Josh Taylor
@joshfromtexas.bsky.social
Old West history, podcasts, youtube
https://www.wildwestextra.com/
https://www.wildwestextra.com/
Hey @davidlambertart.bsky.social thought you might like number 14's shirt & jacket. The caption states: "Ed Hanschka (14) poses in the Beaded Buckskin and Beaver Hide Jacket with the rest of Seth Bullock’s Cowboys.
May 11, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Hey @davidlambertart.bsky.social thought you might like number 14's shirt & jacket. The caption states: "Ed Hanschka (14) poses in the Beaded Buckskin and Beaver Hide Jacket with the rest of Seth Bullock’s Cowboys.
In pace requiescat.
April 2, 2025 at 9:30 AM
In pace requiescat.
My biggest demographic is 65+
March 27, 2025 at 10:08 AM
My biggest demographic is 65+
Excellent news from @jfusco.bsky.social
March 13, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Excellent news from @jfusco.bsky.social
My daughter named him Duke but I call him Dookie.
March 11, 2025 at 4:00 PM
My daughter named him Duke but I call him Dookie.
If that sounds familiar, you’ve probably seen or read Lonesome Dove. The character Joshua Deets was loosely based on Bose Ikard.
February 27, 2025 at 2:04 AM
If that sounds familiar, you’ve probably seen or read Lonesome Dove. The character Joshua Deets was loosely based on Bose Ikard.
Goodnight, not exactly the type to lavish praise, would later state that he trusted Ikard, “farther than any living man. He was my detective, banker, and everything else in Colorado, New Mexico, and the other wild country I was in."
February 27, 2025 at 2:01 AM
Goodnight, not exactly the type to lavish praise, would later state that he trusted Ikard, “farther than any living man. He was my detective, banker, and everything else in Colorado, New Mexico, and the other wild country I was in."
Bose Ikard was born into slavery in the 1840s.
Following emancipation, he worked cattle with Oliver Loving and former Texas Ranger Charles Goodnight.
Following emancipation, he worked cattle with Oliver Loving and former Texas Ranger Charles Goodnight.
February 27, 2025 at 1:59 AM
Bose Ikard was born into slavery in the 1840s.
Following emancipation, he worked cattle with Oliver Loving and former Texas Ranger Charles Goodnight.
Following emancipation, he worked cattle with Oliver Loving and former Texas Ranger Charles Goodnight.
True to her namesake, she’d eventually became the owner and editor of The St. Peter Journal.
She also never forgot her promise of friendship to the kind man who gave her that ride.
She also never forgot her promise of friendship to the kind man who gave her that ride.
February 26, 2025 at 3:54 AM
True to her namesake, she’d eventually became the owner and editor of The St. Peter Journal.
She also never forgot her promise of friendship to the kind man who gave her that ride.
She also never forgot her promise of friendship to the kind man who gave her that ride.
Btw, Horace G. Perry was named after the newspaper editor Horace Greeley.
Her father, also a newspaperman, greatly admired the famous editor.
Legend has it that Mr. Perry was expecting a boy, but when his firstborn turned out to be a girl, he named her after Greeley, anyway.
Her father, also a newspaperman, greatly admired the famous editor.
Legend has it that Mr. Perry was expecting a boy, but when his firstborn turned out to be a girl, he named her after Greeley, anyway.
February 26, 2025 at 3:52 AM
Btw, Horace G. Perry was named after the newspaper editor Horace Greeley.
Her father, also a newspaperman, greatly admired the famous editor.
Legend has it that Mr. Perry was expecting a boy, but when his firstborn turned out to be a girl, he named her after Greeley, anyway.
Her father, also a newspaperman, greatly admired the famous editor.
Legend has it that Mr. Perry was expecting a boy, but when his firstborn turned out to be a girl, he named her after Greeley, anyway.
Days after giving Perry a ride, Cole and his buddies struck Northfield.
Clell Miller and Bill Chadwell were killed as Cole and the others fled town under a hail of bullets.
Two weeks later, Cole and his brothers were shot to pieces and locked in jail.
Clell Miller and Bill Chadwell were killed as Cole and the others fled town under a hail of bullets.
Two weeks later, Cole and his brothers were shot to pieces and locked in jail.
February 26, 2025 at 3:50 AM
Days after giving Perry a ride, Cole and his buddies struck Northfield.
Clell Miller and Bill Chadwell were killed as Cole and the others fled town under a hail of bullets.
Two weeks later, Cole and his brothers were shot to pieces and locked in jail.
Clell Miller and Bill Chadwell were killed as Cole and the others fled town under a hail of bullets.
Two weeks later, Cole and his brothers were shot to pieces and locked in jail.
Cole Younger scooped a six-year-old girl up on his saddle.
Years later, he recalled the incident in his book, The True Story of Cole Younger.
Years later, he recalled the incident in his book, The True Story of Cole Younger.
