Wild West History

Join me on my travels through the small towns and ghost towns, museums and libraries of Texas, New Mexico and Colorado as I explore the history, legends, and tall tales of the American Southwest.

Thursday, September 19, 2013

The Undertaker: Death and Dying in the Old West

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Butterworth & Sons, Undertakers Funeral Home in Seattle, WA. Public Domain. The Undertaker is a career that came into being ...
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Wednesday, August 14, 2013

It's a hard life!

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Cattle Drive on Ranch. Photo by Bill Gillette.  "On my way, I have reviewed my life as a cowboy from every angle and came to ...
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Saturday, July 20, 2013

Tornadoes in the Old West and in 2013: Research, Numbers, and Remembering What's Important

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I had yet another blog hacked--five total--and for a short time considered giving up on blogging, but I continued to receive comments on o...
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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Darla Sue Dollman
Darla Sue Dollman is the author of "Colorado's Deadliest Floods," now available through History Press Library Editions. She has a BA in English and MFA in Creative Writing from Colorado State University where she taught creative writing, literature, composition, and first-year introductory courses. She also taught Composition courses at the University of Northern Colorado and Technical Business Writing at Aims Community College. She has 42 years experience as a freelance investigative journalist, staff journalist, assistant editor and editor. Her articles can also be found in The Christian Science Monitor, History Magazine, Dezert Magazine and other publications.
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