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Since 1976, newcomers and natives alike have learned about the rich history of the magnificent place they call home from Colorado:...

The Perilous West tells the story of seven adventurers who traveled west in 1806 and forged the Oregon Trail. Their...

Alive with the exuberance, contradictions, and variety of the Golden State, this Depression-era guide to California is more than 700...

Most California histories begin with the arrival of the Spanish missionaries in the late eighteenth century and conveniently skip to...

Each year, more than two million visitors enjoy the attractions of the Western Hill Country, with Uvalde as its portal,...

Winner, 2016 the John Lyman Book Award, sponsored by the North American Society for Oceanic History. During Daniel O. Killman’s...

Wooster: From the Middle West to the world The College of Wooster was a proud but modest college...

Winner of the Western History Association's 2009 Hal K. Rothman AwardFinalist in the Western Writers of America Spur Award for...

In 1964 an Urban League survey ranked Los Angeles as the most desirable city for African Americans to live in....

During World War II, a total of 165 men from Minnesota's smallest towns gave their lives for our country. Several...

Decades after its initial publication, Symbolic Immortality retains its status as the most comprehensive analysis of the mortuary practices of...

Embracing the crossroads that made the region distinctive this book reveals how American families have always been characterized by greater...

This treasure-trove of little-known Muir writings is engagingly presented by a Muir scholar and focuses on his special relationship to...

In 2012, Richard E. Wainerdi retired as president and chief executive officer of the Texas Medical Center after almost three...

Probably no American journalist, man or woman, has had a more extraordinary career than Grace Halsell. Before President Lyndon Johnson...

The Southern High Plains of northwestern Texas and eastern New Mexico are rich in Paleoindian archaeological sites, including such well-known...

The only major U.S. railroad to be operated by westerners and the only railroad built from west to east, the...

Staging Migrations toward an American West examines how black women's theatrical and everyday performances of migration toward the American West...

Historically, Filipina/o Americans have been one of the oldest and largest Asian American groups in the United States. In this...

Desperate for laborers to keep the trains moving during World War II, the U.S. and Mexican governments created a now...