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Category Archives: Pioneers
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
The Frontier Regiment
Background There was some interest in the United States for migrating to Texas in the mid-1830s — but not much, mostly because the fate of Texas and the people who lived there was uncertain. But in 1850, with the issue of statehood out … Continue reading
Sam Maverick
Texans take credit for a lot of things they weren’t responsible for, and they are usually quick to deny the things they really did — but they are Texans, after all, and it goes with the territory. One of the things … Continue reading
An Old Texas Fort
Age of Discovery Spain began its age of discovery and conquest with the voyage of Christopher Columbus in 1492.[1] From that moment when Columbus accidentally stumbled into the American continent, Spanish explorers and conquistadors began building an empire so large that … Continue reading
Legends and Such
The story of David Crockett and Mike Fink Some Background A few weeks ago, at Fix Bayonets, I posted an account of the 8th Marine Regiment following its activation in 1917. The regiment formed as a contingency for possible service … Continue reading
Frontier Capitalists
. . . and Tough Hombres Europeans have competed against one another since the end of the Roman Empire, first as tribal entities, and later as nation-states. It is, perhaps, an element of human nature. Christopher Columbus’ exploration of 1492 … Continue reading
Posted in American Frontier, American Indians, History, Mountain Men, New France, Pioneers
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Black Mountaineers
Occasionally, one learns something by stumbling across information previously unknown. At other times, one learns by asking questions and then begins a process to find the answers. That’s the way it was with me in these stories of black mountain … Continue reading
America’s Bloodiest Range War, 1890 – 1916
Following the establishment of Mission San Fernando Rey de España in 1797, Spanish officials realized that they would require more land for agriculture and livestock. They looked to the Santa Clarita Valley to establish their estancia. Using this land necessitated … Continue reading
Posted in California, Gunfights and such, History, Pioneers, Range War
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Dog Soldiers
Violent conflict didn’t suddenly manifest itself upon native people at the moment Europeans arrived in the Americas. Native Americans (Indians) have been at war with one another for thousands of years before the white man appeared, and if you happened … Continue reading
Posted in American Indians, Cheyenne, Civil War, History, Indian Territory, Indian War, Kansas, Minnesota, Pioneers
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The Dakota war
Prologue One of the problems with public education is that curricula, teachers, and teaching materials oversimplify history. We may certainly understand why this is so at the elementary level, but not as children progress into secondary schools. Another possible explanation … Continue reading
Posted in American Frontier, American Indians, History, Justice, Minnesota, Pioneers, Sioux Indians, Society
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Old West Tales 