kid

5 mins

Yellowstone Prevails!

In early June, Yellowstone National Park, which is celebrating its sesquicentennial year, was hit with heavy rain and fast snowmelt causing devastating flooding.

6 mins

CANNIBAL CORRESPONDENCE ....

THE MOST CELEBRATED COLORADO CONVICT WAS WOOED AND LOVED DESPITE HIS LIFE SENTENCE FOR EATING HIS CAMPING COMPADRES.

6 mins

SO-CALLED CATTLE KATE RISES FROM RUBBISH

Evidence points toward Ella Watson's innocence.

6 mins

California's Golden Trail

A tour of the historic transcontinental route reaps great experiences for heritage travelers.

5 mins

Ancient Grains

From the arrival of Spanish missionaries to the present day, Arizona's climate has proved to be ideal for growing superior varieties of wheat, barley, smelt and oats.

3 mins

Barry Corbin

The veteran actor has defined the art of bringing bad news to good Westerns.

4 mins

Rawlins, Wyoming

The Old West is alive in the county seat and its neigboring towns of Carbon County.

2 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.