The July 2008 line-up:
SOLDIERS DESERT THE ARMY – Within 18 months of July 1, 1848, so many soldiers of the army in Northern California desert that it is no longer effective. The desertions were caused by one word…gold.
TEXAS-NEW YORK CATTLE DRIVE – One of the very first northern cattle drives from Texas took cattle to New York City…New York City! Yes, New York City.
BEE'S TELEGRAPH – Although Congress authorized the construction of the transcendental telegraph in 1860, the actual construction started two years earlier.
JUANITA OF DOWNIEVILLE – If this story has a moral it is that once you offend a woman, stay away from her, even to apologize.
CLAY ALLISON – Clay Allison was probably the first victim of drunk driving. But then, he was first in many things.
GEORGE WARREN – There are those people who like to bet the horses. But how many loose $20 million on one race?
MARK TWAIN – You probably didn’t know it, but Mark Twain was an Old West reporter. And, were it not for his experience in the west, he very well would not be known today. (Picture is of Mark Twain)
WARREN EARP – It’s tough being a younger brother of famous men, especially if each time your brothers did something exciting, you were at home with mom and dad.
JEFF SMITH KILLED – Jeff Smith was a conman who knew every way to separate a man from his money, including at the point of a gun.
TALL BULL – The story of one of the greatest leaders of the Cheyenne Dog Soldiers.
HANK MONK – Movie and TV westerns show stagecoach driver as a crusty old man, but not Hank Monk.
BILLY THE KID KILLED – Although some say Pat Garrett killed The Kid in a cowardly way. Would you have done differently?
JOHN RINGO – A cowboy who gained fame more for his name than any accomplishments, has become even more famous because of an ongoing controversy about his death.
DAVID NEAGLE – David discovered when involved in a polarizing situation, to take a neutral position can only mean being attacked by both sides.
WILD BILL SHOOTS SOLDIERS – For most people the facts of Wild Bill’s confrontation with two soldiers would be sufficient. But not for Wild Bill.
RATTLESNAKE DICK – If ever there was a man pushed into a life of crime it was Dick Barter.
DAVE TUTT – Dave Tutt and Will Bill Hickok had more than one confrontation. The last one involved women. And Wild Bill came out on top.
ELLA WATSON – In one of the first public relations campaign, homely prostitute Ella Watson became outlaw Cattle Kate.
OWEN WISTER – Although Owen couldn’t be called an “Old West person”, he was very instrumental in how we look at the Old West today.
BUFFALO SOLDIERS – Following the Civil War the government needed soldiers to deal with the Indians of the West, so they created four regiments of black soldiers.
DONNER PARTY I - II - III – The story of a wagon train that took a shortcut, which resulted in their ending spending a winter from hell.
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