Best of the West 2016: Heritage Travel
A century and a half ago Texas was rebuilding after the Civil War. Veterans were returning home to the Lone Star State—and thousands of soldiers, North and South, were moving West, many to Texas, looking to start life anew after the horrors of war. The broad, brush...
Tombstone’s Competitor
Contention City played a major role in the growth of southern Arizona at a time when the territory needed it most. An accidental stumble started it all. In 1879, prospectors Ed Williams and Jack Friday were searching for their missing mules. The chains their mules had...
Following Red Cloud
Scout’s Rest Ranch, known today as Buffalo Bill State Historical Park in North Platte, Nebraska, might seem like an odd place to start a road trip about Lakota leader Red Cloud. But think back… One of the iconic photographs of Buffalo Bill Cody has him posing with Red...
River Captain’s Hotel
The Port of Jefferson’s first steamboat captain opened Texas’s second oldest, continuously operating hotel, the Excelsior. William Perry, a Massachusetts native, settled in Jefferson, Texas, in 1842. After he guided the first steamboat, the Llama, into the city...
True West January/February 2025
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