From early westward expansion through the early 20th Century.

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Best Cavalry Movie What's the best Cavalry movie? I can name several just for starters-not necessarily in order; She Wore a Yellow Ribbon; Directed by John Fo… Started by Carbine	3	May 6, 2017 Reply by dirtrider
Bose Ickard, cowboy supreme Bose Ikard was born a slave in July 1843, in Mississippi. Later, he became one of the most famous black frontiersmen and trail drivers in… Started by dirtrider	0	Apr 21, 2017
CLAY ALLISON, a shootist CLAY ALLISON, a shootist Robert Clay Allison, known as "Clay", was born September 2, 1840, with a clubfoot. He was the fourth of nine chi… Started by dirtrider	0	Apr 20, 2017
The Packsaddle mountain fight Late one evening when Deve Herrington and Wm. George turned in the milk cows to their calves, they noticed an animal wearing a bell, had a… Started by dirtrider	1	Mar 17, 2017 Reply by Carbine
Battle of Rattlesnake Springs Battle of Rattlesnake Springs On August 7,1880, the black soldiers of the Tenth United States Cavalry and a detachment of the Twenty fourth… Started by dirtrider	1	Mar 17, 2017 Reply by Carbine
Hat Creek Station "Old" Hat Creek Station, approx. 1880. The Old Hat Creek Station and Fort, established in 1875 by Capt. James Egan, was located north of t… Started by dirtrider	0	Mar 7, 2017
TIP TOP MINE, AZ A couple of prospectors who in 1875 had made a cleanup of placer gold in a desert wash punched their burros into Prescott and, forgetting t… Started by dirtrider	0	Feb 17, 2017
RANGERS INVADE MEXICO Texas Ranger Major John S. Ford engaged the Mexican guerilla, Cortina on February 9, 1859. A brief fight had claimed the life of a Texas… Started by dirtrider	0	Feb 12, 2017
Felix Ward 1848 - 1914 On this date; January 27, 1861, twelve year old Felix Ward set in motion nearly twenty five years of armed conflict between the US Army and… Started by Carbine	0	Jan 27, 2017
Earp Family history of impropriety The Earp Family fondly remembered Nickolas Earp It appears that Nicholas Earp had a disdain for certain laws he considered to be a nuisance… Started by dirtrider	0	Jan 27, 2017