Category: Legend of America

Early-Hasley Feud of Belle County, Texas The rugged landscape of Bell County, Texas, in the aftermath of the Civil War, […]

The Mythical Seven Cities of Cíbola The early 16th century marked a period of burgeoning colonial power for Spain in […]

Francisco Vazquez de Coronado – Exploring the Southwest Francisco Vazquez de Coronado, the captain-general whose name is inextricably linked with […]

Coronado’s Expedition of the Southwest The allure of the New World, shortly after its unveiling to European eyes, ignited a […]

Stuckey’s, Stuckey’s, Everywhere For generations of American travelers, the sight of a distinctive turquoise roof along the highway evoked a […]

Missouri Bushwhackers – Attacks Upon Kansas The rugged borderlands between Kansas and Missouri, a region fraught with tension even before […]

Kansas Jayhawkers – Terror in the Civil War Today, the term "Jayhawk" conjures images of a whimsical, mythical bird, a […]

The Old Stage Drivers By Charles Carroll Goodwin in 1913 The American West, in its burgeoning years, was a land […]

Jack Langrishe – Entertaining the Old Wild West The Old West, a period romanticized for its rugged individualism, frontier justice, […]

Mushroom Towns of the American West By Randall Parrish in 1907 The westward expansion of the United States in the […]

Beginning of Settlement in the American West The vast expanse of the Great Plains, a landscape stretching from the Missouri […]

Fort Sedgwick, Colorado Nestled on the plains of northeastern Colorado, near the confluence of Lodgepole Creek and the South Platte […]