Tom Horn's Deadly Legacy: Range Wars & the Pinkertons

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Regarding Old West feuds, Arizona’s Pleasant Valley War ranked among the most violent. Also known as the Graham-Tewksbury feud, this conflict would rage on for over a decade and see a death toll from between twenty to fifty men, some of whom fell at the hands of a notorious up-and-coming killer by the name of Tom Horn. And, of course, this would not be the last feud that Tom was involved in. After leaving Arizona, he’d hire on with the Pinkertons, and it wouldn’t be long before they sent him up to a little place in Wyoming known as Johnson County. The cattle barons seemed to be getting fed up with the rustlers and looking for men like Tom Horn, who weren’t afraid of getting their hands dirty. #history #wildwest #western
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  • @WildWestExtravaganza
    @WildWestExtravaganzaАй бұрын

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  • @richardlincoln8438

    @richardlincoln8438

    Ай бұрын

    Josh, first of all, thank You for your efforts. We have spoken before about my family homesteading Wyoming starting in the 1890's. Legend handed down through the family has it that You are spelling WSGA and Tom Horn wrong. It should be " A Bunch of Sorry Bastards " and " Miserable Cxxksucker ". Many people said Horn was a prick, My Dad said " That ain't so son, a prick is part of a man. " Best Wishes to You, Your Family and Friends.

  • @richardlincoln8438

    @richardlincoln8438

    Ай бұрын

    Thanks for sharing Your efforts Josh. The algorithm automated censorship platform took down my comment. I'm sorry that the country i love doesn't honor the First Amendment any more.

  • @bethbartlett5692

    @bethbartlett5692

    28 күн бұрын

    If you've never had the pleasure of hearing Marshall Trimble, Arizona, State Historian, (I adore this man) here's a link to one of his Guest Appearances on: "Mysteries of the Superstition Mountains" Channel: He references: Confederates in AZ and "Joseph Rutherford Walker", (Mountain Man) , Timestamp 6:01 (so I thought about ya) Enjoy! kzread.info/dash/bejne/eYt7zI-zpMm6ftY.htmlsi=P52AMt5VoUQV0t96 On the Channel's Playlist they have a Marshall Trimble folder with several great History Stories. Might be a good Resource for ya.

  • @WildWestExtravaganza

    @WildWestExtravaganza

    28 күн бұрын

    @@bethbartlett5692 I love Trimble’s work! Thank you

  • @DaleMontdale-xd1mc
    @DaleMontdale-xd1mcАй бұрын

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  • @WildWestExtravaganza

    @WildWestExtravaganza

    Ай бұрын

    You got this Dale

  • @swhip897

    @swhip897

    Ай бұрын

    Cancer sucks. Wish I had a magic wand. 34:58 One day at a time. Just found out my sister is terminal, it's all over her but the end isnt yet.

  • @mistyjames810

    @mistyjames810

    Ай бұрын

    Much love to you! Screw you cancer! 🫶🙏🫶🙏

  • @luketheg

    @luketheg

    Ай бұрын

    You got this man !!!!! You can kick cancers ass. Much love too you and many prayers

  • @barbaraking7069

    @barbaraking7069

    Ай бұрын

    Bless you

  • @icescrew1
    @icescrew1Ай бұрын

    Tom Horn. By, himself. One of the best books i have ever read.

  • @stevefaulkner6689

    @stevefaulkner6689

    Ай бұрын

    He has a book? I'm going to check it out

  • @merlinlong833
    @merlinlong833Ай бұрын

    Congratulations on the sponsor. Been enjoying the channel for over a year. Sponsor is better than a forklift

  • @WildWestExtravaganza

    @WildWestExtravaganza

    Ай бұрын

    Amen to that

  • @jeremysoares3288
    @jeremysoares3288Ай бұрын

    I haven’t been this early since I had coffee brewing for Lewis and Clark when they finally got to the pacific.

  • @WildWestExtravaganza

    @WildWestExtravaganza

    Ай бұрын

    Haha

  • @mauricevillegas9428
    @mauricevillegas9428Ай бұрын

    JOSH , deserving of that sponsor , these shows are an event at my house .

  • @WildWestExtravaganza

    @WildWestExtravaganza

    Ай бұрын

    Thanks man

  • @user-nf2th3bn5t
    @user-nf2th3bn5t3 күн бұрын

    My grandfather testified in the trial. He worked at Iron Mountain and testified about what time of day he daw Tom at the stable. Part of the defense’s effort to show Tom was to far away to have made the ride from the Nickel homestead to the Koble ranch. His testimony is mentioned in Dean Krakel’s “Saga of Tom Horn.

