When Route 66 came to Arizona, the state was less than fifteen years old. But Arizona embraced the Mother Road, clinging to it long after any other state and then making sure that the world didn't forget it. Today that heritage is marked along the roadside by abandoned places which all tell a story, a narrative picked out in trading posts and ......
During the late-nineteenth and early-twentieth century a growing number of ordinary citizens had the feeling that all was not as it should be. Men who were making money made prodigious amounts, but this new wealth somehow passed over the heads of the common people. As this new breed of journalists began to examine their subjects with scrutiny, ......
A Comprehensive Guide to Public Tent and RV Campgrounds
Fully updated and revised, this guide details information on 700 public campgrounds in Oregon accessible by car. It's a guide for everyone from tenters to RVers.
Buffalo Bill and the Birth of American Celebrity commemorates the rise of Buffalo Bill's Wild West show and tells the tale of a visionary whose real-life experiences (and embellishments) created an entertainment phenomenon that became a worldwide sensation.
When the U.S. Army ordered troops into Arizona Territory in the 19th century to protect and defend the new settlements established there, some of those military men brought their wives and families. Many of these women worked as laundresses for the military and maids to officers' families to supplement their husband's meager salaries. They had ......
CSI the Old West! WC Jameson takes on the myths and discovers what really happened in the Old West, storytelling by consulting private investigators, using modern forensic techniques, and examining the original evidence.
and Other Seldom-Told Tales from the American West
From tales of early baseball in the old west to the young men who fought for Texas Independence, these short stories by experts in their fields bring together a different view of the American West-the tales of the young men and women who were part of the story. Authors included in the anthology: Larry Bjornson; Johnny D. Boggs; Joseph Bruchac; ......
The lives of working girls and madams like Bodie's famous Rosa May and the gambler Madame Moustache, who remain notorious celebrities in the annals of history, and the stories of lesser-known women whose roles in this illicit trade help shape our understanding of the American West are included in this lively and entertaining book.
