Texas Hill Country Trail: Cavalry, Cowboys and Germans
The Hill Country in Texas is steeped in rich history, and you can still step back in time when you visit. The area boasts historic sites, music, museums, restaurants and hotels to lure you into the 19th century. The Hill Country encompasses 25 counties, including the...
Rambles Through the Nebraska Panhandle
To the Lakota, it was the Moonshell River; to the French explorers, La Rivière North Platte; to the Americans, the North Platte. Whatever its name, a generation of dreamers followed the muddy river west through the Great Plains segment of the Oregon Trail. Like all...
10 Face-to-Face, Stand-Up Gunfights
I’m a member of the Historical Arms Society of Tucson, and our group is curious if the movies are correct about how many stand-up gunfights took place on the frontier. Our consensus is we don’t think they happened much at all in the Old West. -Kevin Mulkins of Tucson,...
Did Custer Die in This Coat?
“One must draw their own conclusion regarding the history of this jacket based on the documentation!” Rock Island Auction told collectors in its description of the lot that the Dietzen family claimed was the coat George A. Custer had died in at the 1876 Battle of the...
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