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...
Omaha is Still “All Aboard”
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Art, Guns and Culture
Grand Canyon’s Grand Meals
Today, visitors arrive at the Grand Canyon either by train, car or bus and have hotel and dining options because of the Fred Harvey Company. When...
Western Events for February 2019
Western roundup of events where you can experience the Old West this February. Adventure Cripple Creek Ice Festival Cripple Creek, CO, February...
Hollywood’s Six-gun Fakery
If you’re an Old West gun buff, and enjoy Western flicks from the Golden Age of Hollywood films, roughly 1930 through the late 1960s, you may have...
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...
Reel or Real Frontier Fare
If you’re reading this then you’ve likely seen a Western. So, does the food on the big screen compare to the real West? Let’s digest some food...
Western Events for January 2019
Western roundup of events where you can experience the Old West this January. Art Shows Litchfield Park Native American Fine Arts Festival...
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...
Western Events for December 2018
Western roundup of events where you can experience the Old West this December. Holiday Prescott Courthouse Christmas Parade & Lighting Prescott,...
Yummy Yosemite
Yosemite Valley is a magical place where pioneers have visited since the mid-1800s. People still travel here to dine in a snow-covered Christmas....
Norman Rockwell’s Duke
In 1973, John Wayne sat inside Norman Rockwell’s studio in Stockbridge, Massachusetts, so the artist could paint a portrait of the actor. The...
The Boss Drink
Pioneers were sipping ice cream soda waters as early as the 1860s, but ice cream sodas wouldn’t come along until the next decade. Ice cream soda...