In the 1840s, the land that extended west from Missouri and Iowa was unknown. But enticing descriptions of Oregon and California on the far western coast trickled back to the East. …

It took a certain kind of person to pick up and head into the relatively unknown western frontier in the 1800s. In the January issue, we meet some of the different people who heard …

What combination of significant events preceded the Battle of Little Bighorn? Why and how did the Sioux refuse to be moved from the sacred Black Hills? What role did the buffalo ha …

Follow the route of the Mormons as they blazed a trail westward crossing prairies, plains, rivers, deserts and mountains in order to avoid persecution. Building special camps along …

You probably know that in 1607 Jamestown became the first permanent English settlement in North America. But did you know that nine years earlier, in 1598, the Spanish settled in N …

Travel along with Meriwether Lewis, William Clark, and the Corps of Discovery on one of the most famous journeys in American history. Along the way you will meet some of the people …

Jesse James, Cole Younger, Pretty Boy Floyd, John Dillinger and other hard-riding outlaws and bandits all became the subjects of western folktales and ballads. Great photographs an …

Follow the trading expeditions and caravans of wagon trains across the plains until the advent of the railroads changed the course of history. A Santa Fe Trail atlas maps out the r …