Lost and Found in American History
For 184 years, it was lost. Then they found a metal military button—eventually, they’d find 39. Then glass trading beads—the first of 434. Then an early 1800s trigger guard, and then they knew: Nebraska investigators had found the 1819-’20 site of a very special...
Cochise, Cowboys and Cavalry
The first thing you notice about Willcox, Arizona, is the wine. Wineries. Wine-tasting rooms. Wine festivals. Wine has practically taken over this old cowtown. Those wine festivals can bring in 3,000 people—almost doubling the town’s population. But what would late...
True West’s Ultimate Historic Travel Guide: The Desert Southwest
Travelers to the American Southwest will quickly discover the beauty and diversity of its geography, cultures, heritage-rich small towns and large, modern cities, out-of-the-way historic sites, and blue highways crisscrossing expansive vistas. When planning a trip in...
What’s in a Name: Old West Style
icknames among the Old West characters developed almost to an art form and just hearing them conjures up picturesque images. For example among such charming specimens of Eve’s flesh were Crazy Horse Lil, The Dancing Heifer, The Galloping Cow, The Little Lost Chicken...
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