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BONUS - Obscure History | The Lawless Horrel Brothers Mar 09, 2022

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In a remote corner of Oregon’s northeastern territory exists a mysterious and foreboding village. This is the legend of Sammyville.

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Obscure History - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/obscure-history/id1496667775

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La Matanza - The Slaughter Mar 03, 2022

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The 1919 Texas Ranger Investigation - and the Canales Hearing that followed - shed light on misconduct and atrocities committed by one of the most legendary branches of law enforcement between the years 1910 and 1920. An era known to some as La Mantanza - The Slaughter. What events unfolded to cause the darkest hour of the Texas Rangers? And who was Jose Canales, the man brave enough to stand up against them?

Today we remember the victims.

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Dark History of the Texas Rangers - https://www.npr.org/2020/06/08/871929844/cult-of-glory-reveals-the-dark-history-of-the-texas-rangers

Porvenir Massacre Descendants - https://time.com/5682139/porvenir-massacre-descendants/

Big Wonderful Thing Excerpt | Sediciosos - https://www.texasmonthly.com/being-texan/big-wonderful-thing-excerpt-sediciosos/

The Murder of Bazan & Longoria - https://www.valleycentral.com/news/local-news/family-members-reflect-on-tragedy-that-occurred-back-in-1915/

How ‘The Highwaymen’ whitewashes Frank Hamer & the Texas Rangers - https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2019/03/31/how-highwaymen-whitewashes-frank-hamer-texas-rangers/

Photo of Texas Rangers with Dead Mexicans - https://www.mysanantonio.com/news/local/history-culture/article/Early-1900s-photos-recount-horrific-bloodshed-on-6815938.php

Entire Transcript of Canales Hearing - https://www.texasranger.org/texas-ranger-museum/researching-rangers/1919-canales-investigation/

Refusing to Forget - https://refusingtoforget.org/

Refusing to Forget lecture by John Moran Gonzalez - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2uFN8r9Cng0

The Injustice Never Leaves You lecture by Monica Munoz Martinez - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5pXy7yb6O7Q

Lone on the Range | Texas Monthly - https://www.texasmonthly.com/articles/lone-on-the-range-texas-lawmen/

Jose Canales’ Grave - https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/80921621/jos_-tom_s-canales

Johanna July & the Black Seminoles | Texas History Lessons - https://www.texashistorylessons.com/johanna-july-and-the-black-seminoles/

The Lawless Horrel Brothers Pt 1 | Obscure History - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-lawless-horrel-brothers-the-legend-of-sammyville-part-1/id1496667775?i=1000551740459

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Britt Johnson & the Searchers Feb 17, 2022

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In October of 1864 Britton Johnson’s son was murdered and his wife and two surviving children were taken captive by a Kiowa War Party. Not willing to just sit back and hope for the best, Britt took matters into his own hands. Set out, alone, into Indian Territory. Determined to get his family back, one way or another. And believe it or not, he was successful. Unfortunately he made some enemies along the way, a desperate savage foe who were just biding their time until they could catch up with Johnson once again. John Ford’s 1956 masterpiece starring John Wayne, The Searchers, is said to be inspired by Britt Johnson.

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The First Battle of Adobe Walls - https://www.wildwestextra.com/firstadobewalls/

Satanta’s Flight - https://www.wildwestextra.com/satantas-last-flight-kiowa/

Elm Creek Raid - https://www.frontiertimesmagazine.com/blog/the-indian-raid-in-young-county-written-henry-c-williams-newcastle-texas

Brit Johnson, The Real Searcher - https://www.historynet.com/brit-johnson-real-searcher.htm

Britton Johnson, Christy Claridy - https://www.texasranger.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/Artifacts-Britton-Johnson.pdf

Indian Depredations in Texas, J. W. Wilbarger - https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=wu.89060391521&view=1up&seq=7&skin=2021

The Mystery of Millie Durkin - https://myrahmcilvain.com/2014/09/26/the-mystery-of-millie-durkin/

Big Wonderful Thing, Stephen Harrigan - https://www.amazon.com/Big-Wonderful-Thing-audiobook/dp/B0821VZX7D

The Captured, Scott Zesch - https://www.amazon.com/Captured-Story-Abduction-Indians-Frontier/dp/0312317891

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The Arrest of Annie Oakley Feb 02, 2022

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August 1903. The famous Annie Oakley is arrested in Chicago for theft, a crime committed in order to obtain money to fuel her cocaine habit. And what a headline that made. America’s original sweetheart, the tiny sharpshooter who once entertained kings and queens, now reduced to petty thievery. Wasn’t long before newspapers throughout the country began to report on this fall from grace.

