When I researched the 1840s for my Oregon Trail novels, I started with the big
In 1817, the North West Company established Fort Nez Perce where the Walla Walla River
So much has changed in the twelve years since September 11, 2001. The security lines
My maternal grandmother gave me an amethyst pin many years ago. I don’t remember exactly
Sunday morning the electricity went out in our house. It seems to happen more and more frequently.
My father and I took a day last week to go to Lake Crescent in the
My husband has always been a student of military and naval history. He spouts off
This summer my husband and I visited two Clear Lakes – one in Iowa, and
As I mentioned in my August 15 post last year, by mid-August the wagon trains
Once Oregon City was a thriving town at the end of the Oregon Trail, the