  • @iananderson1901
    @iananderson1901Ай бұрын

    My favorite bedtime stories. Usually have to listen more than once

  • @WildWestExtravaganza

    @WildWestExtravaganza

    Ай бұрын

    Glad you like them!

  • @adamethridge7824
    @adamethridge7824Ай бұрын

    It’s a cattleman’s paradise to hear Jake tell it. Sounds like damn wilderness if you ask me

  • @stallingsnathan5838
    @stallingsnathan5838Ай бұрын

    Great research and storytelling.

  • @WildWestExtravaganza

    @WildWestExtravaganza

    Ай бұрын

    Thanks

  • @tonyindiana
    @tonyindianaАй бұрын

    Thanks alot hero, needed something new to bring up the fool moon this evening. Josh there will always be a spot next to the fire for ya. Motor safely stay moving

  • @WildWestExtravaganza

    @WildWestExtravaganza

    Ай бұрын

    Many thanks

  • @dannysimmons3167
    @dannysimmons3167Ай бұрын

    If only Tom Horn could figure out how to use a semiautomatic pistol, he might have escaped.

  • @michaelwright5003
    @michaelwright5003Ай бұрын

    Thanks Josh, love the stories!

  • @WildWestExtravaganza

    @WildWestExtravaganza

    Ай бұрын

    Thank you

  • @artwerksDallas
    @artwerksDallasАй бұрын

    I WAS ONCE A PINKERTON MAN. STILL HAVE BADGE. FRAMED WITH MY MILITARY POLICE BADGE. PEOPLE WHO LOOK AT THEM ARE AMAZED. WHY I DONT KNOW

  • @user-wj1kg8qo3p

    @user-wj1kg8qo3p

    Ай бұрын

    I still don't know.

  • @artwerksDallas

    @artwerksDallas

    27 күн бұрын

    @@user-wj1kg8qo3p lol. Me either. Thanks Mom

  • @iamericandavinci
    @iamericandavinciАй бұрын

    Thank you, Wild West Extravaganza for your generosity. Outstanding work with the video! Plus the humor was a nice touch. Anyway, I'm much appreciative.

  • @WildWestExtravaganza

    @WildWestExtravaganza

    Ай бұрын

    Thanks again

  • @BobcatWolfenstein
    @BobcatWolfensteinАй бұрын

    Congrats on the sponsor!

  • @adamethridge7824
    @adamethridge7824Ай бұрын

    There was a gunsmoke movie where Matt Dillion had fight the Tewksburys in the range war

  • @c.w.johnsonjr6374
    @c.w.johnsonjr637424 күн бұрын

    The idea that you could once hire an "army" of hired killers in the US is mindblowing. I once saw a copy of Two Evil Isms in a used bookstore. Kicking myself for not buying it since Pinkertons/Baldwin Felts versus cold miners is a topic that fascinates me.

  • @WildWestExtravaganza

    @WildWestExtravaganza

    23 күн бұрын

    I think it’s available on archive

  • @markpaul-ym5wg
    @markpaul-ym5wgАй бұрын

    The movie silverado reminds me of the johnson county war.Thank you for yet another superb video of the life and times of the old west.

  • @scottmcley5111
    @scottmcley5111Ай бұрын

    Tewksbury is definitely somewhere near Hobbiton. Actually the Tooks are from the Great Smials of Tuckborough, ruling Tookland in the Westfarthing of the Shire. 😂

  • @papasandler8831
    @papasandler8831Ай бұрын

    Men your videos are amazing and I really appreciate the effort you put into them. I hope your channel gets huge you for sure deserve it.anyways I hope the videos keep coming thanks

  • @user-nf2th3bn5t
    @user-nf2th3bn5t3 күн бұрын

    Cheyenne is not accurately portrayed in the Steve McQueen movie. The domed, state capitol was already built, they had a beautiful, stone train depot, the court house was built and they had electric street lights. Not a one horse town.

  • @tatata1543
    @tatata1543Күн бұрын

    The McQueen movie was strangely sympathetic to a stone cold killer who got what he deserved in the end.

  • @McDanielRanch
    @McDanielRanchАй бұрын

    Thanks for what u do josh. I always enjoy it.

