Photo by Simon Berger from Pexels Mother’s Day, although past for this year, has a long and varied history. Attributed to the ancient Gr...

By Michelle Shocklee When the American Civil War ended in April 1865, nearly four million slaves embraced freedom for the first time....

"They were a rugged set of men, these pioneers, well qualified for their self-assumed task. In the pursuit of wealth a few succee...

In the Old West, there were plenty of ways to die, including snake bites, bullet wounds, STDs, dysentery, rabies, childbirth, and M...

Cara Grandle here. Have you ever read a western, settlers or pioneer novel where a major environmental catastrophe was involved? Flood...

Baseball is said to be America's greatest past time, and it's as old as America itself--if not older. While Abner Doubleday is at...

After 1869, when Leland Stanford drove the ceremonial Golden Spike connecting the Union Pacific and Central Pacific rail lines to create ...

By Davalynn Spencer Photo courtesy Ca ñ on City’s Famed Hot Springs Resort      W hen my maternal grandfather, Ti...