Visit Rapid City, the “city of presidents,” on the way to the iconic monument. Rapid City in western South Dakota is the gateway to...
The Gateway to Mount Rushmore
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Travel & Preservation
On the New Mexico Trail of Billy the Kid
Catherine and the Kid She was known in Kansas as “The Widow McCarty” and a resident in Silver City, New Mexico, described her as “a jolly Irish...
True West Towns Pendleton, Oregon
True West Towns Pendleton, Oregon This “Real West” town kicks up its bootheels for rowdy rodeo. Pendleton, Oregon, has come a long way since...
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...
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...