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....

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...

America’s West, in the early 1800s, ended at the Missouri River. Men knew there was another West—farther west—but venturing there proved...

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...

Back in 1989, when Life Magazine asked Hollywood legends like James Stewart, Bette Davis and Olivia DeHavilland to pick their favorite young stars...

Frank Hammer’s best friend and partner in tracking down Bonnie & Clyde should be remembered as one of the greatest Texas Rangers.

Adventure awaits the traveler who follows the legendary routes of Arizona’s earliest wagon roads, railways, and highways.

Why Louisiana Sheriff Henderson Jordan should be remembered as a key member of the hunt and ambush of Bonnie and Clyde.

Frank Hamer’s career began during the closing years of the Texas frontier, and saw him transition from a horseback Ranger into a motorized...