Idaho marks a century and a quarter of statehood in 2015 and while much has happened to define the state during the past 125 years, the landscape...
Idaho Celebrates 125 Years of Statehood
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Candy Moulton
Exploring the Old Oregon Country
David Thompson was fourteen when he began his life in North America as a clerk’s apprentice with the Hudson’s Bay Company (HBC). He may have been in...
Mystery of Mists and Mountain Men
Writing a biography about John Colter, who left behind no journal, letters or other reminiscences, was the daunting task of Ronald M. Angelin and...
Hail, Columbia!
All across the Pacific Northwest are reminders of the Lewis and Clark Expedition of 1804-06, although no tangible physical evidence remains. There...
Love Song to the Plains and the Desert West
Each year Western Writers of America (WWA) adds a distinguished writer to the Western Writers Hall of Fame (HOF). With the breadth and depth of...
Gems Along the Continental Divide
The backbone of the continent—the Continental Divide—is rocky and rugged in places,...
The Northern Plains to the Pacific Northwest
North Dakota, South Dakota, Montana and Washington mark their quasquicentennials—125 years since achieving statehood—this year and it is a good time...
Robert J. Conley
December 29, 1940 – February 16, 2014 A great voice in Western Literature and advocate for storytelling by American Indian writers was stilled with...
Westward Across the Divide
Will Bagley, today’s most knowledgeable historian of the overland trails experience, has focused his narrative expertise on the most important point...
Nez Perce in Yellowstone
Emma Cowan awoke early the morning of August 24, 1877, to the sound of strange voices coming from outside the tent she shared with husband George on...
Bozeman Trail
Fort Laramie is one of the great frontier posts in the West, now restored as a national historic site with a complete complement of structures: Army...
On the High Plains Trail of Hall of Fame Western Writers
Vanette Johnston was moved to tears when Western Writers of America (WWA) inducted her late husband Terry C. Johnston into the Western Writers Hall...