Travel & Preservation
The Rookie Rancher

The Rookie Rancher

Doc Holliday. Sam Bass. “Bear River” Tom Smith. And countless others. They found a haven in the West. A chance to change their lives. The...

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Juneau, Alaska

Juneau, Alaska

Juneau, Alaska’s mining heritage stretches from 1880 when a Tlingit chief directed Richard Harris and Joe Juneau to gold deposits. The resulting...

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Rendezvous Deja Vu

Rendezvous Deja Vu

Legend has it that the note, written in charcoal, invitin’ those hearty souls livin’ that life wild and perilous to the 1838 rendezvous read: “Come...

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Sacking Lawrence

Sacking Lawrence

The clerk at the bookstore recommends that I grab supper and a beer at the Free State Brewing Company. “Are you serious?” I ask. He assures me it’s...

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Deadwood, SD

Deadwood, SD

If we had played word association five years ago and said “Deadwood,” most people would have responded, “Wild Bill Hickok.” Thanks to HBO, though,...

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Sacking Lawrence

Sacking Lawrence

The clerk at the bookstore recommends that I grab supper and a beer at the Free State Brewing Company. “Are you serious?” I ask. He assures me it’s...

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Sacking Lawrence

Sacking Lawrence

The clerk at the bookstore recommends that I grab supper and a beer at the Free State Brewing Company. “Are you serious?” I ask. He assures me it’s...

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St. Joseph, MO

St. Joseph, MO

St. Joseph touts itself as the “home where the Pony Express began and Jesse James ended.” With a new movie starring Brad Pitt as Jesse James on the...

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