OVERVIEW
An off-road adventure magazine, Western Treasures was published monthly by Ames Publishing Company in Tarzana, California. The original editor and publisher was Robert F. Ames. An avid fan of off-roading and back country exploring, Mr. Ames covered ghost towns and "off the beaten path" sites in his first publication, Four Wheeler. Mr. Ames also published a book, Western Treasures' Notebook of Lost Mines and Buried Treasure in 1966.

Western Treasures started with the Summer, 1963 issue. It was published erratically until 1966 when it got onto a more regular cadence.

Sometime in 1971, Lou Kjose took over as the publisher under the business name Nationwide Publishing Inc. in Hollywood, California. This was short-lived, and Kable News took over the title and had Frank Taylor as the editor. This seems to have been an interim step to find a new owner after Nationwide couldn't cover newsprint and distribution costs.

And then in late 1972 or early 1973, the title was acquired by Gordon Harrison and People's Publishing Company in Compton, California. Mr. Harrison slowly transitioned the title to Western and Eastern Treasures; this transition was complete after the January, 1976 issue.

CONTENT COMPLETENESS:
A total of 55 issues was printed from Summer 1963 through January, 1976 when the magazine became Treasures (with significantly smaller fonts for both "eastern" and "western"). All cover images are complete through this phase of the transition to the new title.

Western Treasures Summer 1963
Summer '63 Vol 1 No 1
Western Treasures Winter 1963
Winter '63 Vol 1 No 2
Western Treasures Feb February March Mar 1964
Feb/Mar '64 Vol 1 No 3
Western Treasures Mar March April Apr 1964
Mar/Apr '64 Vol 1 No 4??
Western Treasures Summer 1964
Summer '64 Vol 1 No 5
Western Treasures Oct October November Nov 1964
Oct/Nov '64 Vol 1 No 6
Western Treasures Jan January 1965
Jan '65 Vol 2 No 1
Western Treasures July 1965
Jul '65 Vol 2 No 2
Western Treasures Sept September 1965
Sept '65 Vol 2 No 3
Western Treasures Nov November 1965
Nov '65 Vol 2 No 4
Western Treasures June 1966
June '66 Vol 2 No 5
Western Treasures Aug August 1966
Aug '66 Vol 2 No 6
Western Treasures Oct October 1966
Oct '66 Vol 3 No 1
Western Treasures Dec December 1966
Dec '66 Vol 3 No 2
Western Treasures May 1967
May '67 Vol 3 No 3
Western Treasures Oct October 1967
Oct '67 Vol 3 No 4
Western Treasures June 1968
June '68 Vol 3 No 5
Western Treasures Aug August 1968
Aug '68 Vol 3 No 6
Western Treasures Oct October 1968
Oct '68 Vol 4 No 1
Western Treasures Jan January 1969
Jan '69 Vol 4 No 2
Western Treasures Mar March 1969
Mar '69 Vol 4 No 3
Western Treasures May 1969
May '69 Vol 4 No 4
Western Treasures July 1969
July '69 Vol 4 No 5
Western Treasures Sept September 1969
Sept '69 Vol 4 No 6
Western Treasures Nov November 1969
Nov '69 Vol 5 No 1
Western Treasures Apr April 1970
Apr '70 Vol 5 No 2
Western Treasures June 1970
June '70 Vol 5 No 3
Western Treasures Aug August 1970
Aug '70 Vol 5 No 4
Western Treasures Aug August 1971
Aug '71 Vol 5 No 5
Western Treasures Oct October 1971
Oct '71 Vol 5 No 6
Western Treasures Dec December 1971
Oct '71 Nbr 32
Western Treasures Feb February 1972
Feb '72 Nbr 33
Western Treasures Apr April 1972
Apr '72 Nbr 34
Western Treasures Aug August 1972
Aug '72 Nbr 35
Western Treasures Oct October 1972
Oct '72 Vol 6 No 4
Western Treasures Dec December 1972
Dec '72 Vol 6 No 5
Western Treasures Feb February 1973
Feb '73 Vol 7 No 1
Western Treasures Apr April 1973
Apr '73 Vol 7 No 2
Western Treasures June 1973
June '73 Vol 7 No 3
Western Treasures Aug August 1973
Aug '73 Vol 7 No 4
Western Treasures Oct October 1973
Oct '73 Vol 7 No 5
Western Treasures Dec December 1973
Dec '73 Vol 7 No 6
Western Treasures Feb February 1974
Feb '74 Vol 8 No 1
Western Treasures Apr April 1974
Apr '74 Vol 8 No 2
Western Treasures June 1974
June '74 Vol 8 No 3
Western Treasures Aug August 1974
Aug '74 Vol 8 No 4
Western Treasures Oct October 1974
Oct '74 Vol 8 No 5
Western Treasures Dec December 1974
Dec '74 Vol 8 No 6
Western Treasures Feb February 1975
Feb '75 Vol 9 No 1
Western Treasures Apr April 1975
Apr '75 Vol 9 No 2
Western Treasures June 1975
June '75 Vol 9 No 3
Western Treasures Aug August 1975
Aug '75 Vol 9 No 4
Western Treasures Oct October 1975
Oct '75 Vol 9 No 5
Western Treasures Dec December 1975
Dec '75 Vol 9 No 6
Western Treasures Feb February 1976
Feb '76 Vol 10 No 1
Last issue b/4 re-title