the best historic travel destinations in America

Fort Apache Cemetery, Whiteriver, Arizona

November 8, 2011

During the military period 1870-1922, soldiers and their family members as well as Apache scouts and their families were buried in the post cemetery. Following the Army’s abandonment of the fort, the remains of most non-Apaches buried there were removed to the federal cemetery at Santa Fe, New Mexico. Apache burials were not disturbed and the [...]

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The Kansas Soddy

November 6, 2011

With the signing of the Homestead Act and thousands of settlers coming to the prairie, the Soddy became the most efficient and affordable dwelling. Needing very little cash outlay, a soddy could be built in a day with the help of neighbors. Due to the heavy root system in prairie grass, the sod cut from [...]

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Hubbell Trading Post

November 2, 2011

In 1876 John Lorenzo Hubbell began trading with the Navajo in Ganado, Arizona. After the Navajo’s “Long Walk” in 1864 and their subsequent imprisonment for four years at Bosque Redondo in New Mexico, they returned to their homes to find widespread devastation of their homes, crops and animals.

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Homolovi Petroglyph

November 1, 2011

Taken at Homolovi, located North of Winslow, Arizona. Petroglyph panel is in a box canyon south of Homolovi II

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Happy Halloween

October 31, 2011

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Happy Birthday John Adams

October 30, 2011

Today celebrates John Adams’ October 30, 1735 birthday. Happy 176th birthday, John In his autobiography, John Adams, wrote “By my constitution, I am but an ordinary man. The times alone have destined me to fame—and even these have not been able to give me much.” Adams’ feelings changed as Revolution neared. [Photo credit: Library of Congress, [...]

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Civil War History at National Wildlife Refuges

October 26, 2011

Thanks to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service for sharing this information: Mark the 150th anniversary of the start of the U.S. Civil War with a visit to a national wildlife refuge that preserves remains of the nation’s bitter four-year struggle and the period leading up to it. Each of these interpreted sites sheds light on [...]

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A Quick Visit to Mount Moriah Cemetery Deadwood South Dakota

October 9, 2011

The Frontier Travelers will be posting more on this historic cemetery, but for now we hope you’ll enjoy the video. It really is like being there. (FYI — you’ll get to Wild Bill’s grave at about 3:30 into the video) Recommended Reading The Real Deadwood: True Life Histories of Will Bill Hickock, Calamity Jane, Outlaw [...]

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