by Jeffery W. McKelroy Situated just east of Capital Hill in Denver you can easily find the 80-acre Cheesman Park. It embodies the darker side of many of the tales of the Old West. At the conclusion of the Indian Wars in the 1880’s, western expansion and profit was at the fore of everyone’s minds.…

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…