The Wild West
Published: July 25, 2006 at 10:35 am
The 1870s Western mining town was chock-full of rough-and-tumble characters, many of whom -- like Wild Bill Hickok and Al Swearengen -- reappear in fine fettle on the hit HBO television series Deadwood.By Mary Franz
Published: June 12, 2006 at 8:18 pm
Soldiers gave the Hunkpapa leader his nickname because he was a dashing warrior who effectively teamed up with Sitting Bull in the 1870s. But after his surrender in 1881, Gall stood up for cooperation and peace at Standing Rock.
Published: June 12, 2006 at 8:18 pm
With most of her family and neighbors at the northern Iowa settlement wiped out, Abbie Gardner clung to life at the mercy of Dakota Chief Inkpaduta and his unremorseful band.
Published: June 12, 2006 at 8:18 pm
In 1885, Canadian troops had to deal with a bloody uprising that had barely been averted in 1870. Its leader was once more Louis Riel, but the man to worry about was Gabriel Dumont.
Published: June 12, 2006 at 8:17 pm
The Pony Express only operated for about 18 months, but the picture-perfect enterprise captured the imagination of a nation and has grown larger than life through the years.
Published: June 12, 2006 at 8:17 pm
A master of graft, Soapy Smith lived by his charm, his wits and, when all else failed, his gun. It was to be by the latter than he would make his final stand.
Published: June 12, 2006 at 8:17 pm
Outnumbered and harried through trackless swamps, Black Hawk's starving band of Sauk and Fox Indians made a desperate stand along the Mississippi.
Published: June 12, 2006 at 8:16 pm
Fed up with homesteading in Nebraska, Sam Strong went to Colorado Springs with only a few coins in his pocket, but unimagined riches and a mother lode of trouble awaited him in the hills.
Published: June 12, 2006 at 8:16 pm
Named after a Polish saint, Estanislao became an Indian official with a mission--flee Mission San Jose and lead one of the largest Indian forces ever to fight against whites in California.
Published: June 12, 2006 at 8:16 pm
Nearly 10 years after Geronimo called it quits following a massive manhunt, the U.S. Army began a smaller campaign against renegade Apaches.
Published: June 12, 2006 at 8:16 pm
Queho, a clubfooted Indian outcast, became the elusive killer hermit of El Dorado canyon.
Published: June 12, 2006 at 8:16 pm
In the hard-fought battle between Iowa prohibitionists and the saloon elements of the booming riverfront town, the Rev. George C. Haddock became a martyr.
Published: June 12, 2006 at 8:16 pm
After presenting the drama Diplomacy in Marshall, Texas, English actor Maurice Barrymore got a real taste of the wild west when he and two other cast members found themselves in deadly company--a hard-drinking hard case named Big Jim Currie.
Published: June 12, 2006 at 8:16 pm
The English-born John Forster helped his brother-in-law, California Governor Pio Pico, escape to Mexico in 1846, but then he assisted the American forces who had come West to take possession of the pastoral paradise by the sundown sea.
Published: June 12, 2006 at 8:16 pm
Bloody and battered from an encounter with a she-grizzly, old trapper Hugh Glass was eventually left to die by two of his comrades. When he refused to die before exacting revenge, a legend was born.
Published: June 12, 2006 at 8:16 pm
The long-simmering feud between the Brooks and McFarland clans erupted into gunfire on September 22, 1902, at the new railroad town in Indian Territory.
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