BUFFALO SOLDIERS Ep. 6 | “Wham Paymaster Robbery”
In April of 1889, Major Joseph Wham receives orders to deliver U.S. Army payroll to five forts in eastern Arizona. He brings Buffalo Soldiers of the 24th Infantry and the 10th Cavalry as an army escor...
31 Dec 202533min
BUFFALO SOLDIERS Ep. 5 | “Ambush at Carrizo Canyon”
After Victorio’s War, an old Apache leader called Nana rises to lead a small band of fighters into New Mexico for a month of devastating raids. At Carrizo Canyon, they lead a detachment from K Troop o...
24 Dec 202531min
BUFFALO SOLDIERS Ep. 4 | “Victorio’s War”
In 1879, Apache leader Victorio leads a campaign of deadly raids across New Mexico Territory. For nearly a year, the 9th Cavalry skirmishes with Victorio’s warriors, but can’t end the raids. In 1880, ...
17 Dec 202533min
BUFFALO SOLDIERS Ep. 3 | “The Meeker Incident”
In northern Colorado, a column of the 5th Cavalry becomes trapped near Milk Creek during an ambush by Ute warriors. Two days into the siege, a troop of 9th Cavalry arrives to help its struggling comra...
10 Dec 202532min
BUFFALO SOLDIERS Ep. 2 | “Florida Mountains Fight”
A small detachment of the 9th Cavalry from Fort Bayard in southern New Mexico Territory tracks a band of Apache who were likely responsible for an attack in Arizona Territory. The detachment follows t...
3 Dec 202532min
BUFFALO SOLDIERS Ep. 1 | “Battle of Fort Lancaster”
In 1867, Company K of the 9th Cavalry spends a long summer rebuilding Fort Lancaster on the road between El Paso and San Antonio. At the end of the year, a force of 400 fighters – led by Kickapoo warr...
26 Nov 202531min
FRONTIERSMEN Ep. 6 | Davy Crockett: “The Alamo”
David Crockett volunteers for the Texian army and is assigned to help protect an old Spanish mission called Mission San Antonio de Valero, better known as the Alamo. He arrives two weeks before the Me...
29 Okt 202536min
FRONTIERSMEN Ep. 5 | Davy Crockett: “Go To Hell or Go To Texas”
David Crockett’s political career rises throughout the 1820s, but it begins to fall in the 1830s as he continually runs afoul of President Andrew Jackson. By the mid-1830s, he has heard so many storie...
22 Okt 202534min
