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 ...

Tribeca New Music presents a concert reading of Returning: The Ordeal of Olive Oatman, a new 90-minute opera in three acts. Based on the true story of a Mormon girl taken captive by Native Americans, ...

March is Women’s History Month. To celebrate, I encourage you to read a book written by — or, better yet, by and about — a woman. I started this year’s celebration by doing just that, with MARGOT ...

Quicksand -- Indian country -- "How little we thought what was before us" -- A year with the Yavapais -- Lorenzo's tale -- Becoming Mohave -- Deeper -- "There is a happy land, far, far away" -- ...

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 ...

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Sitting astride Historic Route 66, Oatman, Ariz., returns to its glory days when classic cars roll into town. Vehicles like these commonly passed through the former mining boomtown when U.S. Highway ...

Oatman, a tiny mountain community in western Arizona, sags in a state of happy repose, casual, picturesque and decidedly weird. A handful of historical buildings fronted by wooden sidewalks are strung ...

One of Arizona's most popular ghost towns, Oatman thrives on tourism, welcoming crowds year-round. The former gold mining boomtown strives to provide plenty for visitors to see and do and reasons to ...