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Tombstone was once a bustling and rapidly growing city, larger than Los Angeles in the early 1880s. This rapidly growing city rose to prominence from ample opportunities from silver mining and the allure of a better life for those traveling westward. Tombstone was thought to be the next great western city – until a series of tragic events, murders, and the decline of the mining industry left Tombstone as the quaint reminder of what life used to be in the infamous wild west.

In the traditions of many Salish and other Northwest Indian tribes, Stick Indians are malevolent and extremely dangerous forest spirits. Details about Stick Indians vary from tribe to tribe (they are described as large, hairy bigfoot-like creatures by the Salish, and as forest dwarves by the Cayuse and Yakama.) In some traditions Stick Indians have powers to paralyze, hypnotize, or cause insanity in hapless humans, while in others, they merely lead people astray by making eerie sounds of whistling or laughter in the woods at night. In some stories Stick Indians may eat people who fall prey to them, kidnap children, or molest women. They also take aggressive revenge against people who injure or disrespect them, no matter how unintentionally.

More than the acclaimed song, the phenomenon of so called "ghost riders" pervade the American landscape. These three from Colorado, are just the tip of an under-reported mystery.

What's in the basement?! 1:30 Fiery Specters 3:57 Lewis M. Rose 4:44 Plummeting Specter 5:12 Sentries in the Long Barracks 6:03 Apparitions Across the Alamo 9:13 John Wayne 10:47 David Crockett 11:38 Brutal Combat in the Long Barracks

It's that time of year again. Welcome to the first installment of The Haunted Frontier, where I recount true[ish] legends, folklore, and ghost tales of the American West. Today, three historical stories concerning a phenomenon known as "ghost lights." 0:39 Bailey's Lights 4:17 Light of Saratoga 6:09 Marfa Lights

In preparation for spooky month. This is a collection of Old West ghost stories recorded and produced in 2022. More haunted stories to come in October 2023! 0:00 Ghost Train of Marshall Pass 4:34 El Muerto 10:18 Bodie, Ghost Town 20:38 Ghost Riders 29:28 Ghost Hounds 32:30 La Llorona 38:21 Misery Hill 41: 20 Legend of Blackbird Hill

It's been over a year since I lost the original video on the Oregon Trail, and I've finally gotten around to finishing it again. It isn't the best, but at least it's finally done. 0:00 Introduction 2:08 Discovery & Trade 6:13 The Missionaries 11:56 Settling Oregon 16:36 Riding the Trail 24:41 Trail's End

Captain Bill McDonald is the most prominent of the “Four Great Captains” of Texas Ranger history. His career straddled the changing scene from the nineteenth to the twentieth centuries. His ability to handle mobs resulted in a classic tale told around campfires: one riot, one Ranger. His admirers rank him as one of the great lawmen of Texas Ranger history.

GOLD! The age-old motivator and one that saw tens of thousands of Americans fueling westward expansion to the Pacific coast. In 1863, John Bozeman pioneered a route that connected Montana gold fields to the Oregon Trail. As the Civil War closed, the flow of emigrants turned into a flood, angering the Sioux over this intrusion into their nomadic lands. The Lakota chief Red Cloud declared war. The legendary Jim Bridger and the Fetterman Fight are just part of the adventure.

The southern overland route to California and the Pacific Ocean through present-day Arizona has been in use for centuries — first by Native Americans then by Europeans throughout the 16th to the 19th centuries. This braided trail became nationally important in mid-19th century when the Mexican War and subsequent gold discoveries in California set off unprecedented westward migration. Thousands made their way over the various routes of the Gila Trail.