  • @WildWestExtravaganza

    @WildWestExtravaganza

    Ай бұрын

    I appreciate that, thank you

  • @McDanielRanch

    @McDanielRanch

    Ай бұрын

    Love to have some of the tack he made in prison .

  • @rumbleinthebumble8180
    @rumbleinthebumble8180Ай бұрын

    He's been dead for 121 years, you don't have to say "allegedly"😆😂🤣

  • @glennwebster1675
    @glennwebster1675Ай бұрын

    Another well researched telling.... Thank you.

  • @WildWestExtravaganza

    @WildWestExtravaganza

    Ай бұрын

    Thank YOU!

  • @joearledge
    @joearledge28 күн бұрын

    16:30... AND That is how you take care of your employees ladies and gentle men

  • @TodAnderson-bh1cp
    @TodAnderson-bh1cpАй бұрын

    I appreciate your work. Thankyou Peace

  • @WildWestExtravaganza

    @WildWestExtravaganza

    Ай бұрын

    Much appreciated

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    @ToddiGreat-le2quАй бұрын

    THE BEST channel on the net , hands down ! Gotta sponsor and ain't changed one bit . Don't , cause that's why you're here. Even willing to drop the occasional f bomb. Never change. Excellent narration . Love it until you say veery. It's very damnit! Lol. Give us more. Hope you're making a VEERY big pot of moolah.

  • @WildWestExtravaganza

    @WildWestExtravaganza

    Ай бұрын

    I’m still veeeery much broke but I thank you!!!

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    @ToddiGreat-le2qu

    Ай бұрын

    @@WildWestExtravaganza it's a huge club. Mucho thanks

  • @dennishortonii2139
    @dennishortonii2139Ай бұрын

    "THE EAGLE HAS LANDED!".....another video!!!! Thanks JOSH!!!

  • @WildWestExtravaganza

    @WildWestExtravaganza

    Ай бұрын

    Thanks!

  • @dennishortonii2139

    @dennishortonii2139

    Ай бұрын

    @WildWestExtravaganza My wife just passed.And it'll actually be a year May 30th....im now all alone. .But these videos and your content has really helped me through a very difficult and trying time. I really appreciate you and what you do.

  • @WildWestExtravaganza

    @WildWestExtravaganza

    Ай бұрын

    I’m very sorry to hear that

  • @joeheiby6545
    @joeheiby6545Ай бұрын

    Love this channel

  • @WildWestExtravaganza

    @WildWestExtravaganza

    Ай бұрын

    Thanks

  • @danielwebster5748
    @danielwebster5748Ай бұрын

    Tom Horn is perhaps one of the most dangerous men in the wild west a lot of his murders were never mentioned. The ironic thing is he was hung for a crime he in all probability was innocent of. As a matter of fact he even went after and successfully killed men with charmed lives such as the black rustler I forget his name but he got out of scrape after scrape after scraping until he ran into Tom Horn. When they pay Tom Horn he was dedicated he said he would go days without eating. He said oh sometimes I would bring me a few eggs and bacon but he said there is many times I went days without eating. When I was on the trail I didn't stop until I got my man. Courses for is a gunfighter goes I don't guess he would get much credit most of his killings were done from ambush. Most of his victims died without ever knowing what killed them. No one on the planet no matter how tough they were back then wanted Tom Horn on the trail.

  • @Sank_Finatra420
    @Sank_Finatra420Ай бұрын

    Good one. Went to young and through the area last year. The old store was for sale.

  • @jimd8008
    @jimd8008Ай бұрын

    Thx again

  • @WildWestExtravaganza

    @WildWestExtravaganza

    Ай бұрын

    Any time!

  • @Yahyia-cv3sx
    @Yahyia-cv3sxАй бұрын

    here, with 🍨 Reese's ice cream. Thanks!

  • @WildWestExtravaganza

    @WildWestExtravaganza

    Ай бұрын

    Nice

  • @caseyaylward8853
    @caseyaylward885324 күн бұрын

    Real G's move in silence like lasagna- Lil Wayne. Nice reference

  • @Idahoguy10157
    @Idahoguy10157Ай бұрын

    Tom Horn was a stone killer for hire. That being said other killers, using his reputation, can blame him for their crimes

  • @mikekirylo5357
    @mikekirylo5357Ай бұрын

    Love it Josh

  • @WildWestExtravaganza

    @WildWestExtravaganza

    Ай бұрын

    Thanks

  • @catholiccrusader5328
    @catholiccrusader532828 күн бұрын

    Josh, could you do a program on Cattle Kate of Wyoming?

