The Prairie Traveler Handbook offers a fascinating picture of life on the trails during America’s 19th century westward expansion. Read more from > Prairie Traveler handbook led adventurers across continent
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Great American Desert label shaped American expansion for decades
Thursday, February 2nd, 2012:Travelers across the Great Plains found it was nothing like a real desert. Read more from > Great American Desert label shaped American expansion for decades
Oregon Trail carried hundreds of thousands into new lives
Wednesday, January 25th, 2012:The 1840s-1860s saw the face of America change as hearty pioneers moved our whole civilization westward along the Oregon Trail. Read more from > Oregon Trail carried hundreds of thousands into new lives
Dude ranches now add swimming pools to Old West experience
Tuesday, January 24th, 2012:Today’s dude ranches struggle to get up to speed and keep attracting today’s dudes to enjoy our Old West heritage. Read more from > Dude ranches now add swimming pools to Old West experience
Hard times of 1830s launched first wagon trains westward
Friday, December 18th, 2009:Economic hardships drove many 19th Century pioneers westward. Read more from > Hard times of 1830s launched first wagon trains westward
Not so long ago, people on the more remote Plains still lived in sod houses
Tuesday, July 8th, 2008:When I was a small boy, we made a few trips to visit my paternal grandparents in southeastern Colorado and went out of town about 20-25 miles to the original family homestead and were shown the remains of the house my father grew up in — a genuine sod house. The house (completely gone except Read more from > Not so long ago, people on the more remote Plains still lived in sod houses
