Hero's of the old west 1800-1899

Richard Stanbery

Richard Stanbery

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tjadams said:
If these qualify:

David Crockett
Sam Houston
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A Congressman from Tennessee, and a governor from Tennessee. We have a special relationship with Texas.

And that is why Tennesseeans are the only people who are allowed to mess with Texas...but just a little bit. All others must take care not to mess with Texas at all. ;)
 
Richard Stanbery

Richard Stanbery

Joined Jan 2009
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Tennessee
Terrible Turk said:
I would have to say that my favorites heroes are:

Joaquin Murrietta-(his descendants say he never fell to Love)

Andres Pico- (see battle of San Pasqual)


General George Armstrong Custer-("There are not enough Indians in the world to defeat the Seventh Cavalry".)


Geronimo-
Cochise-
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Murrietta's head, according to wiki, was destroyed during the San Francisco earthquake of 1906. I wonder where in San Francisco his head was stored in 1906?

I wonder if Ranger Love really did get him?
 
Richard Stanbery

Richard Stanbery

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Tennessee
okamido said:
Roy Bean.....enough said.

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Grandpaw! Is that what I think it is? An old flintlock Brown Bess that has been made into a fowling piece?
 
Richard Stanbery

Richard Stanbery

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Tennessee
The Old West was not very politically correct. And I dont think that Queen Victoria approved of some of the things that went on there.

But one thing about it...it was ours. No course in American history would be complete without it. And it is interesting how the many angles of the Old West are shown differently, and for whatever reasons. Sometimes, the emphasis is on the pioneers who contributed nation building. Sometimes it is on the Outlaws and gunfighters, sometimes on the Natives. One can watch a Western movie and come away with a thorough (and completely wrong) understand of what the Old West was like, just because the movie emphasized one facet and ignored others.

It is a complicated historical gem, with many facets.
 
Centrix Vigilis

Centrix Vigilis

Joined Jun 2010
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Archuleta Mesa....till I come down.
Richard Stanbery said:
The Old West was not very politically correct. And I dont think that Queen Victoria approved of some of the things that went on there.

But one thing about it...it was ours. No course in American history would be complete without it. And it is interesting how the many angles of the Old West are shown differently, and for whatever reasons. Sometimes, the emphasis is on the pioneers who contributed nation building. Sometimes it is on the Outlaws and gunfighters, sometimes on the Natives. One can watch a Western movie and come away with a thorough (and completely wrong) understand of what the Old West was like, just because the movie emphasized one facet and ignored others.

It is a complicated historical gem, with many facets.
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It is indeed.:)
 
bunyip

bunyip

Joined Sep 2010
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Crazy Horse


Found these photos via Google when I entered "Crazy Horse'. Have no idea if they're authentic.


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corrocamino

corrocamino

Joined Dec 2009
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Ozarkistan
Centrix Vigilis said:
Jim Bridger

1804-1881

http://xroads.virginia.edu/~hyper/hns/mtmen/jimbrid.htmlhttp://xroads.virginia.edu/~hyper/hns/mtmen/jimbrid.html
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Will second Jim Bridger on behalf of my late father (a woodsman in his youth), who admired Jim very much, and on behalf of my son, a latter-day Mountain Man.

Will also second your rightful mention of Daniel Boon (didn't he spell it sans e?).

And would like to acknowledge John Wesley Powell, not only an intrepid adventurer, but also a pre-eminent geographer, geologist, and philologist. (Not his fault that he couldn't wield two pistols in a gunfight.)
 
Lawnmowerman

Lawnmowerman

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corrocamino said:
And would like to acknowledge John Wesley Powell, not only an intrepid adventurer, but also a pre-eminent geographer, geologist, and philologist. (Not his fault that he couldn't wield two pistols in a gunfight.)
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UURRRGG only you'd honour a geologist, i bet his feildy did most of the work. Fieldies can weild 2 pistols or geo-picks in a gun fight (only a geo would bring geo-picks to a gun fight though)
 
corrocamino

corrocamino

Joined Dec 2009
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Ozarkistan
Lawnmowerman said:
UURRRGG only you'd honour a geologist, i bet his feildy did most of the work. Fieldies can weild 2 pistols or geo-picks in a gun fight (only a geo would bring geo-picks to a gun fight though)
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I would say he was a hands-on leader, but can't. In his exploratory zeal, he famously scaled Steamboat Rock on the lower Yampa, but found himself clinging to life by his one arm/hand, finally rescued by his cohorts. Suggest you read his life before dismissing him as "a geo". His intellect was at least equalled by his courage, perseverance, and intrepidity.

Now, shape up! lest I take my geo hammer to your rock-hard head! ;)
 
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