American West

America's Western Heritage of the 19th Century.

John Butterfield

https://www.stronghold-nation.com/history/ref/john-butterfield 31st Jul 2021 - Born in The State of New York in 1801, John Butterfield came from a ''moderate'' Home. Having only a rudimentary education, John would take to The Sta …

William Brooks

https://www.stronghold-nation.com/history/ref/william-brooks 31st Jul 2021 - Brooks (whose fame as a Buffalo Hunter earned Him the name ''Buffalo Bill'' Brooks – in related honor to William ''Buffalo Bill'' Cody), was als …

Red Cloud's War

https://www.stronghold-nation.com/history/ref/red-clouds-war 31st Jul 2021 - ''Red Cloud's War'' was a period of conflict which was part of The Native American Wars, and was the beginning of The ''Great Plains War''. It was fou …

Chato

https://www.stronghold-nation.com/history/ref/chato 31st Jul 2021 - Chato, known by His People – The Chiricahua Apaches as Bidayaijsini, fought under War Leader Cochise against The US Army, during The Apache Wars …

The ''Apache Kid''

https://www.stronghold-nation.com/history/ref/the-apache-kid 31st Jul 2021 - His birth name was ''Haskay-bay-nay-ntyl'' and was porn to The Aravaipa Band of Apaches around 1860, in Arizona Territory. Taken captives by The Yuma …

''Little Big Man''

https://www.stronghold-nation.com/history/ref/little-big-man 31st Jul 2021 - Also known as Wichasa Thanjkala, ''Little Big Man'' was an Ogala Sioux Warrior and ''Enemy'' to Warchief Crazy Horse. The source of their rivalry is n …

Elfego Baca

https://www.stronghold-nation.com/history/ref/elfego-baca 31st Jul 2021 -   Widely accepted as perhaps the first Hispanic-American Western ''Anti-Hero'', Elfego Baca was born in New Mexico in 1865. His Family moved to K …

Buffalo Pound

https://www.stronghold-nation.com/history/ref/buffalo-pound 31st Jul 2021 - More closely associated with The Northern Plains Tribes (Native American) of The United States – a ''Buffalo Pound'' was a hand-made containment …

Bushwhacker

https://www.stronghold-nation.com/history/ref/bushwhacker 31st Jul 2021 - The term ''Bushwhacker'' (while known as early as The American Revolutionary War), it was more apt to place the tactic into The Border Wars of ''Blood …

The Gleeson Gunfight

https://www.stronghold-nation.com/history/ref/the-gleeson-gunfight 31st Jul 2021 - 1917. A time in America when The ''Modern Age'' had firmly taken root. The early 20th Century, it was a time of Airplanes, Automobiles, Electric Light …

Cattle Baron

https://www.stronghold-nation.com/history/ref/cattle-baron 31st Jul 2021 - The term ''Cattle Baron'' was an impromptu Title given to various wealthy cattle Owners who would become Magnates of Cattle Herding and Supply. Typica …

Celia Ann Blaylock

https://www.stronghold-nation.com/history/ref/celia-ann-blaylock 31st Jul 2021 - Also known as ''Mattie'' Blaylock, little was known of this tragic Female of Western Lore until the 1930s – although some brief mention of Her a …