Famous People & Characters of the Wild West - OldWest American West History & Wild West Legends Wed, 04 Dec 2024 15:05:56 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://www.oldwest.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/cropped-OW-Favicon-1-150x150.jpg Famous People & Characters of the Wild West - OldWest 32 32 Olive Oatman: Tattooed Captive of the Frontier https://www.oldwest.org/olive-oatman-captive/ https://www.oldwest.org/olive-oatman-captive/#respond Wed, 04 Dec 2024 14:28:40 +0000 https://www.oldwest.org/?p=7228 olive oatman

In the summer of 1850, the Oatman family headed west with visions of a promised land in the…

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The American cowboy occupies a revered position in history, folklore, and popular culture. The most famous figures of…

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Dozens of actors have played and voiced the Lone Ranger since 1933, but none embodied the aura of…

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In the last half of the 1800s, the bustling port town of San Francisco, which grew out of…

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If you are a fan of the Paramount+ series Yellowstone (and who isn’t?), you were probably thrilled when…

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When Josephine Marcus Earp died in Los Angeles on December 19, 1944, her small memorial attracted little attention…

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When the dust settled on the most infamous gunfight in the West, three men lay dying in the…

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Have you ever watched the 1972 Western movie Jeremiah Johnson, starring Robert Redford as the title character? Good…

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]]> https://www.oldwest.org/liver-eating-johnson-facts/feed/ 0 “I’m Your Huckleberry:” The Meaning of Doc Holliday’s Iconic Line https://www.oldwest.org/im-your-huckleberry-meaning/ https://www.oldwest.org/im-your-huckleberry-meaning/#comments Wed, 02 Nov 2022 14:25:04 +0000 https://www.oldwest.org/?p=4219 i'm your huckleberry meaning

One of the best quotes in Tombstone is also one of the most argued and least understood. But…

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Wyatt Earp spent his Old West career walking the fine line between lawman and outlaw, so it should…

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The Cheyenne’s Dog Soldiers, one of the most famous groups of Indigenous warriors in North America, fought until…

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In 1877 Fort Griffin, Texas was at the height of its boom. The military post had been an…

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