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29th December 1890: Lakota Sioux massacred at Wounded Knee

  • 29th December 2022
  • Tagged as: American West, Lakota, Native Americans, Sioux, United States, USA, Westward Expansion, Wild West, Wounded Knee

More than 150 Native Americans from the Lakota tribe were killed by U.S. soldiers in the Wounded Knee Massacre.

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26th October 1881: The gunfight at the O.K. Corral involving Wyatt Earp

  • 26th October 2022
  • Tagged as: Arizona, Cowboy, Firearms, Guns, Tombstone, United States, USA, Wild West

The gunfight at the O.K. Corral took place between the Earp brothers and a gang of outlaws in Tombstone, Arizona.

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9th May 1887: Buffalo Bill’s Wild West Show opens in London

  • 9th May 2022
  • Tagged as: America, American West, Britain, Cowboy, Theatre, USA, Wild West

On the 9th May 1887, Buffalo Bill Cody’s Wild West Show opened in London at the American Exhibition in West Brompton.

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3rd April 1882: American outlaw Jesse James shot dead by fellow gang-member Robert Ford

  • 3rd April 2022
  • Tagged as: America, Cowboy, Crime, Criminal, Jesse James, Murder, Robbery, Train, USA, Wild West

As James stood on a chair and turned to clean a dirty picture frame in his house, Robert Ford shot him in the back of the head from virtually point-blank range.

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24th November 1873: Joseph Glidden awarded a patent for modern barbed wire

  • 24th November 2021
  • Tagged as: America, Barbed Wire, Great Plains, Invention, Native Americans, Technology, USA, Wild West

Improved fencing systems were vital to the farmers who had headed west to settle in the Great Plains.

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14th July 1881: American outlaw Billy the Kid shot and killed by Sheriff Pat Garrett

  • 14th July 2021
  • Tagged as: America, Criminal, Death, Murder, New Mexico, Outlaw, Shooting, USA, Wild West
https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/www.historypod.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/07-14-American-outlaw-Billy-the-Kid-shot-and-killed-by-Sheriff-Pat-Garrett.mp3

American outlaw Billy the Kid was shot and killed by Sheriff Pat Garrett in Fort Sumner, New Mexico.

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3rd April 1882: Outlaw Jesse James shot by Robert Ford

  • 3rd April 2020
  • Tagged as: America, Assassination, Criminal, Outlaw, Robbery, USA, Wild West
https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/www.historypod.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/04-03.mp3

On the 3rd April 1882, the American outlaw Jesse James was shot dead by fellow gang-member Robert Ford.

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