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Ranking ‘76:The American West

Ranking ‘76:The American West

Inspired by Rex Factor and Totalus Rankium A light hearted, not-so-serious chat and ranking of the most infamous American West figures! New Episodes every other Tuesday!

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17. Crazy HorseImageImage

Tuesday Jun 14, 2022

17. Crazy Horse

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  

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16B. George Armstrong Custer Part 2: Indian FighterImageImage

Tuesday Jun 07, 2022

16B. George Armstrong Custer Part 2: Indian Fighter

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

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16. George Armstrong Custer Part 1: The Civil War YearsImageImage

Tuesday May 31, 2022

16. George Armstrong Custer Part 1: The Civil War Years

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

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15. Tom HornImageImage

Tuesday May 17, 2022

15. Tom Horn

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

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14. Sarah Graves & The Donner PartyImageImage

Tuesday May 03, 2022

14. Sarah Graves & The Donner Party

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  

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13. Olive OatmanImageImage

Tuesday Apr 19, 2022

13. Olive Oatman

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)  

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12. John Wesley HardinImageImage

Tuesday Apr 05, 2022

12. John Wesley Hardin

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.

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BONUS! 1868 Fort Laramie Treaty reviewImageImage

Tuesday Mar 22, 2022

BONUS! 1868 Fort Laramie Treaty review

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    

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11. Red CloudImageImage

Tuesday Mar 22, 2022

11. Red Cloud

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  

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Bonus! 10 Episode RecapImageImage

Tuesday Mar 15, 2022

Bonus! 10 Episode Recap

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! 

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10. William B. Travis and The Alamo!ImageImage

Tuesday Mar 08, 2022

10. William B. Travis and The Alamo!

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

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9. James BowieImageImage

Tuesday Feb 22, 2022

9. James Bowie

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  

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8. David CrockettImageImage

Tuesday Feb 08, 2022

8. David Crockett

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

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7. Jesse JamesImageImage

Tuesday Jan 25, 2022

7. Jesse James

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

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Bonus! Reading of Calamity Jane’s AutobiographyImageImage

Tuesday Jan 18, 2022

Bonus! Reading of Calamity Jane’s Autobiography

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

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6. Calamity JaneImageImage

Tuesday Jan 11, 2022

6. Calamity Jane

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

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5. TecumsehImageImage

Tuesday Dec 28, 2021

5. Tecumseh

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"

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4. Tenskwatawa (The Prophet)ImageImage

Tuesday Dec 28, 2021

4. Tenskwatawa (The Prophet)

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"  

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3. Daniel BooneImageImage

Tuesday Dec 14, 2021

3. Daniel Boone

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  

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2. Wild Bill HickokImageImage

Tuesday Nov 30, 2021

2. Wild Bill Hickok

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

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1. Billy The KidImageImage

Tuesday Nov 16, 2021

1. Billy The Kid

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  

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Background StuffImageImage

Tuesday Nov 09, 2021

Background Stuff

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

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The RoundsImageImage

Tuesday Nov 02, 2021

The Rounds

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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