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 When
you travel, do you often wonder what happened at "this place" in the
past? Who lived here? What were they like? How did they live
their daily lives? If that's the case for you, here at Legends of America,
you will find content-rich travel destinations of the American West, including
Route 66, ghost towns, outlaws, treasure tales,
and even a few ghosts that we bump into along the way.
Filled with
both vintage and current photographs, Legends
of America focuses on small out of the way places and hidden
attractions that appeal to the nostalgic and historic minded, giving you
more than just a paragraph, we will take you there!
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Featured
Travel Destinations
 Bent's
Fort, Colorado - Situated on the
north bank of the Arkansas River
in southeastern Colorado,
this non-military post was one of the most significant outposts on the Santa Fe
Trail and as the principal outpost of American
civilization on the southwestern Plains, was instrumental in shaping the
destiny of the area. In the heart of Indian
country, buffalo
hunting grounds and at the crossroads of key overland routes, it was a
fur trading center and rendezvous point for
traders and Indians;
a way station and supply center for emigrants and caravans; and the chief
point of contact and cultural transmission between white settlers and Indians
of the southern Plains. In its later years it was a military staging base
for the U.S. conquest of New Mexico.
Today, the is designated as a National
Historic Landmark. The reconstructed old adobe trading post features
living historians recreate the sights, sounds, and smells of the past
with guided tours, demonstrations, and special events.
 Texas Forts Trail
- Scattered
across the state from the Red River to the Rio Grande River, are the
remains of of a once a formidable military presence on the frontier --
Texas'
nineteenth-century forts. Though the Texas Forts Trail can't possibly
cover the more than four dozen old forts and presidios across the vast
Lone Star
State, this 650 mile Scenic Byway certainly provides and glimpse
into many of these lonely outposts once situated on the
dangerous and hills and dales of central
Texas.
From 1848 to 1900, the U.S. Army built 44 major posts
and set up more than 100 temporary camps in
Texas.
In addition to the many military forts established by the U.S. Army, a
number of earlier Republic-era forts, private bastions, and Spanish
Presidios were built and abandoned across
Texas.
Today, these many sites range from ghostly ruins, to historically
accurate reconstructions, to nothing but a historical marker to
identify their locations.
Featured Articles
 Fur Trading in the American West
- One of the earliest and most important industries in North America, the American
fur trade played a major role in the development of the United States and Canada
for more than 300 years. This is just the beginning of a new category that
will continue to grow. This new category encompasses hundred of
explorers, trappers, traders and mountain men, as well as the
Great Fur
Trade Companies, and a growing list of tales including In a Trapper's Bivouac,
Incidents of the Fur
Trade,
Trading Posts and Their Stories, Trappers, Traders & Pathfinders,
and soon, dozens more.
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 Camel Caravans of the American Deserts
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The story of the experiment made in the mid
1800’s to utilize the Arabian camel as a beast of burden on the arid
plains of
Arizona ,
New Mexico
and the deserts of the Colorado River is one of the little known chapters in
the history of the Southwest.
A Photo Essay on American Patriotism, Traditions, History &
Heroes - Reaching into the past, we've gathered a
number of prints and photos celebrating our patriotism and
traditions.
Mining in the American West
- Though various types of mines have existed across the nation, almost from
the very discovery of America, those in the
American
West, are and were, the
most plentiful and the history they've left in their wakes, is of romance,
fortunes made and lost, hardships, greed,
Indian Wars, and numerous crusty
old
ghost towns.
Arizona's Many Lost
Mines -
Hundreds of "lost mine"
stories have been localized everywhere over the West. The
richest always was somewhere out in the desert, beyond
water, or within almost inaccessible mountains, where wild
Indians guarded the golden secret handed down to them by their
forefathers.
Haunted Forts & Battle Grounds in the
American West -
Old
Forts, like so many other historic places in the
American
West
tend to have their share of ghostly tales. The history of these forts,
coupled with the violence and tragedy so often accompanying
them, provide a ripe atmosphere for dozens of
ghost stories.
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