Dr. Ken Turner

Dr. History's Tales of the Old West

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Dr. History's audio stories of the Old West. Stories of Cowboys, Indians, Mountain men, pioneers, the Oregon Trail, miners, cattle drives, stagecoach and bank robbers, the cavalry, outlaws and lawmen, some famous and some you have never heard of. From the Custer Battlefield to the Klondike to Indian battles to buried treasure and lost mines to the early explorers. I love telling true stories that shaped the old west.

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Dr. Ken Turner

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Mose Burris 25.03.2014 25:18

Mose Burris was an American Indian stickball champion, Marshall, and sharpshooter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Life Among the American Indians 18.03.2014 24:33

Some inventions have never been improved, the canoe, the moccasin, the snowshoe, the tepee and the bow and arrow. Did they use poisoned arrows or practice for battle? Did they use a lasso? And what happened when they began getting guns? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Sacagawea's Son--Baptiste Charbonneau 18.02.2014 24:44

He was born on the Missouri with the Lewis and Clark expedition. Sent to school by Clark, taken in by a German Prince, he studied and traveled 6 years in Europe. A trapper, mountain man, guide, trader, and interpreter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Kidnapped by Geronimo 11.02.2014 24:05

A 9 year old indian boy taken from his family by Geronimo. Tried by fire, walking on embers, he became a blood brother. He lived his life as an Apache warrior and rode with Geronimo. He eventually returned to his family. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Grizzly Adams--A Shoemaker Who Tamed Grizzly Bears 31.12.2013 23:07

He trained bears and traveled with P.T. Barnum. The tame weren't so tame, as his body was covered with scars when things went wrong. The mountain man, miner, showman and museum owner's life was made into a movie many years later. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The Naked Mountain Man--Osborne Russell's Story of Survival 03.12.2013 21:58

A small group of mountain men were trapped by a band of Blackfeet indians. It looked like the end, as they were outnumbered. An old Iroquois trapper decided he was going out in style. A very unusual charge was made by this man that saved the day. Russell was a true mountain man, trapper and explorer in the Northwest. One of the best accounts of a fur trapper. Learn more about your ad choices. Visi...

Stage Run--Fastest in History 19.11.2013 21:41

San Francisco to Kansas, Ben Holladay had to save his Overland Express. His government contract was on the line. The only thing to save it was to make the fastest run across the county in his stagecoach. Did he make it? Listen to see! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Indian Athletics--Broken Bones and Death 12.11.2013 23:51

Stick ball, hoop and pole, rock football, underwater volleyball, swimming and running, spears that might accidentally take out your opponent. Games were fierce and could mean death or slavery to the loser. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices