Wham, Bam, Thank You Uncle Sam!
May 11, 1889 Riding in a dougherty (canopied ambulance), U.S. Army Paymaster Maj. Joseph Washington Wham (rhymes with bomb) is on his way to pay “all troops in the muster of April 30.” His route includes Forts Huachuca, Bowie, Grant, Thomas and Apache, and the San...
What the Cowboy Life Taught Raoul Walsh
Note to aspiring filmmakers: If you’re looking for a film school, give Raoul Walsh’s curriculum a try. It’s called Life. Before he was old enough to vote, Walsh had already seen more adventure than most filmmakers do in a lifetime. He was born in New...
On the Cheyenne Heritage Trail
Hmmm. Several years back, the Oklahoma Tourism and Recreation Department created the Cheyenne Heritage Trail, a 400-plus-mile route featuring 10 stops and two “drive-by” sites in western Oklahoma that played key roles in the history of the Southern Cheyenne Indians....
Black Warriors of the West
In the wake of the Civil War the American West offered perceived opportunities for nearly every element of society. So it came to be that some blacks banded together in groups to cross the Mississippi River as “exodusters” bent on establishing a new society in the...
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