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Clark on the Yellowstone

Clark on the Yellowstone

by | Apr 1, 2006 | Travel & Preservation

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 river farther west and to the north, which they named the Marias. The explorers had successfully crossed the...
Fur, Defeat and Pluck

Fur, Defeat and Pluck

by | Apr 1, 2005 | Features & Gunfights

Deserted by her husband, a determined teenage mother is left to raise her young son in France’s colonial outpost, New Orleans. Not an auspicious beginning for what would become one of the most influential families on the American frontier. At the start of the 18th...
Down on Lewis & Clark

Down on Lewis & Clark

by | Jan 3, 2005 | Travel & Preservation

It’s official: Everybody wants a piece of Lewis & Clark. Except me. Don’t get me wrong. I appreciate what William Clark and Meriwether Lewis did. I even like the Sacagawea dollar. But Lewis & Clark don’t rank high with me, not when I’m in Missouri hot on the...
When Whiskey Ruled The West

When Whiskey Ruled The West

by | Jun 15, 2020 | Features & Gunfights

Whiskey’s role in shaping the West, and its rise to prominence over rum or vodka, has its roots in the early days of the United States. Its story began with early colonists who learned to distill spirits from their new agricultural bounty of corn, wheat, barley and...