Shirley McClintock has dedicated her life to preserving the history of Council Grove, Kansas.
Stone by Stone
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Jana Bommersbach
Pueblo Grande Celebrates 90 Years
Phoenix’s archaeological gem protects the area’s first city.
A Collector Like No Other
Of course, he’d become one of the frontier’s most ardent historians and collectors because history called early to Doug McChristian. He’d always...
Butch Cassidy Would Do a Double Take
Sometimes you have to travel a “road to nowhere” to get somewhere you should be. Like the road to the Little Snake River Museum in a Wyoming...
Yellowstone Was Only the Beginning
July is the busiest month for Yellowstone National Park, where vacationers find a cool respite from the sizzling heat. The idea of setting aside...
The Heart of Willcox
Rex Allen said his heart would always belong to his hometown of Willcox, Arizona, and he wasn’t kidding. A replica of a human heart was included in...
Omaha is Still “All Aboard”
The first piece of track. The very first spike. It all began here, in Omaha, Nebraska. That’s where the Union Pacific began the race to Utah in...
A Noose and a Scoop
A hanging tree. A blacksmith’s shop. A gold field. A Studebaker. An ice cream saloon. This story was almost lost forever. It would have been if the...
Lost and Found in American History
For 184 years, it was lost. Then they found a metal military button—eventually, they’d find 39. Then glass trading beads—the first of 434. Then an...
Raised from the Dead
Looting, wildfires, pollution, vandalism, time, the elements—Western ghost towns have lots of enemies. Thankfully, they’ve also got friends like...
Tejano History Under One Roof
The entire history of early Texas—from a Spanish viceroyalty, to ownership by Mexico, to the Republic of Texas to statehood—was lived by the man who...
Return to Fort Apache
One could argue there is enough negative about the history of Fort Apache that people might not want to come,” Karl Hoerig admits. “It’s a...