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Category Archives: Indian Territory
America’s Old Northwest
The history almost no one knows Initially, the territories claimed by Great Britain in North America included all of present-day New England, extending southward along the Atlantic seacoast to the northern boundary of Spanish Florida and then westward to the … Continue reading
The Greatest Raid
Introduction Between 1700 – 1875, Comanche, Kiowa, Wichita, Caddo, Bidai, Karankawa, Eastern Pueblo, and Apache Indians dominated a massive swath of land in the area of present-day Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas, New Mexico, and Arizona. The Indians called it Comancheria — it … Continue reading
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The Case of Tom Horn
Background Old West history books are filled with stories about large cattle ranches, the cattlemen that ran them, the long and dangerous trail drives that took months to complete, and the conflicts between cattle barons and small farmers and ranchers. … Continue reading
Posted in American Frontier, American Indians, American Military, American Southwest, Apache Indians, Arizona Territory, Cheyenne, Colorado, Corruption, Gunfights and such, History, Indian Territory, Indian War, Montana, Nevada, Northwest Territory, Oklahoma, Outlaws, Pioneers, Politicians, Range War, Texas, Utah, Wyoming
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Mister Montana
Last week — … we examined the outlaw sheriff operating in and around Virginia City-Bannack, in the Idaho/Montana Territory. This week, we will look at a man who some would argue was as bad as the outlaw sheriff, only better … Continue reading
Bondage & Deliverance
Introduction The term “brain drain” describes the large-scale migration of educated or highly skilled people from one country, economic sector, or field to another, usually for better opportunities or living conditions. It may have begun during the Age of Exploration … Continue reading
The Puritan-Pequot War
Introduction At no time in the early history of European migration to North America did any man or woman have “an easy time” of it. Many did not long survive in the new world. If hostilities did not kill them, they starved. Lack of … Continue reading
God made man — but Texas made Texans
Introduction In 1820, Tejas (Texas) was a province of New Spain. In that year, the population of Hispanics living in Texas was around 1,700 — mainly concentrated in San Antonio, but with a spattering of people also living in Nacogdoches … Continue reading
The Northwest Indian War
Some Background In 1757, long before the Revolutionary War with Great Britain, Benjamin Franklin was sent to England by the Pennsylvania Assembly as a colonial agent to protest the political influence in Pennsylvania of the Penn family, the proprietors of … Continue reading
Colonial Expansion
… And the Old Northwest Territory Introduction It is entirely possible that no one in the United States today knows who Jeffrey Amherst was. I’ll solve that problem right now: he was the man who, as commander-in-chief of British forces in … Continue reading
Trading, Raiding, and Outlawry
Introduction Cultural evolution is an interdisciplinary study because it involves human history, biology and genetics, human behavior, demography, language, archeology, anthropology, and specific sociological effects. How did the Shoshone Indians become Comanche, how did the Comanche progress from wandering nomads to … Continue reading
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