American West

America's Western Heritage of the 19th Century.

Procopio

https://www.stronghold-nation.com/history/ref/procopio 31st Jul 2021 -   Perhaps one of The American State of California's most violent Outlaws, Procopio (as we was known), was a Cattle Thief and Murderer, active in …

The Hickok-Tutt Gunfight

https://www.stronghold-nation.com/history/ref/the-hickok-tutt-gunfight 31st Jul 2021 - We have seen that the oft seen American Western ''Gunfight'' – which involved two focused ''Gunmen'', facing each other off on some dusty street …

Eunice Gray

https://www.stronghold-nation.com/history/ref/eunice-gray 31st Jul 2021 - Eunice Gray occupies a special place in American Western ''Legend''. The once time Brothel and Saloon Owner in Texas often purported that Her ''real'' …

The Yuma War

https://www.stronghold-nation.com/history/ref/the-yuma-war 31st Jul 2021 - Part of The American Indian Wars, The Yuma War was fought between The US Government and The Yuman Native Americans – from 1850 to 1853. The War …

James Leavy

https://www.stronghold-nation.com/history/ref/james-leavy 31st Jul 2021 - Seen by some Historians as one of The American West ''Twelve Most Underrated Gunfighters'', James Leavy was credited with at least (2) verified exampl …

Esther Hobart Morris

https://www.stronghold-nation.com/history/ref/esther-hobart-morris 31st Jul 2021 - A ''Justice of The Peace'' is a form of (although seldom seen today) Lower Court Official, used in Territories or in States with very small population …

The Rufus Buck Gang

https://www.stronghold-nation.com/history/ref/the-rufus-buck-gang 31st Jul 2021 - Towards the end of the savagery that permeated in The American West, perhaps no m ore ''wild'' an Outlaw Gang operated, than The Rufus Buck Gang. Acti …

Josephine Airey

https://www.stronghold-nation.com/history/ref/josephine-airey 31st Jul 2021 - Josephine Airey would perhaps have never been ''heard of'' – save for Her ''creation'' of what would later become ''Burlesque''. The Irish-Ameri …

Dora DuFran

https://www.stronghold-nation.com/history/ref/dora-dufran 31st Jul 2021 - Dora DuFran (aka Amy Helen Dorothy Bolshaw) was born in England in 1868. While few would recognize Her name, it was DuFran who coined the infamous ter …

The ''Fast Draw''

https://www.stronghold-nation.com/history/ref/the-fast-draw 31st Jul 2021 - Much of what we have discussed relating to the mythos of The American West and the use of firearms, have been seen as mostly legend and fable. However …

''Rain-in-The-Face''

https://www.stronghold-nation.com/history/ref/rainintheface 31st Jul 2021 - A Lakota Sioux Warchief, ''Ite Omagazu'' (or ''Rain-in-The-Face'') was one of the instrumental component Forces of Warriors used by Chief Sitting Bull …

James Miller

https://www.stronghold-nation.com/history/ref/james-miller 31st Jul 2021 - Born in The US State of Arkansas in 1861, James Miller was the Son of a Stonemason. He had Brothers and Sisters and by all accounts, The Miller Home w …