History

My Life as an Indian

It is easy to imagine the excitement of 17-year-old James Willard Schultz as the steamboat pulled away from the...

Cabeza de Vaca

Naked and barefoot, the intrepid Spanish explorer crossed the continent, performed miracles, and managed to compile one of the...

Wild West Georgians

Gravity-defying riders from the Caucasus Mountains put the "wild" in Buffalo Bill's Wild West show. In the winter of...

Fort Bridger Rendezvous

Jim Bridger might rest in peace in Independence, Missouri, but you can still experience the wild and woolly mountain...

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.