Following the Footsteps of Legends: A Journey Through Washington’s Wild Frontier The road ahead is rich with history, where every town holds the...
A Journey Through Washington’s Wild Frontier
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Oregon Trail
Blazing The Oregon Trail
Blazing the Oregon Trail: A Journey Through the Past The trail was long, the dangers many, and yet, they came—thousands of souls seeking a new life....
True West Towns Pendleton, Oregon
True West Towns Pendleton, Oregon This “Real West” town kicks up its bootheels for rowdy rodeo. Pendleton, Oregon, has come a long way since...
The War Before the War
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...
Paladin, Gamblers and the Oregon Trail
Did anybody have a good time on the Oregon Trail? Neal Hathaway Durango, Colorado Interesting question. Many did. Those pioneers were amazingly...
The Oregon Trail: Part 3
As traffic on the Oregon Trail increased, a bustling industry of frontier trading posts sprang up to supply food and equipment for the five-month...
The Oregon Trail: Part 2
Most wagons were about six feet wide and twelve feet long. They were usually made of seasoned hardwood and covered with a large, oiled canvas...
The Oregon Trail: Part 1
Though some American settlers had traveled to Oregon and California in the 1830s, West-bound wagon trains really started heading out in great...
What They Read in the Old West
Francis Parkman was an essayist historian, writing about the Oregon Trail. He also lived with the Sioux Indians for six months and wrote about their...
Knight of the Rockies
Jim Bridger, once a teenaged mountain man, became the most dependable and renowned trailblazer of the vast lands of the American West. For more than...
Ewing Young
When the free trappers banded together for self-preservation, they usually elected a partisan or captain to act as leader. He was usually a man with...
Nancy Kelsey: The First Woman to Cross the Sierra 1841
The year was 1841 and the Kelsey clan, often on the move, once again had itching feet. A letter from a Dr. Marsh (Dr. John Marsh) in California...