A sign welcomes arrivals to the New Mexico frontier community of Ojo Sarco (Photo Credit: Ojo Sarco Community Center). In Ojo Sarco, an unincorporated village in northern New Mexico’s Sangre de Cristo ...

A new book dives into the injustices of Manifest Destiny in the American West and its relationship to the 2016 election. Life in the American West is life in a region that has been conscripted into ...

During California’s Gold Rush era, waves of settlers flooded the region searching for wealth. But their arrival triggered one of the darkest chapters in frontier history — the Round Valley Massacre.

Fort Smith, Arkansas, holds nearly 80 years of dramatic frontier history, from military beginnings to the notorious days of Judge Isaac C. Parker. Visitors can explore preserved forts, the ‘Hell on ...

Biographies of Jeff Bezos don't make much of Albuquerque, New Mexico. Although the founder and executive chairman of Amazon lived there from birth until his teenage years, the Duke City is mainly ...

Augusta County was once the wild, wild west. That’s right, when our area was first settled in the 1720s or so, we were the western frontier. But unlike other parts of the American frontier – western ...

The making of an American frontier -- The arrival of archaeology and the shadow of Lincoln -- Before the Americans -- The Americans -- At home, 1800-1840 -- Under the house, behind the house -- Goods ...