Snapshots of Old West History
Our collective American snapshot history began when George Eastman introduced the Kodak camera and roll film in 1888. As the years went on, more and more folks were able to record their favorite memories of their travels. Nowadays pretty much everyone owns a digital...
Cleopatras on the American Nile
If the Colorado River is the “American Nile,” as some fanciful writers have called it, was there a Cleopatra along its banks? More than one woman could claim this title because no less than a half dozen early heroines left their marks on the history of this meandering...
Kearney, Nebraska
For Ronnie O’Brien, her connection to Kearney begins in 1842 in Ireland and ends more than a century and a half later in Nebraska. Her husband’s ancestors, Edmund and Ellen O’Brien, settled along the Wood River in Nebraska. They found a good friend in Pawnee Chief...
Alamo’s New Defender
James Butler Bonham faced his moment of truth in the pre-dawn of March 6, 1836. He and a handful of Texians reportedly manned an elevated artillery position at the back of the church at the Mission San Antonio de Valero—better known as the Alamo. Mexican soldiers were...
True West January/February 2025
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