3 minWoman ChiefGreat Crow Chieftain "Two-Spirit"-Warrior, Leader & Peace Negotiator It is shocking that one of the most remarkable female Native...
6 minGreat Apache Chief Mangas ColoradasGeronimo’s Mentor, Cochise’s Father-in-Law Of all the ferocious Indian tribes that struck terror in the hearts of whites, the Apache were...
5 minQueer Tales of the Old WestMany flocked to the Frontier to seek freedom, especially sexual freedom. There are many fascinating stories of such cases, including...
3 minThe California Gold Rush"Thar's gold in them there hills!" drove thousands to head West. But all that glitters is not gold... One of the great ironies of The...
5 minThe First Black Frontier FilmmakerOscar Micheaux is not a household name like Martin Scorcese or Frank Capra or John Ford. But it should be.
5 minFootbinding & Prostitution in the 1800sThe tradition of foot-binding, also called “lotus feet,” was a thousand-year-old tradition in China that was brought to the United States.
4 minNational Hispanic Heritage Month (Sept 15-Oct 15)Hispanic history in the United States has often been largely passed over.
5 minHomo(sexuality) on the RangeThe wild, wild west was indeed untamed, unconventional and “under the radar” in many ways, especially regarding intimacy.
7 minAmerica's Earliest Cities were Native American & SpanishAs I dug further, I found that the TWELVE oldest cities in what is now the United States were Native American and Spanish.
5 minStagecoach MaryThe legend was a towering, six-foot-plus black woman named “Stagecoach Mary.” And she could drink, smoke, cuss, fistfight and shoot.
2 minSoiled DovesThe "oldest profession" was one of the first to go West to the frontier, following the first mountain men, loggers and prospectors.
2 minBuffalo SoldiersBuffalo soldiers served west of the Mississippi, mainly to protect settlers moving West and fight in Native American conflicts.
1 minFrontier Gay-eityThe frontier offered all sorts of freedoms and many went West to live in ways they couldn't further east.
