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The Main Street of Montana History

The Main Street of Montana History

by | Feb 22, 2024 | Features & Gunfights

Discover the Treasure State along its historic highway of history. In Big Sky Country, north-western Montana may contain the ice-capped splendor of the “Crown of the Continent” in Glacier National Park, while northeastern Montana has the grandeur of the Missouri River...
Arizona Adventures

Arizona Adventures

by | Feb 22, 2024 | Features & Gunfights

From north to south, east to west, the Grand Canyon State invites travelers to stay awhile and discover its small towns, big cities and historic sites. Arizona. Just the name conjures up mystery, his-tory and wonder. California may have its beaches, Montana its big...
The Shadow Catcher

The Shadow Catcher

by | Feb 21, 2024 | Western Books, Western Books & Movies

Larry Peterson’s extraordinary new biography of Edward S. Curtis, plus two new classic Westerns, a Pony Express travel adventure and a history of a classic Western film noir. On October 19, 1952, Edward S. Curtis passed away at the age of 84 in Los Angeles. He was...
Rawhide!

Rawhide!

by | Feb 21, 2024 | Renegade Roads, Travel & Preservation

Gettin’ along little dogies up the Western Trail is still a fun road trip today. By the 1880s, time was catching up with the Western Trail—the cattle-drive highway from Texas to Kansas/Nebraska/Dakotas/Colorado/Wyoming/Montana. Just as time—and angry farmers and stock...
The Honeymoon Trail

The Honeymoon Trail

by | Feb 5, 2024 | True West Blog

A path for newlywed Mormons was a strange route. One of the lesser-known Western trails is one that Mormon pioneers followed out of Utah starting in the 1870’s. It was called the Hamblin Trail and it led across the Arizona Strip. And it wasn’t really for cattle....