What Was the Availability of Eyeglasses Like in the Old West?
What was the availability of eyeglasses like in the Old West? Emily Downey Mission Viejo, California Corrective eyeglass…
The Emperor Ruled San Francisco Joshua Norton was beloved for his eccentricities.
Joshua Norton spent more than 30 years in San Francisco, from 1849 to 1880, and for most of them he was the self-proclai…
Omaha is Still “All Aboard” Dressing up Union Station is just the ticket.
The first piece of track. The very first spike. It all began here, in Omaha, Nebraska. That’s where the Union Pacific began the race to Utah in 1865…
Justice for a Journalist Vigilantes closed the case of a California killer.
James King of William (he gave himself the last part of that name to distinguish himself from other James Kings) was a c…
So you Want to be a Cowboy There’s been many a young man or woman who dreamed of climbing into a time machine and transporting themselves back to the days when the West was wild and free.
There’s been many a young man or woman who dreamed of climbing into a time machine and transporting themselves back to the days when the West was wild…
Saratoga, Wyoming The Platte Valley city is a hotbed destination of Old West history and culture.
The name Fenimore Chatterton doesn’t ring many bells in Western history, but it does around Saratoga, Wyoming. The busin…
The Notorious Dutch Henry Dutch Henry Borne was one of the most prevalent and notorious livestock thieves in the West.
Dutch Henry Borne (also spelled Born and Bourne) was one of the most prevalent and notorious livestock thieves in the We…
The Lens of History A small band of determined photographers captured the humanity and the enormity of the construction of the transcontinental railroad for future generations.
Since the completion of the transcontinental railroad on May 10, 1869, the entrepreneurial “Big Four” rail barons of the…
The Tragedy of Texas Jack Texas Jack Omohundro and Giuseppina Morlacchi’s doomed romance
Rails West … And East! Rediscover America along the historic route of the transcontinental railroad in honor of the 150th anniversary of its epic construction.
The Final Nail in the Apache Kid’s Coffin Evidence points to demise of renegade wanted on both sides of the border.
Everyone in the posse took notice of a pair of binoculars taken from the Apache’s body. The Apache Kid always carried them from the time he was a scou…
No Bull Jeb Rosebrook tapped his roots to forge rodeo cowboy Junior Bonner.
Cowboy Pens Best Rodeo Movie Ever Made Jeb Rosebrook’s highly personal memoir of the writing and producing of the Sam Peckinpah and Steve McQueen movie Junior Bonner recounts the special relationship between the historic Arizona city and its residents in the summer of 1971.
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