In the US, death of history is frequent. I’m not talking about historical events today, even though they have their own share of death...

I’ve been making several trips around the Red River Valley to discover forgotten towns for my book project this summer. However, I don’t...

Lots of the pictures I post on my website, www.redriverhistorian.com, tend to be of ruins – disused buildings and such – and sometimes,...

Google Maps have been my constant companion since they were introduced back in the stone ages (okay, a few years ago). I can’t believe I...

Every time I give a presentation on ghost towns, invariably I’m asked this question: “What exactly is a Ghost Town? And why are you...

My family hails from the South… I mean from way back. They came from the slums of Middlesex, London, and after a generation in Ireland,...