The whole thing’s a stretch, but what the heck--I'm lovin' it. Sheriff Pat Garrett plugged Billy the Kid, a notorious gunslinger,…
James C. SchaapMay 7, 2021
If you look closely, you can tell it's not the Great Plains. That big tree is too perfect; prairie trees…
James C. SchaapMarch 26, 2021
There isn't much we know about Aunt Gertie's death. It happened on a foggy night in November, 1949, along a…
James C. SchaapMarch 12, 2021
"What places do I really have to see when I'm here?" I asked the woman behind the desk at the Osage…
James C. SchaapFebruary 26, 2021
If the place sounds cliche-ish, you can't blame Garretson, SD, because doggone it, not every Siouxland burg has a tourist…
James C. SchaapFebruary 12, 2021
On my mother's side, my Dutch-American ancestry has been here since before the American Civil War. My people were among…
James C. SchaapJanuary 29, 2021
The hill where Custer died "When you get to the Visitor's Center, look for the blue dress--it belonged to Judy's…
James C. SchaapJanuary 15, 2021
Maybe it was the little chapel she’d insisted on showing me, a place she thought any visit to the Northern…
James C. SchaapJanuary 1, 2021
It's not a new story. I wrote it more than a decade ago, so it may well show its age.…
James C. SchaapDecember 18, 2020
