Sunday, June 23, 2013

The Stagecoach: Fast, Efficient, Dangerous, and Miserable Form of Travel

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The Deadwood Coach. Photo taken in 1889 by John C. Grabill.  Stagecoach travel was a dangerous business in the American West. Roa...
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Monday, May 20, 2013

Levi Strauss and the Jeans that Won the West

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Levi Strauss was a German-Jewish immigrant from Bavaria who arrived in New York in search of the American Dream--and he found it...
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Friday, May 10, 2013

Wallace Stegner, 'Living Dry'

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Cholla at Sunset. Photo by Darla Sue Dollman “If there is such a thing as being conditioned by climate and geography, and I think the...
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Thursday, May 2, 2013

Question about "Message Trees"

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I have a question from a reader and I thought of posting the question on the article where it was attached, but it's a bit down ...
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Tuesday, April 30, 2013

Ring-Tailed Cats, or Miner's Cats: Pest Control for Miners and Pioneers

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Ring-tailed Cat, or Bassariscus astutus. If you've ever wondered if pioneers, miners and settlers had pets the answer is yes...
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Quanah Parker: Son of Cynthia Ann Parker and the Last Comanche Chief to Surrender

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Cynthia Ann Parker . Photo taken after she was recaptured and returned to her white family in 1881, shortly before she starved herself t...
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Saturday, April 27, 2013

Olive Oatman: A Survivor's Story

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Olive Oatman , photographed in 1857 Olive Oatman is not the only well-known captive who was recovered and returned to her home...
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