Did Old West folks wear sunglasses to protect their eyes from the sun? David Fuller Storrs, Connecticut Not usually, sunglasses weren’t readily...
Did Old West folks wear sunglasses?
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Did 19th-century U.S. soldiers carry military ID cards?
Did 19th-century U.S. soldiers carry military ID cards, or their equivalent, as all military personnel do now? James Rowley Laingsburg, Michigan ID...
What are the odds that an Old West cowboy would get into a gunfight?
What are the odds that an Old West cowboy would get into a gunfight? Mike Franklin Poteet, Texas Not high. Cowboys mostly spent their time “keeping...
Ghost Town Travelogues
In 1938, teenager Phil Varney moved with his folks from the flatlands of Illinois to the deserts of Arizona. He’d never seen mountains shouldering...
The Cowgirl Way
When women moved to the American West with the great migration of the 1800s, they left behind some of the constricting rules of femininity, becoming...
In the Footsteps of Lewis and Clark
In the Footsteps of Lewis and Clark, by Wallace G. Lewis, is not just another title in the flood of books about the Lewis and Clark expedition....
Four Years in Europe With Buffalo Bill
Charles Eldridge Griffin’s memoir, Four Years in Europe With Buffalo Bill, makes an interesting sidebar to the biography of William F. Cody and the...
Outlaw Tales of Nebraska
Among the 12 outlaws featured in Outlaw Tales of Nebraska is James “Doc” Middleton Riley, a horse thief who actually gained admiration! From the...
Forts, Fights, and Frontier Sites
Bringing history forward is what Candy Moulton has done with Forts, Fights, and Frontier Sites. Detailed maps and clever symbols indicate if the...
The Truth to Chaco Canyon
Scholars and archaeologists may debate why the great Pueblo Indian society existed in Chaco Canyon, but everybody agrees on one thing: It’s in the...
The Seeds of Navajo Soul
“Tears” from the album Spirit of a Woman by Radmilla Cody / Courtesy Canyon Records License #2010-067. All rights reserved. Visit Canyon Records to...
Uno, Dos, Tres!
October 28, 1884 While visiting Upper Frisco Plaza in western Socorro County, New Mexico, 19-year-old Elfego Baca is asked to arrest a drunken...