Soldiers on the frontier were issued all the clothing essentials, including socks and long woolen underwear. It was of cheap quality and wore out...
Clothing for the Cavalry…and Other Frontier Soldiers.
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Frontier
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...
Not What He Expected
A stunning description of frontiersman Kit Carson. Kit Carson was one of the most famous men in America in the 1840s, renowned for his exploits on...
A Different View of Kit Carson
The Navajo experience was tragic… Kit Carson is remembered as one of the premiere frontiersmen of the West. But Navajo and some Apache think of him...
Three Cheers for Hospitality
The Harvey Girls of yesteryear set the standard for uniform customer service across the West. The Harvey Girls rose to fame in the later part...
LIVE EVENT: Wild Bill Hickok The Skinny on the First Gunfight
If you love Westerns and classic gunfight in the street face offs, you can thank one guy: Wild Bill Hickock, the first gunfighter and the founder of...
Frontier Hygiene and Pancho Villa’s Missing Head
What was frontier life like in the 1880s? Rena Miller Titusville, Florida What you see in Westerns is a sanitized version of life in the 19th...
True West Moments
Life on the Western frontier was not easy for anyone, but strong-willed women who settled the West were determined to not just survive, but to thrive.
When Whiskey Ruled The West
From Lewis and Clark until Prohibition, the golden elixir was as good as gold.