Category: Legend of America

The Santa Fe Trade By Helen Haines, 1891 The story of the American West is interwoven with tales of exploration, […]

Santa Fe Trail – Exploration & Illegal Trade – Pre-1821 The allure of the American Southwest, with its rich cultures […]

The Early Outlaw By Emerson Hough in 1905 Before the romanticized era of gunslingers and stagecoach robberies on the wild […]

Miners’ Ten Commandments By James Hutchings, 1853 The allure of gold, a siren’s call that echoed across the nation in […]

Mines of Idaho & Montana (By Emerson Hough in 1918) The echoes of the past often fade into silence, leaving […]

Mining Methods and Claims The allure of precious metals and valuable minerals has driven humanity to extract resources from the […]

James Marshall – Discovering Gold in California The year was 1848. The place: a humble sawmill nestled along the American […]

The Old-Time Miners By Charles Carroll Goodwin in 1913 The American story is interwoven with the enduring legacy of its […]

The Johnstown, Pennsylvania Flood of 1889 On a seemingly ordinary May afternoon in 1889, the unsuspecting residents of Johnstown, Pennsylvania, […]

The “Witches” of Massachusetts – E The chilling annals of the Salem Witch Trials, a dark chapter in American history, […]

The Osage Indians The Osage people, a prominent Native American tribe, once held dominion over vast territories north of the […]