The highest ranking American Indian in the U.S. Cavalry was General Ely Parker, an Iroquois from Indian Falls, New York. His hopes for a career were...
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There’s More Room to Roam in Missouri River Country Sponsored by Montana's Missouri River Country
Dig deep into the distinct history of Northeast Montana. Montana’s Missouri River Country is packed with history, from pioneers to prehistoric...
Animal Cruelty in Movies
Killing Horses with the Flying W It was said 100 horses were killed during filming of the chariot race in Ben Hur in 1925. Reeves “Breezy” Eason was...
Chuckwagons
The mother ship of the trail drives was a broad-beamed, sturdily vehicle that carried virtually everything that ten men might need on a prairie...
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Not so Honest Clint Reno battled demons over his bad behavior.
Clint Reno is often referred to as “Honest Clint”—primarily because he didn’t participate in the larger or more violent crimes led by his brothers...
The Last Straw An Indiana train robbery led to a vigilante action.
For the Reno Gang of Indiana, their last big holdup was the last straw. They robbed a train near Marshfield, Indiana of some $97,000 (around...
Innocent, but Lynched? Will Reno died without evidence of his guilt.
The vigilantes were determined when they entered the New Albany, Indiana jail on December 12, 1868. The targets: four members of the Reno Gang,...
The Birth of an Outlaw
By the end of the nineteenth century the old ways of outlawry in the West were slowly dying out. The James-Younger Gang, the Daltons, Doolins, and...
Kate Warne, Detective Extraordinaire
The Union Pacific Railroad took a dim view of outlaws blowing up one of their express cars and they failed to see the humor in money falling from...
Hotel Bathrooms
Did hotels really have bathtubs upstairs? How did they get filled? More curious, how did they get rid of the used bath water? Hotels in the West...
The Great Apache Scout Alchesay’s service to the U.S. earned him the nation’s highest honor.
Alchesay was a chief of the White Mountain Apaches—but he worked closely with the U.S. government. In the 1870s and 1880s, he served as a scout for...