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Time Before Now, Trail Dust, Venture West

“Kit Carson” was 21 minutes of Western movie history
September 21, 2020
Time Before Now, Trail Dust, Venture West

Trail drives made cow towns famous and drovers legendary
September 16, 2020
Time Before Now, Trail Dust, Venture West

Alice Brown Davis, Seminole’s first female chief became legendary
September 11, 2020
Time Before Now, Trail Dust, Venture West

The Great Salt Lake: Its a battle over who got there first
September 6, 2020
Time Before Now, Trail Dust, Venture West

The mystery of what happened to the bandit poet, Black Bart
September 1, 2020
Time Before Now, Trail Dust, Venture West

The rock that became a register of the pioneers heading west
August 23, 2020
Time Before Now, Trail Dust, Venture West

A short history of how Davy Crockett got famous in Texas
August 18, 2020
Time Before Now, Trail Dust, Venture West

“Ramona” was a runaway best seller with an unhappy author
August 12, 2020
Time Before Now, Trail Dust, Venture West

General Nelson Miles won lots of medals and not many friends
August 7, 2020
Time Before Now, Trail Dust, Venture West

Custer, Sitting Bull, Crazy Horse. What could possibly go wrong?
August 4, 2020