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their daily lives? If that's the case for you, here at Legends of America,
you will find content-rich travel destinations of the American West, including
Route 66, ghost towns, outlaws, treasure tales,
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Featured
Travel Destination
 Bodie,
California - A Ghostly Ghost Town
"A sea of sin, lashed by
the tempests of lust and passion."
Like many other mining camps of the
American West,
Bodie,
California
quickly took on a lawless and wild reputation after gold was discovered. Today,
it's a California
State Park, filled with historic buildings as well as the
Bodie
Curse.
When
mining began to decline along the western slope of the Sierra Nevada,
prospectors began to cross the eastern slope in search of their fortunes. One
such man named William (aka: Waterman) S. Bodey, discovered gold near a place
that is now called Bodie
Bluff in 1859. Alas, the poor man died in a snow storm that very winter and
never saw the new town that would be named after him.
In 1861
the Bunker Hill Mine was established as well as a mill, though the camp was
called home to only about twenty miners.
Bodie grew slowly
and remained an insignificant mining camp for 17 years. The Bunker Hill Mine and
Mill, on the west slope of
Bodie Bluff, changed
hands several times during the years before being sold to four partners in 1877.
The name was changed to the Standard Mining Company and within months the
partners discovered a significant vein of rich gold ore. Profits rose
dramatically and by the end of 1878
Bodie's population
had soared to some 5,000 people. The Standard Mine would yield nearly 15 million
dollars in gold over the next 25 years.
Miners,
gamblers and business continued to flood the area and by 1879,
Bodie boasted a
population of about 10,000 and 2,000 buildings. Before long the town supported
some 30 gold mines, 65
saloons, numerous brothels, gambling halls, and opium dens, as well, as a
number of legitimate businesses, including three newspapers, several churches, a
couple of banks and a school. Every other building on the mile long main street
was a saloon. Three breweries worked day and night, while whiskey was brought
into town in 100 gallon barrels.
More ...
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Featured Articles
 Triggerfingeritis
- The Old West Gunman -
Triggerfingeritis is an acute
irritation of the sensory nerves of the index finger of habitual gun-packers;
usually fatal -- to someone. This 1910 tale provides a look at some of those Old
West gunfighters afflicted with
Triggerfingeritis.
Albert Jennings Fountain -
Missing in the Desert -
Soldier, lawyer, and politician, the mystery
surrounding Albert Jennings Fountain’s disappearance in the deserts of
southern
New Mexico has puzzled lawmen and historians for more than a
century.
Cowboy Songs & Frontier Ballads
- Those many songs of the
Old West
tell the story of
frontier days sometimes with eloquence and sometimes with
cowboy lingo. Check out just a
few of these:
The Cowboy's Dream,
Git Along
Little Dogies, The Last
Longhorn,
San Antonio Rose,
and dozens more.
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 Hell Dogs of Eldorado Canyon,
Nevada -
Man
per man and mile per mile,
Eldorado Canyon
has a wider range of historical events than anywhere in the
Wild West.
This rich history, coupled with the turbulent events taking place in
Eldorado Canyon
in the 19th century has led to numerous
ghost stories of dead miners,
Indians
and pioneers who once roamed the area.
Oklahoma Forts of the Old West - More
historic forts in
Oklahoma including
Camp Nichols,
Fort Arbuckle,
Fort Towson and
more.
 Custom
Photo Cards - We've developed a new line of custom
greeting cards that combine our great vintage photographs with the
words, wisdom and proverbs of the Old West. Exclusive to the
Rocky Mountain General Store, there are more than 50 cards to
choose from and more coming.
Granite - Montana's Silver Queen
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Southeast of
Phillipsburg,
Montana was
one of the state's largest silver mining camps. Nicknamed
“Montana’s Silver Queen,” the town once boasted more than
3,000 residents.
George Maledon - Prince of Hangmen
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George Maledon earned the moniker of the Prince of Hangmen while
serving as
Judge Isaac Parker's
chief executioner during the lawless days when Parker served as judge of
the Federal Court for the Western District of
Arkansas.
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