Enter in William Randolph Hearst, son of mining tycoon George Hearst, who ruled a media empire and had his eye on the white house. There was no story too sensational or salacious for him to print, the truth be damned.

What happened when the darling of the Wild West Show goes to war with one of the most powerful men in the country? A man with very deep pockets and an army of Pinkertons? Did Annie Oakley even have a chance at clearing her name? Find out on this girl power episode of The Wild West Extravaganza!

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Obscure History | William Randolph Hearst’s Bloody Legacy https://open.spotify.com/episode/7vBSujGzkf6eXytfTwIjgp

Texas History Lessons https://www.texashistorylessons.com/

Annie Oakley vs Hearst https://www.historynet.com/annie-oakley-vs-hearsts-worst.htm

Why Annie Got Her Gun https://www.ontheissuesmagazine.com/1996spring/Spring1996_CGAGE.php

The Tragic Real-Life Story of Annie Oakley https://www.grunge.com/181925/the-tragic-real-life-story-of-annie-oakley/

Conversation with the Devil | Ray Wylie Hubbard https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ygTsN_sr4k8

Timesuck 219 | Annie Oakley https://open.spotify.com/episode/1rqHBvgvOdSdCjEiubJWFv

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Kit Carson's Failure Jan 19, 2022

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In 1849 a trader named James White decided to break from his wagon train and push on ahead with just his family and a few men. The outcome was about as bad as anything you could imagine; the men were dead, and the women taken captive. The subsequent rescue mission was led by none other than Kit Carson. But this time could the hero save the girl? Also, I rant about history!

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Tom Tobin & The Bloody Espinosas: https://www.wildwestextra.com/tobin/

Blood and Thunder by Hampton Sides: https://www.amazon.com/Blood-Thunder-Carson-Conquest-American/dp/1400031109

Meat Eater Podcast | Hampton Sides: https://www.themeateater.com/listen/meateater/ep-298-cooking-captain-cook

Kit Carson’s Rescue Ride | True West Magazine: https://truewestmagazine.com/article/history-and-the-myth/

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Big Alice & the Battle of the Bordellos Jan 05, 2022

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Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned, ain’t that what they say? But what happens when it’s also a woman doing the scorning? And what happens if that hell is just El Paso, Texas? One helluva girl fight, that’s what! Join me as we take a look at Old West madam Fat Alice Abbot and the fight she got into with rival brothel owner, Etta Clark. This episode has a little bit of everything. Listener discretion advised!

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What’s a “pubic arch”?: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pubic_arch

Clash of the Mad Madams | True West Magazine: https://truewestmagazine.com/clash-of-the-mad-madams/

Big Nose George: https://www.wildwestextra.com/big-nose-george-wyoming-bandit/

The Battle of Beecher Island: https://www.wildwestextra.com/40-the-battle-of-beecher-island/

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Big Nose George | Wyoming Bandit Jan 03, 2022

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George Parrot - aka Big Nose George – was a basic run-of-the-mill road agent. Trains, stagecoaches, general stores – they were all fair game for Big Nose and the boys. Sometimes he was successful and sometimes he wasn’t, but he was always down to try. Unfortunately for George the long arm of the law eventually caught up with the man; permanently and prematurely ending his outlaw career. And that’s only HALF the story! How many times did George have a noose placed around his neck before it finally stuck? What happens when a couple of old west sawbones get their hands on a criminal cadaver? And what’s all this have to do with nipple shoes? Find out on this Farrah Fawcett inspired episode of The Wild West Extravaganza!

