Lewis and Clark Among the Grizzlies: Legend and Legacy in the American West (2002,by […]
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The Marquis de Morès Often Employed Winchesters, Colts and Dueling Pistols
The Dakota Territory rancher faced murder charges after a shootout. Like some men of […]
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Black Soldiers Who Served Their Country Have a Museum of Their Own in Houston
The Buffalo Soldiers National Museum is for all military buffs. Once overlooked in most […]
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Ghost Towns: Mystic, South Dakota
Strewn across the evergreen-studded slopes of the Black Hills are the crumbling remains of […]
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California Grizzly Tales
Hunters killed off the last grizzly bears in the state in the 1920s, but for centuries these ferocious predators had terrorized Indians, vaqueros, Forty-Niners and ranchers.
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Plural Wives and the Plains Indians
Multiple marriages made sense to many Lakotas — but not to the government in Washington.
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The ‘Arapaho Five’ at the Little Bighorn
Among the fighting Sioux and Cheyennes were a quintet of young Arapahos who really […]
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Libbie Custer: ‘A Wounded Thing Must Hide’
Such were her sad words after the June 1876 Little Bighorn death of her […]
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Otto Mears Built a Transportation Empire That Transformed Southern Colorado
The ‘Pathfinder of the San Juans’ was orphaned at age 3. A chance meeting […]
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American Indians and White Frontier Settlers Alike Lifted Scalps for Payback and Profit
Scalping is associated with American Indians on the Western frontier, but white settlers also performed the gruesome practice.