by Johnny D. Boggs | Nov 2, 2007 | Travel & Preservation
By jingo, does everybody in Hannibal, Missouri, think he’s Mark Twain—the driver on the tour bus, the guide at the Mark Twain Cave, even Mark Twain Himself? You know Twain, the Homer of our country, America’s foremost writer, humorist, lecturer, storyteller,...
by Candy Moulton | Oct 2, 2007 | Travel & Preservation
Screeching and yelling “like so many devils,” the Blackfeet grabbed at the driftwood raft hovering above the swimming naked man. Although humiliated by the Indians’ sport of having him strip and run for his life as a warrior chased after him, John Colter was a clever...
by Cindy Thomson | Mar 1, 2007 | Travel & Preservation
Dragging a weary child and cradling a baby, she knew how to fire a weapon and kept her gun close. Just exactly where she was going, she didn’t know. Neither did any of the women next to her—those of European descent, religious, devoted to family. She faced danger from...
by TW Editors | Mar 1, 2007 | Travel & Preservation
For 50 years, Teddy Roosevelt has had his eye on Sacagawea. When Larry, the nightshift guard at Roosevelt’s namesake museum, convinces the former president to act on his feelings, Teddy offers the lovely Lewis and Clark guide a ride on his horse. In 2006’s Night at...
by TW Editors | Mar 1, 2007 | Travel & Preservation
For 50 years, Teddy Roosevelt has had his eye on Sacagawea. When Larry, the nightshift guard at Roosevelt’s namesake museum, convinces the former president to act on his feelings, Teddy offers the lovely Lewis and Clark guide a ride on his horse. In 2006’s Night at...