Author: Bien Tap Vien

The oak bar dropped into its iron bracket with a sound like a gavel final and … They Banished a Widow Into the Wyoming Cold—Weeks Later She Came Back StrongerRead more

The month was November in the year 1873. The wind coming down from the peaks had … Banished as a Liar for Warning of Early Winter — Single Mom Turned a Cave Into a Lifesaving RefugeRead more

Beulah Whitmore was left with the land, which was the final and most profound of her … Sisters Laughed When She Got the Worthless Cabin — The Secret Under the Floorboards Kept Them AliveRead more

October 17th, 1883. The day began with a frost that silvered every dead blade of grass, … Kicked Out at 20, She Dug an Underground Hill Shelter — And Saved Her Cows at -22°Read more

Bear River Valley, Wyoming. October 1889 The wind already had the teeth of winter in it. … He Found a Cylinder Twice the Size and Fit His Whole Family Inside — It Held Heat Like an OvenRead more

The night Winifred Halstead sharpened an axe, she was on her 47th day inside the mountain. … Banished Before Winter, She Filled a Mountain Cave With Firewood and Food—Then Survived the BlizzardRead more

What would you do if the thing everyone called a ghost story was real? For a … The Lost Outlaw Stagecoach Hung in the Canyon for 100 Years—She Found the Stolen Gold Still InsideRead more

Before we begin, I’d like to ask you a small favor.  I’m doing everything I can … Atrapada en la ventisca: el refugio que ella misma construyó.Read more

When Maravos saw the wind stop, she did something no frightened traveler on the Sweetwater Road … She Took Her Wagon Apart Before the Blizzard Hit — Then the Wind Couldn’t Reach HerRead more

The shovel bit into frozen earth for the hundth time that morning, and Leander Voss knew … Neighbors Called His Tunnel Home Foolish — Until It Beat the Blizzard of ’73Read more