In 1850, a historic contract recorded in Cape Girardeau reveals the gold rush journey of John P. Edinger and others to California.
The rivers pouring from the Sierras in 1850 were not the weak trickles of today, their strength drained by canals or sapped ...
This week's Ken Bridges Texas History column is the second in a 2-part series exploring the disastrous Red River Expedition.
This week we team up with Johnny aka River Raider to search a few sites that I had mapped out. As we mudlark and diver for ...