The most important man on a trail drive was the chuckwagon cook. That’s why next to the boss he was the highest paid hand. He was usually older and...
After a notable career in the film industry, Italian composer Ennio Morricone passed away at the age of 91 on Monday. The Italian cultural ministry...
As General Stephen Watts Kearny and his Army of the West headed down the Rio Grande on their way to California they had a fateful meeting around...
The Wigwam Saloon in Winslow, Arizona proved to be good and bad for a local lawman. In April 1905, Navajo County Deputy Pete Pemberton took out...
The Plains Indians called him the “Horse-chief of the Long Knives,” and the whites have called him, the “Father of the U.S. Cavalry.” The war...
The storied Santa Fe Trail opened for business in 1821, a year that coincided with the birth of the Mexican Republic. The Mexican Revolution ...
On the outside, Jack Davis appeared to be an honest businessman in the Virginia City, Nevada area. But in November 1870, he showed his true...
It’s seen toward the beginning of the Clint Eastwood movie “Hang ‘em High.” A wagon, a jail on wheels, a paddy wagon, that carries Eastwood and...
On stagecoaches there usually wasn't a "First Class," however some companies did have three classes. First Class got to ride all the way; Second...
During the 1850s no sooner did the Army Corps of Topographical Engineers survey wagon roads to the Pacific than emigrants began painting their...
Clark Foss started a stage line in Napa Valley, CA during the Civil War. It was a route with sharp turns and huge drop-offs, and “Old Foss” gained...
A few years ago I received this letter from a hunter of lost treasures. “I have a question that I cannot track down an answer. I have an article...