Irma Hotel
In his day, Buffalo Bill Cody was arguably the most famous American in the world. No surprise, really, considering the former soldier and frontiersman formed his Wild West show in 1883 and toured the U.S. and Europe for three decades. In 1895, between tours, he helped...
Remembering the Dakota War in Minnesota
Are you here to see the Dakota War exhibit?” a male worker at the Minnesota History Center in St. Paul asks me. It takes a moment before I can answer. I didn’t expect anyone in Minnesota to be broadcasting the 150th anniversary of a war that most people here would...
Seeking Ute Stories
I sat in the front row of a school auditorium watching girls compete in a princess contest. This was not a competition of fancy hair and youngsters wearing makeup, but rather a tradition dating back decades. These girls were seeking to become the young princesses of...
Not for the Purists
When it comes to author Thom Hatch’s latest effort, The Last Outlaws: The Lives and Legends of Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (New American Library, $26.95), what might seem to be the book’s weaknesses could prove, in the final analysis, to be the book’s...
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