Exactly
150 years after the historical event, travelers
carry out chores at the last camp of the Mormon
Trail Sesquicentennial Wagon Train, 1997, at
Little Mountain just east of Salt Lake City. Photo
by Candy Moulton
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In
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of the
Pioneers
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Let's
Get Ready to Ramble!
It’s
your Annual Travel Guide to
the Great American West
By
Candy Moulton Explorers
and entrepreneurs, miners, ranchers, and, most importantly,
cowboys settled the region beyond the Mississippi
and left behind a legacy. From Fort Pierre to Medora,
Crawford, and Eureka; from Dodge City and Canyon
de Chelly to Meeteetse and Virginia City—there
is still a lot of Old West out there to explore,
much of it unvarnished and not necessarily all dressed
up for tourists.
These
places feature saloons where you can sip a sarsaparilla
or a shot of Jack Daniels, stores where
you can buy a new saddle or a 10x beaver hat, and
food ranging from steaks seared on a pitchfork
in hot oil to five courses served by candlelight.
And
there are places where you’ll hear the cry
of the eagle and the howl of a coyote, or the sound
of wind whistling through pine trees or along rock
canyon walls.
Ride
into town in your automobile, or perhaps you’d
prefer a horse and the natural creak of worn saddle
leather, or the rock and roll of a wagon. And as
you travel this region take the time to soak in
the countryside, the prairies and plains, the mountains
and deserts surrounding them, for the land in all
cases had a hand in making these towns what they
are. So pull your hat down tight and take a ride
with me through the West...
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Cowboy magazine...
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