North Dakota is nicknamed the Roughrider State after Theodore Roosevelt’s 1st U.S. Volunteer Cavalry. TR (folks didn’t call him Teddy to his face)...
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
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Were members of a posse reimbursed for their time and expenses, or was their service voluntary?
Were members of a posse reimbursed for their time and expenses, or was their service voluntary? Mundo OstermanPeoria, Arizona Payment depended on...
Grand Canyon National Park
Arizona has more loops than a calf roper’s convention, and one of my favorites is the Grand Canyon Loop. If you don’t like the scenery in one place,...
Blast from the Past Road Trips
In the past 60 years, True West has consistently provoked one’s urge to hit the road and see where history happened. From Tombstone to Dodge City,...
Mount Rainier National Park
Mount Rainier is the grande dame of Washington’s Cascade Mountains, visible from 150 miles in any direction. At 14,410 feet, this glacier-clad...
Are These Arizona Rangers?
Increasing demand for identified historic photographs has driven both the hunt by collectors and the research related to these images. Attributions...
Did Indians Really Whoop and Holler When they Attacked, or is that Just Something in the Westerns?
Did Indians really whoop and holler when they attacked, or is that just something in the Westerns? Liz Duncan, Batesville, Arkansas This answer...
What is the historical significance of Arizona’s Sierra Estrellas?
What is the historical significance of Arizona’s Sierra Estrellas? Dusty CallihamSurprise, Arizona The Estrella Mountains could be called Arizona’s...
Festival of Books
Ted Danson, Timothy Egan and Jodi Picoult are among the authors who are on tap at Arizona’s Tucson Festival of Books, slated for March 9-10. Your...
Give Me a Homestead
When my grand-mother arrived in Wyoming in March 1903 and moved into the two-room cabin her first husband had built, she must have believed her life...
Picture-Perfect Custer
There must be five hundred pictures of Custer’s Last Stand, and not two dozen of the Washita,” wrote renowned art historian Brian Dippie in 2009....
What is the Treaty of Hard Labor?
What is the Treaty of Hard Labor? Margaret-Anne MooreWilmington, California The British gained control of the Atlantic seaboard—from what is now...