I recently posted a story from the National Park Service, titled " Christmas Tragedy on the Emigrant Trails: Christmas 1849 at Death Va...

  As I've said over the years, I usually read "The Last Leaf" by O. Henry each Christmas. Why that story? Well, I love short s...

Panamint Valley NPS Photo/Death Valley Most emigrants reached the end of their long overland journey weeks or months before December 25 roll...

George Maledon  By Terry McGahey George Maledon served as Judge Isaac Parker's Chief Executioner in Fort Smith, Arkansas, during the so...

Here's a fact: There are no such things as "illegal orders" in the military. Here's another fact: Orders are either "...