  • @IHulk-ij8jq
    @IHulk-ij8jq22 күн бұрын

    Tooksberry should be a kids cereal. Tooksberry Crunch, an 1873 Colt's SAA in every box.

  • @WildWestExtravaganza

    @WildWestExtravaganza

    22 күн бұрын

    Haha

  • @heathh.8036
    @heathh.8036Ай бұрын

    Hey Texbro! Congratulations on the sponsor. You've earned it Sir. You're doing a hell of a good job. Still hate you though buddy.

  • @WildWestExtravaganza

    @WildWestExtravaganza

    Ай бұрын

    ha

  • @whoopwhoop1584
    @whoopwhoop1584Ай бұрын

    Just as i had given up on today im sure josh has put together top notch history

  • @WildWestExtravaganza

    @WildWestExtravaganza

    Ай бұрын

    Never give up

  • @whoopwhoop1584

    @whoopwhoop1584

    Ай бұрын

    Reminds me of a color in book page my grandmother colored in was a frog in a storks mouth with hands around the birds neck. Never give up

  • @danielwebster5748
    @danielwebster5748Ай бұрын

    Thank you for saying everyone else was as it's similar in the okay corral shootout they accuse the McClure's and Clanton's of rustling. They were ranchers and they had dealings with the wrestler element that kept their stock safe. Something that the Earth's never mentioned was every small rancher back in or even large rancher usually had friendly terms with the rustlers. It was a different time a different place. I'm talking about holding the wrestler stuck at the ranch allowing the wrestlers to spend the night feeding them and everything else. The thing The earp Brothers were pimps and done other things that made them anything but innocent. Us 99% of the contemporaries in tombstone Tucson galesville anywhere if they liked the Earps or the ranchers better and they would all say the ranchers. And since they were contemporaries I consider their opinion more important than anyone alive today. Everyone loves Johnny behan and until the early 20th century go into tombstone and say Johnny behan was a lousy sheriff and he would have a lot of enemies wanting to kick your rear. He walked around unarmed which was rather common for sheriffs in those days they had deputies who were armed. The ranchers who the contemporary said it best murdered in the streets of tombstone did nothing more than every other rancher in the area did. I just think I needed to make that flame because there's a lot of hero worship of Wyatt Earp. He was a bully until he ran into someone he could not bully I'm talking about Johnny Ringo. Ringo embarrassed him at least three times and contemporaries of the time said Wyatt Earp actually turned Ringo down in a stand-up gun fight. Doc Holliday took him up on it but when the mayor jerk the gun away from holiday and ringo they both went their separate ways. It was odd they were willing to gunfight each other because doc Holliday liked Ringo and Ringo liked doc Holliday. One more thing and then I'll stop when Ringo was killed Wyatt Earp was 900 mi away and doc Holliday was 750 mi away. What does that mean that means that neither one of them could have possibly killed a sleeping passed out Johnny Ringo. I wouldn't put it past either one of them they just could not have done if they were simply too far away. Doc Holliday was seen in a saloon the day before gambling in Glenwood springs Colorado. Wyatt Earp was trying to get into Denver because he had a murder one he had to stay outside of town and wait until the decision was reached and was seen by countless people. And those days there was no transportation on God's green earth that can get you $700 or $900 me away in one day so neither one of them could have possibly done it. Buckskin Frank Leslie killed a sleeping passed out Ringo. That's what he told the guard and that's what happened. Ringo had made buckskin back down earlier they had argument. Billy brackenridge came upon Ringo on a trail Ringo offered him a drink, he said the bottle was so hot he burned his lips.they tried to get Ringo to go home with him saying he was practically helpless ringo drunk refused. About a mile or later Breckenridge came upon buckskin who actually admitted he was looking for Ringo. He claimed it was to apologize but Breckenridge did not believe him as he knew that Ringo had embarrassed Frank earlier in the day. He told the guard after he murdered his live-in girlfriend that he saw Ringo drunk passed out and sleeping and he took the opportunity to shoot him and take some hair as a souvenir all of which matches the crime scene. And I could go on and on about the vendetta myth but this video is not about that let me just say that the vendetta did not happen. All the men that Pete Spence Mexican wife named lived until the 20th century and one person she did not name as being in on the conspiracy was Frank Stilwell whom Wyatt Earp i and his band of cutthroats murdered. Sorry for going off on something that has nothing to do with this video I am very passionate about the false hero worship that contemporaries never had of Wyatt Earp

