DISCOVERING AMERICA’S HISTORIC FRONTIER TOWNS From Arizona’s sunbaked deserts to Wyoming’s untamed wilderness, America’s historic frontier towns...
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The Frontier Characters of South Dakota
Calamity Jane, Wild Bill and George Custer roamed the Black Hills On July 2, 1874, George Armstrong Custer led a surveying expedition of around...
Cave Creek’s Untamed Legacy
Miners searched for lucrative gold strikes in the Cave Creek mining district 140 years ago. Soldiers from nearby Fort McDowell fought off marauding...
On the Road to Rendezvous
More than half of the gatherings of mountain men and fur trade caravans took place in Wyoming, including the first one in 1825 along the Henry’s...
Durango, Colorado
October’s Cowboy Gathering rounds up poets, pickers and train lovers. Durango is an active four-season town. Each year starts with winter...
On the Trail to Bloody Newton
Adventure awaits the traveler on great cattle drive routes from Texas to Kansas. Among Kansas cattle towns, 1871 is probably best remembered for...
Northfield, Minnesota
The James-Younger gang met its match in a frontier bank. At the centennial of the nation’s founding, Northfield, Minnesota, was a bucolic river town...
From the Basin to the Plains
Discover Wyoming on a road trip to Cody, Casper and Cheyenne. Scotsman Peter McCulloch ramrodded a crew that trailed 3,800 head of...
Jerome, Arizona
When you dig deep into Jerome’s history you find so many layers—so many stories of boom and bust, of bordellos, opium dens, gambling and...
Rawhide!
Gettin’ along little dogies up the Western Trail is still a fun road trip today. By the 1880s, time was catching up with the Western Trail—the...
Top 10 True Western Towns of the Year
Time to Motor West Enjoy welcoming Western hospitality when you stay and explore the region’s best towns. Whether you grew up in a small town...
Best of the West: Heritage Travel
The Call of the West People from around the world are drawn to the Western United States. Whether as passengers on a Santa Fe Super...