It’s a quiet day in Utica. No practical joker has tied tin cans to a dog’s tail and sent that dog running across the street in front of the General...
Fort Worth, Texas
Local historian J.R. Edmonson does not hesitate when asked who everyone in Fort Worth knows. “Steve Murrin, a third-generation cowboy whose...
Sea of Sage
Go trail riding in Snow Canyon State Park in St. George, Utah, and you’ll be riding through Utah’s Dixie. When Brigham Young called upon the...
Mapping the Black Hills: Valentine T. McGillycuddy
Valentine T. McGillcuddy, weak and on the verge of becoming an alcoholic after a stint as a doctor at the Wayne County Insane Asylum in Detroit,...
The Show Must Go On
“He just won’t let the dream die. All of us are just so devoted to this man and his dream. It’s a dying art. We come from everywhere just to be in...
What’s It Like to Live There—Fort Smith, AR
If you were a local in the Fort Smith region when Bass Reeves was hired in 1875, you would have immensely respected the former slave and his fellow...
Below the Equator
As a sudden rainstorm passed, I was glad to have on the wool poncho that Jorge let me borrow for the early morning ride to gather cattle and move...
Rollin’, Rollin’, Respectin’ Along the Western Trail
I’ve lost count of the museums dedicated to preserving the history and legacy of the Chisholm Trail. I can’t remember all the novels I’ve read about...
How I Ruined My Kids for History
On car trips my father would only stop for gas, food, oil and maybe, open wounds. He hated to stop. And even though every summer we were on The...
American West: Then & Now
Chances are you’ve never heard of Mrs. Nettie M. Dickson of Arrow Rock, Missouri. You may not have heard about Arrow Rock, for that matter. It’s...
10 Ways to Get Your Kids Hooked on History
The video about Anne Frank was over— part of a special exhibit at Bosque Redondo Memorial in Fort Sumner, New Mexico—when my son told me, “Those...
Wichita, Kansas
Wichita “has the large city amenities as well as the Country character,” with commuters to the city passing “wheat and milo fields as well as...