The No-See-Ums Plagues In most books about the Old West, you seldom read about the bugs. Oh, there are great stories about bears, snakes, and mountain lions. But what about when the cowboys, prospectors, mountain men, and pioneers had to face the dreaded enemies of mosquitos, fleas, lice, gnats, and no-see-ums? Each of these little […]
FOLLOW THE TONGUE An old-timer up our way left the high school basketball game in a snowstorm. He took a wrong turn, then ended up in a town three hours south. For a man who lived only a few miles from the gym, that must have been quite a surprise. I didn’t say too much […]
Through the Valley Jornada del Muerto I sat on a dusty trail at the western edge of the Organ Pipes Cactus National Monument in southern Arizona. Located on the border with the state of Sonora, Mexico, some of the bleakest countryside anywhere surrounded this monument. Like several other parts of the old southwest, this region […]
Nine Pioneer Christmas Stories by Barbour Books Follow pioneer Christmas and romance adventures in untamed American lands. Settlers face their first Christmas in a new land with both trepidation and hope. Despite primitive lodgings, these characters learn that wherever the heart dwells, they can find a place to call home. Of special note, this is Shannon […]
Living on the Spiritual Western Frontier A lot of people in our country think the Western frontier fully settled in the nineteenth century. But that’s not true in places like the old logging town of Winchester, Idaho. Regions like that still remain vast, unpopulated, very pragmatic and independent, sometimes dangerous, and always a bit wild. […]
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