On Location!

On Location!

Harry Goulding sure didn’t come across as a Hollywood Western hero. But he was. Harry got there by a meandering route, though. In the 1920s, he and his wife set up a trading post in southern Utah, just north of the Arizona border. There were no paved roads through the...
Don’t Miss the Party Train

Don’t Miss the Party Train

We know the train was a major player in the settling of the Old West. We know it’s a romantic and wonderful way to travel—just ask anyone why they like to take the train, and you’ll predictably get a rhapsodic answer about the beauty of the scenery, the friendliness...
Don’t Miss the Party Train

Don’t Miss the Party Train

We know the train was a major player in the settling of the Old West. We know it’s a romantic and wonderful way to travel—just ask anyone why they like to take the train, and you’ll predictably get a rhapsodic answer about the beauty of the scenery, the friendliness...
Dude! Where’s My Ranch?

Dude! Where’s My Ranch?

Teddy Roosevelt knew what he was talking about. To appreciate properly his fine, manly qualities, the wild rough-rider of the plains should be seen in his own home. There he passes his days, there he does his life-work, there, when he meets death, he faces it as he...
The Racial Frontier

The Racial Frontier

Men of African descent were in the West since the time of Spanish exploration in the 16th century. Estevanico, a Black slave from Morocco, was among the explorers who landed near Florida’s Tampa Bay in 1528. A series of disasters followed, and the members made their...