Perched high on a crest of the Ozark Mountains, the four-story Crescent Hotel stands like a storybook castle. The Frisco Railroad and the Eureka...

In January 1863, Mangas Coloradas went to Pinos Altos, New Mexico, to seek peace with the United States. Other Chiricahua Apache tribal leaders had...

Sure, most grand hotels have fancy chandeliers, but we’ll wager none have one quite like the Alex Johnson’s—nearly eight feet across and made of...

Even an everyday call to investigate cow stealing could spark violence that catapulted a Texas Ranger into the halls of death. This first look at...

In his day, Buffalo Bill Cody was arguably the most famous American in the world. No surprise, really, considering the former soldier and...

  “NEARLY everyone on the coast and directly east of the mountains came to know my brother, either personally or by repute, as early as the...

For firearms enthusiasts, the name John Bianchi is synonymous with quality gunleather, and for good reason. He’s truly a living legend, having made...

Every Old West town had saloons and bawdy houses. How many, though, had an observatory? Del Norte, the southern Colorado mining town near the San...

Are you here to see the Dakota War exhibit?” a male worker at the Minnesota History Center in St. Paul asks me. It takes a moment before I can...

Main Street has a particular  meaning in America. It’s where everything started, and where great memories still live. For Zuni Gov. Arlen Quetawki,...

For many American Indians, events of the past—even the distant past—are as real and present as something that occurred yesterday. The Sand Creek...

Ginger beer is the favorite drink in all parts of the country for use in harvest time, and is probably the very best for such use. It is agreeable...