The most dangerous place in America in the 19th Century was not in the Wild West; it was in an urban slum called Hell’s Kitchen, on an island called Manhattan, in a city called New York. Over the year…
“If you ever need anything, Rebecca, you just let me know and I'll be there." Those were the words 16-year-old Jacob Walker told his best friend before her family moved to Oklahoma. Never did he expec…
Alabama V. Whitworth goes from prison to a shotgun wedding in a matter of days, but keeping his bride, Hattie, who he learns to love and appreciate, proves to be much more difficult than he ever imagi…
In the early 1800s (1830s – 1860s) it has been estimated that as many as 300,000 men and women may have traveled from the eastern States to the unknown lands of the American west. Some were searching …
Two of America’s worst economic disasters occurred during the same period. One was the crash of the Stock Market and the other was a 13-year drought which turned 100-million acres of the Great Plains …
