American West

America's Western Heritage of the 19th Century.

GA Custers M1853 Sharps .44 Caliber Rifle

https://www.stronghold-nation.com/history/ref/ga-custers-m1853-sharps-44-caliber-rifle 31st Jul 2021 - George Armstrong Custer is another name that is forever etched into the annals of American Western History. The one time Hero of The American Civil Wa …

Annie Oakley's S&W #3 .44 Caliber Revolver

https://www.stronghold-nation.com/history/ref/annie-oakleys-sw-3-44-caliber-pistol 31st Jul 2021 - Another ''Legend of The West'' was Annie Oakley. Born Phoebe Ann Mosey in Ohio (1860), She would become one of the very few female Pistol Shot Experts …

Jeremiah Johnson's .50 Caliber Hawkin Rifle

https://www.stronghold-nation.com/history/ref/jeremiah-johnsons-50-caliber-hawkin-rifle 31st Jul 2021 -   As we have seen, John ''Jeremiah'' Johnson was a well known Mountain Man of the American West of the 19th Century. His exploits as Hunter, Trap …

Rose Dunn

https://www.stronghold-nation.com/history/ref/rose-dunn 31st Jul 2021 - Rose Dunn would later be known better as The ''Rose of Cimarron'' – but in the beginning of Her life, Rose was a poor girl from a poor Family of …

The ''Hounds'' Gang

https://www.stronghold-nation.com/history/ref/the-hounds-gang 31st Jul 2021 - The ''Hounds'' Gang was an organized criminal organization that operated in and around The City of San Francisco (California). With the discovery of v …

Dave Rudabaugh

https://www.stronghold-nation.com/history/ref/dave-rudabaugh 31st Jul 2021 - Born in Fulton, Illinois in 1854 – Dave Rudabaugh (aka ''Dirty Dave'') is not as well known as other more infamous American Western Outlaws. But …

Buck English

https://www.stronghold-nation.com/history/ref/buck-english 31st Jul 2021 - Born in 1855 as Lawrence Buchanen English, His older Brothers gave Him the nickname of ''Buck'' (by which He was called from 5 years of age forward). …

Joseph Alfred ''Jack'' Slade

https://www.stronghold-nation.com/history/ref/joseph-alfred-jack-slade 31st Jul 2021 - Joseph Alfred Slade (aka ''Jack Slade'') was a little know American Western ''Gunslinger'' (Fighter), who earned His reputation quite by accident. Bor …

Edward Masterson

https://www.stronghold-nation.com/history/ref/edward-masterson 31st Jul 2021 - Older Brother of famed American Western Lawman Bartholomew ''Bat'' Masterson – Edward John Masterson was born in Canada in 1852. His Family migr …

Chalkley Beeson

https://www.stronghold-nation.com/history/ref/chalkley-beeson 31st Jul 2021 -   Although His name is unknown to most, Chalkley Beeson (or simply ''Chalk'' as He liked to be called). Was an example of how a Man made His fort …

The ''Cavalry Draw''

https://www.stronghold-nation.com/history/ref/the-cavalry-draw 31st Jul 2021 - The technique called The ''Cavalry Draw'' was a Hun Holster usage developed (unofficially), by The US Army at the time of The American Civil War. It i …

Gunspinning

https://www.stronghold-nation.com/history/ref/gunspinning 31st Jul 2021 - One can hardly watch an American (or Italian) Western without seeing either an Outlaw, Lawman or Cowboy – twirling or Spinning His Pistol, prior …