Travel & Preservation Archives

Queen of the Cowtowns

by Leo W. Banks | Jul 22, 2016

When Dodge City’s founders staked out their vision for a town near Fort Dodge in 1872, its first business was George Hoover’s bar. He sold whiskey...

Western Events for August 2016

by Rhiannon Deremo | Jul 18, 2016

Western roundup of events where you can experience the Old West! ART SHOWS ART & WINE IN THE COOL PINES Cloudcroft, NM, August 6-7: This 1898...

Building the Central Pacific Railroad

by Candy Moulton | Jul 8, 2016

A century and a half ago, steel rails began stretching across the landscape to link this nation. In an 1832 article published by the New York...

Butch Cassidy and the Last Standing Bank

by The City of Bear Lake, Utah | Jul 4, 2016

Butch Cassidy, was given the name Robert Leroy Parker at birth, born to a poor Mormon family in Beaver, Utah. As a teen Parker set off to find a new...

Western Events for July 2016

by Rhiannon Deremo | Jun 22, 2016

Western roundup of events where you can experience the Old West! ART SHOW Imaging the American West: Selections from the Metropolitan Museum of Art...

Crown Jewel of the Big Horns

by Leo W. Banks | Jun 21, 2016

John Loucks fought the Sioux during their 1862 uprising in the Dakotas. Twenty years later, he platted out his vision for a town on a piece of...

Following Elfego Baca

by Johnny D. Boggs | Jun 14, 2016

Who is New Mexico’s most famous lawman? Don Bullis says it depends on whom you ask. Put that question to an Anglo, and—no surprise—the common answer...