In 1862, the Boise Basin roared to life with a red-hot case of gold fever. Miners poured in and Idaho City and other tow…
Tag: True Western Towns
Gem City of the Plains The Old West begins and ends in Laramie, Wyoming.
No one knows what happened to Jacques La Ramée, except that he disappeared on what would become the Laramie River in abo…
Cowboys and Conductors The Old West thrives in the historic trails and rails town of Williams, Arizona.
The northern Arizona town of Williams got off to a fast start after its founding in 1881. With the arrival of the Atlant…
Gateway to the West Omaha, Nebraska, thrives in its role as a crossroads of American history.
Located on a plateau above the west bank of the Missouri River and its confluence with the Platte River, Omaha has alway…
Queen of the Kansas Cowtowns Abilene, Kansas, celebrates the 150th anniversary of the Chisholm Trail.
Dwight Eisenhower enjoyed sitting on his porch listening to old men tell stories about a famous town marshal they knew n…
Magic City of the Plains Old West heritage is celebrated in Cheyenne, Wyoming.
Within five months of its founding as a railroad town on July 4, 1867, Cheyenne, Wyoming, boasted a population above 4,0…
Across the Wide Missouri The “Mighty Mo” defines Kansas City.
History credits Missouri River trader John Calvin McCoy with founding Kansas City in 1838. The story, possibly legend, s…
Badlands, Bison and Rough Riders Medora, North Dakota, is the gateway to Theodore Roosevelt National Park.
Teddy Roosevelt first came to Medora, North Dakota, in September of 1883 to hunt buffalo. He so loved the region that he…
West Texas Paradise Legendary Pecos welcomes visitors to stay awhile and enjoy the Western hospitality of the Southern Plains.
Pecos, Texas, wouldn’t exist if not for the shape of the Pecos River. Near where the town would come to be, the deep, tw…
Buckaroos and Basques Elko, Nevada, is the Old West’s heart of northeast Nevada.
Elko got started in 1868 as a railroad town along northeast Nevada’s Humboldt River. But calling it a town might’ve been…