Old West Stories+ Lonesome Dove & Many More Episodes
We tell all kinds of stories in our "Old West" collection- Featured here: In 'Lonesome Dove' we tell the story of the making of the greatest made for TV western ever and the true story that inspired it.
May 31, 2026
THE NIGHT TWO WESTERN LEGENDS- BAT MASTERSON AND O.HENRY- MET IN A MANHATTAN SALOON 1904
🎙️ SHOW NOTES THE NIGHT TWO WESTERN LEGENDS -BAT MASTERSON AND O. HENRY- MET IN A MANHATTAN SALOON — 1904 1001 Stories From the Old West / 1001 Heroes, Legends, Histories & Mysteries/1001 Classic Short Stories & Tales In 1904, two remarkable American figures, both exiles from the west, were living and working within just a few blocks of each other in New York City: Bat Masterson, the famed lawman of Dodge City turned sportswriter, and O. Henry, the rising literary star whose short stories captur...
April 29, 2026
REMEMBERING LEGENDARY TEXAS RANGER FRANK HAMER: AMERICA 250 FAMOUS LAWMEN
🎙️ SHOW NOTES — 1001 Heroes, Legends, History & Mysteries Remembering Legendary Texas Ranger Frank Hamer America 250: Famous Lawmen In this episode, Jon takes listeners deep into the life and legacy of Texas Ranger Frank Hamer, one of the most formidable and complex lawmen in American history. Long before he became known nationwide for tracking down Bonnie and Clyde, Hamer spent decades walking the razor’s edge between frontier justice and the rapidly modernizing world of the early 20th century....
July 6, 2025
HOW MONUMENT VALLEY SAVED HOLLYWOOD WESTERNS AND LAUNCHED JOHN WAYNE'S CAREER
Journey with me back to 1938 as a young couple named Mike and Leone Goulding, having invested in a trading post in Navaho Country and fallen in love with the beautiful landscape and the Navaho people who populated what we call Monument Valley Utah/Arizona today- saved their pennies and photos and took a long road trip to Hollywood to find director John Ford and convince him that their valley would be the ideal place to film his next western movie, despite there being no lodging, no restaurants, ...
June 22, 2025
REMEMBERING THE HARVEY GIRLS AND HOW THEY TAMED THE WILD WEST
By 1880 the ATS&F Railroad had laid tracks from Kansas City to California- and people and products were starting to move through the still untamed west. Food along the way, however, was a spotty proposition, and the railroad was faced with a...
July 24, 2024
BEST OF (#25 OF 467) THE LEGEND OF THE LOST MORMON MINE
1001 Heroes, Legends, Histories & Mysteries
July 11, 2024
BEST OF 1001 ( #23 OF 465) ANNIE OAKLEY: TOP GUN OF THE WEST-HER INCREDIBLE STORY
1001 Heroes, Legends, Histories & Mysteries
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June 27, 2024
BEST OF (#21 OF 462) TOM HORN: THE TRUE STORY OF A WESTERN LEGEND
1001 Heroes, Legends, Histories & Mysteries
Feb. 15, 2024
#6 of 458 1001 HEROES LISTENER FAVS LONESOME DOVE THE REAL STORY BEHIND ONE OF THE GREATEST WESTERNS EVER MADE
1001 Heroes, Legends, Histories & Mysteries
Nov. 12, 2023
HARVEY LOGAN (PT 2)- THE END OF THE ROAD FOR THE KID- OR WAS IT?
1001 Heroes, Legends, Histories & Mysteries
Nov. 5, 2023
THE BADDEST OUTLAW OF THEM ALL- HARVEY 'KID CURRY' LOGAN (PT 1)
1001 Heroes, Legends, Histories & Mysteries
Nov. 16, 2022
THE QUICK AND THE DEAD (PT 2) LEGENDARY GUNFIGHTERS
1001 Heroes, Legends, Histories & Mysteries
Nov. 13, 2022
THE QUICK AND THE DEAD (PT I): LEGENDARY GUNFIGHTERS OF THE OLD WEST
1001 Heroes, Legends, Histories & Mysteries
Aug. 29, 2021
THE MURDER OF DORA HAND (PT 2) HUNTING A KILLER
1001 Heroes, Legends, Histories & Mysteries
Aug. 22, 2021
THE MURDER OF DORA HAND (PT 1): DODGE CITY 1878
1001 Heroes, Legends, Histories & Mysteries
April 5, 2021
THE LIFE (AND AFTERLIFE) OF OUTLAW JESSE JAMES
1001 Heroes, Legends, Histories & Mysteries
Jan. 4, 2021
THE LEGEND OF THE LOST SUBLETT MINE and THE BLACK SEMINOLE SCOUTS OF TEXAS
1001 Heroes, Legends, Histories & Mysteries
April 20, 2020
LITTLE BIGHORN: THE BACKSTORY PT 2 BENTEEN'S STAND
1001 Heroes, Legends, Histories & Mysteries
April 13, 2020
LITTLE BIG HORN: THE BACKSTORY (PT 1): VISIONS OF THE COMING STORM
1001 Heroes, Legends, Histories & Mysteries
Sept. 16, 2019
WYATT EARP (PT 2) GUNFIGHT AT THE OK CORRAL
1001 Heroes, Legends, Histories & Mysteries
