The Battle Of San Pasqual San Pasqual is a hilly, rugged area about 35 miles from San Diego. It was a rainy morning that December 6th when the two opposing forces faced each other across an open plain... Marshall Trimble
The Army Of The West The “golden prize” for the United States was California and that was the primary mission of General Stephen Watts Kearny’s Army of the West... Marshall Trimble
Murphy Wagons Under Spanish rule any French or American trader who ventured into Santa Fe or Taos would be arrested and marched on foot to Chihuahua or even Mexico City and imprisoned. All that was about to change... Marshall Trimble
Train And Stagecoach Ticket Prices What did it cost the passengers in the Old West to ride the rail or the fee for a stagecoach? Marshall Trimble
The Ordeal Of Olive Oatman Thousands of American soldiers were planning to converge on the Valley and slaughter them all if they didn’t set Olive “free” Marshall Trimble
