J.E. Carson (recorded elsewhere as Christopher J. Carson) discovered promising float samples southwest of […]
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War Drums in the Owens Valley
Paiutes had hunted and farmed in the mostly peaceful California valley for centuries before […]
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Coyote: An American Original
This ‘Western’ animal confused Lewis and Clark when they ‘discovered’ it in 1804 and […]
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Wild West Georgians
These trick riders performed with Buffalo Bill under the misnomer Cossacks—but by any name […]
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The Long Trail: Life on the Cattle Drive
Old-time drovers sought adventure but often suffered long stretches of boredom, not to mention deadly lightning, accidents, sickness and choking trail dust.
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‘Rocky Mountain Dick’ Kept Big-Game Animals on His Idaho Territory Ranch
He stocked zoos and resorts but had one bison as a pet. On this […]
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The Rogue Bands of Oregon Territory Resisted White Pressure in the Mid-1850s
Their identity was tied to the watersheds and plentiful salmon. You don’t have to […]
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This Buffalo Soldier Had a Secret Life That Must Have Been Hard to Conceal
Soldier Cathey Williams kept a secret while serving in the post–Civil War U.S. Army that might have proved fatal if found out.
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‘Drink and Bad Company’ Fueled Arkansas Train Robbers and Led to a Triple Hanging
A brave conductor also paid the ultimate price. Around noon on November 3, 1893, […]
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Mathew Brady’s New York Studio
The distinctive chair present in the images of the generals wearing Mansfield Lovell’s coat […]