For over two decades, we have been tailoring comprehensive bus and walking tours to the hallowed sites where American history unfolded. By laying eyes upon the scene, and walking the ground in conversation with the most authoritative and passionate guides, we gain a fuller understanding of the events that transpired there.
This custom, small-group van tour will visit rarely-visited and difficult to access sites, including Deer Medicine Rocks and the Crow's Nest, before making a comprehensive exploration of the battlefield. Hardin, Montana. QUERY for more information
7th Cavalry Markers on Last Stand Hill. (NPS / Victoria Stauffenberg)
May 2-4, 2025. A full weekend of presentations in the Stanton Center Theater in beautiful Monterey, California. The Stanton Center is situated on the Custom House Plaza, bordering the Monterey State Historic Park. The lineup of speakers and registration information will be posted here on the 4th of July (click HERE to read about the 2024 conference).
Oppenheimer in New Mexico Santa Fe, Los Alamos, and the Trinity Test Site
Early April 2025. Tour begins and ends in Albuquerque. We'll spend one day in Los Alamos at the Manhattan Project National Historical Park, visit the Bradbury Musuem, and take guided tours of "Bathtub Row" and Manhattan Project facilities. Additional stops include secret sites in Santa Fe, and the National Museum of Nuclear Science and History in Albuquerque. Final day of the tour is devoted to the Trinity Site, where the world's first atomic bomb was detonated on July 16, 1945 (this site is only open to the public on two days per year).
The Wilderness & Spotsylvania
Dates TBD: Hiking tour with historian Gordon Rhea
On this entirely unique, four-day tour, Gordon will conducts hikes along every step of the NPS trails on these two battlefields, interpreting along the way. He'll also take the group to some rarely-seen private sites, to discuss the monumental opening battles of Grant's 1864 Overland Campaign. Headquarters hotel will be in Fredericksburg, Virginia.
Exploring the Lewis & Clark Trail from the Great Falls of the Missouri, to Ft. Clatsop
September 2025. A ten-day expedition following the route of the Corps of Discovery through some of the most stunning landscapes of the American West. Small group (luxury Sprinter van) tour beginning and ending in Great Falls, Montana
The Apache Wars October 13-20, 2025 small group tour with Neil Mangum
Starting and ending in Phoenix, this one-of-a-kind tour will explore a broad array of Arizona Apache Wars sites, including a number of museums and the ruins of the Warm Springs and San Carlos Agencies, sites associated with Crook's Tonto Basin Campaign, and the Cibecue Creek battlefield (while there, we'll enjoy a cultural program by the White Mountain Apache Crown Dancers). The tour also includes strong emphasis on the Chiracahua Apache with visits to Cochise's Stronghold, Fort Bowie and Apache Pass, and the Geronimo Surrender Monument. Additionally (because we're there) we'll see two Civil War battlefields (Valverde, and Picacho Peak), the astounding Pima Air & Space Museum, and historic Tombstone. Detailed itinerary to be posted soon. QUERY for more information