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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He admired and defended the Indian way of life, but was reckless and vain. Loved or hated, he followed orders and did what he thought was true and right.
With dreams of striking it rich in the Yukon, thousands made the trek to Alaska. An avalanche on the "Golden Staircase" was another hazard the minors faced.
The Goodnight and Loving partnership faced Indians, stampede and financial ruin. They drove cattle, invented the chuck wagon, the side saddle and crossed buffalo with cattle, true pioneers in the cattle industry.
Sheriff Frazer made mistakes, hiring Miller as a deputy, then two gunfights in Pecos, Texas. The end came with a double barrel shotgun blast and a lynch mob with a rope.
Sheriff Pat Garrett put Billy behind bars, sentenced to death, he escaped hanging only to be shot by Garrett. Will we ever really know the truth behind the Legend?
A legend in the Old West, with more movies, books, and magazine articles than any old west character but how many did he really kill, and what is the real story? (Originally Aired 5/15/2012)
When cowboys got together they had to see who was the best at roping, riding, bulldogging, and who had the fastest horse. The wild west shows also contributed to today's rodeos.
An important ceremony among Alaska's Tlingit tribes with singing, dancing and feasting. The giving of gifts indicated the wealth of the host tribe.
Outlaws, lawmen, cowboys, gamblers all relied on a gun. They lived by the gun, but many of them met an early death.
Fugate was a teamster hauling freight to Santa Fe. They were attacked by Cheyenne, Kiowa-Apaches and Arapaho indians, death on both sides, but the freight made it to Santa Fe.
Good planning is important when trying to rob a train. Rourke made a lot of mistakes, the worst being chased by a posse led by the famous Bat Masterson.
He was a mountain man, trapper, Indian fighter and horse thief. Near death, he amputated his own leg, and was nursed back to health by Ute Indians.
Two young minors made their fortune in the gold fields of California but lost it all one terrible night. They buried the treasure that hunters still seek.
They delivered babies, sutured wounds, set broken bones and treated disease, often traveling long distances in bad weather. These were some of the real heroines of the old west.
A breed apart, scouts were essential to the military. Seiber, like Kit Carson and Jim Bridger, spent years guiding in the old west.
