by Jeffery W. Mckelroy I first visited Central City when I was a young boy and was fascinated with the beauty of the surrounding terrain and most of all by the history. Nothing much has changed with the exception of the casinos that moved in after voters legalized gambling in 1990. The mining town of…

by Jeffery W. McKelroy After my visit to the Montana State Prison I traveled east from Deer Lodge. I drove through Butte, Bozeman, and Billings, across the border into North Dakota. After Miles City, Montana there wasn’t much to see until Bismarck, North Dakota and even less to see once I took the turn north…

My Uncle Wayne is a big fan of old west history and because of him I felt I should do a little more research on Fort Washita. I spent 24 years in the military and I am part Choctaw so of course, it is interesting to me as well. I found a website with a…

by Jeffery W. McKelroy In 1830 under President Andrew Jackson the United States Senate ratified the treaty of Dancing Rabbit Creek. The treaty between the United States government and the Choctaw Nation ceded 11 million acres of their land to the United States and began the forced removal of the Choctaw to Indian Territory, present…