History
Beer Can Appreciation Day
Today we salute frosty American ingenuity.
On View: Ken Burns’ American Quilts
Who knew Ken Burns was so into quilts? The International Quilt Study Center & Museum did, and it’s exhibited a lot of fine examples of Americana from the famed filmmaker’s never-before-displayed private collection.
Historic Bars in the West
Stepping into these Western watering holes is stepping back in time. Coaxing a stranger to dance with shots at his …
James Butler “Wild Bill” Hickok
From simple beginnings in Illinois, the legendary gunfighter, Army scout, lawman, and gambler would become a legend and folk hero …
The Last Battle of the American Indian Wars
The final battle between Native American fighters and U.S. Army forces occurred 100 years ago in Bear Valley near the Arizona border with Mexico.
The Legend of the Lost Dutchman Mine
There’s gold in them there hills — or is there? In the Superstition Mountains outside of Phoenix, people have died trying to find out.
Clever Warriors, Horrible Violence
From the 1539 Hernando de Soto expedition to the Battle of Bear Valley in 1918, the visually impressive and densely informative “The Indian Wars” takes the reader through the stories of resistance, the stories of conflicts between empires and within tribes, and the stories of conquest and survival.
Native Americans in the Civil War
In the midst of a war fought on land that once was theirs, over a nation that denied them citizenship, Native Americans found themselves faced with a dubious decision: Whose side should they be fighting for?