  • @engste678
    @engste67813 күн бұрын

    Tewkesbury is a nice town ! On the river Severn. Never seen an actual hobbit there, 😮

  • @alabaster6117
    @alabaster6117Ай бұрын

    My sometime great grandfather was around for the Pleasent Valley War. He wasn't a part of the family feuds, but they were sheep ranchers near Globe, where my dad was born. Apparently he and his brothers shot a Mexican man and took his coffee, or so it's said. My great uncle wrote down what his grandfather told him about it, being freighters for a time in Texas before going to Globe. Wish I knew how I could verify these things better.

  • @alabaster6117

    @alabaster6117

    Ай бұрын

    If you have any tips in how to find out, I'd gladly take the advice. My dad's family moved up to Washington in the 50s, where I live now, so Globe is a bit of a hike. I couldn't even access records that are public in WA for Ancestry. Bit of a coincidence considering the plug at the beginning 😆

  • @WildWestExtravaganza

    @WildWestExtravaganza

    Ай бұрын

    Look and see if Globe has a historical center. I'm sure there's a local historian or expert there who can help. If all else fails, call the local library and see if they have a genealogy department.

  • @alabaster6117

    @alabaster6117

    Ай бұрын

    @WildWestExtravaganza I'll give it a try, thank you kindly!

  • @troybullard9631
    @troybullard9631Ай бұрын

    Back in those days, life must've been tough for a schoolboy with a name like "Tewksbury." "Hey, look fellas, it's a Tewksbury ! Let's get him and give him a Wedgie !" (Or a Melvin....)

  • @WildWestExtravaganza

    @WildWestExtravaganza

    Ай бұрын

    The Tewksbury kids were all mixed as well, their mother was a Native American. Edwin Tewksbury, the last man standing, was oftentimes mistaken for being black.

  • @alanboots1106
    @alanboots1106Ай бұрын

    Hey, I’ve been to Globe Az.

  • @rickyhurtt5568
    @rickyhurtt5568Ай бұрын

    It's good of ya to explain but I'd bet there's not a soul who listens to you that don't know who the Pinkerton are. Thanks I've been waiting on this. Love your channel

  • @leitheparsons1186
    @leitheparsons1186Ай бұрын

    I just was next to the cemetery where Tom horn is buried Columbia cemetery,Boulder Colorado.

  • @WildWestExtravaganza

    @WildWestExtravaganza

    Ай бұрын

    Very cool!

  • @leitheparsons1186

    @leitheparsons1186

    Ай бұрын

    @@WildWestExtravaganza I haven't sought this out but, in the last 3 weeks I was watching my nephew's baseball game in the park where Kit Carson is buried (Taos NM). Last Saturday I was at a funeral service at the cemetery where Virgil Earp and Henry Weinhard is buried ( Portland OR). Then today I was across from Tom Horns Grave. I might just have new hobby.

  • @MicahBell_1860
    @MicahBell_1860Ай бұрын

    Vaya con dios, Muchacho

  • @abrahammorrison6374
    @abrahammorrison6374Ай бұрын

    Do a video on Joe Medicine Crow, the badass WWII veteran. He counted coup, stole 50 horses, etc., and lived to 102.

  • @WildWestExtravaganza

    @WildWestExtravaganza

    Ай бұрын

    I already did

  • @rialobran
    @rialobranАй бұрын

    Tewkesbury is actually a town in a shire county, Gloucestershire...pronounced 'Glostershire' before you try to wrap your tongue around it 🙂 Another wonderfully narrated episode.

  • @WildWestExtravaganza

    @WildWestExtravaganza

    Ай бұрын

    That’s hilarious

  • @jameskelly7782
    @jameskelly7782Ай бұрын

    Wet mountain.....right next to broke back mountain.... near nut sack ridge....

  • @Bobbysixgun
    @BobbysixgunАй бұрын

    I've got nothing more to say on the matter pretty sweet series Tom was a bad man

  • @odinsson204
    @odinsson204Ай бұрын

    Yaaaaaaassssss

  • @ikopi56
    @ikopi56Ай бұрын

    Something Tom Horn was probably familiar with, as well as a lot of other "lawmen" of the Old West. No one was ever "found innocent" at trial. They were found "not guilty". Not the same thing.

  • @WildWestExtravaganza

    @WildWestExtravaganza

    Ай бұрын

    Himself included

  • @iamericandavinci
    @iamericandavinciАй бұрын

    I'm surprised O.J. never blamed Horn for what happened to his ex.

  • @WildWestExtravaganza

    @WildWestExtravaganza

    Ай бұрын

    Funny, I’ll be mentioning OJ later in the series

  • @iamericandavinci

    @iamericandavinci

    Ай бұрын

    @@WildWestExtravaganza Thank you, Wild West Extravaganza for your generosity. Outstanding work with the video! Plus the humor was a nice touch. Anyway, I'm much appreciative.

  • @-PanzerRabbit-
    @-PanzerRabbit-Ай бұрын

    "Bunch of Hobbits running around" 😅 Very good....

  • @WildWestExtravaganza

    @WildWestExtravaganza

    Ай бұрын

    I’m trying

  • @RollTide3737
    @RollTide3737Ай бұрын

    Yeeeehaw MFs !!!!!

  • @JoshuaTraffanstedt
    @JoshuaTraffanstedt29 күн бұрын

    Man, i was born in the wrong time. I wish i was riding the plains on my trusted horse, sipping on campfire coffee chunky with coffee grounds (John Wayne style, baby), stopping in some one horse town for a whisky, and backhanding a surly bartender because i dont take no lip from surly bartenders. Ahhh, that would be the good life. Instead im sitting here in my undies, listening to this podcast, and dreading the fact that i gotta go to work later.

  • @teedepefanio4974
    @teedepefanio4974Күн бұрын

    I love it.. thx.. ❤

  • @needsaride15126
    @needsaride15126Ай бұрын

    Politician....aka "crook". I'm freakin' dyin'🤣🤣🤣

  • @WildWestExtravaganza

    @WildWestExtravaganza

    Ай бұрын

    No lies detected

  • @onlybeerat4271
    @onlybeerat4271Ай бұрын

    I already know the answer to this but I can’t wait until you cover the alleged killing of the Nickell boy that got him hung. (I made a comment about this a while ago on a different post about how I’m related to the Nickell boy.) I can’t wait to hear it from your prospective and I’m eager to potentially learn any new information there might be!

  • @WildWestExtravaganza

    @WildWestExtravaganza

    Ай бұрын

    What’s your opinion on the matter?

  • @onlybeerat4271

    @onlybeerat4271

    Ай бұрын

    @@WildWestExtravaganza Well based off everything I’ve read about the matter and knowing that Tom was known for essentially being a hit man I do believe he killed the boy (Willie) mistaking him for his father (Kels). I’ve read several articles stating that Kels had a feud with a Mr. Coble over the cattle belonging to Mr. Coble being on his (Kels) land. Which essentially put a target on his back as he was a small time homesteader “interrupting” the barrons way of doing things as you outlined on this episode. Of course I could spend a deal of time going into this but yes I do believe Tom Horn killed Willie. Though there is shaky evidence with that, but knowing Horn’s background I cast my weight on him killing the boy

  • @lisacooper3991
    @lisacooper3991Ай бұрын

    Thought Tom had become a scout for the army tracking Geronimo and his tribe for awhile..

  • @WildWestExtravaganza

    @WildWestExtravaganza

    Ай бұрын

    Correct, I spoke all about that on the previous video. You should check it out and let me know what you think!

  • @ogedeh
    @ogedehАй бұрын

    Excuse me, yall heard anything about any Pinkertons in this area?

  • @stevenmiller2427
    @stevenmiller242720 күн бұрын

    The Pinkerton 's in the beginning were the original Blackwater Security Company?

  • @JustAskYourQuestionAlready
    @JustAskYourQuestionAlreadyАй бұрын

    @wildwestextravaganza do you think people in those times just used the number 100 to mean someone had a lot of kills or did they mean 100 in the literal since because i lean to think as often as they say that someone's killed 100 people they surely are just using that number to let someone know this persons killed a lot of people

  • @WildWestExtravaganza

    @WildWestExtravaganza

    Ай бұрын

    I'm not sure of anyone who claimed to have killed 100 people but I do think the majority of the time those kill counts were highly inflated

  • @JustAskYourQuestionAlready

    @JustAskYourQuestionAlready

    Ай бұрын

    @@WildWestExtravaganza by the way you have a great channel with great content. By how informative and educational your videos are reflects on the dedication to the research and study on the topics you present. I was wondering though will you ever expand the topic matter like you always mention the civil war in almost everyone of your videos so I would love to listen to a couple of podcasts with you speaks on that topic and others.

