The 1870s were a brutal time for settlers. Rainfall was erratic, and an entire crop could wither in a single dry summer. Prairie fires could...

Truth and Fiction Once upon a time I was contracted by a New York publisher to write a romance novel with Belle Starr as the protagonist. Th...

  Today is the official release day of my contemporary fiction book The Bridge. Although the story is set in the city of Portland, Oregon, i...

  By Kristy McCaffrey The Woman’s Journal was a weekly newspaper published every Saturday in Boston and Chicago beginning on January 8,...

Are you brave enough to visit the Old West? Ghosts of the past, long-lost lovers, and saloon patrons who never closed out their tab are said...

  Manitou Springs/Pikes Peak   At the base of Pikes Peak (America’s Mountain in Colorado Springs, Colorado) sits the small town of Manitou S...

  It is thought that the J. R. Walker expedition crossed what is now Yosemite National Park in 1833. Walker and his men probably saw the Y...