The May 2010 line-up:
JIM MURPHY ARRESTED – After being arrested, in order to get a pardon, Jim Murphy sets up his friend, outlaw Sam Bass.
GEORGE NEWCOMB – Bitter Creek Newcomb finds that just because he has the love of a woman, it doesn’t mean her brothers also care for him.
BATTLE OF PUEBLO, MEXICO – Here is the story behind the Mexican holiday Cinco de Mayo. And, it isn’t Mexican Independence Day.
HUGH GLASS – The unbelievable story of a man’s survival after being mangled by a grizzly bear and left to die.
PYRAMID LAKE WAR – In the battle between the cowboys and Indians, sometimes the Indians not only won, they won big. This is a perfect illustration.
WIND WAGON – Samuel Peppard didn’t let his not having horses or oxen hamper him from traveling out west in his wagon. He used a resource in abundance in the Kansas Territory.
POKER FOR CATTLE – No penny-ante poker here. In place chips, cattle was placed on the table with winner take all.
FIFTY CENT POKER GAME – Although he was only playing fifty-cent poker, “Mysterious” Dave Mather didn’t like losing.
WHAM PAYROLL ROBBERY I & II – The mysterious robbery of a payroll wagon, and how information that came out 53 years later revealed a completely different story.
SAN QUENTIN JAILBREAK – Because of extenuating circumstances, this “jailbreak” was more of a “let-out.”
GOOD BROTHER/BAD BROTHER – It’s always interesting how brothers take different paths in life, and how one influences the other to take his path…even if it isn’t the straight and narrow.
SAN FRANCISCO’S SECOND VIGILANTE COMMITTEE – We’re familiar with the vigilante committee that was formed at the time of the gold rush. But, there was another that was formed in 1856.
UNDELIVERED TELEGRAM – Many a telegram was sent during the Old West. And most were delivered. One telegram that wasn’t delivered cost the lives of 125 settlers and Indians.
DICK FELLOWS – We think of Old West outlaws as good horsemen. But that sure wasn’t true of Dick Fellows.
KIT CARSON I & II – Carson was a true frontiersman, diplomat, Indian agent, military genius and leader of men who had a secret his whole life. It was that he was illiterate.
JOHN WESLEY HARDEN’S 21st – Harden was just as famous during his lifetime as he is today. Like some parties today, his 21st birthday party ended up in the cops showing up, and some dead bodies. (Picture is of John Wesley Harden)
ASHLEY AND THE ARIKARAS – The early explorers and mountain men had to fight the elements, wildlife and Indians. And Ashley’s group was no different.
PEARL HART I & II – Just as the Old West was winding down, Hart put it back on the front page with a stage holdup. After being captured, this woman, the size of a bar of soap, became a big pain in the neck.
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