Photos
Power on the Plains
- Published June 10, 2013
- Written by Phil Spangenberger
When the first explorers of the early 19th century ventured west beyond the Mississippi River, they carried long, slender and somewhat delicate medium-bore Pennsylvania-style rifles.
The Bloody Bozeman
- Published May 13, 2013
- Written by Candy Moulton
Trails across the West in the mid-1800s crisscrossed Indian lands, often displacing the people who had been living on the land for generations. The Bozeman Trail is no exception. It cuts through some of the prime hunting grounds for the Lakota, Northern Cheyenne and Crow tribes and was hotly contested as a result.
Scoping Out Del Norte
- Published April 15, 2013
- Written by John Stanley
Every Old West town had saloons and bawdy houses. How many, though, had an observatory?
Remembering the Dakota War in Minnesota
- Published April 16, 2013
- Written by Johnny D Boggs
Are you here to see the Dakota War exhibit?” a male worker at the Minnesota History Center in St. Paul asks me.
It takes a moment before I can answer. I didn’t expect anyone in Minnesota to be broadcasting the 150th anniversary of a war that most people here would just as soon as forget.
Rocky Mountain National Park
- Published March 18, 2013
- Written by Steve Friesen
During Colorado’s gold “Rush to the Rockies,” Joel Estes was hunting with his son in 1859 when they stumbled across beautiful meadows that eventually became known as Estes Park. His cattle ranch quickly became a favorite stop for tourists, most notably the Englishwoman Isabella Bird, who ascended the 14,259-foot-high Long’s Peak in 1873.
“Serious Cow People”
- Published April 15, 2013
- Written by Sue Hansen
Yes, these were the cowgirls who had the gallto turn down President Teddy Roosevelt.
Yellowstone-Grand Teton National Parks
- Published March 18, 2013
- Written by J. Stuart Rosebrook
Travelers seeking solace in the wide open spaces of the American West will discover a wilderness Shangri-La in the Grand Teton and Yellowstone National Parks, the latter being America’s first national park, established in 1872.
The Apache Wars in Apache Words
- Published April 15, 2013
- Written by Jeff Haozous
In January 1863, Mangas Coloradas went to Pinos Altos, New Mexico, to seek peace with the United States. Other Chiricahua Apache tribal leaders had tried to talk him out of it, but Mangas persisted.
Seeking Ute Stories
- Published March 18, 2013
- Written by Candy Moulton
I sat in the front row of a school auditorium watching girls compete in a princess contest. This was not a competition of fancy hair and youngsters wearing makeup, but rather a tradition dating back decades.
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