They brought sin with them “He who is without sin can cast the first stone…” John 8:7 As the sun rose across the United States on...
The War Before the War
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California
Evans and Sontag: End of Trail
The train robbers are taken down by a California posse. June 10-11, 1893. Train robbers John Sontag and Chris Evans are taken down by a posse...
What History Has Taught Me with Terrence Moore
Terrence Moore, Photographer “I was raised in my early years in Duluth, Minnesota, and at the time loved the cold weather and especially the snow....
California Gold Country Travel
Explore the state’s historic region through three great railroad adventures. A visit to quaint Jamestown will tickle your fancy not only because of...
Go Faster, Young Man! A wild ride and a famous writer made a name for a stage driver.
Hank Monk built a big reputation as a California stage driver for more than three decades. But one ride in 1859 put a special light on Monk’s work....
We Are the Land Sponsored by the University of California Press
We Are the Land, A History of Native California by Damon B. Akins and William J. Bauer Jr. "A welcome contribution to Native studies and the rich...
Earp And The Violinist Baby brother Warren must not have liked music.
Warren Earp was in and out of trouble for nearly 20 years after the OK Corral fight and the Vendetta Ride. In 1893, living in Yuma, Arizona, Warren...
General George Crook Crook was successful in bringing all of the Chiricahua Apache back to the reservation except for the wily Geronimo
George Crook graduated from West Point in 1852 was assigned to the 4th Infantry, serving in California and Oregon. When the Civil War began in 1861,...
Hanging Pretty Juanita The only woman ever hanged in California.
It’s not clear just what her name was—she’s gone down in history as Pretty Juanita, but she may have been Josefa Segovia. She and her boyfriend...
Blind Pig Bonanza
A new biography on the bonanza-seeking Earps, plus new Western histories and biographies on an Old West rifle, Spanish Texas, a coal war gunman and a Sioux War reporter.
Baldy Gives It Up A stagecoach driver was the ongoing target of bandits.
Baldy Green was either the unluckiest stage driver in the Sierra Nevadas—or the most corrupt. He drove the route between Virginia City, Nevada and...
Mining Camp Law A white man from Tennessee arrived in the California gold camps with 3 slaves
A white man from Tennessee arrived in the California gold camps with 3 slaves. He put them to work while he rested in town. This didn’t set well...