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