Wild West Deep Dives

Send us a text Howdy and Welcome back to Wild West Deep Dives. This is our 7th episode of our deep dive into Bass Reeves, there will be one more episode next week and that’ll be the final one! These next two will be shorter episodes, sort of like the Seth Bullock series, I don’t want to rush the conclusion and I’d rather do 2 shorter ones then a long one and rush to the end.  This week, we will be...

Send us a text Howdy and Welcome back to Episode 6 of our Deep Dive into the life of Bass Reeves.  Last week, we discussed Bass’s encounter with Ben Billy, take a quick glance at him arresting a future Deputy Marshal, some tragedies in his personal life, the Bandit Queen’s son and the last major change of Bass’s career. This week, we will talk about the background of Muskogee, Bass’s arrest of Jam...

Send us a text Howdy and Welcome back to Wild West Deep Dives. This is our 5th episode of our Deep Dive into Bass Reeves. We have been talking about Bass Reeves for what? A month now? And we still have so much more to discuss!  This week, we will talk about Bass’s encounter with Ben Billy, take a quick glance at him arresting a future Deputy Marshal, some tragedies in his personal life, the Bandit...

Send us a text Howdy and Welcome back to Wild West Deep Dives. Bass had already begun receiving notoriety and was in the papers constantly, some bad, but mostly good, him arresting criminals and bringing them in by the wagon loads but also some drama.  This week, we will look into the Tom Story Gang, him getting a new boss, start diving into the chaotic year of 1890 and finish with Bass Reeves, no...

Send us a text Howdy and welcome back to Wild West Deep Dives. This is our 3rd episode of our Deep Dive into Bass Reeves. Last week, we talked about some of the early years as a US Deputy Marshal, a horse race he was involved in, some work drama and his shootout with Jim Webb. This week, we are going to talk about the history of the Fort Smith jail, his encounter with an Indian Medicine man, some...

Send us a text Howdy and Welcome back to Wild West Deep Dives. Last week, we discussed Bass’s childhood, his time as a slave, his escape to Indian Territory, becoming a Deputy United States Marshal and some his first years on the force, including his shootout and trick he pulled on Bob Dozier.  We just got our feet wet last week with the life of Bass Reeves. This episode we will discuss some more...

Send us a text Our long awaited series on Bass Reeves is finally here! Bass Reeves was born into slavery and became one of the first black United States Deputy Marshals. He would repeatedly travel into Indian Territory and return with a wagon load of prisoners, from murders to whiskey peddlers, he brought ‘em in. He arrested the infamous Belle Starr, chased Ned Christie and killed Bob Dozier. But...

Send us a text Howdy and Welcome back to Wild West Deep Dives. This our is our 3rd and final episode of our deep dive into Indian Territory. I may sound a bit different in this episode, I am coming out of a cold, my apologize. But this week, we will discuss some of the battles and wars that took place in the territory, hearing from the Hanging Judge himself, and finish with some famous outlaws and...

Send us a text Howdy and welcome back to Wild West Deep Dives, this week, we are going to dive into the Choctaw and Seminole Tribes, their history, culture, removals and life after the fact, then go into a bit of history of Indian Territory!  Next week, we will discuss why Indian Territory was so lawless and some famous Outlaws and Lawmen Sources for Part 2; https://www.okhistory.org/publications/...

Send us a text Howdy and Welcome back to Wild West Deep Dives, this series, we are going to dive into the Five Civilized Tribes, the Cherokee, Muskogee/Creek, Chickasaw, Choctaw and Seminole, their history, customs, culture and traditions. Then look at their removal to Indian Territory, it's history and why Indian Territory became so lawless. Sources for Part 1; https://www.nps.gov/ocmu/learn...

Send us a text Frank Loving was a professional gambler that was involved in two famous Wild West Shootouts, the Long Branch Saloon Shootout and the Trinidad, Colorado Shootout. He walked away from the first one.. the second, he would not. Described as a cool and desperate character, he rubbed shoulders with famous western characters such as Doc Holliday, Bat Masterson and Wyatt Earp.  I am still w...

Send us a text Howdy and Welcome back to Wild West Deep Dives.  This week, we are going to be talking about the legend of Ed Rose.  He was a true pioneer of the American West. He was a part of the first American expeditions in the fur trade and he was a man that did not know the meaning of fear. No, Five Scalps starred death in the eyes and gave a sharp smirk at it through his scarred face, earnin...

