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A Compass, A Map, and a Tilley Hat

February 24, 2013 Frontier Traveler Frontier Travel

I’m sure many of our followers head out on road trips with the latest GPS and electronic gadgetry, but our[…]

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This Summer Travel to Historic Homesteads

May 4, 2012 Frontier Traveler Frontier Travel

The landmark U.S. law that fueled a Western land rush, helped define the American spirit, and inadvertently triggered the Dust[…]

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Travel to Civil War Sites via New NPS Website

April 4, 2012 Frontier Traveler Frontier Travel

As part of its commemoration of the Civil War Sesquicentennial and coinciding with events marking the 150th anniversary of the[…]

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Pack Up the Kids and Hit the Road This Summer

March 29, 2012 Frontier Traveler Frontier Travel

According to the Kaiser Family Foundation, children now spend 53 hours a week in front of a television, computer, hand-held[…]

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Will Gas Prices Alter Your Summer Plans?

March 28, 2012 Frontier Traveler Frontier Travel

Vicki and I are avid believers in the classic road trip. However, with gas prices inching towards $5/gallon, it puts[…]

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Terry C. Johnston Remembered

March 25, 2012 Frontier Traveler Frontier Travel

On March 25, 2001, we lost one of America’s foremost historic fiction writers – Terry C. Johnston.  His Plainsmen series[…]

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Read the Frontier Traveler’s Tweets on Flipboard

March 1, 2012 Frontier Traveler Frontier Travel

  If you have an iPhone or an iPad, you can download the free Flipboard app and read the Frontier[…]

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