Dr. History's Tales Of The Old West

The first Thanksgiving. Squanto, an english speaking Indian, taught the Pilgrims how to grow their own food and helped them survive. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Army scout, stagecoach driver, wagon freighter, Indian fighter, nurse and sometimes prostitute. She loved Wild Bill Hickock and is buried next to him in Deadwood, South Dakota. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A gold carrying stage was robbed with help from the driver. Vigilantes administered justice with a rope and a tree. Gold bars may still be buried. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Hunting knife surgeons. Mountain men doctored themselves and each other without medical knowledge or tools. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

War between the huge Cattle Ranches and the working cowboy ended with several dead. Two groups that should have been working together. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Trapper, mountain man and Indian fighter. He liked hunting bears and beaver and rescued his true love from Indians. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Listen to find out all about Roving Sky Pilots Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A race that connected East to West with the help of workers from all over the world. The Transcontinental Railroad was an amazing accomplishment that required thousands of workers with backbreaking labor and danger, from the surveyors to the final laying of the track and meeting at Promontory Point. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Country Doctors faced long hours, bad weather, poor roads and other dangers. These brave men and women did their best to save lives, sometimes losing their own. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

He missed the Gunfight at the OK Corral. He didn't become famous like his brothers, Wyatt, Virgil and Morgan. The youngest brother could never live up to the name. In the end, a bullet to the heart sent him to his grave. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Lola Montez and Lotta Crabtree danced and sang during the gold rush in California. They entertained thousands of lonely miners who showered them with gold nuggets and coins. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Black Jack Ketchum's ghost, a headless horseman and a legless horseman Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Millions in buried and lost treasure. Six short stories of gold never found and where you can go look. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Chief Joseph and the Nez Perce were losing their homeland. Two of the battles that took place along their attempted escape to Canada was the White Bird Battle and the Battle of the Big Hole. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Charles Bolton, a gentleman, robbed over two dozen stagecoaches without firing a single shot. He left poetry signed, "Black Bart". He was also a model prisoner in San Quentin. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

He was the most wanted man in several states and Canada. He spent nearly half his life in prison, escaping several times. Each time he was released from prison he continued his life of crime. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Military doctors developed new methods for removing arrow heads. These brave men performed surgery by candlelight while dodging arrows and bullets. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The Indians and Army both used tactics that sometimes favored the Indians, other times the Army. The Indians just wanted to preserve their way of life. The government wanted the land and all Indians on reservations. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The man who killed the man who killed Jesse James. Ed Kelly killed Bob Ford who killed Jesse James. So who killed Ed Kelly and why? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Train robbers didn't count on Sheriff Bucky O'Nelll and posse to chase them so far. Four states, several weeks and $8000 later he brought them in for trial. He also served with the "Rough Riders" in Cuba. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices