What is the name of the horse Teddy Roosevelt rode during the Battle of San Juan Hill? Vernon Price Via the Internet Teddy Roosevelt rode a horse...
Why was John Johnson dug up in 1974 from the old soldiers home graveyard in Los Angeles, California, and reburied in Cody, Wyoming? William Gross...
Who would ever think a Russian peasant emigrant of the late 1800s would one day become a beacon for literacy in America? But that is the story of...
This April, Touchstone Pictures (a subsidiary of Disney) released a $75 million-plus film The Alamo, which reinterpreted this most famous of...
Vera McGinnis was well aware one of the world’s richest and most exotic men was in the audience that September night in 1926 when she put on her...
There’s something special about a man who likes to dress the way he drinks, keeping the same brand, no matter where he goes. These days, that’s a...
With a Union Pacific mileage book in hand, Frank Tenney Johnson realized his dream to travel the West by rail. When Johnson saw Pike’s Peak in the...
Some time back, my father and I herded a small bunch of cows onto the steep side of a mountain behind the small town of Chloride, Arizona. In the...
Who is Edward “Ned” Kelly? Mick Jagger of the Rolling Stones may come to mind, as he portrayed the 25-year-old bushranger (Australian for outlaw) in...
Buffalo Bill Cody founded the Irma Hotel in 1902, calling it “just the sweetest hotel that ever was.” Located in Cody, Wyoming, the town that the...
Before Doc Holliday and Wyatt Earp were even born, bolder men put their mark on the American West. Known as fur traders and mountain men, these...
Most folks don’t begin their life’s work at the age of 12. Michael Gibson, owner of Appaloosa Trading Company in Durango, Colorado, isn’t like most...