6:12 p.m. Friday: Now I know what it feels like to be a piece of turquoise in the middle of a Charles Favour mosaic bracelet. It’s...
Surviving the Santa Fe Indian Market
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Geocaching Adventure
Rain had fallen for more than 24 hours, so it was not a typical morning in Phoenix, Arizona—cold, wet and the air thick with the smell of crushed...
Walk the Read
Do you know the history behind...the pedometer craze sweeping across the nation? Look to the Old Order Amish, who naturally log more than the...
Bookin’ It
Granville Stuart was a lot of things—merchant, miner, rancher, diplomat, vigilante—and an avid reader. His Montana cabin was filled with books...
Death Valley 49ers Centennial
Jimmy Stewart left Bedford Falls and headed to Death Valley in Nevada and California. He wouldn't need the help of a guardian angel there. The actor...
Who Killed the Train?
RAILROAD, n. The chief purpose of many mechanical devices enabling us to get away from where we are to where we are better off. For this purpose the...
Grand Stations
Railroad depots need their own Ada Louise Huxtable, even though the woman at the forefront of the historic preservation movement, and a...
Garrett’s Death Site Saved
Between Las Cruces and the San Augustin Pass, off U.S. Route 70, a historical marker commemorates the site of Pat Garrett’s death. The actual spot...
Grass Valley, California
Located in the heart of California’s Gold Country, Grass Valley was once a small settlement of fortune hunters who arrived just after the Gold Rush...
Denton, Texas
Founded in 1857 as a county seat, Denton grew slowly until the railroad reached town in the 1880s. A rail outlet brought a considerable increase in...
Be Like Remington
A delirious blood-covered cavalry soldier rises up. Firing his pistol, he makes a mad dash to run through the Lakota warriors. One warrior rushes...
Be Like Remington
A delirious blood-covered cavalry soldier rises up. Firing his pistol, he makes a mad dash to run through the Lakota warriors. One warrior rushes...