Episodes
Episodes



Tuesday Jun 14, 2022
Tuesday Jun 14, 2022
Crazy Horse is a giant in American West history but other than the name, the monument or that he was at the Little Big Horn he is a hard man to track down and talk about. He is our 2nd figure we are covering as we march toward The Battle of the Little Big Horn on June 25th. Social Media To review the scores and the teams, visit our website site HERE Find us on Instagram HERE Find us on Facebook HERE Find us on Reddit HERE Sourcing The Journey of Crazy Horse by Joseph M. Marshall III The First Sioux War: The Grattan Fight and Blue Water Creek, 1854-1856 by Paul Norman Beck THE BATTLE OF BLUE WATER Crazy Horse, Ta-sunko-witko The Heart of Everything That Is by Bob Drury & Tom Clavin Gratten Massacre Article



Tuesday Jun 07, 2022
Tuesday Jun 07, 2022
So, it turns out you can only rush into so many fights before you pay the price. Custer is fresh off the Civil War and has no place to put all his ego. What could go wrong? Social Media To review the scores and the teams, visit our website site HERE Find us on Instagram HERE Find us on Facebook HERE Find us on Reddit HERE Sourcing Custer's Trials: A Life on the Frontier of a New America by TJ Stiles Crazy Horse and Custer: The Parallel Lives of Two American Warriors The Civil War: An Illustrated History by Geoffrey C. Ward , Ric Burns and Ken Burns



Tuesday May 31, 2022
Tuesday May 31, 2022
"The Long-Haired Hero of the Shenandoah" certainly stayed busy for the first 25 years of his life. Listen and see just how far the combination of luck and fortitude can take a man. We also introduce Jimmy! Social Media To review the scores and the teams, visit our website site HERE Find us on Instagram HERE Find us on Facebook HERE Find us on Reddit HERE Sourcing Custer's Trials: A Life on the Frontier of a New America by TJ Stiles Crazy Horse and Custer: The Parallel Lives of Two American Warriors The Civil War: An Illustrated History by Geoffrey C. Ward , Ric Burns and Ken Burns



Tuesday May 17, 2022
Tuesday May 17, 2022
Tom Horn is one of the most divisive men we will cover. A respectable military career and a..... not so respectful job after his military days. his fate rests in the hands of a murder of a 14-year-old and a power struggle between the state of Wyoming and wealthy cattle ranchers who dominate the state. Social Media To review the scores and the teams, visit our website site HERE Find us on Instagram HERE Find us on Facebook HERE Find us on Reddit HERE Sourcing Tom Horn in Life and Legend by Larry D. Ball Tom Horn: Last of the Bad Men by Jay Monaghan Life of Tom Horn: Government Scout and Interpreter by Himself History.net Article



Tuesday May 03, 2022
Tuesday May 03, 2022
*Listener Discretion Advised* Born in Illinois and moving with her family to California to help her ailing mother, Sarah Graves fates meets the Donner Party and after taking bad directions struggle to survive. Join us as we review and rank the Donner Party! Social Media To review the scores and the teams, visit our website site HERE Find us on Instagram HERE Find us on Facebook HERE Find us on Reddit HERE Sourcing The Indifferent Stars Above: The Harrowing Saga of the Donner Party by Daniel James Brown Desperate Passage: The Donner Party's Perilous Journey West by Ethan Rarick PBS Documentary - Donner Party- 1992 Forlorn Hope Expedition-Finding the lost trail of the Donner Party



Tuesday Apr 19, 2022
Tuesday Apr 19, 2022
Hell on Wheel fans will recognize her right away. Eva Oakes is based on Olive Oatman. The blue tattoo was Olive's most identifiable feature but there are loads of questions on how she got it, how she felt about it and just who controlled her life. She has a story different from any other we will cover, join us as we discuss Olive's life. Social Media To review the scores and the teams, visit our website site HERE Find us on Instagram HERE Find us on Facebook HERE Find us on Reddit HERE Sourcing The Blue Tattoo by Margot Mifflin Olive Oatman: Captivity of the Oatman Girls California Historical Society Quarterly Vol. 41, No. 4 (DECEMBER 1962)



Tuesday Apr 05, 2022
Tuesday Apr 05, 2022
If you have not heard the name John Wesley Hardin, you will not forget him after this! He has been described as the "Worst in the West" and "Was easily the deadliest gunfighter of all time.” what did he do that was so bad? Social Media To review the scores and the teams, visit our website site HERE Find us on Instagram HERE Find us on Facebook HERE Find us on Reddit HERE Sourcing A Lawless Breed: John Wesley Hardin, Texas Reconstruction, and Violence in the Wild West The Life of John Wesley Hardin by Himself Stutton-Taylor Feud Killing of Charlie Webb Newspaper reporter “W. A. F.”, of the Galveston Weekly.



