Trail Dust Archives | Page 14 of 25 | Head on West

Trail Dust – a daily almanac of western history and lore, fact and fiction about America’s frontier and where to travel to find it..

Trail Dust, Venture West

Camel racing comes to America – just not exactly sure how
Trail Dust, Venture West

The “river that ate boats” swallowed nearly 300 in the 1800s
Trail Dust, Venture West

The country was humming with the “king of the wild frontier”
Trail Dust, Uncategorized, Venture West

Lincoln County War produced lots of dead men, long list of losers
Trail Dust, Venture West

“Little Shadow Catcher” captured history through his lens
Trail Dust, Venture West

California’s Brannans specialized in riches to rags strategies
Trail Dust, Venture West

Two tries, a veto and a 10-year fight; Nebraska won statehood
Trail Dust, Venture West

The gifted and conflicted life of Lakota’s Zitkala Sa
Trail Dust, Venture West

Poker Alice, the West’s most famous female card shark
Trail Dust, Venture West

Frontier doctor Valentine McGillycuddly, born – guess when