Virginia Street – Reno, NevadaPhoto – Tourism Reno Reno is in a beautiful valley near the Sierra Nevada mountains in Nevada. In 1929, because there was so much to do, the city was given the nickname, “The Biggest Little City in the World.” Today, Reno is home to about 265,000 people. Long before Reno became…
The rifle was the most desired item when moving into the American West in the early 1800s. But it wasn’t just any rifle. Mountainmen, trappers, and settlers alike wanted a specific rifle, a Hawken rifle. A .50 caliber Hawken was best, if you could get one. The Hawken rifle played a big role in the…
Late in the summer of 2015, my wife and I camped outside the north entrance to Yellowstone National Park. It was near Gardiner, Montana. We explored more than just Yellowstone. We ventured northeast to the battlefield at the Little Bighorn. (Think George Armstrong Custer.) We ventured northwest and explored Montana’s fourth largest city: Bozeman. We…
