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Tag: Frontiersman

Daniel Boone and Davy Crockett: The Real Men Behind the Legends

by Gregory F. Michno12/28/20189/26/2022

They’ve been turned into Disney-style frontier icons, but the reality behind these two pioneers is far from G-rated.

Randolph Marcy

Did You Know There Was a Wild West Guide Book for Settlers? This Officer and Explorer Wrote It.

by John Koster4/22/20178/31/2022
Larpenteur ran this tumbledown fur trading post just west of Fort Union.

Fur Trader Larpenteur Fell in Love with the Frontier — but Found Her to Be a Cruel Mistress

by John Koster2/24/20178/31/2022
Illustration of Kenneth McKenzie

Ruling Like a King, a North Dakota Fur Trader Dispensed Harsh Justice

by John Koster2/23/20178/31/2022

This Unsung Texas Hero’s Savvy Dealings With the Caddo Nation Helped the State Win Its Freedom

by Seldon B. Graham Jr.2/22/201711/18/2022
Colonel Crockett, depicted here in a John Gadsby Chapman painting, was the best known of the Tennessee Mounted Volunteers, but 16 others joined him at the Alamo.

The Men Who Followed Davy Crockett to the Alamo

by Bob Palmquist2/2/20178/19/2022
Phillips covered the 236 miles between Forts Phil Kearny and Laramie in the dead of winter

Who Was ‘Portugee’ Phillips, the Man Who Rode 236 Miles to Save Fort Phil Kearny?

by Gene Gade12/21/20168/19/2022
Virginia and Nicholas Earp.

How Wyatt Earp Followed in the Footsteps of His Strong Father

by Nicholas Cataldo10/16/20163/31/2024
Hatfield family portrait in 1888.

Escaping a Blood Feud With the McCoys, This Hatfield Found Peace Out West

by F. Keith Davis10/9/20168/19/2022
Black-and-white image of Gayville, South Dakota in 1877

A Wealthy Frontiersman Had a Town Near Deadwood Named After Him. He Was Later Hanged for Murder.

by HistoryNet Staff6/12/200612/22/2022

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