True West Magazine
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True West Magazine (alternate title: TrueWest) is an American magazine that contains glossy articles and covers; reporting about events that happened in the "Old West" era.
History
True West began publication in 1953. It was published by John Small, from Austin, Texas.
True West benefitted from the early television era: as shows such as Bonanza, The Lone Ranger and Little House on the Prairie were aired, many fans became interested in finding out about the lifes of real cowboys and cowgirls. True West sold, by the 1960s, in approximately 200,000 news-stands.
After that, early era of television faded out and gave way to the Vietnam War, Disco and live television sports shows era of the 1970s, True West began to have financial trouble. Many of the magazine's original buyers had started to search for new interests, and Mr. Small felt ill. In 1974, Small sold the magazine.
By 1984, the magazine was being produced from Stillwater, Oklahoma. However, with the surge of competitor magazines such as "Cowboys and Indians" and "American Cowboy", the magazine could not get out of its economic troubles.
In 1999, the magazine was bought by current owners, Rich Baish, Bob Booze Bell and Bob McCubbin.
Some of the magazine's most popular subjects cowboys and cowgirls include Billy the Kid, Wyatt Earp, Calamity Jane, Jesse James, Wild Bill Hickok and Annie Oakley, among others.
External link
- True West (http://www.truewestmagazine.com/)