  • @redwatch1100
    @redwatch1100Ай бұрын

    Good role for Tommy Lee Jones to play.

  • @garretjohnson8713
    @garretjohnson8713Ай бұрын

    🎉🎉

  • @robertalpy
    @robertalpyАй бұрын

    I used to respect the Pinkertons, but I've learned more about them as I've absorbed more information and they did some really questionable stuff. Their willingness to essentially kill or shake down people for the right price is disappointing. Not only that but Allen Pinkertons tendency to tell the government that the confederate army was always bigger than the union army makes me wonder if he actually looked or just took McClellans word for it. Or even maybe he was sabotaging the union war effort but that's unlikely. Maybe he just was a nervous exagerator.

  • @jimx8025
    @jimx8025Ай бұрын

    lol - can I say I live in the shire where Tewkesbury is a town. Worcestershire. I don’t see many hobbits but Tolkien was a local boy

  • @erinb23
    @erinb23Ай бұрын

    ☘️

  • @Revolver1701
    @Revolver1701Ай бұрын

    Tewksbury does sound like a Hobbit name. There’s a true crime case in Tennessee involving for-real Proudfoot people.

  • @671homey
    @671homeyАй бұрын

    I love your videos, for the content you cover, and for personaliy, and presentation. Please, for your ow sake, ask someone how to pronounce words you dont know.

  • @WildWestExtravaganza

    @WildWestExtravaganza

    Ай бұрын

    What’d I get wrong?

  • @BenjaminOtt-jf7mw
    @BenjaminOtt-jf7mwАй бұрын

    Thanks, now I want to eat a swan.

  • @WildWestExtravaganza

    @WildWestExtravaganza

    Ай бұрын

    Same tbh

  • @OfficeLinebacker-FJB
    @OfficeLinebacker-FJBАй бұрын

    Thanks!

  • @WildWestExtravaganza

    @WildWestExtravaganza

    Ай бұрын

    Thank YOU

  • @jamescottrell7367
    @jamescottrell7367Ай бұрын

    Tom horn would have a great time today.

  • @WildWestExtravaganza

    @WildWestExtravaganza

    Ай бұрын

    How come?

  • @Boomhower89
    @Boomhower89Ай бұрын

    🇺🇸👍

  • @alswann2702
    @alswann2702Ай бұрын

    Pinkerton intelligence in the War of Northern Agression was notoriously inaccurate. They frequently overestimated Confederate troop strength reinforcing the timidity of Federal generals and leading to countless missed opportunities.

  • @CarterMalone
    @CarterMaloneАй бұрын

    Why did we stop rolling our R's?

  • @jameskelly7782
    @jameskelly7782Ай бұрын

    Great episode....FYI, Pinkerton is now just a pathetic security company.....the McDonald's of security,.....overpriced and under satisfying.

  • @khillsy4489
    @khillsy4489Ай бұрын

    Penitentiary. Is spoken with 4 syllables, not 5. Come on, you're driving me nuts over here. 🤪🤪🤪

  • @swhip897

    @swhip897

    Ай бұрын

    😅😅

  • @bearwolffish
    @bearwolffishАй бұрын

    nah g imagine all you do is have land some man want and you get people in 1997 throwing historical dirt your name. 24:12

  • @WildWestExtravaganza

    @WildWestExtravaganza

    Ай бұрын

    Crazy huh?

  • @danielwebster5748
    @danielwebster5748Ай бұрын

    The reason I say that Tom Horn was innocent of what he was actually eventually hung for. A teacher who knew the family very well said the family that they were feuding with his son had killed this man's son. She said I won't say anything unless they try to arrest Tom Horn for this because he never done it. The Nickels boy killed the boy not Tom Horn. The sad thing is everyone in town knew he did. Some men were saying Tom Horn unspeakable things he should be hung anyway well maybe so but the man that actually killed him or rather the boy that actually killed the 14 year old should have been the one hung for it. Supposedly there was a rock under his head which was Tom horns calling card. There's two possibilities there either he just by chance landed where there was a rock or the Nichols boy put a rock under his head to frame Tom Horn. Tom Horn must have been disliked because one time when he got out of jail he didn't know how the double action pistol works so he wasn't able to fire it and the deputy actually hit him so hard he broke his arm.

