American West

America's Western Heritage of the 19th Century.

Henry McCarthy (Weapons)

https://www.stronghold-nation.com/history/ref/henry-mccarthy 31st Jul 2021 - Henry McCarthy (aka William Bonney, aka Billy The Kid), received his nicknamed for his boyish features. However, his disposition was anything but boyi …

John Wesley Hardin (Weapons)

https://www.stronghold-nation.com/history/ref/john-wesley-hardin-weapons 31st Jul 2021 - Born in Texas, Hardin is credited with between 27 and 42 deaths by gunfighting. A well known Gunfighter, Gambler, and Outlaw – Hardin was also w …

James Butler ''Wild Bill'' Hickcok (Weapons)

https://www.stronghold-nation.com/history/ref/james-butler-wild-bill-hickcok 31st Jul 2021 - Nicknamed “Wild Bill”, (due to a local Outlaw known as Shanghai Bill – to avoid confusion), James Butler Hickok was one of the more …

Robert Clay Allison (Weapons)

https://www.stronghold-nation.com/history/ref/robert-clay-allison-weapons 31st Jul 2021 -     Robert “Clay” Allison was born in Tennessee in 1840. He learned cattle and sheep raising as his primary vocation. Coming fro …

Emmett Dalton (Weapons)

https://www.stronghold-nation.com/history/ref/emmett-dalton-weapons 31st Jul 2021 -   Emmett Dalton was a founding member of the infamous Dalton Gang, which terrorized Kansas in the 1880s and 1890s. He was one of the few survivor …

US Cavalry

https://www.stronghold-nation.com/history/ref/us-cavalry 31st Jul 2021 -   Although the use of US soldiers as a mounted force goes back to The American Revolution, Cavalry as a viable military force came into age durin …

US Cavalry Horse

https://www.stronghold-nation.com/history/ref/us-cavalry-horse 31st Jul 2021 -   The single most important piece of “equipment” for a Cavalryman was not his weapon, it was his horse. Often better “cared for …

Myra Maybelle 'Belle Starr'' Shirley (Weapons)

https://www.stronghold-nation.com/history/ref/myra-matbelle-belle-starr-shirley-weapons 31st Jul 2021 - On of the first women “Outlaws”, Belle Starr was born Myra Maybelle Shirley in 1848. She received a “classical” education and …

William ''Curly Bill'' Brocius (Weapons)

https://www.stronghold-nation.com/history/ref/william-curly-bill-brocius-weapons 31st Jul 2021 - William “Curly Bill” Brocius was the informal leader of the Western Outlaw Gang known as The Cochise County Cowboys. The gang terrorized m …