An energetic and ambitious woman has come to Lincoln, New Mexico, to restore the town’s legendary Ellis Store. Every day for the last 50...
She Means Business
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Old West Saviors
“I Think I Can, I Think I Can”
The folks of Ely, Nevada, don’t understand the word “No.”
Stone by Stone
Shirley McClintock has dedicated her life to preserving the history of Council Grove, Kansas.
Raised from the Dead
Looting, wildfires, pollution, vandalism, time, the elements—Western ghost towns have lots of enemies. Thankfully, they’ve also got friends like...
Tejano History Under One Roof
The entire history of early Texas—from a Spanish viceroyalty, to ownership by Mexico, to the Republic of Texas to statehood—was lived by the man who...
Return to Fort Apache
One could argue there is enough negative about the history of Fort Apache that people might not want to come,” Karl Hoerig admits. “It’s a...
The Mother Lode Spirit
Ed Arata’s history with Sutter Creek, California, goes back to the Mother Lode days when gold was plentiful and his grandfather worked at the Knight...
America’s Cowboys Get Their Due
First, thanks go to the Franciscan priests who established 21 missions along the California coast starting in 1769, bringing with them the first...
Miss Yakama Nation’s Yakama War
Emily Washines believes Yakama War history offers more than “us vs. them.” This former Miss Yakama Nation knows the American Indian perspective of...
Lincoln County’s New History
"My Aunt Jenny had been taken by the Indians as she was four....” The family bought her back with 500 pounds of shelled corn a decade later, in the...
Senior Citizens to the Rescue
Volunteer hours: 9,000. That’s 375 days—more than a year of nonstop labor. That’s what it took for 75 volunteers in Hankinson, North Dakota—an...
Saved by YouTube
"Grandma, you can find anything on YouTube,” Erin Ghedi’s 17-year-old granddaughter, Gabby, told her four years ago. What Erin and her husband, Jim,...