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True West Magazine - January - February 2026

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In this issue

Best of the West Collector's Issue

The True History of Dude Ranching
A Wild 100-Year Ride!

Plus:
Is The Searchers The Best Western Ever?
The Making of an American Legend

The Deadliest Outlaw Town

When U.S. Marshals Invaded Ingalls, Oklahoma

Our Top 10 True Western Towns

It's True that True is a True Westerner

True that and all crazy true.

1 mins

NO ONE IS EVER A STRANGER FOR LONG

The History of Dude Ranching and the First 100 Years of the Dude Ranchers' Association

3 mins

THE SEARCHERS

THE MAKING OF AN AMERICAN LEGEND

9 mins

INGALLS ONSLAUGHT TURNS BLOODY!

DOOLIN-DALTON GANG VS STILLWATER MARSHALS

3 mins

Lost Spanish Mines of the Burro Mountains

My favorite hobby, keenly shared by my wife Joan, was prospecting the hills and valleys of East Texas.

10+ mins

The Dubious and Popular Rock and Rye

Was it liquor or a health tonic?

3 mins

SADDLE UP!

True West's editors' top picks for 2026 inspire travelers to experience firsthand the culture and heritage of the American West.

1 mins

ART COLLECTIBLES AND THINGS THAT MAKE US WESTERN

Collectors love the Old West, and Western art, firearms and collectibles remain popular coast to coast.

2 mins

FIREARMS DANIEL BOONE AND OL' TICK LICKER

While Daniel Boone is most famous for the opening of Kentucky for settlement, his exploits extend West of the Mississippi River as well. In 1799 he took his family and other settlers into Spanish territory in what is now Missouri. Even though this land was claimed by Spain, it was populated by people from the 13 Colonies.

2 mins

HOW THE WEST WAS WON

PUBLISHERS IN 2025 PLAY TO WIN WITH A FULL HOUSE OF WESTERN HISTORY ROYALTY.

7 mins

A YEAR OF WESTERNS ON HOLD

The year 2025 was a placeholder for Westerns. The most anticipated Western of the year, Kevin Costner's Horizon: An American Saga, Chapter 2, has yet to arrive.

5 mins

THE SPIRIT OF THE WEST LIVES ON

OUR ANNUAL CELEBRATION OF DESTINATIONS ACROSS THE WEST SHINES A LIGHT ON THE PLACES THAT KEEP THE FLAME OF HERITAGE ALIVE.

8 mins

THE FRONTIER SPIRIT LIVES ON

Across the vast, storied landscapes of the American West, there are towns that don't just honor their pasts, they live them.

10+ mins

Hucklebearer Baloney

And formal ties to Bonney, we Kid you not.

3 mins

What HISTORY HAS TAUGHT ME

For my money the best Western movie is The Searchers. John Ford's masterpiece perfected nearly everything the genre had been to that point and shaped nearly everything that came after. That is true greatness.

2 mins

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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.