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Welcome to Wildwestfaces - the channel where the Old West comes alive through masterfully narrated stories from eyewitness accounts of gunfights, Indian raids, and other amazing stories of the Old West!
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Welcome to Wildwestfaces! Today's episode tells the true story about a man named Frank Canton. Frank was given the highest position in the military, but few knew his past of murders, bank robberies, and more. Listen to this amazing story to hear if Frank was ever brought to justice!
Welcome to this episode from Wildwestfaces! Today's story is a true story as relayed by a man who almost met his end at the hands of Nez Perce warriors! But his stamina and determination helped him to survive against all odds!
Welcome to Wildwestfaces! Today's episode talks about an Outlaw that probably not many are familiar with, and yet he rode with Billy the Kid at times, and ended up becoming perhaps one of the most successful robbers of his time! Listen to this story of the adventures of Dave Rudebaugh, Outlaw and Bandit!
On this episode of Wildwestfaces, a captain of the Third Cavalry, John G. Bourke, tells of how resilient and stealthy the Apache Indian could be! Listen to how amazingly close the Apaches could get to forts, and sometimes even slipping into the forts, undetected!
Welcome to Wildwestfaces! In today's episode, Robert Hall gives a first-hand account of the time when 12 men fought for their lives against an attack by 160 Indian warriors near San Antonio, Texas in 1831! Listen to this amazing account of a true fight for survival!
Welcome to Wildwestfaces! The following short story is a true account of a stagecoach robbery that took place in Jarbidge, Nevada in 1916. What was unusual about this case was that a handprint was used as forensic evidence to convict the robber!
One of the most well known gunfights of the Old West occurred on October 26, 1881 in Tombstone, Arizona. This gunfight is so well known, in fact, that Hollywood has made several movies about it, with probably one of the most notable starring Kurt Russell, Val Kilmer, Sam Elliott, and other famous actors. Listen to this true story from eye witness accounts of how that gunfight took place - what led up to it, and the final results of that gunfight! We hope you'll enjoy this lengthy, true story here on Wildwestfaces!
In 1864, Col. William Thompson tells of the time when he was part of a group who joined forces with Indian allies to hunt down another Indian tribe that had both killed the nephew of a settler, as well as an Indian Chief! This long but exciting story will have you feeling like you are right there, watching every part of this fight unfold!
The following story here on Wildwestfaces tells of several children who were captured by Indians, but, instead of being mistreated, were actually absorbed right into the Native American way of life! Some became so respected that, when given the opportunity to return to their previous life, they turned it down! We hope you'll enjoy this story here on Wildwestfaces!
Welcome to Wildwestfaces! Today's episode is the narration of an article written by a man named Richard Dodge back in 1883, who was an eye witness to many of the Indian Tribes east of the Rocky Mountains! Listen as he tells of the different customs, languages, and dress of many Indian tribes!
Welcome to Wildwestfaces! Today's episodes tells about the Sand Creek Massacre. This account is a story told by an eye witness as to the events that took place in that battle, and was intended to be a rebuttal to an account published in the paper by a bugler, who in this soldier's opinion, greatly exaggerated the account for sensationalism. Listen to this story, here on Wildwestfaces!
In this episode here on Wildwestfaces, we listen to the story by William F. Cody about soldiers and friendly Indians tracking and raiding a Sioux Indian camp, and rescuing a white woman who had been taken captive by the Sioux! We hope you'll enjoy this story here on Wildwestfaces!
Welcome to Wildwestfaces! Today's episode is one as recorded by General George Custer. He talks about the time that several regiments tried to track down and eliminate a large band of Indians. They thought this would be a rather easy process, but turns out, the Native Americans were quite crafty at eluding them!
Welcome to Wildwestfaces! Today's episode comes to you courtesy of George Custer. He encountered Wild Bill and gave a very generous description of him - both a physical description, and a description of his character. We hope you'll enjoy this segment, here on Wildwestfaces!
On today's episode of Wildwestfaces, listen to this exciting story of two lawmen who turned to crime, and ended up paying the ultimate price - their lives! They attempted to rob a bank, and in the process, murdered the cashier. They thought they could get away, but, as we will hear, that didn't work out as planned!
Today's episode here on Wildwestfaces tells of the exciting shootout that occurred between lawmen and John Sontag and his gang of train robbers! Quite often lawmen were unprepared for the battles that would happen when chasing such individuals, but this time, the law wasn't backing down!
Welcome to Wildwestfaces! Today's episode talks about the Battle of the Little Bighorn, from the viewpoint of a soldier who served under Major Reno. Listen to the thrilling details of the battle, leading up to them learning of Custer being killed!
Today's story here on Wildwestfaces tells the true story of a man named Francisco Guerrero, who was a notorious serial killer in Mexico. He seemed to take great pride in luring 'women of the night' into secluded places, and then murdering them in a gruesome manner! Listen to this true story here on Wildwestfaces!
In this edition of Wildwestfaces, we will hear the true account of a family in Llano Texas, torn apart by an Indian raid. Listen of how the mother was attacked by Indians, and the children kidnapped, and the father's unabated efforts to get them back! We hope you'll enjoy this true story, here on Wildwestfaces! By the way, the photo with this episode shows the actual son (on the left) after his rescue from the Indians in 1872.
It isn't often we hear stories of female Outlaws in the Old West! But the following story is just such a one - a female individual who carved her name into the annuls of history! Listen to this exciting story, here on Wildwestfaces!
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