By Old Hoppy Feb 10, 2010 in Western Fiction, Western Websites, Western Writers | 0 Comments
Understanding and appreciating life in the Old West requires passion, not just a knowledge of the facts. I was reminded of that today by one of our site visitors. I got the message through this site’s feedback form. I wasn’t quite sure whether he was being serious or sarcastic (I’ll get into that further along.) Here’s what the person who left the comment had to say:
“Hey,
“Do you know of any good websites where I can find updated blogs and popular websites that cover the Old West with a passion?”
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By Old Hoppy Dec 13, 2009 in Old West History, Prospecting and Mining, Western Websites | 0 Comments
One of my favorite research and reference sources is the Western History Collection at the Denver Public Library in — of course! — Denver, Colorado.
The beauty of their collection is that a great deal of material, especially some incredible images, is accessible online now. And their collection doesn’t deal only with Colorado and Colorado Territory, but has material from a huge variety of sources all over the U.S. West.
As a kid, I lived for five years in Denver. And, no, that was NOT during Old West times. Sure, it was the ’50s and ’60s, but it was the 1950s and 1960s. Being just a “young’un” at the time — from the time I was 10 until I was 14 — I never really knew about the library’s wonderful Western History Collection. I only discovered it in the 1990s through college classes and acquaintances who are Western novelists. In 1993, when the collection was only starting to be digitized and the Internet was only a fledgling connection of various BBS’s and not really the Internet, I had the pleasure of spending a week in Denver researching a novel I never finished writing.
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By Old Hoppy Aug 8, 2008 in Western Websites | 0 Comments
I found another site dedicated to the history and tales of America’s Old West that you really need to see if you haven’t seen it yet: Legends of America bills itself as “a travel site for the nostalgic and historic minded.” It really is all that and more.
I don’t know the good folks who run the “Legends of America” site, but they seem nice enough folks and they’ve got some great stories, excellent historical information, fascinating merchandise to offer, great travel information, some great travel photos they’ve taken throughout the West — and even some family photos of site owner Kathy Weiser and her husband and kids.
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