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1865 photograph of street scene in Helena, Montana Territory. From source: "This was the first photograph of Helena, taken in 1865. Stand on South Park Street with the old federal building on your right and the library on your left. Looking east toward State Street. (Unidentified photographer, MHS 954-177)" 31 December 1865
ROSE OF CIMARRON - Rose Elizabeth Dunn, known as the Rose of Cimarron, was best known for being the girlfriend of Oklahoma outlaw George 'Bitter Creek' Newcomb (member of both the Doolin and Dalton gangs). Two of her older brothers had become minor outlaws by the time she was 12. She learned to ride, rope, and shoot from her brothers. Because she could ride a horse better than most men and loved riding her horse across the sandbars of the Cimarron River, she was dubbed “The Rose of Cimarron.” B
(December 24, 1809 – May 23, 1868) was an American frontiersman. He was a fur trapper, wilderness guide, Indian agent, and U.S. Army officer. He became a frontier legend in his own lifetime by biographies and news articles, and exaggerated versions of his exploits were the subject of dime novels. His understated nature belied confirmed reports of his fearlessness, combat skills, tenacity, and profound effect on the westward expansion of the United States. Although he was famous for much of his l
Corporal Joseph L. Pierce was one of a known total of 58 Asian soldiers who fought in the American Civil War. Pierce was the highest ranked Chinese-American to have served in the war and was at both the Battle of Gettysburg and Antietam.
August 24th, 1855 Col. William S. Harney sets out to deal with the Sioux in the aftermath of the Grattan Massacre: “By God, I’m for battle—no peace.” The Grattan Massacre, also known as the Grattan Fight, was the opening engagement of the First Sioux War, fought between United States Army and Lakota Sioux warriors on August 19, 1854. It occurred east of Fort Laramie, Nebraska Territory, in present-day Goshen County, Wyoming. A small detachment of soldiers entered a large Sioux encampment to a
Cassidy and the Wild Bunch, again rustling cattle and committing highway robbery. In 1898 after the gang had killed a boy named William Strong during a robbery, the Wild Bunch was aggressively pursued and when a gunfight erupted, posseman, Valentine Hoy, was killed. Tracy and three other men were arrested but Tracy escaped an Aspen, Colorado jail, by nearly killing a guard with a lead pipe.He then made his way to Portland, Oregon, where he hooked up with an outlaw named Dave Merrill and continue
1811-1873) - Seth M. Hays was a shrewd, colorful, and successful trader, rancher, tavern owner, and publisher. The great grandson of Daniel Boone, and a cousin to Kit Carson, Seth Hays was born on April 23,1811 in Callaway County, Missouri. When he grew up, he was living in Westport (now Kansas City), Missouri. In April, 1847, two Santa Fe Trail traders -- Albert G. Boone and James G. Hamilton -- established a trading post on the Kaw reservation, by virtue of their Kanza Indian trading license.
I have posted this before but it was a long time ago. Years ago Cemet City was the poorest area in Dallas. The area was named cemet City because of all the cement manufacturing companies that were off of 30. Which CC was located just behind the companies. The CC school which still stands today was off of Chalk Hill Rd and Singleton Blvd. The name changed later. Dallas County had a Interscholastic Literary Contest in Dallas. It was first announced that Highland Park had won but a check of the p
Bat Masterson had 2 brothers Jim and Ed they were also lawmen !!
Oklahoma City, September 28, 1909 - Buffalo Bill Cody and some of the members of his Wild West Show, including Chief Iron Tail (Lakota) on the left, and American Cowboy Bert Schenk on the right, atop the "Old Deadwood Coach". Taken at the Show Ground at Delmar Garden Amusement Park. Photo: Oklahoma Historical Society
William F. Cody with group of men involved in Buffalo Bill's Wild West | William F. Cody Archive
"Cold Enough World Without Gettin' Gone Against By Your Own” ~Seth Bullock~ Canadian-American frontiersman, Business Proprietor. Lawman Sheriff of Montana & Deadwood,, politician & U.S. Marshal. July 23, 1849 - September 23, 1919
The quintessential mountain man whose exploits shaped the West. His headstone succinctly captures his remarkable achievements: “Celebrated as a hunter, trapper, fur trader, and guide. Discovered the Great Salt Lake in 1824, mapped the South Pass in 1827, explored Yellowstone Park and its geysers in 1830, founded Fort Bridger in 1838, and opened the Overland Route via Bridger's Pass to the Great Salt Lake. He served as a guide for U.S. exploring expeditions, Albert Sidney Johnston’s army in 1857, and G. M. Dodge’s Union Pacific surveys and Indian campaigns from 1853 to 1865.”
American Western history includes the likes of Batt Masterson and Wyatt Earp, both part of the "Dodge City War" that brought booze, gambling and saloon girls back to Dodge City and the Long Branch Saloon in the 1880's. Read the story here at: https://westernlivingjournal.com/dodge-citys-long-branch-saloon-a-place-of-myth-and-legend/
Wyatt Earp in his twenties, thirties and seventies. You can see the same resolve in those steady, intense eyes.
Wagon train deployed for the construction of the Union Pacific Railroad, Echo Canyon, Utah. Ca. 1867.
Pioneer family on the Oregon Trail. c.1850.
August 30th, 1876 An Indian ambush in west Texas was defeated with Gatling guns deployed by Lt. John Pope of the 5th Infantry, commanded by then Colonel Nelson Miles.
