Fort Sumner, New Mexico, has never been an easy place to live. Winters can be brutal. Summers are often blistering. The …
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When did Navajos Arrive in Arizona?
When did Navajos arrive in Arizona? Dr. James Collins Portland, Oregon In July 1960, scientists tested tree rings on a N…
Shine Smith "Shine" blended Christianity and Native American religions, delivered babies, married couples and buried the dead during his career as a cowboy preacher.
Hugh Dickson “Shine” Smith was ordained a Presbyterian minister in 1912 and assigned to a church in Coleman, Texas where…
Sheriff With a Deadly Addiction An Arizona Territory lawman with a penchant for gambling and opium, Frank Wattron crashed and burned.
Francis Joseph Wattron, born February 5, 1861, in Hermann, Missouri, was a small boy when the town’s alarm bells signale…
Navajo Women Helped the War Effort, Too
While young Navajo men were away, secretly helping win the war as Code Talkers with their unbreakable code, hundreds of …
Saying Goodbye to an American Hero
By now, most know the fabulous story of the Navajo Code Talkers—young Navajo men who joined the Marines during World War…
An Act of Defiance
Director John Ford’s last Western was 1964’s “Cheyenne Autumn,” his take on the 1870’s tribal attempt to escape the rese…