Travel & Preservation Archives

Reveille on the Overland Trail

by Candy Moulton | Oct 20, 2017

Ohio State Senator William O. Collins, a proponent of war-funding after the attack on Fort Sumter in April 1861, took a stronger stand for the Union...

Western Events for October 2017

by Rhiannon Deremo | Sep 27, 2017

Western roundup of events where you can experience the Old West this October. ADVENTURE Gold Rush Bandits Autumn Train Robbery Elgin, OR, October 7...

Lords of the West

by Candy Moulton | Sep 22, 2017

Birthed in Canada, the Hudson’s Bay Company was founded on May 2, 1670, when King Charles granted a charter to his cousin, Prince Rupert,...

Gateway to the West

by Leo W. Banks | Sep 1, 2017

Located on a plateau above the west bank of the Missouri River and its confluence with the Platte River, Omaha has always been a good spot for...

Western Events for September 2017

by Rhiannon Deremo | Aug 15, 2017

Western roundup of events where you can experience the Old West this September. ADVENTURE Viejo Pueblo Ghost Rides San Elizario, TX, September 2:...

Canyons, Chasms and Cataracts

by Candy Moulton | Jul 26, 2017

Not long after his graduation from West Point, Lt. George M. Wheeler became an assistant survey engineer in the San Francisco area. Promoted to...

Civil War on the Western Frontier

by Rhiannon Deremo | Jul 24, 2017

Lawrence, Kansas was founded in the 1850’s as the state’s center of resistance to the expansion of slavery. And it paid the price. Targeted,...

Western Events for August 2017

by Rhiannon Deremo | Jul 16, 2017

Western roundup of events where you can experience the Old West! ADVENTURE Heber Valley Fly Fishing Festival Midway, UT, August 8-11: Experts and...

Queen of the Kansas Cowtowns

by Leo W. Banks | Jul 13, 2017

Dwight Eisenhower enjoyed sitting on his porch listening to old men tell stories about a famous town marshal they knew named Wild Bill Hickok. As a...