Latest Texashistory Podcast Episodes
How Wild Was The Wild West?
The Wild West Extravaganza - July 10, 2024 05:00 - 25 minutes ★★★★★ - 56 ratingsHow wild or violent was the Wild West? Were gunfights a daily occurrence, or is that just a byproduct of Hollywood and dime novels? Also discussed are the murder rates for Deadwood and Dodge City, Red Dead Redemption, cowboys sharing toenail clippers, the mysterious Last Stand note, and fighting ...
Billy the Kid Debunked
The Wild West Extravaganza - June 26, 2024 05:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 56 ratingsThere is a lot of misinformation about Billy the Kid's death. This is your comprehensive guide to cut through the noise and determine fact from fiction. Thank you to all of the historians whose research I rely upon. (1:15) – Did Pat Garrett receive the bounty? (8:13) – Did Pat Garrett’s deputy sa...
John Bull | The Duke of Death
The Wild West Extravaganza - June 19, 2024 05:00 - 26 minutes ★★★★★ - 56 ratingsAlthough John Bull remains relatively unknown today, the English-born gambler is considered one of the deadliest gunmen of the Old West. Check out the website for more true tales from the Old West https://www.wildwestextra.com/ Email me! https://www.wildwestextra.com/contact/ Buy me a coffee!...
Pat Garrett | COMPILATION
The Wild West Extravaganza - June 12, 2024 05:00 - 3 hours ★★★★★ - 56 ratingsOn the night of July 14th, 1881, Sheriff Pat Garrett killed Billy the Kid. In doing so, he helped create a legend and ensured that his legacy would forever be intertwined with the notorious outlaws. And let’s be honest – it isn’t that great of a legacy. Many consider Garrett a coward, at best, a ...
Tom Horn | Execution (Part 4)
The Wild West Extravaganza - June 05, 2024 05:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 56 ratingsIn July of 1901, 14-year-old Willie Nickell was shot dead in an ambush. He had been less than a mile away from home attempting to open a gate when two bullets struck him in the back. A little over two years later, noted assassin Tom Horn was executed for Willie’s murder. In years prior, Tom had b...
Tom Horn | Assassin (Part 3)
The Wild West Extravaganza - May 29, 2024 12:00 - 39 minutes ★★★★★ - 56 ratingsTom Horn first arrived in Wyoming in 1892. He had spent most of a decade chasing Apache down in Arizona before diving headfirst into a feud known as the Pleasant Valley War. Although Tom’s actions during the feud remain unclear, he most likely fought on the side of the Tewksbury’s against their a...
Tom Horn | Range Wars (Part 2)
The Wild West Extravaganza - May 22, 2024 18:35 - 42 minutes ★★★★★ - 56 ratingsRegarding Old West feuds, Arizona’s Pleasant Valley War ranked among the most violent. Also known as the Graham-Tewksbury feud, this conflict would rage on for over a decade and see a death toll from between twenty to fifty men, some of whom fell at the hands of a notorious up-and-coming killer b...
Tom Horn | Apache Wars (Part 1)
The Wild West Extravaganza - May 14, 2024 10:00 - 40 minutes ★★★★★ - 56 ratings“Killing men is my specialty. I look at it as a business proposition, and I think I have a corner on the market.” – Tom Horn, scout, lawman, detective, and assassin. As a young man, Tom Horn walked the rough cow towns of Dodge and Newton before cutting his teeth and fighting Apache down in Arizo...
The REAL Lonesome Dove
The Wild West Extravaganza - May 08, 2024 10:00 - 33 minutes ★★★★★ - 56 ratingsLonesome Dove, the 11th novel of famed author Larry McMurtry, was published in 1985. Four years later, the characters Augustus McCrae and Woodrow F. Call were immortalized on screen by actors Robert Duvall and Tommy Lee Jones. But did you know that much of Lonesome Dove was inspired by real-life ...
Legends of the Wild West | Outlaws, Gunfighters, & Lawmen
The Wild West Extravaganza - May 01, 2024 10:00 - 3 hours ★★★★★ - 56 ratingsThere is no new episode this week. Instead, I thought I'd share a compilation of previously released material. In this collection of true stories from the Old West, we’ll discuss Comanche Jack Stilwell, his heroics during the Battle of Beecher Island, and his brother’s time in Tombstone. Afterwar...
