Dr. History's Tales of the Old West

Doctors and nurses worked in tents, cabins and kitchen tables with no knowledge of germs. Dr. Listers discovery along with better facilities made your chances of recovery much better. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

One eyed Charley was a famous stagecoach driver. Bandits learned to avoid robbing his stage. Little Joe Monahan could cowboy with the best of them. Only when they died was the "real" Charley and Joe revealed. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Utah's Tintic rich mining district attracted its share of crooks. LeDuc swindled mine owners, authorities searched but never found him. He was last known to live in Salt Lake City disguised as a women and was never caught. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Mountain man, scout, guide and war hero, his name was enough to prevent Indians from attacking. He fought with and against the Indians while traveling the entire west. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Civil War veteran, John Wesley Powell wanted to row boats down the Colorado River. After facing dangerous rapids, near starvation they became the first to explore the length of the mighty Colorado River. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

John Waltz, the Dutchman, seemed to have found the mine, he had plenty of gold. Does the Superstition Mountains still hold the secret and the curse for those who never returned looking for the lost treasure? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Hatcher was a mountain man, guide, freighter and adopted into the Kiowa tribe. With Hatcher's knife to his scalp, Chief Old Wolf wisely decided to order his braves to retreat from their attack. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Born a slave and an orphan, she moved to Montana and worked at a convent. A few bad habits, but she had a big heart and was the first black person hired by the postal service to carry the U.S. mail. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

John Colter's horse was stolen by some Teton Sioux indians, this could have been the end of the expedition. Chief Black Buffalo demanded more gifts, so a visit to the indian village and a few "carrots" of tobacco and the expedition was able to continue. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Stagecoach robbery was the crime of choice, especially if thought to be carrying gold. John Miller and Talton Scott were arrested, jailed and escaped, arrested again and ended up doing hard labor in jail. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Charles Simpson witnessed the murder and robbery of the paymaster. He saw where the robbers buried the treasure. Did he return years later to retrieve the gold? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Delaware Indians kidnapped five year old Francis in 1778, it would be sixty years before she would see any of her family again. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The female Jesse James, a convicted felon, she was linked to thieves and killers and referred to as the "Bandit Queen". Her life came to a sad end in an ambush and a shotgun blast. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

After hearing Butch Cassidy brag about robbing banks, three of his Wild Bunch decided they could also rob banks. They should have stayed with Butch. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The Snake River flows through Hells Canyon, deepest gorge on earth. The sternwheeler, "Colonel Wright" challenged the river, but the river won. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

$17,000 was buried by the stage station attendant in an attempt to keep it safe, he was killed and the treasure has never been found. Two sheepherders buried $102,000 in gold coin, after killing their employer, taking $4,000 each, they also were killed, so another treasure that has never been found. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

They shot, hung, flogged and even branded some outlaws and may have sometimes had the wrong man. They also hired men to do the killing for them, Tom Horn was one who seemed to enjoy his profession, until he made a trip to the gallows. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Cheyenne Chief Stone Calf wanted revenge for his son's death. The unlucky German family was attacked, four daughters were taken hostage. General Nelson Miles and the cavalry came to the rescue. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Using his gun or a rope, killing came easy to Clay Allison. When a nervous dentist pulled the wrong tooth, Allison shoved the dentist down and began pulling the dentist's teeth. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

How "Old Glory" got its name. The fate of the signers of the Declaration of Independence. How our National Anthem came to be during the war of 1812. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

With a constant threat of Indians, he rode 236 miles in 4 days in freezing weather to Fort Laramie to deliver the message requesting reinforcements. His brave ride probably saved lives at Fort Phil Kearny. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Barrel maker turned detective, he was the original "private eye". He chased Jesse James, the Younger and Dalton gangs, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid. The modern FBI used his agency as a model. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

An important ceremony among Alaska's Tlingit tribes with singing, dancing and feasting. The giving of gifts indicated the wealth of the host tribe. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Outlaws, lawmen, cowboys, gamblers all relied on a gun. They lived by the gun, but many of them met an early death. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A breed apart, scouts were essential to the military. Seiber, like Kit Carson and Jim Bridger, spent years guiding in the old west. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Captured by Indians, he tricked the chief into a standoff with Jim Bridger and his mountain men. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

At age 56 he was considered the greatest scout in the West. He also told some tall tales around the campfire Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

San Francisco was a dangerous place for sailors. They were drugged or knocked out, then sold to ship's captains with little or no pay and forced to work Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Nearly killed by a bear, he traveled in unknown territory more than any other mountain man. He never smoked, got drunk or used profanity and was a friend to the Indians Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Enemies became friends for a short time during WW 1 and WW 2. Even in war, Christmas can be a time of peace Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Taken by Geronimo at age 9, he became a blood brother and lived his life as an Apache for many years before returning to his family Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

He was never a chief, but led many war parties into Mexico and the U.S. This old warrior finally surrendered and lived on reservations until his death from pneumonia. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

He came close to being hung for murders he didn't commit, drifted into Nevada and discovered gold. He was worth millions but died a pauper with his boots on. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Abraham Lincoln wanted to connect East to West with a railroad. Picking and scouting the best route was led by Grenville Dodge. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

He joined the gold rush to Alaska, but discouraged and broke, he attempted a dangerous trek to return home Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Letters home describe Yellowstone, travel up the Missouri River, trapping and trading, near starvation and an unfortunate accident Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Few trappers could read and write, Potts wrote letters to his family describing his adventures in the west as a trapper and mountain man. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

He claims to have robbed more banks than anyone, and claims to have buried treasure in Kansas. His career ended with a shot in the back. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices