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Jim Bridger | Mormons
This is part 3 in the series on Jim Bridger. For the previous 2 installments see links below. Fur trading no longer lucrative, Jim Bridger and a business partner decide to open up a trading post of t
Jim Bridger | Bugs Boys
Some of the richest beaver country was in the heart of territory claimed by the Blackfeet Confederacy; a tribe known to the fur trappers as Bugs Boys, or the Sons of Satan. Needless to say there was
Jim Bridger | Ashley's 100
Jim Bridger would join the ranks of Ashleys One Hundred while still a teenager and - alongside other future old west legends like Hugh Glass, Jedediah Smith, and James Beckwourth - head up the Missou
Wyatt Earp in Hollywood
My Darling Clementine is considered the greatest Wyatt Earp film of all time. It also just so happens to be the least accurate, despite legendary director John Ford having known Wyatt personally. Cont
Huckleberry or Hucklebearer?
We all know the "scene", right? Wyatt, Virgil, and Morgan Earp are walking the streets of Tombstone when theyre confronted by a visibly inebriated Johnny Ringo. He informs the trio that he wants thei
Frank Canton Part 5 | The General
This is the fifth and final installation in the Frank Canton series. Link below for the previous four. In the early morning hours of June 2nd, 1899, five masked men held up a Union Pacific Train near
Frank Canton Part 4 | Alaska
This is part 4 in the series on Frank Canton. Link to previous episodes below. When we left off, Frank was laying low in Nebraska following the aftermath of the Johnson County War. On this episode we
Frank Canton Part 3 | Johnson County War
This is Part 3 in the Frank Canton series. See links below for Parts 1 2. Things in Johnson County, Wyoming had finally come to a head. After the Wyoming Stock Growers Association allegedly lynch
Frank Canton Part 2 | Sheriff
This is Part 2 in the Frank Canton series. See link below for Part 1. During Cantons time as Johnson County Sheriff, he sent over a dozen men to prison mostly for horse theft and even executed a