John Colter | The First Mountain Man
The Wild West Extravaganza - April 24, 2024 10:00 - 41 minutes ★★★★★ - 56 ratingsConsidered by many to be the first Mountain Man, John Colter first came west with the Lewis and Clark Expedition. When they head back to civilization, Colter instead chooses to stay behind. He’d live with the Crow tribe and go on to be the first American to cast eyes on the Teton Mountains, Colte...
Lewis & Clark | The Journey's End (Part 6)
The Wild West Extravaganza - April 17, 2024 10:00 - 30 minutes ★★★★★ - 56 ratingsToday, we’ll follow the Lewis and Clark Expedition as they return to civilization. We’ll also discuss the lives of a few key figures post-expedition. What ever happened to Sacagawea? What about her son, Pomp? How about George Drouillard? Finally, we’ll examine the mysterious death of Captain Meri...
Lewis & Clark | The Blackfeet (Part 5)
The Wild West Extravaganza - April 10, 2024 10:00 - 20 minutes ★★★★★ - 56 ratingsIn July of 1806, Captain Meriwether Lewis and three of his companions had a violent confrontation with the Blackfeet, resulting in at least one dead warrior. This encounter would lead to strained relations between the United States and the Blackfeet Confederacy and result in decades of bloodshed....
Lewis & Clark | York & Fort Clatsop (Part 4)
The Wild West Extravaganza - April 03, 2024 10:00 - 27 minutes ★★★★★ - 56 ratingsDespite being a slave, York enjoyed unprecedented freedom during the Lewis and Clark expedition. Unfortunately, this would not last, and once back in Missouri, York returned to a life of bondage. Unlike the other men of the Corps of Discovery, York was not paid for his services, and William Clark...
Lewis & Clark | The Shoshone (Part 3)
The Wild West Extravaganza - March 27, 2024 10:00 - 41 minutes ★★★★★ - 56 ratingsIn the spring of 1805, the Lewis and Clark expedition departed from the Mandan and followed the Missouri River west into Montana. They would need to cross the Rocky Mountains before the snow began to fall, and to that, they would need to find the Shoshone. Also discussed are the hunting on the up...
Lewis & Clark | Sacagawea & Daniel Boone (Part 2)
The Wild West Extravaganza - March 20, 2024 09:00 - 47 minutes ★★★★★ - 56 ratingsOne aspect of the Lewis and Clark expedition that’s often overlooked is that much of their success hinged largely on the good graces of the various Indigenous people on whose land they were crossing. Today, as we follow the expedition up Missouri, we’ll take a look at several such encounters, fir...
Lewis & Clark | The Corps of Discovery (Part 1)
The Wild West Extravaganza - March 13, 2024 09:00 - 46 minutes ★★★★★ - 56 ratingsIn the Spring of 1803, the United States acquired the Territory of Louisiana, a largely uncharted tract of wilderness stretching from Canada all the way down to New Orleans, over 800,000 square miles that, as the maps were concerned, remained a mystery. President Thomas Jefferson ordered an exped...
Introducing American Criminal
The Wild West Extravaganza - February 29, 2024 10:00 - 13 minutes ★★★★★ - 56 ratingsFrom Airship, the studio behind American Scandal, American History Tellers, and History Daily, comes a new true crime history podcast that takes you inside the minds of some of our most notorious felons and outlaws, exploring the dark side to the American dream. The debut season tackles one of th...
Claude Dallas | Killer Cowboy
The Wild West Extravaganza - February 15, 2024 20:51 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 56 ratingsThey say Claude Dallas was the last of the Mountain Men; A modern-day cowboy and fur trapper just living life on his terms. A throwback to the Mountain Men like Jim Bridger, Jed Smith, and Kit Carson. The only thing was the authorities just wouldn’t let Dallas be. First, it was the FBI, then the ...
Black Cowboys
The Wild West Extravaganza - February 07, 2024 10:00 - 3 hours ★★★★★ - 56 ratingsIn this collection of true stories from the Old West, we’ll discuss Bass Reeves, one of the first black deputy Marshal west of the Mississippi. We’ll also take a look at the opposite end of the spectrum with Cherokee Bill – the son of a buffalo hunter who became one of the deadliest outlaws of In...