Tuesday Mar 22, 2022
Tuesday Mar 22, 2022
We react and review an life altering treaty for the Sioux and tribes on The Great Plains. What's in it and just how much do the Americans want the tribes to farm? Social Media To review the scores and the teams, visit our website site HERE Find us on Instagram HERE Find us on Facebook HERE Find us on Reddit HERE



Tuesday Mar 22, 2022
Tuesday Mar 22, 2022
Red Cloud was a force on the Great Plains through the 1850 and 1860, thought the US Government didn't have him listed as a leader. He then forced The US to do something no other Native leader was able to do. Social Media To review the scores and the teams, visit our website site HERE Find us on Instagram HERE Find us on Facebook HERE Find us on Reddit HERE Sources Chief Red Cloud 1822-1909 by Judy Monroe Peterson The Heart of Everything That Is by Bob Drury & Tom Clavin Oglala Lakota Chief Red Cloud by William Sanford The Encyclopedia of the Great Plains Gratten Massacre Red Cloud's War Fetterman Fight



Tuesday Mar 15, 2022
Tuesday Mar 15, 2022
Surprise! On this off week, we are taking a some time to talk about what stuck out to us from the last 10 episodes and plus our brand new Wordpress site! you can visit it here!



Tuesday Mar 08, 2022
Tuesday Mar 08, 2022
We have reached the Alamo and are talking about the man in charge. He enters a 26 year old rising star and is expected to hold the makeshift garrison against the Mexican Army with 2 more famous names. How does he do? Social Media To review the scores and the teams, visit our website site HERE Find us on Instagram HERE Find us on Facebook HERE Find us on Reddit HERE Sourcing: Three Roads to the Alamo by William C Davis Anahuac Disturbances Travis's involvement



Tuesday Feb 22, 2022
Tuesday Feb 22, 2022
James Bowie is not someone you want to get in a fight with. He is the 2nd of the big 3 defenders of the Alamo we are covering, and he comes will a really big knife.... Listen as we cower from James Bowie. Social Media To review the scores and the teams, visit our website site HERE Find us on Instagram HERE Find us on Facebook HERE Find us on Reddit HERE Sourcing: Three Roads to the Alamo by William C Davis Internet Articles Feud with Norris Wright- Bowie Knife Fighters. blogspot.com Sandbar Fight- Legends of America The San Saba Mine- TSHA Online James Bowie- TSHA Online



Tuesday Feb 08, 2022
Tuesday Feb 08, 2022
As we approach the siege of the Alamo ending on March 6th, we cover probably the most famous name to enter the missionary.... a place he may not have known the name of. What made his name famous in the Jacksonian Era? Does he live up to his grand 1950's theme song? Social Media To review the scores and the teams, visit our website site HERE Find us on Instagram HERE Find us on Facebook HERE Find us on Reddit HERE Sourcing: Three Roads to the Alamo by William C. Davis David Crockett: Lion of the West by Michael Wallis An Autobiography of Davy Crockett



Tuesday Jan 25, 2022
Tuesday Jan 25, 2022
Hundreds of written and film works have used Jesse James as the ultimate outlaw. Does he live up to the hype as we discuss (and cower from) Jesse James. Social Media To review the scores and the teams, visit our website site HERE Find us on Instagram HERE Find us on Facebook HERE Find us on Reddit HERE Sourcing Jesse James: Last Rebel of the Civil War by TJ Stiles Jesse James: Legendary Rebel and Outlaw by J Dennis Robinson True West Article : Jesse James: The Birth of a Killer Centralia Massacre By Claire Wolnisty True West Artile Jesse James Vs Joseph Witcher



Tuesday Jan 18, 2022
Tuesday Jan 18, 2022
We are using this off week to read Calamity Jane's (very) short autobiography. The link to the LibriVox recording is here If you are interested in more Free Public domain audiobooks, you can find them in your phone's store or visit them at LibriVox | free public domain audiobooks Social Media To review the scores and the teams, visit our website site HERE Find us on Instagram HERE Find us on Facebook HERE Find us on Reddit HERE



Tuesday Jan 11, 2022
Tuesday Jan 11, 2022
She wore a lot of hats, couldn't stay in one place and was a lot of fun to be around but who was Martha Cannary AKA "Calamity Jane" Social Media To review the scores and the teams, visit our website site HERE Find us on Instagram HERE Find us on Facebook HERE Find us on Reddit HERE Sourcing Calamity Jane: The Woman and the Legend by James D. McLaird The Autobiography of Calamity Jane by Herself Legends of American Article Black Hills visitor Article Spearfish Area Historical Society Article



