Box after box of photos. Day after day. One image more fabulous than the next. Photographer Todd Stands thought he knew a lot about “Coronado...
Crown City’s Old Vistas
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True West’s Ultimate Historic Travel Guide
“Ocian in view! Oh! The Joy!,” William Clark wrote in his journal on November 7, 1805 as he viewed what he believed was the Pacific Ocean, as the...
Denver’s Unsinkable Hostess
Before she became famous as the “Unsinkable Molly Brown,” after surviving the 1912 sinking of Titanic, Margaret Tobin-Brown arrived in Denver,...
Buffalo Bill Lies Here—Or Here
William F. Cody—Buffalo Bill—was arguably one of the great showmen of all times. He would probably enjoy the ongoing public spectacle about where...
Western Events for December 2016
Western roundup of events where you can experience the Old West! ART Power and Prestige: Headdress of the American Plains Oklahoma City, OK, Through...
What History Has Taught Me: Ron Hansen, Author
Growing up in Omaha, Ron Hansen found the Old West present in Nebraska’s cornfields, wilderness and railroad tracks full of empty boxcars. Following...
Emperor of the United States
In 1849, Joshua Abraham Norton, born in England around 1818, arrived in San Francisco, California, from South Africa with a $30,000 inheritance and...
Were Cowboys Superstitious?
Were cowboys superstitious? Bill Dunn High River, Alberta, Canada Rodeo cowboys believed in dozens of superstitions. Some of them include: Never eat...
Hand Over the Ice Cream
In 1850, a new ice cream saloon in San Francisco, California, greeted patrons with the aromas of vanilla and lemon. The Alta California described...
Forewarned & Forearmed
March 11, 1884 Fresh off the train from Austin, Texas, newly minted drinking pards Ben Thompson and John King Fisher, the acting sheriff for Uvalde...
A Pistol For Dragoons
With the adoption of the U.S. Dragoons on March 5, 1833, the U.S. Army found itself woefully lacking in pistols for a mounted unit. Handguns at that...
Hollywood’s Texas Ranger
Hell or High Water is the sleeper movie hit of the summer; Jeff Bridges’ portrayal of Texas Ranger Marcus Hamilton might nab him a second Oscar....