If a miner wrote back East of his adventures, he may have sealed his message inside a pictorial lettersheet depicting a bird’s-eye view of the...
Bird’s-eye View of 19th-century Mining
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Dirty Digs
After recalling a sod house he’d seen at one of the stage stations between St. Joseph, Missouri, and Carson City, Nevada, in 1861, Mark Twain wrote...
Spittin’ Against the Wind
In the 1830s, Davy Crockett opened a window aboard a train, which was a serious taboo because sparks from the smokestack could blow inside and cause...
Is it true that you can fire multiple shots from a percussion cap pistol if you don’t grease the lead when you load it into the cylinder?
Is it true that you can fire multiple shots from a percussion cap pistol if you don’t grease the lead when you load it into the cylinder? David...
Do any of the guns used in the gunfight near the O.K. Corral exist? If so, where are they?
Do any of the guns used in the gunfight near the O.K. Corral exist? If so, where are they? K. Harding Harrisburg, Pennsylvania Wyatt Earp expert...
Did any Old West ranchers ever try to raise buffalo with their cattle?
Did any Old West ranchers ever try to raise buffalo with their cattle? Paul Gordon St. Thomas, Ontario, Canada Legendary Texas cattleman Charles...
What is the name of the horse Teddy Roosevelt rode during the Battle of San Juan Hill?
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?
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...
Christina Hillius
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...
Remembering the Alamo Movies
This April, Touchstone Pictures (a subsidiary of Disney) released a $75 million-plus film The Alamo, which reinterpreted this most famous of...
Vera and the Sultan
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...
Two Fingers, Straight Up
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...