October 2008 – Frontier Traveler

A Month of Lincoln

October 29, 2008 Frontier Traveler Kentucky

“The story of Abraham Lincoln and his immediate family begins and ends with a tragedy.” – Louis A. Warren In[…]

Calamity Jane

October 24, 2008 Frontier Traveler Women on the Frontier

Martha Jane Canary (1848-1903) was born in Princeton, Missouri. This hard drinking woman wore men’s clothing, used their bawdy language, chewed tobacco and was handy with a gun.