Located in the heart of California’s Gold Country, Grass Valley was once a small settlement of fortune hunters who arrived just after the Gold Rush...
Grass Valley, California
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Preservation:Earp—All in the Family
Earp—All in the Family Bob and Melba Matson are brave, courageous and bold. In 1986, they bought a house in Monmouth, Illinois—but not just any...
Denton, Texas
Founded in 1857 as a county seat, Denton grew slowly until the railroad reached town in the 1880s. A rail outlet brought a considerable increase in...
Preservation: James-Younger Gang Returns to Northfield
Back in the 1940s, visitors to the men’s room of a Phillips 66 gas station in Northfield, Minnesota, were greeted by an unusual sight—photos of the...
Preservation: James-Younger Gang Returns to Northfield
Back in the 1940s, visitors to the men’s room of a Phillips 66 gas station in Northfield, Minnesota, were greeted by an unusual sight—photos of the...
Winnemucca, Nevada
Trappers and Basque sheepherders arrived in today’s Winnemucca, Nevada, in the 1830s, but a Wild Bunch robbery put it on the Old West map. On...
Preservation: Saving the Sheriff
Saving the Sheriff On February 28, 1908, famed lawman Pat Garrett was gunned down just off a road outside Las Cruces, New Mexico. The killer of...
Preservation: Saving the Sheriff
Saving the Sheriff On February 28, 1908, famed lawman Pat Garrett was gunned down just off a road outside Las Cruces, New Mexico. The killer of...
Preservation: Song Of Praise
The Central City Opera in Denver and historic preservation go together. The organization formed back in the early 1930s to help save and renovate...
Preservation: Song Of Praise
The Central City Opera in Denver and historic preservation go together. The organization formed back in the early 1930s to help save and renovate...
Best Reads (And They Aren’t All Westerns)
“Only a generation of readers will span a generation of writers,” said Steven Spielberg, the man who first revealed his instinct for a good story...
Best Reads (And They Aren’t All Westerns)
“Only a generation of readers will span a generation of writers,” said Steven Spielberg, the man who first revealed his instinct for a good story...