By RICH GRANT … You can say one thing about the Rail Runner Express: No other train in the world sounds like it.,,
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The Mystery of the Little Big Horn
By RICH GRANT … In less than two hours, Custer and all 210 men of his command would be dead…
Thunder by the Falls: The Bloody Battle for the Niagara Frontier
By RICH GRANT … For 1,000 days between 1812 and 1814, Niagara was the scene of desperate fighting on both sides of the river in what came to be known as the War of 1812…
Smoke, Steel and Fire
By RICH GRANT … There is no sound quite like a steam whistle echoing off a mountain, as plumes of black smoke rise in the air, the steel wheels screech around a bend…
Nine Colorful Characters Who Made History in Estes Park
By RICH GRANT … Surrounded by snowcapped peaks with vistas in every direction, this U.S. national park has been attracting visitors for more than 150 years…
The Great Minnesota Bank Robbery
By RICH GRANT … The most famous bank robbery in U.S. history took place in the quiet little country town of Northfield, Minnesota, in 1876…
On the Heels of Billy the Kid
By RICH GRANT … Billy the Kid was probably a psychopath who gunned down a sheriff and two deputies in cold blood, but even his enemies admitted he was personable…
On the Trail of the Shootout at the OK Corral
By RICH GRANT … No one will ever know exactly what happened in Tombstone on that infamous day of Oct. 26, 1881…
Wreckers, Rebels and Rumrunners
By RICH GRANT … Since its founding in 1822, Key West has been home to pirates, wreckers, artists, rumrunners, writers, sponge divers, cigar makers, ex-presidents, poets and musicians…
Puerto Vallarta: The Accidental Tourist Resort
By RICH GRANT “When I first came here, almost 30 years ago, Vallarta was a fishing village of some 2,000 […]
In the Footsteps of a General: George Washington’s Philadelphia
By RICH GRANT … A visit to the “City of Brotherly Love” offers insights into Washington the Man and the formation of what has become the most powerful nation on Earth…
