Footprints of the Frontier
From the early days of manifest destiny and wagon trails to the latter days of train robberies and armed conflict, discover all about the Wild West.
Subtitles: English
Starring:TJ Ruesch
Season 3
S03:E01 - Buffalo Bill: America's Greatest Showman
In today's video, we look at none other than the legendary showman and former soldier-turned-buffalo-hunter Buffalo Bill Cody himself.
S03:E02 - The Comanche: The Most Feared Native American Tribe of the American Frontier
This is the first in a series of brief essays documenting the rich details of Native American tribes, ranging from the First Nations in Canada to the nativos mexicanos in Mexico.
S03:E03 - Outlaws of the Wild West: The Reno Gang and the First Train Robbers
Here is a deeper dive into the mythos of the Reno Gang, their history-defining locomotive theft, and the violent legacy they left behind in the bloody aftermath.
S03:E04 - Wanted in the Old West: The Murder Trial of the Seven Cheyenne
An event came in 1879 in maybe the wickedest city in all the west, Dodge City, Kansas, forever changing the story of law and order in the United States.
S03:E05 - The Epic Last Stand & Brutal End of Apache Warrior Mangas Coloradas
Here is a deeper dive into the life and unjust execution faced by "Red Sleeve," and colloquially known by his Spanish nickname, Mangas Coloradas.
S03:E06 - The Haunted Hotels of the Wild West
As towns were abandoned and their hotel rooms left empty, the ghosts came back to flock the western frontier with an unsettling presence…
S03:E07 - The Sand Creek Massacre of 1864: A Barbaric Slaughter of Native Americans
Here is a close inspection of the Sand Creek Massacre and the destruction of the Cheyenne tribes in the Great Plains of America.
S03:E08 - Butch Cassidy: Infamous Leader of the Wild Bunch Gang
Butch Cassidy transformed into one of the most discussed, complex, and undeniably popular figures of wild west lore, despite his violent tactics and unlawful tendencies.
S03:E09 - The Round Valley Massacre: California Bloodshed
Today we look at the Round Valley Settler Massacre and the untold story of a one-sided conflict that symbolizes the overall horror and disturbing nature of the California Genocide.
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