Dr. History's Tales of the Old West

The four Younger brothers joined up with Jesse and Frank James to form the James Younger gang. They robbed banks, trains and stagecoaches, but the law caught up with them in the end. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A sail on a wagon to cross the plains? Sounds crazy, but "Windwagon Thomas" Sam Peppard and others gave it a try, not much success, but good entertainment. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A good saddle on a well trained horse, the cowboy was ready to fix fence, doctor cows, try to keep cows from freezing or starving. After a long winter they were ready for the roundup. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Cowboys lived by a strict code of the West, they were hard working and loyal. They faced danger from rattlesnakes, bad weather and wild cows. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The Whitmans and Spauldings headed west to preach to the indians. The first white women to make the journey and thus began the Western migration. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

He led an expedition overland to the mouth of the Columbia River. They suffered cold, hunger, thirst and death in this remarkable journey. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Moses "Black" Harris was a true Mountain man, trapper, guide and could tell stories around a campfire that were amazing and sometimes true. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

He was friends with Custer, Kit Carson, Buffalo Bill, Wild Bill HIckock and was a guide for several Generals. He made the mistake of turning his back on an old enemy. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The mid 1800's saw large numbers of settlers and others moving into Indian Territory. Broken treaties and invasion caused war as they tried to protect their land. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Gary Schorzman, part 2, discussing life in the old west in southern Idaho, the cattlemen, miners and pioneers Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Fate of the signers of the Declaration of Independence, How "Old Glory" got it's name and the event that inspired our National Anthem Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

King of the Pecos,he had from seventy to eighty thousand cattle on his 150 mile empire. He hosted outlaws, sheriffs, soldiers, and more in his luxurious home. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Nat Love and Bill Picket were two of the more famous African-American cowboys. One out of three cowboys in the old west were of African-American or Mexican descent, these were some of the best cowboys to ride the range. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Early ranchers put up with Indians, rustlers, squatters, drought, killing winters and prices that went up and down. Richard King was one of the success stories. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Rich kids from England were sent to learn the ways of the Wild West. Boxing, drinking and hunting coyotes was not what their parents had in mind. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Named after the Cheyenne Chief, this magnificent horse was a legend on the plains of Kansas. He was hunted and chased for years before he was finally caught. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Bodie, California attracted thousands in search of gold. For many the cemetery became their final resting place. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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

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

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

The Great Wall, Terra Cotta Warriors, visiting students and Lecture at Peking University, my amazing visit and travels in China Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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

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

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

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

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

Robbing trains was very popular and lucrative if the robbers knew their business, if not, it would be their last train ride. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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

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

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

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

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

The son of a Cree Indian woman and Frenchman. His bravery was legendary among Indians and the white man. He never backed down from a fight Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Desperate and dangerous convicts escaped from the Nevada State Prison. Wanted dead or alive, some were caught, some killed but some were never found Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Gold fever caused many to head for California. Some went by ship around Cape Horn, others crossed the isthmus of Panama hoping to board a ship for San Francisco. They faced storms, disease, poor food and accommodations and some died on the journey. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Mary and her family headed west with big dreams until they joined the Donner Party. Snowbound, starving and cold in the Sierra Nevada mountains, Mary struggled to reach Sutter's Fort and get help. An amazing story of survival Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Forced to leave their homelands, the Modoc Indians, led by Chief Captain Jack only wanted to live in peace. The military had other ideas and wanted to force them onto a reservation. A lack of trust on both sides led to the Modoc War. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

She was friends with Billy the Kid and Geronimo. She was a teacher, nurse and much more. She was able to have schools built and lived a life of service to others Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Last of the old time gunfighters who survived bullets and knives. He tried to enforce the law with a fake badge and eventually became a sheriff and lawyer. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A superstar in Buffalo Bill's Wild West show, an expert with a gun. She performed for thousands, including royalty. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The first Thanksgiving. Squanto, an english speaking Indian, taught the Pilgrims how to grow their own food and helped them survive. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Army scout, stagecoach driver, wagon freighter, Indian fighter, nurse and sometimes prostitute. She loved Wild Bill Hickock and is buried next to him in Deadwood, South Dakota. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A gold carrying stage was robbed with help from the driver. Vigilantes administered justice with a rope and a tree. Gold bars may still be buried. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Hunting knife surgeons. Mountain men doctored themselves and each other without medical knowledge or tools. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

War between the huge Cattle Ranches and the working cowboy ended with several dead. Two groups that should have been working together. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Trapper, mountain man and Indian fighter. He liked hunting bears and beaver and rescued his true love from Indians. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Listen to find out all about Roving Sky Pilots Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A race that connected East to West with the help of workers from all over the world. The Transcontinental Railroad was an amazing accomplishment that required thousands of workers with backbreaking labor and danger, from the surveyors to the final laying of the track and meeting at Promontory Point. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Country Doctors faced long hours, bad weather, poor roads and other dangers. These brave men and women did their best to save lives, sometimes losing their own. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

He missed the Gunfight at the OK Corral. He didn't become famous like his brothers, Wyatt, Virgil and Morgan. The youngest brother could never live up to the name. In the end, a bullet to the heart sent him to his grave. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices