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From Leadville to the Titanic: The Rise of "Molly" Brown

From Leadville to the Titanic: The Rise of “Molly” Brown

You may know her as “The Unsinkable Molly Brown,”...

Jim Beckwourth: Black Mountain Man, Explorer, and Crow Chief

Jim Beckwourth: Black Mountain Man, Explorer, and Crow Chief

Born into slavery around 1800, Jim Beckwourth became a...

The Battle Horse That Became a Legend: Comanche of the Seventh Cavalry

The Battle Horse That Became a Legend: Comanche of the Seventh Cavalry

When every soldier in Custer’s command perished at the...

Doña María Gertrudis Barceló

The Remarkable Life of Doña María Barceló, Santa Fe’s Gambling Matriarch

Doña María Gertrudis Barceló—better known as La Tules—built a...

The Real Maverick: How One Texan’s Name Came to Mean 'Independent Thinker'

The Real Maverick: How One Texan’s Name Came to Mean ‘Independent Thinker’

Ever wonder where the word “maverick” came from? Meet...

Quanah Parker: Son of a Captive, Leader of a Nation

Quanah Parker: Son of a Captive, Leader of a Nation

Born to a Comanche chief and a white captive,...

Calamity Jane: Fact, Fiction, and a Life on the Fringe of Legend

Calamity Jane: Fact, Fiction, and a Life on the Fringe of Legend

Was Calamity Jane cursed by bad luck—or just really...

A trio of cowboys drinking coffee

The Coffee That Won the West: Arbuckle’s, Campfires, and Cowboy Grit

Coffee wasn’t just a comfort in the Old West,...

Ellen "Nellie" Cashman, Angel of the Mining Camps

Ellen “Nellie” Cashman, Angel of the Mining Camps

By Rachel Kovaciny This woman was in Tombstone at...

Painting of Santa Anna

Santa Anna: On the Other Side of the Alamo’s Walls

By Rachel Kovaciny I love to remember the Alamo....