The Legendary Jack Dalton

The Legendary Jack Dalton

Was he Alaska’s greatest backwoodsman and trailblazer?     A Haines woman who’d known John “Jack” Dalton as a frequent guest at her girlhood home described him as “a dapper, well dressed, ladies’ man” even at 50. Others dismissed him as a scoundrel....
Bandera, Texas

Bandera, Texas

Cattle-drive roots and cowboy cahoots make this Hill Country town a favorite Old West destination.     It’s no wonder Bandera is a cowboy town.  This is where cowboys converged for longhorn cattle drives on the Western Trail to Dodge City and beyond from...
Babocomari Land Grant

Babocomari Land Grant

From 1821 until the Gadsden Purchase in 1854 the Mexican government sold and awarded granted land under Mexico’s 1824 Law of Colonization, it called for a three-year abandonment clause and the new owners were expected to mark the boundaries with monuments. The...