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Welcome to the new 1001 Stories From the Old West.. Here we offer hand-picked accounts from diaries, historical documents, autobiographies, books of the time period, and historians to bring you the American frontier story directly from the people who lived it. You'll hear actual accounts of Indian battles, pioneer struggles, outlaws, cowboys and Indians, lawmen, and the men and women who took the chance and moved west, many by wagon train, to a largely uncharted and wild territory. Go west, ...
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In part one of Wyatt Earp, the man and the myth, we explore Earp's early life growing up in Iowa, his brothers leaving the farm to fight for the Union in 1861, his first jobs out west in California, then Cheyenne, his first marriage, the loss of his wife and child, then his troubled years after her death. Then we cover his leaving again for the wes…
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Set in Dodge City, Kansas, in the 1870's, Gunsmoke featured stories centered around the US Marshal Matt Dillon, played by William Conrad. The show was hugely popular and lasted from 1952 to 1962 when it transitioned to TV- and there ran for 17 years. Check out or new (July 2024) website at www.Bestof1001Stories.com, go to 1001 Stories From The Old …
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Sweet and Sour- Matt and Chester convince a hesitant Kitty to hire a flirtatious Rena Decker as a hostess at the Long Branch. Violenec follows when the new girl pushes her admirers to fight for her affections. Snake Bite- Two men arrive in Dodge and meanly shoot a dog. One of the men is found soon after shot in the back.…
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Kite's Reward- Matt Dillion confiscates the gun of Andy Travis after he kills a man in self-defense thinking noone would challenge an unarmed man to a gunfight. The action provesd to be costly. The Trial- Judge Stokes arrives in Dodge to settle a killing and a $10,000 robbery and chooses to settle the matter in an unusual way…
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Billy Dixon's first-hand account of the attack on the Adobe Walls Trading post in the Texas Panhandle in 1874 found in chapeters 8 and 9 of 'The Life and Advwentures of Billy Dixon. Included: the story of the 27 and one woman who held off an Indian attack of 700 Kiowa, Comanche and Cheyenne bravesAf me
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A fabulous treasure in gold hidden deep in the Superstition Mountains of Arizona and protected by an old Apache curse has led hundreds of men to their deaths in its pursuit. (Part 1). (Also- ignore message near end which says we are changing hosts- this is a "Best Of" and I couldn't transfer edited version), Stay tuned Jan 5th 2020 for "In Harm's W…
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"Emigrant Tales of the Platte River Raids' author Janelle Molony shares her book and research into the first-hand witness accounts of the survivors of the Platte River Indian raids of 1864. Members of her family traveled with the Earps while other families who names became a part of history, like Ringo, Boone, Brown, all left vivid accounts of the …
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Elizabeth "Libby" Custer offers her reminice3s of camp life with her husband George Armstrong Custer in the Dakota Territory. Chapter two "The Blizzard" describes their regiment being carried to The bare plains of Dakota by train and dropped off with 700+ men, horses, luggage and materials and trying to survive a snow blizzard for two nights in a r…
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