Commodore Perry Owens & The Pleasant Valley War
This is a Podcast Swap, hosted by my friend Michael from the podcast Texas History Lessons! After you give this a listen make sure you check out his website for the latest episode of Texas History Les...
14 Juni 202147min
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 Maj 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 Maj 202146min
Bloody Bill Anderson & the Missouri Bushwhackers
“I will show you that I can kill men with as much skill and rapidity as anybody. From this time on I ask no quarter and I will give none” – these were the words spoken by Bloody Bill Anderson, shortly...
26 Apr 20211h 8min
Hugh Glass | Frontiersman
Frontiersman Hugh Glass was mauled by a grizzly bear in 1823. Left for dead, stripped of his belongs, and covered in maggots, he defied all odds and made a 250-mile journey on foot through hostile ter...
5 Apr 20211h 3min
Luther James Dorsey & The Buffalo Soldiers
Sergeant Luther James Dorsey was a member of the buffalo soldiers, the all-black cavalry regiments who served on America’s frontier. From the Indian Wars to the Korean war, these men bravely – and aga...
8 Feb 202129min
The Battle of Beecher Island
In the summer of 1868 Major George A. Forsyth, under orders from General Sheridan, raised a company of fifty "first-class hardy frontiersmen" to seek out and engage hostile Native Americans. These sco...
25 Jan 20211h 16min
Frank Hamer's First Fight
It’s not every day that your boss offers you a hundred and fifty dollars to murder somebody. I think we can all agree that’s not a normal occurrence. But then again, the tough kid wasn’t normal. The r...
4 Jan 202116min
