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Charles Goodnight: The Man Who Put the Kitchen on Wheels (opens the original)
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American EssenceCharles Goodnight: The Man Who Put the Kitchen on WheelsHis chuckwagon brought a mobile kitchen to the cattle trail, feeding cowboys and sustaining long drives. Mark Us Preferred on GoogleBrian D'Ambrosio9/30/2026|Updated: 9/30/20260:00Charles Goodnight came to Texas as a boy and grew into the sort of plainsman who resembled the country itself: lean on schooling, heavy on experience, suspicious of comfort, and long on memory for trails, water holes, cattle, and weather.Born on Ma
Stanley J. Morrow: The Camera on the Plains (opens the original)
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In the years after the Civil War, a photographer heading west carried a peculiar burden. There was the camera, of course, but also glass plates, chemicals, a tripod, and the equipment needed to turn a stretch of prairie, a military encampment, or a human face into a lasting image. Photography was still an exacting trade. A photographer needed patience, steady hands, and a tolerance for dust. The technology was still determinedly physical. Louis Daguerre’s process had introduced photography to th
George McJunkin: The Cowboy Who Found an Ancient World (opens the original)
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In the mesa and grassland country outside Folsom, New Mexico, a cowboy named George McJunkin rode the open country with the curiosity of a naturalist, studying rocks, weather, fossils, and the changing landscape around him. He had little formal education, but he taught himself relentlessly, collecting books and scientific instruments and developing an appetite for knowledge that carried him well beyond the practical demands of ranch life. The event that would make him famous began with a violent
Fred Harvey and the Making of the American West (opens the original)
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The venture proved successful, and Harvey soon expanded to Florence, Kansas, where he acquired the hotel and dining operation. In 1878, he signed his first formal contract with the Santa Fe, establishing the terms for the Florence operation and setting the pattern for the partnership that would grow with the railroad. Harvey concentrated on the practical details: cleanliness, food quality, prices, service, and timing. He understood that travelers were constrained by the railroad schedule. A pass
H.H. Bennett: The Photographer Who Put Wisconsin Dells on the Map (opens the original)
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American EssenceH.H. Bennett: The Photographer Who Put Wisconsin Dells on the MapA photographic pioneer, Henry Hamilton Bennett captured the wild spirit of Wisconsin and launched an enduring American tourist empire.Mark Us Preferred on GoogleBrian D'Ambrosio7/12/2026|Updated: 7/12/20260:00Few photographers have shaped the public image of a place as profoundly as Henry Hamilton (H.H.) Bennett. At a time when few Americans had seen the sculpted sandstone cliffs, narrow river passages, and striking
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