If you don’t divine from the signs that you’re on Route 66, the souvenirs will tell you. In Needles near the Arizona border, the road sign at my first exit was one I’d see often on my journey: ...

With its frontier false fronts, wooden balconies and adobe buildings, Oatman, Ariz., looks the part of a classic, Old West town. In fact, the town is so typical of the genre that several of its ...

As pistol-packing cowboys take to Main Street (really about the only street) in Oatman, Ariz., for a mock gunfight, they ask spectators to step off the wooden sidewalks to help block traffic. In years ...

In 1851, deep in the Arizona wilderness, the Oatman family was brutally attacked while traveling west. Six were killed. Two daughters were taken captive. When Olive Oatman returned five years later, ...

“No matter what, he was always smiling, laughing and joking,” said longtime friend Capt. Randy Butler. “Had to be the happiest guy in the world.” Oatman, one of the best-known faces in the Virginia ...

Johnson Oatman Jr. was an American hymn writer born in 1856. He is best known for writing over 3,000 hymns, including the famous No, Not One! and I’ll Be a Friend to Jesus. Oatman was also a ...

After climbing several stories up clanging metal stairs -- past big and snarling coal-burning boilers of a bygone era -- you swivel onto a plank that looks out over 250 years of industrialization and ...

One man is dead after two motorcycles crashed while traveling on Oatman Road at MP 9. The Mohave County Sheriff's Office says the crash happened around 5:50 p.m. Friday. Both motorcycles were ...

Here's how Michael Oatman persuaded Terrence Spivey, artistic director of Karamu House, to give him some experience at the admired Cleveland theater. "I approached him and harassed him," said Oatman. ...

Editor's note: Take a look back into the archives of The Dallas Morning News. The tattoo on Olive Oatman's chin would stand out even today, but in the late 1800s, it made the Sherman resident a ...