I happened upon an exhibit of Fred Geary’s woodcuts at the Kansas City Public Library’s
By mid-June, the emigrants traveling the Oregon Trail in the 1840s had trekked 650 miles
Great pictures on Adventure Dates of Ash Hollow, Windlass Hill, and Courthouse and Jail Rocks
My husband was the fifth generation in his family born in Saline County, Missouri. After
This past weekend I traveled through southwestern Missouri and northwestern Arkansas, visiting places of historical
On Monday, I wrote about the Oregon Trail emigrants choosing their leaders on the Kansas
By mid-May, the emigrants to Oregon in the 1840s had settled into a routine. They
I read the newspaper differently now because I write historical fiction. Articles that I once would
Part of my horoscope on my birthday this year read “Develop a way of handling
As I write this, I am visiting family in Washington State, not too far from