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Old West Legends IconAMERICAN HISTORY

The Heritage of the United States

 

Wagon Train 1847

The vast majority of those headed westward did so

 in a wagon train.

This image available for photographic prints HERE!

 

Here in America we are descended in spirit from revolutionaries and rebels -- men and women who dare to dissent from accepted doctrine.

-- Dwight D. Eisenhower

 

Articles and Information:

 

Alcatraz - Its History and its Ghosts

An Era Ends As the Telegraph Passes Into History

Battle of Little Big Horn

Bleeding Kansas & the Missouri Border War

California Gold Rush

The Cattle Trails

A Century of Railroad Building

The Civil War

Civil War Timeline

The Curtain Drawn Aside

Combatants of the Civil War

Non-Combat Branches in the Civil War

On the Underground Railroad

Corps of Discovery - The Lewis & Clark Expedition

The Donner Party Tragedy

Evolution of American English

Forts of the American West

Forum

The Frontier In History

Frontier Skirmishes, Battles & Tales

Gunfighters of the American West

Historical Text - Actual Accounts from the 19th Century

Historic Towns of the American West

The Homestead Act - Creating Prosperity in America

The First Homestead

Indian Fighters

Indian Wars of the Frontier West

The Largest Land Grant in U.S. History

Lawmen of the American West

Legends, Myths & Campfire Tales of the  American West

Linking the Oceans By Railroad

Links

The Louisiana Purchase

Lynchings & Hangings of America

Mountain Meadow Massacre

The Mighty Missouri River

Native Americans - The First Owners of the West

Nostalgic Flashback Of The 1950s Era

Old West Photographs and Prints

Outlaws of the American West

Overland Trails of the American West

A Photo Essay on American Patriotism, Traditions, History & Heroes

The Plight of the Buffalo

Prohibition & Depression Gangsters & Outlaws

Remember the Alamo

The Sixties - The New Generation

Speakeasies of the Prohibition Era

Trading Posts and Their Stories

Who's Who in American History

Women of the American West

 

 

 

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We learn from history
that we do not
learn from history.


- George Wilhelm Hegel

 

 

From the Rocky Mountain General Store

Camera - Vintage Photos IconVintage Photographs of the Old West - From our personal Photo Print Shop, you can now order prints that provide dramatic glimpses into the rich heritage of the American West. From notorious outlaws, to Indian Chiefs, buffalo roaming the range, and pioneers on the trail, this varied collection grows daily.

               

 

"We come too late for to ride with the great,
But we're born with a sense of our history.
Now the challenge remains to pick up the reins
And answer our personal mystery."

Dennis Gaines, New Tradition

 

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