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Kit Carson
Kit (Christopher) Carson was an American frontiersman who helped develop California. He was illiterate (and embarrassed by the fact) and spent a lot of time with Natives (even marrying Native women twice). His third wife was Mexican. Kit had a total of 10 children.
Rose of Cimarron
Rose Dunn, also known as Rose of Cimarron, fell in love with a wild west bandit named George “Bittercreek” Newcomb after being introduced to him by her brothers. In 1895, George was killed by the brothers after they became bounty hunters. Rose later married a politician.
Wyatt Earp and Bat Masterson
Wyatt Earp (sitting) is seen photographed with his friend Bat Masterson. Wyatt is known for his role in the gunfight at the O.K. Corral where he, along with his brothers Morgan and Virgil, as well as his friend, Doc Holliday, squared off against four outlaws.
Faro
Every western movie has gotten it wrong. Cowboys did not play poker in the 1800s but a game called Faro. Faro was invented outside the United States and after being imported, gained popularity.
Kraemer’s Saloon
This old west saloon in Michigan looks just like one of today’s many bars. That’s because the general layout of saloons and bars has not changed much in the 150 years since. There’s a counter with a bartender who sells alcohol. A perfect combination.
General George Crook
This photo of General George Crook, the Army’s preeminent Indian fighter during the Indian Wars, was taken in Arizona in 1886. He is shown here with two Apache scouts, Dutchy and Alchesay, along with his favorite mule, Apache.
The United States Army imported 66 camels from the Middle East and formed the Camel Corps to explore Texas terrain, thinking that its deserts would be like the deserts of Egypt.
Eastern firms bought buffalo bones for $8/ton, using them to make fertilizer and bone china.
Does Bill Hickocks "Dead Man's Hand" ring a bell?
Aces and Eights .... a poker hand.
Somebody was playing it.
“Ellis T, Peirce, a self-styled barber-surgeon and blowhard…claimed in his correspondence with Frank J. Wilstach in the 1920s that the cards Hickok held were the Ace of Spades, the Ace of Clubs, two black eights, Clubs and Spades, and the Jack of Diamonds, which became celebrated out West as the Dead Man’s Hand. Some, however, have claimed that the ‘kicker’ was not the Jack, but the Queen of Diamonds, but no proof has been produced.
“Some years ago, I was told by a poker expert that Hickok could have had a full house (that is three of a kind plus a pair) or, mathematically, he could have drawn a low hand. However, the only [contemporaneous] reference to cards Hickok may have held that I have found appeared in Harry (Sam) Young’s book Hard Knocks. Young was the bartender at the No. 10, and he claimed that Capt. [Bill] Massie, the former Missouri Riverboat pilot, had ‘…beat a king full for Bill with four sevens, breaking Bill on the hand.’ Young then said that he had brought Hickok $50 worth of checks. As Young returned to the bar, McCall shot Hickok. Young’s more matter-of-fact reference makes more sense than Peirce’s claim. Others will doubtless disagree, but it is arguments that make horses race!”
I believe, with so much chaos—gunfire, blood, smoke, shock—that nobody bothered to check his hand.
Marshall Trimble is Arizona’s official historian and vice president of the Wild West History Association. . His latest book is Arizona’s Outlaws and Lawmen; History Press, 2015. If you have a question, write: Ask the Marshall, P.O. Box 8008, Cave Creek, AZ 85327 or e-mail him at
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The Pacific Railroad
In the middle of the Civil War, the U.S. began to build a railroad from Iowa to San Francisco, CA. The objective was to create a transcontinental railroad to facilitate transportation. It took six years to complete and was a resounding success.
Surveying The Colorado River
In 1871, wild west photographer, Timothy O’Sullivan, photographed Lieutenant George Wheeler and his crew as they were conducting a survey of the Colorado River in Black Canyon. Timothy (the photographer) is the fourth man from the left
The Navajo In Navajo Nation
The Navajo have inhabited a very inhospitable environment for a long time. Today’s Navajo Nation is the largest reservation in the United States. Here, you can see a family of Navajo riding across the Canyon de Chelly near the turn of the 20th century
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dead_man%27s_hand
Poker hand Wild Bill Hickok held when he was killed.
This is all but an urban legend though, but it is fun when you are playing poker with friends, to lay down those aces and eights and say "dead man's.
Yes, I am easily amused.
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Kit Carson
Kit (Christopher) Carson was an American frontiersman who helped develop California. He was illiterate (and embarrassed by the fact) and spent a lot of time with Natives (even marrying Native women twice). His third wife was Mexican. Kit had a total of 10 children.
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Rose of Cimarron
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That is quite a presumptuous and might i say, erroneous statement.Sold My Soul wrote Wed Jun 15, 2022 9:39 pm:https://bonvoyaged.com/wp-content/uploa ... 8f0efe.jpg
Faro
Every western movie has gotten it wrong. Cowboys did not play poker in the 1800s but a game called Faro. Faro was invented outside the United States and after being imported, gained popularity.
Does Bill Hickocks "Dead Man's Hand" ring a bell?
Aces and Eights .... a poker hand.
Somebody was playing it.
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“Ellis T, Peirce, a self-styled barber-surgeon and blowhard…claimed in his correspondence with Frank J. Wilstach in the 1920s that the cards Hickok held were the Ace of Spades, the Ace of Clubs, two black eights, Clubs and Spades, and the Jack of Diamonds, which became celebrated out West as the Dead Man’s Hand. Some, however, have claimed that the ‘kicker’ was not the Jack, but the Queen of Diamonds, but no proof has been produced.
“Some years ago, I was told by a poker expert that Hickok could have had a full house (that is three of a kind plus a pair) or, mathematically, he could have drawn a low hand. However, the only [contemporaneous] reference to cards Hickok may have held that I have found appeared in Harry (Sam) Young’s book Hard Knocks. Young was the bartender at the No. 10, and he claimed that Capt. [Bill] Massie, the former Missouri Riverboat pilot, had ‘…beat a king full for Bill with four sevens, breaking Bill on the hand.’ Young then said that he had brought Hickok $50 worth of checks. As Young returned to the bar, McCall shot Hickok. Young’s more matter-of-fact reference makes more sense than Peirce’s claim. Others will doubtless disagree, but it is arguments that make horses race!”
I believe, with so much chaos—gunfire, blood, smoke, shock—that nobody bothered to check his hand.
Marshall Trimble is Arizona’s official historian and vice president of the Wild West History Association. . His latest book is Arizona’s Outlaws and Lawmen; History Press, 2015. If you have a question, write: Ask the Marshall, P.O. Box 8008, Cave Creek, AZ 85327 or e-mail him at
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Great pics SMS, however:Sold My Soul wrote Wed Jun 15, 2022 9:39 pm:https://bonvoyaged.com/wp-content/uploa ... 8f0efe.jpg
Faro
Every western movie has gotten it wrong. Cowboys did not play poker in the 1800s but a game called Faro. Faro was invented outside the United States and after being imported, gained popularity.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dead_man%27s_hand
Poker hand Wild Bill Hickok held when he was killed.
This is all but an urban legend though, but it is fun when you are playing poker with friends, to lay down those aces and eights and say "dead man's.
Yes, I am easily amused.
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