The central Washington town of Toppenish came into being when a Yakama Indian named Josephine Lillie Parker sold part of…
Heritage Travel
Get Your Kicks! Load up the car and get Western on ten scenic historic highway tours across the region this summer.
In 1927, the first Route 66 signs were posted from Chicago, Illinois, to Santa Monica, California, and the legend of the…
Out Here, the Land has a Story to Tell In Southeast Montana, panoramic landscapes intertwine with the rich history of the Old West offering epic adventures.
In Southeast Montana, panoramic landscapes intertwine with the rich history of the Old West offering epic adventures in …
Butch Cassidy Would Do a Double Take The Little Snake River Museum in Savery, Wyoming, preserves Old West history with a flair.
Sometimes you have to travel a “road to nowhere” to get somewhere you should be. Like the road to the Little Snake River…
Lincoln, Nebraska Discover the rich heritage of the Great Plains in the state’s capital city.
Lincoln’s origin story doesn’t involve an Indian uprising or a whisky-soaked shootout. The town was founded as Lancaster…
Born Again! Discover the beauty of Old West hotels and saloons restored and renewed for 21st-century travelers and communities.
Allan Affeldt knows what it takes to restore a historical hotel or saloon. We’re inside the Legal Tender Saloon, Bistro …
The Diné Return to the Four Corners One hundred fifty years later, follow the Navajo people’s poignant route home from New Mexico to Arizona.
Fort Sumner, New Mexico, has never been an easy place to live. Winters can be brutal. Summers are often blistering. The …
The Lone Star Line Following the Butterfield Overland Company’s trail across Texas is a history-filled adventure.
Prior to the Civil War, it was realized that an efficient way to deliver the mail and passengers across the country was …
Lewis and Clark’s Big Sky Country Explore an adventurous Montana on the trail of the Corps of Discovery.
Most every Sunday afternoon as I was growing up, my father would load us into the car and off we’d go on a family day-ad…
Kansas’s Highways of History Discover Old West heritage along the Sunflower State’s historic trails.
America’s West, in the early 1800s, ended at the Missouri River. Men knew there was another West—farther west—but ventur…