Only months old, the First Americans Museum in Oklahoma City is dedicated to truth-telling. It was once called Indian Territory, a dumping ground as...
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Best of the West 2022: Heritage Travel
Adventures Abound! Pack your bags and head West to discover firsthand where history happened. The American West conjures romantic...
The Roads Less Traveled
Adventures await along the West’s byways and highways to history. As the first rays of the morning sun greet us just over the horizon as we...
Wide Open Spaces and Western Wonderlands
The summer of 2021 is a great time to travel across these Old West highways. The West is a grand place to travel, and its many highways and...
Wichita, Kansas
The once wild and woolly cowtown still celebrates its Old West heritage. The arrival of the railroad in 1872 transformed this trading post...
On the Santa Fe Trail: 1821-2021
The bicentennial of the National Historic Trail is a great reason to hit the road and rediscover why it is the West’s original “Mother Road.” When...
The Best of the West: Heritage Travel
For millions of would-be travelers to the American West, 2020 will be remembered as the year that might have been. For those who did venture...
Wagons That Won The West Most covered wagons used in the westward expansion was farm wagons with canvas tops.
Prairie Schooners Most covered wagons used in the westward expansion was farm wagons with canvas tops. Emigrants traveling on the Oregon and...
Get Your West On In Carbon County, Wyoming! Sponsored by Carbon County, Wyoming.
From the Rockies to the Tetons, Wyoming is an expanse of unparalleled natural adventure. However beautiful the body of Wyoming is, no territory...
Enchanted Rock State Natural Area
Enchanted Rock is a dome of pink granite that rises about 385 feet above the bed of Sandy Creek. Its name comes from folklore; Indians credited the dome with magical powers.
The Donner Party Disaster The tragedy that befell the Donner Party in 1846 outranks them all ...
I don't know if anyone recorded the number of dishonest wagon masters, but in the hundreds of wagon trains heading to Oregon or California there...
Go West!
Travel back in time on America’s historic western trails and discover where history happened during the building of a nation.