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The Battle Of San Pasqual San Pasqual is a hilly, rugged area about 35 miles from San Diego. It was a rainy morning that December 6th when the two opposing forces faced each other across an open plain...

The Army Of The West The “golden prize” for the United States was California and that was the primary mission of General Stephen Watts Kearny’s Army of the West...

Murphy Wagons Under Spanish rule any French or American trader who ventured into Santa Fe or Taos would be arrested and marched on foot to Chihuahua or even Mexico City and imprisoned. All that was about to change...

Train And Stagecoach Ticket Prices What did it cost the passengers in the Old West to ride the rail or the fee for a stagecoach? 

The Ordeal Of Olive Oatman Thousands of American soldiers were planning to converge on the Valley and slaughter them all if they didn’t set Olive “free”  

Lost Treasure Story Missing loot in Mexican Pocket...

Eight-gauge Shotguns Are there any still around?

Cavalry Horses Did the U.S. Cavalry have remudas like the Old West cattle drives?

Justice of the Peace Frank Wattron is best-remembered for his colorful days as justice of the peace, holding court in his drugstore...

Bowlegged Cowboys, Wagon Bosses and Apaches

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Smallpox Among the Plains Indians Did the U.S. Army intentionally infect the Indians to cause the Great Smallpox Epidemic of 1837?

Well-Heeled, Bedraggled and Badged

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