  • @davidstanworth5543
    @davidstanworth5543Ай бұрын

    I would be careful about giving any personal information to these groups that's supposedly search your heritage the government is all over that and taking many notes. Just FYI

  • @bradgilchrist-wy5gn
    @bradgilchrist-wy5gn28 күн бұрын

    Ad is too long.

  • @michaelkurz9067
    @michaelkurz9067Ай бұрын

    I Money Mike (they call me) I never rode with Tom horn,had a few conversations with him,he seemed like one of those know it all,he always bragged about himself,saying he could bring in Geronimo single handed.i stayed away from him

  • @WildWestExtravaganza

    @WildWestExtravaganza

    Ай бұрын

    I don’t blame you

  • @RomaniaMoto
    @RomaniaMotoАй бұрын

    You could have simply said the pinkertons if anybody's played Red Dead redemption 2 you know exactly what they're about... Hahahaha. You need to play Red Dead redemption 2 🎉🎉🎉🎉

  • @williamhurt8512
    @williamhurt8512Ай бұрын

    @ around 24:40 bothwell got all of ellen's cattle as well which beggers the question, who really was the cattle rustler here..??................... one version has bothwell going quie insane before he died, screaming for for his soul in vain as the unholy fires crept closer to consume his filthy spirit forever, what do yuo think there josh..?... truth or poetic justice..??.........................

  • @WildWestExtravaganza

    @WildWestExtravaganza

    Ай бұрын

    Dunno, sometimes bad people live really long lives. But none of us will live forever, just a few decades, and we can’t take the land or money with us to the other side

  • @williamhurt8512

    @williamhurt8512

    Ай бұрын

    @@WildWestExtravaganza spoken like a real preacher...................................

  • @swhip897
    @swhip897Ай бұрын

    Money talks, BS walks. 😊

  • @andrewbradstreet4218
    @andrewbradstreet4218Ай бұрын

    Ahhh. I like Wednesdays

  • @WildWestExtravaganza

    @WildWestExtravaganza

    Ай бұрын

    Me too

  • @travhammer
    @travhammerАй бұрын

    As Matt Dillon would say "There's right and wrong.. There ain't no gray."

  • @WildWestExtravaganza

    @WildWestExtravaganza

    Ай бұрын

    I'm gonna have to disagree with Mr. Dillon on that one

  • @gungadingo
    @gungadingoАй бұрын

    Why would anyone want to have their DNA in some database voluntarily? What a bunch of ignorance.

  • @JamesKonzek-xr5zy
    @JamesKonzek-xr5zyАй бұрын

    They can doll it all they want. At the end on the day T.H was waste product of most undesirable origins.

  • @user-wj1kg8qo3p
    @user-wj1kg8qo3pАй бұрын

    You guys know every commercial genetic testing is a crap shoot right?

  • @skyedog24
    @skyedog24Ай бұрын

    first time I've been to this channel and it'll probably be the last I find it odd that a grown man would make fun of a family name like a little child.

  • @WildWestExtravaganza

    @WildWestExtravaganza

    Ай бұрын

    I’m only 11, sir.

  • @Paulftate
    @PaulftateАй бұрын

    damn, no dogface pony soldiers 😂

  • @outdoorlife5396
    @outdoorlife5396Ай бұрын

    With the exception of the Pleasant Valley war time, most of the pioneers couldn't shoot, during this time. During the eastern time in the east, they all were good shots. I use to wonder about it, but while watching 1883, the immigrants could not swim or shot. A shotgun was the best bet. As for I hate a thief, usually that gets said by a thief. Translation, as long as I stealing it is ok, but not you. Just a little old man advice. If you go in a business and see a lot of Crosses or Jesus is Lord, get out. More than likely, you are in the middle of thieves. People who follow the Lord, don't brag about it, they let their actions speak.

  • @bold810
    @bold810Ай бұрын

    Tom West was old but he was MAGA!

  • @WildWestExtravaganza

    @WildWestExtravaganza

    Ай бұрын

    I do not understand...Tom Horn?

  • @ulknatmelknatu
    @ulknatmelknatuАй бұрын

    The phony frontier accent is distracting.

  • @WildWestExtravaganza

    @WildWestExtravaganza

    Ай бұрын

    What exactly do you find fake?