In 1879, when the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe chugged into Las Vegas, New Mexico Territory, the railroad brought in a …
Dinner in Deadwood with Calamity Jane Food adventures in the frontierswoman’s Dakota Territory hangout.
In the fall of 1875, a makeshift tent town popped up, beginning a stampede to Deadwood Gulch. By the winter of 1876, the…
Eat, Drink & Be Merry Luxury service and fine dining await patrons of heritage hotels and restaurants across the West.
Enter a 14-foot double glass Victorian door, turn a brass knob to enter a hotel room, or have a cocktail at a behemoth b…
Gourmet Glitz at Gateway to the West The Campbells hosted the most extravagant parties in St. Louis.
When high society ladies threw a party in the West, they spared no expense. Women living in rural areas had their challe…
The Picnic Disease Pioneers seeking refuge from the heat sometimes needed to cool off from their cool down.
As towns across the frontier West heated up during the spring and summer months, sweltering pioneers found ways to beat …
To The Queen’s Taste Guests who dined at Fort Benton’s Grand Union hotel got the royal treatment.
Imagine dining on lobsters, roasts, a variety of vegetables and elegant desserts in Montana Territory, in a dining room …
Lend Me Your Wife! Whatever the occasion, Cheyenne social hours offered up popcorn, sausages or oysters to fill the bill.
Cheyenne, Wyoming’s residents enjoyed a fine social life, and ladies hosted and attended a variety of social events and …
Denver’s Unsinkable Hostess Molly Brown found acceptance among frontier Denver’s high society.
Before she became famous as the “Unsinkable Molly Brown,” after surviving the 1912 sinking of Titanic, Margaret Tobin-Br…
Hand Over the Ice Cream How frontier pioneers enjoyed their ice cream desserts.
In 1850, a new ice cream saloon in San Francisco, California, greeted patrons with the aromas of vanilla and lemon. The …
Bread Across the West The cultural breads that sustained pioneers on the frontier.
“Vile stuff” that suggested the “properties of poison” turned the bread a “green-yellow tinge” at the Pony Express…