Scalping & Trading | My Sixty Years On The Plains
Who invented scalping? The Native Americans? Or did the Europeans introduce the atrocious behavior to the New World? The answer – like much of history – is complicated. In this latest installment of M...
12 Jul 202328min
The Plainsman W.T. Hamilton | My Sixty Years On The Plains
In the year 1842, a sickly 19-year-old named William T. Hamilton embarked on a journey to the Rocky Mountains accompanied by famed frontiersman Old Bill Williams. Over the course of the next several d...
28 Jun 202324min
The Execution of Cherokee Bill (Part 2)
This is part 2 in a two-part series. Please check out the link below for the first installment. And please check out the book Cherokee Bill: Black Cowboy Indian Outlaw by Art Burton! Cherokee Bill, no...
20 Jun 202332min
Cherokee Bill (Part 1)
Despite his young age, Cherokee Bill’s boldness and audacity surpassed that of many outlaws on the Western frontier, making him a truly exceptional badman. What set Bill apart, first and foremost, was...
13 Jun 202343min
Liver Eating Johnson
John “Liver Eating” Johnson was the inspiration behind 1972’s Jeremiah Johnson but the real man’s life was even more extraordinary than portrayed on film. Johnson/Johnstone was a sailor, soldier, fur ...
6 Jun 20231h 20min
The Last Wild Apache
On September 4th, 1886, the mighty Apache leader Geronimo surrendered to the U.S. Army. The last American Indian warrior to formally surrender to the United States. And with him, so went the Indian Wa...
30 Mai 202346min
Billy the Kid's Trigger Finger
Just a few days following the death of Billy the Kid a newspaper out of Las Vegas, New Mexico reported that they had, in their possession, the notorious bandit’s severed trigger finger. Others claimed...
24 Mai 202319min
The Big Fight at Jenkins Saloon
Tascosa, Texas, in those turbulent times of the 1880s, epitomized lawlessness and chaos. It was a place where legends were born, and outlaws roamed freely. The echoes of Billy the Kid's footsteps stil...
17 Mai 202323min
