by readmore | Sep 18, 2015 | The Old West, Westward Expansion
John Bourke, soldier-scholar and plains Indian Wars campaigner, was a great admirer of Native Americans and befriended many. His classic work, On the Border with Crook, is one of the best of the period and includes a great deal of humor. Men on the isolated frontier... 
by readmore | Sep 1, 2015 | Adventurers
The individuals pictured here evoke a range of emotions. They seem to have a world of experiences written across their sullen faces and they probably did have many a story from many a port. They were Victorian sailors and part of U.S. Navy history. Enlistment in the...