“I travel not to go anywhere, but to go. I travel for travel's sake. The great affair is to move.”
Robert Louis Stevenson
San Antonio Missions National Historic Park
San Antonio Missions National Historical Park preserves four of the five Spanish frontier missions in San Antonio, Texas. The fifth and best-known mission in San Antonio, the Alamo, owned by the State of Texas, is not part of the park. Over 400 years ago Spanish expeditions began to explore the land that is now the American Southwest. Read More ...
Tombstone, Arizona – The Town Too Tough To Die
“The grimly humorous phrase about our town was that Tombstone had a man for breakfast every morning.” — Josephine Sarah Marcus, actress Tombstone, Arizona, one of the most lawless mining camps in the American West, was soon dubbed “The Town Too Tough to Die.” The mining camp was born when a prospector named Read More ...
The Long History of Alcatraz Island
Sitting like a beacon in the middle of the San Francisco Bay of California is Alcatraz Island. Though most prominently known for the years it served as a maximum-security prison, the “Rock’s” history stretches far beyond those infamous days, and its legends and stories continue to find their way into American lore. ~~~~ History of Read More ...
hello, i am trying to find out more information about a relative of mine. Her name is Apalonia Crespin(e). She was born in New Mexico in about 1831. I believe she was Pueblo Indian. I do not know who her parents are. Is there someone there that would know anything about any of the family names that lived around there about that time? Any help would be appreciated.
Thank you
Karen Kartchner
Dear Dave and Kathy,
I really look forward to recieving Lof A I have had a long interest in the lives and culture of Native Americans. I live in the south west of England so your emails bring to life the whole history of their lives. Sorry to read you have been battling with soggy floors and cracked loos. Keep up the amazing work,
Kind regards,
David Barlow.
Great to hear from you David! Kathy and I are happy to have you as a reader from way over yonder!