Renegade Roads Archives

Cultural Wyoming

by Candy Moulton | Sep 5, 2025

Art and history meet on the route from Bighorn Basin through Powder River Basin to Casper. Master artists have long been drawn to the scenic beauty...

On the New Mexico Trail of Billy the Kid

by Johnny D. Boggs | Jul 1, 2025

Catherine and the Kid She was known in Kansas as “The Widow McCarty” and a resident in Silver City, New Mexico, described her as “a jolly Irish...

The Frontier Characters of South Dakota

by Candy Moulton | Feb 21, 2025

Calamity Jane, Wild Bill and George Custer roamed the Black Hills On July 2, 1874, George Armstrong Custer led a surveying expedition...

On the Road to Rendezvous

by Candy Moulton | Oct 14, 2024

More than half of the gatherings of mountain men and fur trade caravans took place in Wyoming, including the first one in 1825 along the Henry’s...

On the Trail to Bloody Newton

by Johnny D. Boggs | Aug 12, 2024

Adventure awaits the traveler on great cattle drive routes from Texas to Kansas. Among Kansas cattle towns, 1871 is probably best remembered for...

From the Basin to the Plains

by Candy Moulton | Jun 11, 2024

Discover Wyoming on a road trip to Cody, Casper and Cheyenne. Scotsman Peter McCulloch ramrodded a crew that trailed 3,800 head of...

Rawhide!

by Johnny D. Boggs | Feb 21, 2024

Gettin’ along little dogies up the Western Trail is still a fun road trip today. By the 1880s, time was catching up with the Western Trail—the...

Following Billy the Kid

by Johnny D. Boggs | Oct 29, 2023

Tracking the legend across Arizona and New Mexico is still an adventure. It’s easy to start a travel story when you know where your subject was...

On the Western Trail

by Johnny D. Boggs | Sep 22, 2023

Pack it up, round ’em up and drive north for an Old West adventure. Sherman, Texas, native S.H. Woods was 16 years old when he was “second boss—the...