Alton Pryor

Hawaii was not always a paradise. Hawaii's history was turbulent and soul wrenching. Taboos placed on commoners by Royalty were harsh and cruel. But Hawaii also has its wonderful historic lore, such as the Menehunes, or Hawaii's "little people"....

Sally Stanford was a bawdy house madam like no other. She put her houses of prostitution in the most upscale area of San Francisco and charged her customers accordingly. She paid her girls the top wages of the industry and helped them deal with their problems along the way....

The listener should not be conned into thinking Nevada is only desert and casinos. Nevada gained its statehood because of its incredible wealth in gold and silver mines....

Lawmen in the old west played a juggling act as far as the law was concerned....

The city was founded in 1776 when Spain built a fort at the site of Golden Gate Park....

Western outlaws terrorized the country during the late 1800s and early 1900s....

Women discovered gold in California a full year before James Marshall announced his discovery....

This book has 41 different chapters on California's gold rush and development history....

In the west, the bawdy house girls filled an obvious need or they wouldn't have survived. Many girls left the trade as soon as they could....

There is so much about Texas that few people know....

Western writer Alton Pryor has brought forth a collection of important moments in history. These vignettes present a virtual digest of historical happenings....

While cowboys are still in existence, the trail drivers of the old west are a long-gone breed....