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Bandera, Texas
Cattle-drive roots and cowboy cahoots make this Hill Country town a favorite Old West destination. It’s no wonder Bandera is a cowboy...
Zane Grey’s Arizona and New Mexico
A backroads tour of the Western author’s two favorite states leads to small towns, historic sites and awe-inspiring natural wonders. ...
Cottonwood, Arizona
A river runs through it…and Western spirit too. Thirteen years ago, a bobcat attacked unlucky patrons in Cottonwood’s Chaparral Bar....
Rawlins, Wyoming
The Old West is alive in the county seat and its neighboring towns of Carbon County. Butch Cassidy and his Wild Bunch were well known around...
California’s Golden Trail
A tour of the historic transcontinental route reaps great experiences for heritage travelers. When the Mormon Battalion ended a nearly...
Rapid City, South Dakota
The “Gateway to the Black Hills” is the place to stay when exploring the region’s parks, monuments and historic sites. The state’s second...
Showman of the West
A rich historic trail will be discovered following Buffalo Bill’s path to celebrity. You can find William F. “Buffalo Bill” Cody practically...
Muskogee, Oklahoma
The historic city celebrates its music, history and Old Glory. Anyone of age in 1969 when Merle Haggard released his megahit song “Okie From...
Magnet for Miners
A tour of Western Montana is rich in mining heritage, ghost towns and living history centers. Gold seekers started flooding into western Montana in...
The Grand Old Park
Yellowstone, America’s first National Park, celebrates its 150th anniversary. Ferdinand V. Hayden, head of the U.S. Geological and Geographic...
Red Lodge, Montana
Discover the Old West in the gateway town to America’s most beautiful highway. Heading southwest across the high plains of south-central...