On a blisteringly hot Saturday in mid-June 1876, Brig. Gen. George Crook fought to the draw Sioux and Northern Cheyenne warriors led spiritually by...
Yellowstone Was Only the Beginning
July is the busiest month for Yellowstone National Park, where vacationers find a cool respite from the sizzling heat. The idea of setting aside...
Battle of Rosebud
General Crook is leading the Big Horn and Yellowstone Expedition, which consists of some 990 cavalry and mule-mounted infantry, 250 friendly...
Powell and the People of the Plateau
John Wesley Powell’s first expedition down the Green and Colorado rivers through the Grand Canyon in 1869, made him a national hero. John K....
The Lone Star Line
Prior to the Civil War, it was realized that an efficient way to deliver the mail and passengers across the country was needed. In 1857, the U.S....
Lewis and Clark’s Big Sky Country
Most every Sunday afternoon as I was growing up, my father would load us into the car and off we’d go on a family day-adventure to “discover new...
Kansas’s Highways of History
America’s West, in the early 1800s, ended at the Missouri River. Men knew there was another West—farther west—but venturing there proved...
Rocky Mountain Gold
Most of us know of California’s Gold Rush and the forty-niners, but fewer realize the great wealth that began a decade later with the discovery of...
Kevin Costner
Back in 1989, when Life Magazine asked Hollywood legends like James Stewart, Bette Davis and Olivia DeHavilland to pick their favorite young stars...
The Legendary Maney Gault
Frank Hammer’s best friend and partner in tracking down Bonnie & Clyde should be remembered as one of the greatest Texas Rangers.
Trails, Rails, and Automobiles
Adventure awaits the traveler who follows the legendary routes of Arizona’s earliest wagon roads, railways, and highways.
Zip Zapped!
Near Cainville, Oklahoma, Marion Hildreth and five other lawmen surround a cabin. After eating supper, Ike Black and Dick Yeager (a.k.a. Zip Wyatt)...