True West Magazine (alternate title: True West) is an American magazine that contains glossy articles and covers; reporting about events that happened in the "Old West" era.
True West began publication in 1953. It was published by Joe Small, from Austin, Texas.
True West benefited 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 th...
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True West Magazine (alternate title: True West) is an American magazine that contains glossy articles and covers; reporting about events that happened in the "Old West" era.
True West began publication in 1953. It was published by Joe Small, from Austin, Texas.
True West benefited 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 lives of real cowboys and cowgirls. True West sold, by the 1960s, in approximately 200,000 newsstands.
After that, the 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 fell 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...
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