Nevada’s Bonanza of History
Nevada is a state with an old and rich history. Searching for gold, silver and other precious minerals has lured hopeful seekers to Nevada since the 1700s. Serious mining took place 1849, when placer gold was discovered in a stream that flowed into the Carson River....
Explore! Discover! Get Away!
Wintertime blues clouding your mood? Do you dream of an adventure to escape the monotony of endless gray skies and rush-hour commutes? Want to cut the electronic-cord of smartphones, laptops and e-mail and get away from it all? Across all seasons, proprietors of...
150 Years on the Goodnight-Loving Trail
What better adventure than to follow the trail blazed by Woodrow Call and Gus McRae—plus Dish, Deets, Newt and my personal favorite, Pea Eye Parker? Oh, wait. Larry McMurtry won a Pulitzer Prize for his 1985 novel, Lonesome Dove, but that’s fiction. The real trail,...
Top 10 True Western Towns of 2016
Don’t lie awake worrying that our history has been forgotten. After compiling this list of great Western towns, we know it’s in good hands. Across what once was a boom-and-bust landscape, we found a stable network of historians, curators, preservationists, tour guides...
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