Jim Clyman | Iconic Fur Trapper
Jim Clyman is a name that pops up consistently in all the books I’ve read on mountain men and fur trappers, but I never really dived into the guy until now. Veteran of the War of 1812, General Ashley’...
18 Loka 202118min
Bill Longley | The Deadliest Gun in Texas
There's just no denying that Texas produced its fair share of stone-cold killers in the latter part of the 19th century. Men like John Wesley Hardin, King Fisher, Clay Allison, and of course the notor...
16 Elo 202152min
Chief Joseph & the Nez Perce War
In the summer of 1877 Chief Joseph and the peaceful Nez Perce went to war with the U.S. Government in a running fight that spanned four states and 1,170 miles. Who was Chief Joseph? Why’d Buffalo Bill...
25 Heinä 20211h 52min
Billy the Kid's Last Stand
Discovered sometime prior to 1952 in the Florida Mountains of Southwestern New Mexico, the “Last Stand Note” - written on a piece of tobacco paper and stuffed inside an empty shell case - reads as fol...
5 Heinä 202122min
Tom Tobin & The Bloody Espinosas
When Felipe Espinosa and his younger brother Vivian were feeling bloody, the bodies were sure to follow. And in the spring and summer of 1863, there was certainly no shortage of bodies. Some victims w...
20 Kesä 202134min
The First Battle of Adobe Walls
In 1864 famed frontiersman Kit Carson took a force of several hundred soldiers into the heart of the Llano Estacado in an attempt to punish the Comanche for their recent raids. What followed was a blo...
31 Touko 202131min
Elfego Baca & The Frisco Gunfight
Wyatt Earp, Billy the Kid, Doc Holliday, Jesse James, Wild Bill Hickok - These are the names of legends. Names I think most people – even those with no interest in old west history – will find familia...
17 Touko 202146min
