True West - June 2022

In this issue

Bat Materson The Deadly and Dangerous Life of the Man who Invented Wyatt Earp
Plus:
Queen of the Cowtowns
Dodge City Celebrates 150 Years
The Goingsnake Massacre
Was Muskogee Once the Most Dangerous City in America?
Wild West Alaska
Explore 10 of the West's Greatest Gunfighter Towns

BAT MASTERSON

THE DEADLY AND DANGEROUS LIFE OF THE MAN WHO INVENTED WYATT EARP

10+ mins

CLASSIC GUNFIGHTS

BATTLE OF PLAZE: BAT MASTERSON VS PEACOCK & UPDEGRAFF

4 mins

Get Out of Dodge!

SINCE DODGE CITY WAS FOUNDED 150 YEARS AGO, THE KANSAS COWTOWN IS STILL THE REIGNING QUEEN OF THE WEST.

3 mins

The West's Worst Shootout

The tragedy at Goingsnake left 11 men dead-and a lot of questions.

7 mins

THE WILDEST TOWN IN THE INDIAN TERRITORY

MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA'S EARLY YEARS AS A FRONTIER OUTPOST WERE VIOLENT, DANGEROUS AND UNPREDICTABLE.

8 mins

Alaska's Wild West

Adventure and history await discovery across the last frontier state.

9 mins

The Grand Old Park

Yellowstone, America's first National Park, celebrates its 150th anniversary.

5 mins

Texas's Tangy Thirst Quencher

The origin story of the Lone Star State's Dr. Pepper is legendary.

2 mins

Red Lodge, Montana

Discover the Old West in the gateway town to America's most beautiful highway.

3 mins

GUNPOWDER and Smoke

The West was immense, and frontier law enforcement sparse.

10+ 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.