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16 Iconic Landmarks on the Oregon Trail
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The Wives of Wyatt Earp, from Aurilla Sutherland to Sadie Marcus
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I’m Your Huckleberry: The Meaning of Doc Holliday’s Iconic Line
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James Kirker: Lord of the Scalp Hunters
On July 7, 1846, a camp of peace-seeking Chokonen and Nednhi Chiricahua Apache men, women, and children was…
Lawmen
The Porvenir Massacre: A Borderlands Tragedy
Sometime after midnight on January 28, 1918, Company B of the Texas Rangers—under the command of Captain James…
People
The Hanging of Chipita Rodriguez
Late in the summer of 1863, a horse trader named John Savage rode through the warm, tree-scrubbed lowlands…
Lawmen
N.K. Boswell: The Man Who Tamed Laramie City
In the spring of 1868, the Union Pacific Railroad came roaring west across the plains, laying down ties,…
Indigenous History
Skeleton Cave Massacre: The Tragic Battle of Salt River Canyon
In early 1906, a cattleman named Jeff Adams, his two sons, and nearby rancher Ivy Crabtree discovered a…
Outlaws
The Northfield Raid & the Strange Fate of Two Dead Outlaws
On Friday, July 7, 1876, the James-Younger Gang robbed an express car on the Missouri Pacific Railroad in…
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Indigenous History
10 Native American Mythical Creatures, from Thunderbirds to Skinwalkers
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Lost Treasure in California: True Stories of the Golden State’s Hidden Riches
Indigenous History
7 Facts About Cheyenne Dog Soldiers & Their Warrior Legacies
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Josephine Earp: Adventurous Woman of the West
Life in the West
Old West Hangings: The Grim Ritual of Frontier Justice
Many settlements in the West may not have been as violent as movies often depict them to be,…
Oregon Trail
Cholera on the Oregon Trail: The Blue Scythe of Death
On April 3, 1849, 18-year-old Rachel E. Warren married Nathan Pattison, 23, in Randolph County, Illinois, just south…
Lawmen
The Menacing Plot to Kill Pat Garrett
On the crisp morning of February 29, 1908, fifty-seven-year-old Pat Garrett loaded his buckboard, embraced his wife and…
Outlaws
Jack McCall: The Man Who Killed Wild Bill Hickok
On November 9, 1876, two men attempted to escape from the jail in Yankton, Dakota Territory. Both had…
People
Olive Oatman: Tattooed Captive of the Frontier
In the summer of 1850, the Oatman family headed west with visions of a promised land in the…
Outlaws
Rufus Buck and His Gang: A Tale of Violence and Frontier Justice
On July 1, 1896, five young men, chained and dressed in black, walked to the gallows at Fort…