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Looping Across Kit Carson’s Southwest

A banner whips in the wind over the main drag as I drive into Taos, New Mexico.

Category Renegade Roads Author Johnny D. Boggs Date 11/03/2009
Following Charlie Russell’s Paintbrush

It’s a quiet day in Utica. 

Category Renegade Roads Author Johnny D. Boggs Date 09/25/2009
Mapping the Black Hills: Valentine T. McGillycuddy

Valentine T. MGillycuddy, weak and on the verge of becoming an alcoholic...

Category Renegade Roads Author Candy Moulton Date 08/25/2009
Rollin’, Rollin’, Respectin’ Along the Western Trail

I can't remember all the novels I've read about the Chisholm Trail.

Category Renegade Roads Author Johnny D. Boggs Date 08/01/2009
Filming the Oregon Trail

During the 19th century around 400,000 people traveled the Oregon and California Trails.

Category Renegade Roads Author Candy Moulton Date 06/01/2009
Following Mountain Man Jim Bridger
At the edge of the Red Desert, but situated in a lush valley within view of a mountain range that retains snow on its peaks much of the year, Fort Bridger was strategically located on the route emigrants and freighters used when traveling across the West.
Category Renegade Roads Author Candy Moulton Date 05/01/2009
Trailing Narcissa Whitman & Eliza Spalding

Narcissa had entered into a marriage of convenience with Dr. Marcus Whitman to fulfill her lifelong desire to serve a mission. 

 
Category Renegade Roads Author Candy Moulton Date 04/01/2009
Journey Through Spanish Missions Country

Tourists-tons of them- walk inside these walls with a quiet reverence.

Category Renegade Roads Author Johnny D. Boggs Date 03/01/2009
Following Thomas “Broken Hand” Fitzpatrick

Irish immigrant Thomas Fitzpatrick signed on with William Ashley to head out West in search of beaver in 1823.

Category Renegade Roads Author Candy Moulton Date 02/01/2009
Pikes Peak Or Bust
Sitting in historic Lawrence, I don’t know why those fortune seekers of 1859 ever left Kansas.
Category Renegade Roads, Travel Author Johnny D. Boggs Date 01/01/2009