For the first Europeans to encounter it, the Llano Estacado was a portal to madness. It was a “worthless and terrifying hellscape,” as Jeff Roche describes it in The Conservative Frontier: Texas and ...

Texas' Big Bend region has a lot to offer travelers, from historical flair to quiet retreats, and this scenic town is a great place to use as a home base.

Black vultures have killed and eaten several calves on Tom Karr’s cattle ranch in southeastern Ohio, a loss he says didn't ...

Jeff Roche, a professor of history at the College of Wooster in Ohio who graduated from Canyon High School and attended WT in ...

Between its dusty sweeping backdrop; epic tale of unlikely friendship, love and loss; complex characters; and enduring spirit ...

A 100-year-old building that once housed a Baptist, TB sanatorium is on a 28-acre site that El Paso Water is eyeing for a ...

More than 1% of Americans headed west in one of the largest voluntary mass migrations in human history. It helped define who ...

With an eye toward becoming the longest-serving governor in Texas history, Greg Abbott is preparing his reelection campaign.

Colma, California, just outside San Francisco, was founded as a necropolis in the 1920s. Today, the city is home to about 1,600 living residents.

Plans for a 230-mile transmission line threaten Nevada’s wilderness and have united hunters and wildlife groups ...

Leave the city behind for heritage-listed tropical islands, mountain villages and outback safaris complete with Texas ...

“Dakota Datebook” is a radio series from Prairie Public in partnership with the State Historical Society of North Dakota and ...