Legends and Outlaws | An Old West Marathon
The Wild West Extravaganza - January 31, 2024 10:00 - 3 hours ★★★★★ - 56 ratingsIn this collection of true stories from the Old West, we’ll discuss George Parrot, aka Big Nose George – a lesser-known outlaw who had a noose around his neck more times than you'd believe. And that’s just half the story! You’ll never guess how this one ends! Afterward, we’ll hop over to El Paso ...
John Wesley Hardin's Final Stand (Part 4)
The Wild West Extravaganza - January 24, 2024 10:00 - 42 minutes ★★★★★ - 56 ratingsJohn Wesley Hardin killed his first man at the age of 15, and for the next decade, he would continue to kill. The exact number of victims is unknown, but it’s estimated that anywhere from twenty to forty men fell before Hardin’s guns, making him one of the deadliest shootists of the Old West. The...
The Sutton-Taylor Feud | John Wesley Hardin (Part 3)
The Wild West Extravaganza - January 17, 2024 10:00 - 52 minutes ★★★★★ - 56 ratingsThe Sutton-Taylor feud was one of the deadliest of the Old West. On one side you had the Taylor clan – descendants of Virginian Josiah Taylor, who settled near Cuero in DeWitt County. Tough-as-nails patriarchs Pitkin and Creed, along with their many sons and nephews, formed the backbone of their ...
John Wesley Hardin vs Wild Bill Hickok (Part 2)
The Wild West Extravaganza - January 10, 2024 10:00 - 36 minutes ★★★★★ - 56 ratingsJohn Wesley Hardin – the Old West gunfighter who not only faced down Wild Bill Hickok but also gained infamy for (allegedly) shooting a man merely for snoring! Join me as we examine both of these incidents, as well as Hardin’s encounter with the Bloody Bender family of Kansas, the time a belt buc...
The Tall Tales of Jim Bridger | Interview with Rib Hillis & Paul Epstein
The Wild West Extravaganza - January 08, 2024 10:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 56 ratingsJoin me in a discussion with actor Rib Hillis and producer Paul Epstein as we discuss the upcoming premiere of INSP’s The Tall Tales of Jim Bridger! As a fur trapper, legendary mountain man Jim Bridger explored the entire distant West and survived countless hair-raising adventures. Now, he's a re...
John Wesley Hardin: Dark Angel of Texas (Part 1)
The Wild West Extravaganza - January 03, 2024 10:00 - 31 minutes ★★★★★ - 56 ratingsIn November of 1868 – at just the tender age of fifteen – John Wesley Hardin killed his first man. And, a few weeks later, he’d kill yet again; this time three soldiers who came looking for him. Fearing a hangman’s noose, Wes struck first, dispatching two troopers with a shotgun and finishing the...
Wyatt Earp In His Own Words
The Wild West Extravaganza - December 27, 2023 10:00 - 21 minutes ★★★★★ - 56 ratingsToday we hear from the legendary Wyatt Earp, in his own words, as he dispenses sage advice on the art of gunfighting. We’ll also examine the legitimacy of these statements. The passages quoted are from Stuart Lake's biography Wyatt Earp Frontier Marshal, a work deemed by historians as mostly fict...
A Blood Meridian Christmas Miracle
The Wild West Extravaganza - December 20, 2023 10:00 - 14 minutes ★★★★★ - 56 ratingsUncover the dark history of the Yuma Crossing and the infamous John Joel Glanton's reign of terror. Learn how Glanton's brutality led to a massacre that sparked the Yuma War and a tense standoff on Christmas Day 1851. Lieutenant Amiel Whipple and his men find themselves outnumbered and facing cer...
Wooden Leg | Life After Custer
The Wild West Extravaganza - December 13, 2023 10:00 - 29 minutes ★★★★★ - 56 ratingsOn June 25th, 1876, George Armstrong Custer rode into battle for the last time. He and his troops faced an overwhelming force of Lakota and Cheyenne along the banks of the Little Bighorn, and before the sun sank into the horizon, every man in his command was dead. When General Terry arrived two d...
Wooden Leg & the Battle of Little Bighorn
The Wild West Extravaganza - December 06, 2023 10:00 - 54 minutes ★★★★★ - 56 ratings“All around, the Indians began jumping up, running forward, dodging down, jumping up again, down again, all the time going toward the soldiers. Right away, all of the white men went crazy. Instead of fighting us, they turned their guns upon themselves. Almost before we could get to them, every on...
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