Travel
The Pathfinder’s Trail
- Published April 27, 2012
- Written by Candy Moulton
Thousands of overland immigrants to Oregon and California from 1845 to 1849 followed a path first blazed by John C. Fremont.
Bicycling the Oregon Trail
- Published April 16, 2012
- Written by Candy Moulton
Tens of thousands of people organized at Independence Square in Independence, Missouri, to follow the Oregon Trail in the 19th century.
On the Trail of the Dalton Gang
- Published October 04, 2011
- Written by Johnny D. Boggs
Standing in front of the gallows at Fort Smith National Historic Site, I’m overcome by history.
Following Sibley’s Confederate Invasion
- Published March 13, 2012
- Written by Johnny D. Boggs
You’ve gotta love Texians and the Confederate government. They actually thought this was a good idea.
Conflict on the Range
- Published August 28, 2011
- Written by Candy Moulton
You wouldn’t know it today when you drive across Colorado and Wyoming, seeing cattle grazing with sheep herds nearby, that a century ago such juxtaposition was not only unusual, but, in many cases, very, very unwelcome—sometimes deadly.
Following Arizona’s Road to Statehood
- Published January 10, 2012
- Written by Johnny D. Boggs
It’s hard to believe, but it was here, off Interstate 40 at milepost 325—in the middle of nowhere—that Arizona’s road to statehood really began.
Happy 225th Birthday, Davy Crockett!
- Published July 28, 2011
- Written by Johnny D. Boggs
“Born on a mountaintop in Tennessee....”
Following New Mexico’s Road to Statehood
- Published November 08, 2011
- Written by Johnny D. Boggs
Ah, New Mexico. The Land of Enchantment. Or, as many say, the Land of Entrapment.
Oregon Trail Endangered
- Published June 27, 2011
- Written by Candy Moulton
I have spent years traveling overland trails in the West; some might say I have an obsession for traveling three miles an hour in a covered wagon.
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