True West Magazine - July - August 2020

In this issue

Harlots, Homesteaders, Heroines and Hell-raisers

OUTLAWS!
Pearl Hart and a Posse of Wild Women
By Jana Bommersbach

PLUS:
Sioux Snipers at Little Bighorn
How Whiskey Won the West
War it Like a Western Star!
Hats, Guns and Wild Rags!
Plan a Getaway to Our Favorite Old West Rail Towns!

Cimarron's Old Model 1894 Rifle

Known as America’s Deer Rifle, this 126-year-old lever-action is back again in its original 1890s configuration.

4 mins

Locked and Loaded!

Pearl Hart and a posse of sharpshooting Western women shaped the West from the barroom to the courthouse.

10+ mins

Homesteaders, Heroines and Hell-Raisers

It was a century ago that American women were granted suffrage, but they had been proving their equality in the settlement of the West long before.

2 mins

Satin, Lace and Cherry Pie

The true story of how a small-town Texas girl became legendary madam, Big Bertha.

6 mins

WHEN WHISKEY RULED THE WEST

FROM LEWIS AND CLARK UNTIL PROHIBITION, THE GOLDEN ELIXIR WAS AS GOOD AS GOLD.

8 mins

Battle Tested, Battle Scarred

THE 1873 .45-70 TRAPDOOR SPRINGFIELD WAS ISSUED TO TROOPERS JUST BEFORE THE BATTLE OF LITTLE BIGHORN, AND ITS SUCCESS AND FAILURE THAT FATEFUL JUNE DAY IN 1876 IS STILL HIGHLY DEBATED.

7 mins

We Won't Back Down

Western women led the way for woman suffrage 50 years before 19th Amendment became the law of the land.

5 mins

A Fistful of Ladies

Women may love Westerns, but only a handful have directed one.

4 mins

Lubbock, Texas

A little bit country, a little bit rock and a whole lot of Texas is ready to be discovered in the West Texas town.

3 mins

PUNCH YOUR TICKET WEST!

WESTERN HERITAGE RAILWAYS AND RAILROAD MUSEUMS ARE OPEN AND READY FOR PASSENGERS AND GUESTS.

9 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.