Send us a text Howdy and welcome back to Wild West Deep Dives, this is Part 5 and our Final Part  of our Deep Dive into the life of Hugh Glass. This has been an amazing series and I hope y'all have enjoyed it! This week, we are going to talk about his later years, answer some common questions about his life, then take a deep dive in the movie, The Revenant! Thank you for all the love and supp...

Send us a text Howdy and Welcome back to Wild West Deep Dives, this is Part 4 of our Deep Dive into life of Hugh Glass. Last week, we talked about how his party was attacked by the normally peaceful Mandan and Hidatsa’s, his infamous encounter with Old Ephraim, Glass getting abandoned by his comrades, and his heroic journey of vengeance. I know I left y’all on a cliff hanger last week, but man oh...

Send us a text Howdy and welcome back to Wild West Deep Dives. This is part 3 of our Deep Dive into the life of Hugh Glass. If you haven’t listened to the previous 2 parts, please, please go do so. Last week, we talked about his first experience in the fur trade and his involvement in the Arikara War. This week, we will be talking about more about his time in the fur trade, more battles with Nativ...

Send us a text Howdy and welcome back to Wild West Deep Dives. This is our 2nd episode into the life of Hugh Glass. If you haven’t listen to the first episode, please go do so! Last week, we talked about his childhood, his time as a pirate, him almost getting sacrificed by the Wolf Pawnee, but plot twist, was adopted by the Chief and him joining the famous, Rocky Mountain Fur Company. This week, w...

Send us a text Howdy and Welcome back to Wild West Deep Dives. This is Part 1 of our Deep Dive Series into the life of Hugh Glass. Hugh Glass, known as the legendary fur trapper that survived a bear attack and had an almost unbelievable story of survival. As well as being the inspiration behind the movie the Revenant. But.. did you know he was pirate? Your damn right, Hugh Glass was a pirate. Ther...

Send us a text Howdy and Welcome Back! This episode is a quick update on Wild West Deep Dives. Sort of a fill everyone in on what's happening behind the scenes. Thank you thank you thank you for all the love and support! Y'all are amazing and I can't thank you enough! Follow us on Instagram and Twitter for Episode updates and well as other cool stuff on Western History! Instagram @w...

Send us a text Howdy and Welcome back to Wild West Deep Dives. This Short Dive is about a man named Bill Wilson, he was a Missouri Bushwhacker during the American Civil War. A Bushwhacker, is a confederate symphosizer who is not associated with the Confederate Army, a Jayhawker, was a Union symphosizer who is not associated with the Union army. Both sides had these guerrilla fighters that raised h...

Send us a text Howdy and Welcome back to Wild West Deep Dives, this is Part 4 of our Deep Dive into the life of Seth Bullock. If you haven’t listened to the previous 3 episodes, please, please go do so!  This week, we are going to talk about more of his business dealings, his friendship with Theodore Roosevelt and his later years. This has been an amazing series, I've had a lot of fun doing i...

Send us a text Howdy and welcome back to Wild West Deep Dives! This marks our third episode exploring the life of Seth Bullock. I previously mentioned that this would be the final installment, but I must apologize for the miscommunication—there will indeed be a fourth episode next week, which I assure you will wrap up our series. I wanted to take my time to give a thorough conclusion. In this epis...

Send us a text Howdy and welcome back to Wild West Deep Dives. This week marks Part 2 of our exploration into the life of Seth Bullock. If you have not yet listened to Part 1, I highly encourage you to do so. In this episode, we will discuss his tenure as the sheriff of Deadwood, the elections he participated in, and begin examining his business ventures. I would greatly appreciate it if you could...

Send us a text Seth Bullock is one of the most legendary figures of the West. He was a pioneer of the frontier, if you're like me, I always thought of Seth Bullock as a lawman of the West, of the likes of Wyatt Earp, Wild Bill Hickok and many others. But as I dug into his life and who he was as a man. I began to learn of a man who was less lawman, but more business man, pioneer, entrepreneur,...

Send us a text This is our first episode of our Short Dive Series. I will mix in 'Short Dives' in between our Deep Dive Series. They will be on lesser known characters of the West. Though they may be lesser known, they still lived huge lives! Daniel Boone May was a terror to outlaws and road agents in the Black Hills. Though he may not have had movies or songs made about him. He still wa...

Send us a text Hello and welcome back to Wild West Deep Dives. This is part 2 of our Deep Dive Series into the life of Annie Oakley. Last week, we talked about her tough upbringing and her fighting her way out of it! Her becoming a local star for her shooting ability by beating her future husband in a shooting match. Her first few shows with Mr. Frank Butler, then her getting adopted by Chief Sitt...