Category: Legend of America

Battle of San Jacinto, Texas The Battle of San Jacinto, a fleeting yet monumental clash, unfolded on April 21, 1836, […]

Kenilworth, Utah – A Still Occupied Mining Camp Nestled within the rugged landscape of Carbon County, Utah, lies the unassuming […]

Grafton, Utah – Virgin River Ghost Town Nestled along the banks of the Virgin River, just a stone’s throw south […]

The Goingsnake Massacre or the Cherokee Courtroom Shootout The annals of the American West are replete with tales of conflict, […]

History & Haunting of Fort Douglas, Utah Nestled on a rise overlooking the sprawling expanse of Salt Lake City, Utah, […]

Colton, Utah – Railroad Mining Ghost Town Nestled along U.S. Highway 6, just south of the junction with State Route […]

An 1889 Account of the Mountain Meadows Massacre By Hubert Howe Bancroft in 1889 The year 1857 cast a long […]

Lucien Maxwell by a Santa Fe Trail Driver By William H. Ryus, 1913 The vast landscapes of the American West […]

Mormon Handcart Tragedy of 1856 “Let them come on foot with handcarts or wheelbarrows; let them gird up their loins […]

The Emancipation Proclamation & the 13th Amendment "By virtue of the power, and for the purpose aforesaid, I do order […]

Leaving the Land of Lincoln at Mitchell, Illinois As the asphalt unwinds and the Illinois landscape begins to subtly shift, […]

Eastern Theater of the Civil War The Eastern Theater of the Civil War constitutes a crucial and intensely fought segment […]