The discovery of gold at Sutter’s Mill in California was first reported on March 15,
Readers who are not writers may wonder what “creative nonfiction” is. Many writers wonder also.
I’ve been asked to participate in an Author’s Blog Chain this week, which gives me
As I wrote last month, the California Gold Rush began in late January 1848 when
I didn’t know my grandfathers as well as my grandmothers. Maybe it’s natural for a
When I first saw the scene in the movie Home Alone where poor little Kevin
Most of us who have studied American history are aware of the Forty-Niners—those intrepid souls
As a writer of historical fiction, one of the issues I struggle with is how
One of the things I love about winter is peppermint ice cream. I’m not a
The emigrants who traveled the Oregon Trail arrived in the Willamette Valley in late fall,