“No, no, no, no!” That’s what they told Shirley McClintock when she asked her neighbors to save an old building al…
Pueblo Grande Celebrates 90 Years Phoenix’s Archaeological Gem Protects the Area’s First City.
The second Phoenix is America’s newest modern city. The first Phoenix was among its oldest—a thriving community 1,000 ye…
A Collector Like No Other Historian Doug McChristian’s collection finds a home at Fort Concho.
Of course, he’d become one of the frontier’s most ardent historians and collectors because history called early to Doug …
Butch Cassidy Would Do a Double Take The Little Snake River Museum in Savery, Wyoming, preserves Old West history with a flair.
Sometimes you have to travel a “road to nowhere” to get somewhere you should be. Like the road to the Little Snake River…
Yellowstone Was Only the Beginning President Ulysses S. Grant signed the bill creating the first national park in the world in 1872
July is the busiest month for Yellowstone National Park, where vacationers find a cool respite from the sizzling heat. T…
The Heart of Willcox The Rex Allen Museum keeps the memory of an Arizona favorite son alive for fans around the world.
Rex Allen said his heart would always belong to his hometown of Willcox, Arizona, and he wasn’t kidding. A replica of a …
Omaha is Still “All Aboard” Dressing up Union Station is just the ticket.
The first piece of track. The very first spike. It all began here, in Omaha, Nebraska. That’s where the Union Pacific b…
A Noose and a Scoop Placerville, California’s, historic 1856 Hangman’s Tree building has a sweet future.
A hanging tree. A blacksmith’s shop. A gold field. A Studebaker. An ice cream saloon. This story was almost lost forever…
Lost and Found in American History Nebraska had long searched for this piece of its heritage.
For 184 years, it was lost. Then they found a metal military button—eventually, they’d find 39. Then glass trading bead…
Tejano History Under One Roof A half-century effort to save San Antonio’s Casa Navarro earns nationwide appreciation.
The entire history of early Texas—from a Spanish viceroyalty, to ownership by Mexico, to the Republic of Texas to stateh…