The Old Military Post Road that stretches from Minnesota to Louisiana was the first north-south highway to be built by the United States in the...
The Old Military Post Road
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Travel & Preservation
The Hanging Judge’s Town
The sky is blue, the sun warm, the birds are singing and the noise of traffic is practically nonexistent, yet there is gloominess, a feeling of...
Wild West WOW!
The Fourth Annual Single Action Shooting Society (SASS) Convention and Cowboy Christmas went off without a hitch in Las Vegas early last December....
No Horsin’ Around on Billy’s Last Ride
There are times when I really hate Billy the Kid. Such as now, head aching, hearing my horse’s hooves thundering in the distance and looking up to...
Clark on the Yellowstone
The plan had been set in 1805 when Meriwether Lewis and William Clark noted where the Yellowstone River joined the Missouri and later gazed upon the...
Goliad, Texas
To encourage our readers to visit this year’s winners of our Top 10 True Western Towns award announced in Jan/Feb, each issue will showcase the...
Confessions of a Ghost Town Maniac
He’s True West Maniac #94, and after just a minute with this 32-year-old construction worker, it’s obvious why. “I have been fascinated with the Old...
“A Glorious Sight to See”
I’ll be the first to admit: I know nothing about the Battle of Spokane Plains. Actually, I know little about the Pacific Northwest, except I admire...
Trailing John Wesley Powell
John Wesley Powell came to Wyoming’s Green River City in 1869 to launch the first of his two expeditions down the Colorado River. Earlier, in...
Leadville, Colorado
To encourage our readers to visit this year’s winners of our Top 10 True Western Towns award announced in Jan/Feb, each issue will showcase the...
Train Towns
Many towns throughout the West owe their existence to railroads. Not many still celebrate their rail heritage. But 10 noteworthy trains are still...
On a Mission along El Camino Real
In the mid-18th century, when Spain’s King Charles III learned that Russian explorers and fur traders were settling along the Alaskan coast, he...