A pioneer who built the “largest Lima bean ranch in the world” owned the “most gorgeous thing of its kind in the world,” a Mexican pattern saddle...
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World’s Most Gorgeous Saddle
A pioneer who built the “largest Lima bean ranch in the world” owned the “most gorgeous thing of its kind in the world,” a Mexican pattern saddle...
The Top 10 Western Museums of 2015
Museums across the West have a common theme this year: New. It takes years to plan, fund, develop and install museum exhibitions, and the fruit of...
The Top 10 Western Museums of 2015
Museums across the West have a common theme this year: New. It takes years to plan, fund, develop and install museum exhibitions, and the fruit of...
The Scandalous Boomtown Temptress
In 1847, the western U.S. was a sleepy wilderness populated mostly by American Indians and Mexicans. The region changed virtually overnight when...
The Scandalous Boomtown Temptress
In 1847, the western U.S. was a sleepy wilderness populated mostly by American Indians and Mexicans. The region changed virtually overnight when...
Dust-Covered Foot Soldiers
After American troops spent four years fighting the Civil War, the struggle to restore the Union ended with powerful victories by the Northern Army....
Dust-Covered Foot Soldiers
After American troops spent four years fighting the Civil War, the struggle to restore the Union ended with powerful victories by the Northern Army....
Fighting to Cross an Unknown America
How many times was Death “swinging his scythe” at the Corps of Discovery? At least 56 hair-raising incidents could have killed the crew during the...
Fighting to Cross an Unknown America
How many times was Death “swinging his scythe” at the Corps of Discovery? At least 56 hair-raising incidents could have killed the crew during the...
What was life like for people living in “soddies?”
What was life like for people living in “soddies?” Stace Webb Wenatchee, Washington West of the 100th Meridian, the annual rainfall was half of the...
Rough Drafts 8/15
A century ago, World War I was raging across Europe. Revolution had erupted in Mexico and China, and Ireland and Russia would soon boil over in...