Dr. History's Tales of the Old West
Summary: Dr. History's audio stories of the Old West. Stories of Cowboys, Indians, Mountain men, pioneers, the Oregon Trail, miners, cattle drives, stagecoach and bank robbers, the cavalry, outlaws and lawmen, some famous and some you have never heard of. From the Custer Battlefield to the Klondike to Indian battles to buried treasure and lost mines to the early explorers. I love telling true stories that shaped the old west.
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- Artist: Dr. Ken Turner
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He was a gambler and had a bad habit of killing people. Called the "undertakers friend" because he "shot 'em where it didn't show"
Getting logs down the river to the mill pond was dangerous work. Log jams required finding the key log, dislodging it by hand or dynamite. Men were crushed or killed if caught in the river.
Cattle drives could be dangerous, but another hazard was river crossings. Many cattle got caught in the middle of the river and had to be rescued.
The Great Wall, Terra Cotta Warriors, visiting students and Lecture at Peking University, my amazing visit and travels in China
They were in greater danger themselves, yet practiced the highest standard of medicine in the 1870's. Typhoid, cholera, scurvy, rabies, broken bones, arrow and gunshot wounds, they saw it all.
The Law and Pinkertons were after them, so they left for South America. They bought a large ranch, but couldn't avoid robbing banks. So did they really die in Bolivia?
Not formally trained as physicians, they were well prepared. They treated everything from, fractures, snakebite, fever, lacerations, infections and other diseases. They also treated Indians and learned from the Indians.
August 1862, the worst Indian attacks along Idaho's Snake River on the Oregon Trail. Many lives were lost and thousands in provisions, wagons and animals.
Purchased for $7.2 Million, it was a bargain, producing 100's of millions in gold. The work was extremely hard, dangerous, and very few found their "bonanza"
Robbing trains was very popular and lucrative if the robbers knew their business, if not, it would be their last train ride.
One of the most dangerous men in the old west, he may have killed as many as thirty men. He lived by the gun and died by the gun.
With whiskey for anesthesia, they performed surgery in tents, saloons, and stables. With luck the patient lived. They traveled on bad roads and terrible weather to save lives, some were quacks, others very skilled in treating patients
Was there really a "Bigfoot"? Yes, not a myth, he was a very large man who was jilted by a girl and turned bad. His days ended in a gun battle. Also, a short story about a stagecoach that ended up at the bottom of the Snake River.
Tom rode with Butch Cassidy but decided to go on his own with brother Bill and nephew Fred. From Oregon, Idaho, Washington and Montana it went well, until they rode into Delta, Colorado and met the town hero.
Was this the only horse to survive the Battle of the Little Bighorn? Captain Myles Keogh's horse survived many battles and was a mascot for the 7th Cavalry.
