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Tag: The Western Frontier

This Pawnee quartet scouted for the Army in 1869.

Displaced by Settlers and at War With the Sioux, the Pawnee Struggled to Survive

by David McCormick2/26/20178/31/2022
Larpenteur ran this tumbledown fur trading post just west of Fort Union.

Fur Trader Larpenteur Fell in Love with the Frontier — but Found Her to Be a Cruel Mistress

by John Koster2/24/20178/31/2022
Illustration of Kenneth McKenzie

Ruling Like a King, a North Dakota Fur Trader Dispensed Harsh Justice

by John Koster2/23/20178/31/2022

This Unsung Texas Hero’s Savvy Dealings With the Caddo Nation Helped the State Win Its Freedom

by Seldon B. Graham Jr.2/22/201711/18/2022

The Perils of the Pecos: Where Cattlemen Lost Their Nerve

by Sherry Robinson2/8/20178/19/2022
Colonel Crockett, depicted here in a John Gadsby Chapman painting, was the best known of the Tennessee Mounted Volunteers, but 16 others joined him at the Alamo.

The Men Who Followed Davy Crockett to the Alamo

by Bob Palmquist2/2/20178/19/2022
El-chees-choos might be buried somewhere in this old Solomonville graveyard.

Why Tonto Apache El-Chees-Choos Was Hanged

by Jay L. Warner12/27/20168/19/2022
annie-kirk-bloomers

The Battle to Wear Pants: How Western Women Pushed Boundaries by Wearing Bloomers

by Deanna Kerr12/26/20164/2/2024
Lance-bearing Californios charge in Charles Waterhouse’s fanciful oil The Battle of San Pasqual, which does accurately depict how ragged American lines had become late in the battle.

Mexican-American War Troops Found Carnage at San Pasqual

by Will and John Gorenfeld12/25/20168/19/2022
Phillips covered the 236 miles between Forts Phil Kearny and Laramie in the dead of winter

Who Was ‘Portugee’ Phillips, the Man Who Rode 236 Miles to Save Fort Phil Kearny?

by Gene Gade12/21/20168/19/2022

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