FINAL 2022 TOUR
​two hundred and one years on​
The Santa Fe Trail
October 3–11, 2022
​with Neil Mangum
(from Kansas City to Albuquerque)

Ride along with the former Southwest Regional Historian for the National Park Service as we commemorate 201 years of history on the Santa Fe Trail. We'll visit museums, extant wagon ruts, forts, Pueblos, battlefields and more on the Great Prairie Highway. Registration and Full Itinerary

NEWS, REVIEWS, & INTERVIEWS

Read a Q&A with historian James Mills on his newly-released biography of
​Billy the Kid. 

COMPLETED  TOURS

McClellan and Lee
The Seven Days Battles 
June 10–12, 2022
​with Robert E. L. Krick​
(Richmond, Virginia)

One evening event and two full days of bus tours covering the Seven Days. "The thirty thousand men killed and wounded in the Seven Days’ equaled the number of casualties in all the battles in the western theater—including Shiloh—during the first half of 1862 (James McPherson, Battle Cry of Freedom).
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Grant and Lee
The 1864 ​Overland Campaign
June 14–18, 2022, with Gordon Rhea
(Richmond, Virginia)

After an opening night reception and orientation at our Richmond Airport hotel, enjoy four full days of battlefield tours with the preeminent historian of the monumental Overland Campaign. Our bus and walking expeditions will explore the Wilderness, Spotsylvania, North Anna, and Cold Harbor battlefields on successive days.  

Billy the Kid and
​the Lincoln County War
August 4–8, 2022
​with Neil Mangum
(Albuquerque, New Mexico)

Ride along for a deep dive into the life & legend of Billy the Kid, and the Lincoln County War, with historian-guided tours of the sites and scenes of Billy’s life, and death.  We'll range from Mesilla and Blazer's Mill  to the Tunstall murder site and historic Lincoln, ultimately making our way to Fort Sumner, where the Kid was gunned down, and where he was buried.   

"From where the sun now stands,
​I will fight no more forever"
Chief Joseph, & the Flight of the Nez Percé
Aug. 28–Sept. 5, 2022 
​with historian Neil Mangum
​(from Spokane, WA to Great Falls, MT)
9 nights and 8 days following the Nez Percé Trail, with one full day in Yellowstone National Park, and a visit to the acclaimed Buffalo Bill Center of the West in Cody, Wyoming. The Nez Percé fought off and eluded pursuing U.S. cavalry for 1,170 miles over 128 days. We'll trace the route (in a luxury motor coach) through some of the most beautiful landscapes of the American West, with scheduled stops and comfortable lodging along the way (included in your registration). 
COVID PROTOCOLS: beginning with our fall 2021 tours, all registrants (as well as our tour guide and bus driver) will be required to show proof of vaccination. Additionally, in the interests of safety, we'll follow CDC, state, and local COVID guidelines and recommendations for group gatherings that may be in effect at the time of the tour.