History

Top 10 Showdowns

Blood, bullets, and buckskin — the story of the Old West is revealed in some of its most infamous showdowns. It...

Fifteen Miles From Barrow

In the midst of an Arctic plain in Alaska, two lone monuments commemorate the place where Will Rogers and...

Mountain Man Grub

These good old-fashioned Dutch oven recipes are excellent served at a mountain man rendezvous or at the homestead.

The Food Journals of Lewis & Clark’s Corps of Discovery

The wild game and root vegetables were critical to the success of one of the country’s greatest expeditions.

Jim Bridger

The legendary mountain man, trader, and scout was instrumental in opening the American West. In Mount Washington Forever Cemetery...

The Fort

A Colorado restaurant in a replica of a historic trading post offers a bite of the Old West.

The Wittliff Collections

The man who wrote the script for Lonesome Dove has created a worthy tribute not only to the TV...

Sand Creek Massacre

This quiet tributary in eastern Colorado was meant to be a place of peace. Instead, it marks one of...