Part 3: The Buffalo Rig Deal: A Bargain at Fort Hays
Send us Fan Mail Part Three of Buffalo Days details Josiah Wright Mooar's transition into the life of a buffalo hunter on the American Great Plains during the 1870s. Mooar recounts the arduous process...
18 Juli 7min
The Masher’s Mockery: How Luke McGlue Framed the Dodge City Lady-Killer
Send us Fan Mail This historical yarn recounts the classic frontier hazing of "Herb," a boastful Dodge City resident who claimed to be an irresistible lady-killer but instead fell hook, line, and sink...
14 Juli 15min
A Promise Across The Plains
Send us Fan Mail A man rides east through New Mexico with a coffin in his wagon, charcoal packed tight to fight decay, because his dying friend asked for one last mercy: don’t bury me in a foreign pla...
22 Apr 24min
Fanning The Hammer Is A Great Way To Lose
Send us Fan Mail The Wild West didn’t run on courage alone. It ran on nerve, repetition, and a cold understanding that “the law” often arrived as a Colt revolver, not a badge. We take you into the rea...
15 Apr 24min
A Punitive March Turns Into A Saber Charge On The Kansas Frontier
Send us Fan Mail A river can look calm and still be a trap. We drop into the Solomon River valley in 1857, where the U.S. Army launches what many consider the first true campaign against the Plains In...
13 Apr 17min
"Jeb" Stuart's Letter About The Battle of Solomon’s Fork
Send us Fan Mail A 17-day march ends with a shock of movement on the open Plains: roughly 300 Cheyenne warriors in line of battle and the US cavalry scrambling to form up before the infantry can even ...
12 Apr 6min
A Handful Of Men Mark The Gateway West
Send us Fan Mail Mud, rain, and a riverbank so soft every step sinks, that’s where Fort Dodge begins. We rewind to April 10, 1865, and follow Captain Henry Pearce and a tired group of soldiers as they...
10 Apr 3min
The Killing Of Ed: April 9, 1878
Send us Fan Mail Dodge City doesn’t just welcome the cattle drives; it feeds on them. When the herds arrive, so do the wages, the whiskey, the gambling, and the dance halls, and the town’s “wide open”...
9 Apr 13min