Tuesday Dec 28, 2021
Tuesday Dec 28, 2021
We just reviewed his brother. Does Tecumseh live up the hype? Does he outscore his brother? Social Media To review the scores and the teams, visit our website site HERE Find us on Instagram HERE Find us on Facebook HERE Find us on Reddit HERE Sourcing Tecumseh: A Life by John Sugden Tecumseh and the Prophet By Peter Cozzens Thinking and Believing: Nativism and Unity in the Ages of Pontiac and Tecumseh PBS "We Shall Remain" episode "Tecumseh's Vision"



Tuesday Dec 28, 2021
Tuesday Dec 28, 2021
Our first Indigenous Person and is the first of 2 episodes because these two are impossible to talk about without talking about the other. How does he do in the shadow of his older brother, Tecumseh? Social Media To review the scores and the teams, visit our website site HERE Find us on Instagram HERE Find us on Facebook HERE Find us on Reddit HERE Sourcing Tecumseh: A Life by John Sugden Tecumseh and the Prophet By Peter Cozzens http://www.fantasy-epublications.com/shawnee-traditions/Genealogy/Tecumseh_Family/Lineage.html Thinking and Believing: Nativism and Unity in the Ages of Pontiac and Tecumseh PBS "We Shall Remain" episode "Tecumseh's Vision"



Tuesday Dec 14, 2021
Tuesday Dec 14, 2021
Daniel Boone was a man. YES A BIG MAN and one of the O.G.'s of opening The West. Where does he stack up against Billy and Wild Bill? Sorry, not sorry getting that song stuck in you head. You're welcome! Social Media To review the scores and the teams, visit our website site HERE Find us on Instagram HERE Find us on Facebook HERE Find us on Reddit HERE Sourcing: Daniel Boone: The Life and Legend of an American Pioneer by John Mack Faragher Blood and Treasure: Daniel Boone and the Fight for America's First Frontier by Bob Drury, Tom Clavin The Taking of Jemima Boone: Colonial Settlers, Tribal Nations, and the Kidnap That Shaped America By Mathew Pearl



Tuesday Nov 30, 2021
Tuesday Nov 30, 2021
He was a Jayhawk, a spy, a lawman, a showman and a gambler. What didn't this man do but more importantly, where does he rank? Sourcing 1. Wild Bill: The True Story of the American Frontier's First Gunfighter by Tom Clavin 2. Wild Bill Hickok: The Man and His Myth by Joseph Rosa Documentaries Watched Gunslingers AHC- Marksman... Marked Man Social Media To review the scores and the teams, visit our website site HERE Find us on Instagram HERE Find us on Facebook HERE Find us on Reddit HERE



Tuesday Nov 16, 2021
Tuesday Nov 16, 2021
Biography number one starts with one of the biggest names in The West! spoiler....that beer went unfinished... Sourcing Main Source- Billy the Kid: The Endless Ride by Michael Wallis Secondary source- The West of Billy the Kid by Frederick Nolan Documentaries Watch Billy the Kid | American Experience | Official Site | PBS Gunslingers (AHC) Episode 2. Billy the Kid - The Phantom of Lincoln County Billy the Kid - Legend of the Wild West - YouTube Social Media To review the scores and the teams, visit our website site HERE Find us on Instagram HERE Find us on Facebook HERE Find us on Reddit HERE



Tuesday Nov 09, 2021
Tuesday Nov 09, 2021
We explained the rounds but what is The West? Do you not remember what your middle school teacher told you (probably) over a decade ago. This episode, we discuss a very brief 30min history what shaped the west. From the Pilgrims to the post Civil War. Social Media To review the scores and the teams, visit our website site HERE Find us on Instagram HERE Find us on Facebook HERE Find us on Reddit HERE



Tuesday Nov 02, 2021
Tuesday Nov 02, 2021
Launch Day is here and our first ranking is 2 weeks away! In this episode, we go through and explain our rounds we will use to rank. Biography- "Are You Satisfied?!" Character- "Be sure you are right, then go ahead." Crazy or sly- " To Hell with the Consequences!" How would we do in a duel?- "DRAW" Legacy- well......what is thier legacy? Bonus Rounds Confirmed-ish body count- Counting Coop Cool death bro....? Social Media To review the scores and the teams, visit our website site HERE Find us on Instagram HERE Find us on Facebook HERE Find us on Reddit HERE

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