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Who Were Those Masked Men? | Texas Observer: https://www.texasobserver.org/2552-who-were-those-masked-men/

A Grisly Frontier Tale | WyoHistory: https://www.wyohistory.org/encyclopedia/big-nose-george-grisly-frontier-tale

The Grisly Tale of Big Nose George | Notes From the Frontier: https://www.notesfromthefrontier.com/post/the-grisly-tale-of-big-nose-george

Does Nose Size Matter? | BioMedCentral: https://bacandrology.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12610-021-00121-z

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Jim Clyman | Iconic Fur Trapper Oct 18, 2021

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Jim Clyman is a name that pops up consistently in all the books I’ve read on mountain men and fur trappers, but I never really dived into the guy until now. Veteran of the War of 1812, General Ashley’s 1824 Expedition, AND the Black Hawk War, as well as friend and contemporary to guys like Jedediah Smith, Broken Hand Fitzpatrick, Hugh Glass, and Jim Bridger. From the shinning mountains to the great plains to the high desert, from the wild and woolly days till the twilight of the west, Jim Clyman was THERE! And he most definitely had his fair share of close encounters of the historical kind! Donner Party ring a bell?

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Journal of a Mountain Man by Win Blevins https://www.amazon.com/Journal-Mountain-Man-Clymans-Adventures/dp/069220380X/ref=sr_1_2?dchild=1&keywords=jim+clyman&qid=1634536857&sr=8-2

How the Donner Party was Doomed by a Disastrous Shortcut https://www.history.com/news/donner-party-route-cannibalism

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Bill Longley | The Deadliest Gun in Texas Aug 16, 2021

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There's just no denying that Texas produced its fair share of stone-cold killers in the latter part of the 19th century. Men like John Wesley Hardin, King Fisher, Clay Allison, and of course the notorious Deacon Jim Miller. And then there’s Bill Longley, considered by some to be one of the deadliest gunmen of the west. A tall brooding shootist credited with 32 kills once described as the worst man in Texas. “I still alone tread the living land destitute of friends but damn the world and every sons of a bitch that don’t like me for I am a wolf, and it is my night to howl.” – Bill Longley

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Boastful Bill Longley https://www.historynet.com/boastful-bill-longley-cold-blooded-texas-killer.htm

Bad Bill Longley https://truewestmagazine.com/bad-bill-longley-2/

Bill Longley DNA https://www.cbsnews.com/news/mistaken-myth-of-wild-bill/

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Chief Joseph & the Nez Perce War Jul 25, 2021

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In the summer of 1877 Chief Joseph and the peaceful Nez Perce went to war with the U.S. Government in a running fight that spanned four states and 1,170 miles. Who was Chief Joseph? Why’d Buffalo Bill call him “the greatest Indian ever produced?” And why did the Nez Perce go to war? I’ve been looking forward to this episode for a long time so without further ado, let’s dive into Chief Joseph and the Nez Perce War!

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Chief Joseph and the Flight of the Nez Perce by Kent Nerburn https://www.amazon.com/Chief-Joseph-Flight-Nez-Perce/dp/B07D8CNG6K/ref=sr_1_6?dchild=1&keywords=kent+nerburn&qid=1626877161&sr=8-6

Nez Perce War Battle Map https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Nez_Perce_War_battle_map-1877.jpg

Nez Perce War Timeline – University of Lethbridge https://www.ulethbridge.ca/lib/digitized_collections/ourheritage/index_page_stuff/Following_Trails/Chief_Joseph/Chief_Joseph_Timeline.html

Aftermath of Nez Perce War – Nps.gov https://www.nps.gov/nepe/learn/historyculture/1877-aftermath.htm

NezPerce.org https://nezperce.org/

That scene from 28 Weeks Later https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VVnz6hlC3pQ

Daytime Smoker https://www.denverartmuseum.org/en/object/1991.258.11

The Nez Perce continue fighting for their land https://www.wallowa.com/land-returned-to-nez-perce/article_0a4ec5ee-85bc-528b-95d8-52fabd2e729b.html

Liver Eating Johnson Part 1 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qr-fBiIdfGA