The adventurous and restless souls who risked all to go West were compelled by those qualities to redraw and improve “tried-and-true” trails. Such...
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Indiana’s Reno Gang
Indiana’s Reno Gang carried out a crime wave across the Midwest in the years after the Civil War. Train robbery, counterfeiting, burglary and...
Roses So Sweet They Remember
Arizona has found a particularly sweet way to commemorate its pioneer women—the Territorial Women's Rose Garden at the Sharlot Hall Museum in...
Joe Walker Mountain Man, Scout and Explorer
Joseph Rutherford Walker one of America's greatest of the mountain men, scouts and trailblazers; right up there with Carson, Smith, Fitzpatrick and...
The Mormon Handcart Migration
When the Mormons, members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, abandoned Nauvoo, Illinois, in 1846, they made a pledge to gather all...
Michael Gambon’s Western Moment
Michael Gambon is best known for playing Albus Dumbledore in six of the Harry Potter movies. But in 2003, the year before he took over that role,...
Starvation Winter
"Any time I cash in now, I win,” Charles M. Russell wrote, a few months before his death on October 24, 1926, in the introduction for his short...
Raining Bricks and Shooting Citizens
In 1906, San Francisco, was one of the jewels of the American West. The California boomtown of the 1850s had grown into the ninth largest city in...
When’s the Last Time You Visited Last Chance, Montana?
WHEN'S THE LAST TIME YOU VISITED LAST CHANCE, MONTANA? Never, you say. Naw, that isn't right. This writer was there a couple years ago. Of course,...
Which Cards was “Wild Bill” Hickok Holding when He was Murdered?
Which cards was “Wild Bill” Hickok holding when he was murdered? -Michael Weirens of Sartell, Minnesota Legend says James Butler “Wild Bill” Hickok...
Blood On The Canvas
New evidence appears to show that Vincent van Gogh did not commit suicide in July of 1890, but, in fact, was shot by a Buffalo Bill wannabe and...
When Mrs. Satan Ran for President
When Victoria Claflin Woodhull died, three months shy of her 89th birthday, news of her passing was announced on two continents. The press called...