Westbound pioneers driving their wagons across the landscape left deep ruts and shallow swales on their routes as they h…
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The Central Pacific’s Chinese Trail From Sacramento, California, to Promontory, Utah, the tale of China’s immigrant railroad workers still resonates 150 years later.
Without the back-breaking labor of Chinese immigrants the pivotal event in the development of the nation—the laying of t…
True West’s Ultimate Historic Travel Guide: Great Basin and Rocky Mountains True West's Ultimate Historic Travel Guide covers the best places to visit in Colorado, Montana, Utah, and Wyoming.
When William F. Cody died in Denver, Colorado, in 1917, they say he requested to be buried high on Lookout Mountain, wes…
Lords of the West The great Western trails of the Hudson’s Bay Company still lead to great adventures.
Birthed in Canada, the Hudson’s Bay Company was founded on May 2, 1670, when King Charles granted a charter to his cousi…
One Way to Save the Ranch
It was a familiar story in the Old West. Family ranch catches the eye of a cattleman’s association that wants to b…
Utah Bloodbath Friendship no longer mattered to the Mormon enforcer during a deadly shoot-out at Faust’s Station.
One thing is certain: Porter Rockwell shot and killed Lot Huntington at Faust’s Station on January 16, 1862. All account…
Hayden’s Hallowed Expedition The 150th anniversary of the birth of the American West’s four major surveys.
Tracking back 150 years ago, the Hayden Survey had humble beginnings, starting with the unpromising early life of its le…
A Pioneer Paradise Spectacular beauty and Old West heritage makes Kanab, Utah, a perfect Western getaway.
When pioneers settled on Kanab Creek in the late 1850s, they faced hostile Navajo, Paiute and Hopi Indians. Several atte…
The Civil War in Utah University of Oklahoma Press, $29.95
Books chronicling 19th-century Mormon history tend to fall into two camps: apologetic or polemic. John Gary Maxwell’s Th…