Dr. History's Tales Of The Old West

The outlaw years, robbing banks in Telluride, Montpelier, Castle Gate, the UP train and Winnemucca.  Butch, Sundance and Etta Place left for South America to try to begin a new life. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Born Robert Leroy Parker, his grandparents left England, joined a Mormon handcart company and settled in Southern Utah. Oldest child of Maxi and Annie Parker, Butch met outlaw Mike Cassidy and began his career as a bank robber and outlaw. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A land rush was an exciting race to claim a lot in a new town. The general store, or "shebang", was the life of the town, where goods could be purchased, including prefabricated homes. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

With a rifle, six-shooter, ammunition, horse and blanket, these men faced some of the worst outlaws. The pay was poor, some rode both sides of the law, but most were faithful brave men doing their job. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Towns by the thousands sprang up across the west, some prospered and grew. They attracted butchers, bakers, merchants, doctors, but the editor of the newspaper was most important. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

He spent time in jail for cattle rustling and robbing a bank. So how did this man become President of the very bank he helped rob, and became a stalwart citizen? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Violence was not uncommon in the small gold rush towns, but the Triskett Gang were thieves and murderers. Frontier justice put an end to their rein of terror. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Fires, snags, sand bars and exploding boilers were just some of the dangers for steamboats on the treacherous Missouri River. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The outlaw horse had never been ridden and had killed two men. The pride of the ranch depended on Shorty and his bronc riding ability. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Setting broken bones, gunshot wounds, amputations, appendectomies, tracheotomies and even brain surgery was performed by skilled surgeons in the homes of pioneers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

He was handsome, pleasant, a perfect gentleman but deadly with a six-gun. He rode both sides of the law, rustled a few cows, killed a few cowboys and died the way he lived. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Steamboat races on the Sacramento River was a popular pastime. The captains would do anything to win, including ramming and shooting at the the other boat. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Who was this man and how did he become petrified? Is it General Meagher or Antelope Charley? This rare specimen made a lot of money for the owners. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Malee, daughter of a Creek Indian Chief, was known as Florida's Pocahontas after saving the life of a soldier. She was the only woman in US history to be awarded a special medal. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Salt beef, salt pork, beans, bread, hardtack, cornmeal mush all washed down with black coffee and they did their own cooking. Food shortages were common, along with moldy, rancid and spoiled meat. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The Lost Creek Mine seemed to bring nothing but bad luck and for some a curse. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Vaughan was a mix of gunplay, murder, livestock rustling and occasionally a good citizen. The old gunfighter's body, scarred by thirteen bullet wounds, died falling off a horse. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Captain John Gunnison was on a surveying mission in Utah Territory. A wagon train of Missourians, determined to kill Indians, and Pahvant Indians bent on revenge ended in tragic death on both sides, including Gunnison. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Early travelers faced choking dust, mud, insects, bad weather, not enough food, sickness and often death. Travelers preferred treatment from traders and mountain men. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In the 1600's, the Spanish enslaved local natives for mining gold. One man discovered gold, but was shot and killed. Before he died, he told a local cowboy where to find the treasure. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices