Jedediah Smith is considered one of the great Western explorers, blazing trails from Missouri to California in the 1820s. He was the first to enter...
The Lost Chronicles of Harrison Rogers
read more
Inside History
Where Did the Loot Go?
Whatever happened to the $97,000 from the Reno Gang’s last heist? This is one of those “find the money” stories. And it’s one that has attracted...
From Hero to Outlaw
It took John Joel Glanton a year to hit bottom. The name John Joel Glanton probably doesn’t ring a bell. But in the 1840s into 1850, he made an...
The Arrested Travels of Jedediah Smith
His first trip to California featured an unexpected stop. December of 1826 should have been a time of triumph for explorer/mountain man Jedediah...
Canton of the North
Lawman Frank Canton’s adventures in Alaska are legendary. In the summer of 1897, Frank Canton was looking for new opportunities. He’d...
Clum in the Cold
John Clum’s great adventure in Alaska is still legendary. John Clum is best known for his two years in Tombstone, serving as mayor,...
The Indians and the Jesuit
Father de Smet built the first permanent settlement in Montana. It took the Salish Indians of Montana nearly three decades to acquire a Catholic...
Truth or Adair
The James-Younger Gang turns to train robbery. A half dozen men crouched next to the railroad tracks near Adair, Iowa, on July 21, 1873. The Rock...
At the Peak of His Powers
Texas Ranger June Peak helped bring down Sam Bass. Relatively speaking, Junius “June” Peak spent few years in law enforcement. But he accomplished a...
Ada Isaacs Menken: The Menken
Not all the women who migrated to California during the Gold Rush were prostitutes and gamblers. The women who played the frontier...
Barbarians at the Quartz Rock
A crowd celebrated the first shot poured on Prescott’s Whiskey Row. Then and now, Prescott, Arizona’s, great calling card has been Whiskey Row. For...
A Champion of the Small Ranchers
Nate Champion became a martyr in the Johnson County War. For some residents of Johnson County, Wyoming, in the 1890s, Nate Champion had the perfect...