History
Pleasant Valley War: The Deadliest Range Feud in Arizona History
As the United States expanded West, feuds pockmarked the open range like a shotgun blast. One of those…
Life in the West
8 Wells Fargo Stagecoach History Facts You Might Not Know
Wells Fargo’s express service helped to define and develop the Old West through stagecoaches and shotguns. The discovery…
Oregon Trail
Pioneers on the Oregon Trail: True Inspiring Stories
Overland pioneer stories are everywhere. There are thousands pooled in the ruts of the Oregon Trail slicing through…
Oregon Trail
Life on the Oregon Trail: A Guide to Daily Survival
When was the last time your daily routine included helping an ox with his snot-rag or filtering your…
Oregon Trail
16 Iconic Landmarks on the Oregon Trail
The many forts, rocks, springs and other landmarks along the Oregon Trail kept settlers from losing not just…
Arts & Entertainment
10 Blood Meridian Quotes That Define Cormac McCarthy’s West
Cormac McCarthy uses disturbing imagery, memorable characters, and the sparse hopelessness of the American Southwest to convince us…
Places
The True Story and Real History of Hell on Wheels
When the Transcontinental Railroad was completed, Captain John Currier beamed: “Thus is the greatest undertaking of the 19th…
Life in the West
17 Cowboy Insults: From Western Greenhorns to Bluebellies
Folks in the Old West may have been rough, dirty, and trigger-happy, but that doesn’t mean they were…
Indigenous History
5 Spectacular Native American Ruins in Colorado You Can Visit Today
While Colorado became a state on August 1, 1876, its life did not begin that day and its…
Indigenous History
10 Facts You May Not Know About Quanah Parker, the “Last Chief of the Comanche”
The most famous of the Comanches was Quanah Parker, who led them in their last days as an independent power and into life on reservations.
Indigenous History
10 Native American Mythical Creatures, from Thunderbirds to Skinwalkers
From the Sphinx of ancient Egypt to the dragons of China and the Minotaur of ancient Greece, one…