In a recent bulletin of the Superintendent of the Census for 1890 appear these significant words: “Up to and including 1889 the country had a frontier of settlement, but at present the unsettled area ...

A cowboy, with one hand on a rein and the other in the air, hangs on with all his might as a horse jumps, kicks and tries to fling him off of his back. Both sport and spectacle, the rodeo has become ...

Medical pamphlets and books provided the knowledge for health care and treatments aided self-reliant American’s as they ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Bettmann/GettyImages Imagine someone working on the American Frontier 150 years ago or so, and chances are you'll picture a farmer ...