Tag Archives: Frontier Fiction
Wyoming State Historical Society Meeting in Buffalo, Wyoming
On Saturday, September 10, 2016, I participated in the 63rd annual meeting of the Wyoming State Historical Society in Buffalo, Wyoming. This friendly city of about 5,000 people, provided a grand welcome to the attendees at the meeting. As this Wyoming state … Continue reading
Bear Claws Wins Wyoming State Historical Society Award
On Saturday, September 10, 2016, The Wyoming State Historical Society presented Bear Claws, The Iron Horse Chronicles–Book Two, with First Place in the Publications Category Fiction, “in recognition of the outstanding accomplishments and contributions to Wyoming’s legacy.” It is a … Continue reading
History and the National Park Service.
As many of the readers of this blog are aware, every few weeks I contribute a blog posting to Mad About MG History. On September 1, 2016, I wrote about the 100th birthday of the National Park Service. In several previous … Continue reading
Fort Sanders, Wyoming
Fort Sanders, Wyoming, near where the present city of Laramie arose, is the location for significant incidents in the first two books of The Iron Horse Chronicles. Unfortunately, not much remains of this installation. U.S. Highway 287 runs through the old … Continue reading
Anthem Authors Listed in Roundup Magazine
Three members of Anthem Authors have book blubs listed in the August 2016 issue of Roundup Magazine, the official publication of Western Writers of America. Anthem Authors is a writing and critique group comprised, at the present, of thirty-three residents of Sun City … Continue reading
Dale Creek Bridge, Wyoming
[media-credit name=”A. J. Russell” align=”aligncenter” width=”485″][/media-credit] The Dale Creek Bridge in southeastern Wyoming figures in the first two books of The Iron Horse Chronicles. The Union Pacific Railroad completed the timber trestle in the spring of 1868. The bridge was the highest … Continue reading
Wyoming State Historical Society Award for Bear Claws
The Wyoming State Historical Society Awards Committee informed me this past week that Bear Claws, The Iron Horse Chronicles–Book Two has been selected to receive an award in the Publications Category for 2016. The award will be presented at a … Continue reading
Fortieth Wedding Anniversary
On July 24, 2016, Barbara and I celebrated our fortieth wedding anniversary with a great dinner at one of Las Vegas’s five-star restaurants. While we enjoyed the fine food and a buttery chardonnay, we reminisced about the many other places where we had … Continue reading
Will Braddock and Buffalo Bill
Will Braddock, The Iron Horse Chronicles‘ protagonist, and Buffalo Bill led similar lives in their early years. You can read more about Buffalo Bill in a posting I wrote on July 21, 2016, in Mad About MG History. If you are … Continue reading
Bear Claws Finalist for 2016 Will Rogers Medallion Award
Bear Claws, The Iron Horse Chronicles–Book Two, has been selected as a finalist for the 2016 Will Rogers Medallion Award in the category for Younger Readers. Eagle Talons, the first book in the trilogy about Will Braddock and his quest … Continue reading
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