February 26, 2025 at 3:45 AM
Cole Younger scooped a six-year-old girl up on his saddle.
Years later, he recalled the incident in his book, The True Story of Cole Younger.
Years later, he recalled the incident in his book, The True Story of Cole Younger.
Before the James-Younger gang attacked Northfield, Minnesota, they made a pitstop in nearby St. Peter.
February 26, 2025 at 3:44 AM
Before the James-Younger gang attacked Northfield, Minnesota, they made a pitstop in nearby St. Peter.
Yesterday, February 18th, marked the 147th anniversary of John Tunstal's murder.
The Englishman's death sparked the Lincoln County War and helped turn Billy the Kid into one of the most famous outlaws of all time.
Fun fact: Tunstall was only 24 years old when he was killed.
The Englishman's death sparked the Lincoln County War and helped turn Billy the Kid into one of the most famous outlaws of all time.
Fun fact: Tunstall was only 24 years old when he was killed.
February 19, 2025 at 9:48 PM
Yesterday, February 18th, marked the 147th anniversary of John Tunstal's murder.
The Englishman's death sparked the Lincoln County War and helped turn Billy the Kid into one of the most famous outlaws of all time.
Fun fact: Tunstall was only 24 years old when he was killed.
The Englishman's death sparked the Lincoln County War and helped turn Billy the Kid into one of the most famous outlaws of all time.
Fun fact: Tunstall was only 24 years old when he was killed.
We’ll also be discussing that “special device” that was thrown through the window.
Was it really a bomb or something else entirely?
What the heck is Greek fire, anyway? What does Jesse James have in common with Game of Thrones? And just how far would Jesse James go to exact revenge?
Was it really a bomb or something else entirely?
What the heck is Greek fire, anyway? What does Jesse James have in common with Game of Thrones? And just how far would Jesse James go to exact revenge?
February 12, 2025 at 4:46 PM
We’ll also be discussing that “special device” that was thrown through the window.
Was it really a bomb or something else entirely?
What the heck is Greek fire, anyway? What does Jesse James have in common with Game of Thrones? And just how far would Jesse James go to exact revenge?
Was it really a bomb or something else entirely?
What the heck is Greek fire, anyway? What does Jesse James have in common with Game of Thrones? And just how far would Jesse James go to exact revenge?
On the most recent episode of The Wild West Extravaganza, we examine the bitter war between the Pinkerton Detective Agency and outlaw Jesse James.
February 12, 2025 at 4:44 PM
On the most recent episode of The Wild West Extravaganza, we examine the bitter war between the Pinkerton Detective Agency and outlaw Jesse James.
I’m on my 2nd reading of Jesse James by @tj-stiles.bsky.social and it’s quickly becoming one of my fav biographies.
Yes, it’s about an Old West outlaw but the reconstruction politics, anger, & propaganda feel very similar to our present times.
Yes, it’s about an Old West outlaw but the reconstruction politics, anger, & propaganda feel very similar to our present times.
February 10, 2025 at 2:25 PM
I’m on my 2nd reading of Jesse James by @tj-stiles.bsky.social and it’s quickly becoming one of my fav biographies.
Yes, it’s about an Old West outlaw but the reconstruction politics, anger, & propaganda feel very similar to our present times.
Yes, it’s about an Old West outlaw but the reconstruction politics, anger, & propaganda feel very similar to our present times.
Not only does David have an encyclopedic mind when it comes to westerns and cinema in general but he’s also a top tier artist. I don’t even know how it’s possible for a human to draw so realistically.
February 9, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Not only does David have an encyclopedic mind when it comes to westerns and cinema in general but he’s also a top tier artist. I don’t even know how it’s possible for a human to draw so realistically.
Big thanks to the talented @davidlambertart.bsky.social for sending me some artwork!
February 9, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Big thanks to the talented @davidlambertart.bsky.social for sending me some artwork!
Was the outlaw Jesse James a cross-dresser? Probably not but there is an interesting story of him dressing as a young lady on at least one occasion.
February 5, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Was the outlaw Jesse James a cross-dresser? Probably not but there is an interesting story of him dressing as a young lady on at least one occasion.
On the most recent episode of The Wild West Extravaganza I mentioned that Jesse James robbed a bank in Russellville, Ky.
Well, not only does the building still stand but it’s for sale. Anyone got $790,000 I can borrow?
Well, not only does the building still stand but it’s for sale. Anyone got $790,000 I can borrow?
January 31, 2025 at 12:59 AM
On the most recent episode of The Wild West Extravaganza I mentioned that Jesse James robbed a bank in Russellville, Ky.
Well, not only does the building still stand but it’s for sale. Anyone got $790,000 I can borrow?
Well, not only does the building still stand but it’s for sale. Anyone got $790,000 I can borrow?
Powerful image of Native Americans circa 1890 performing a Ghost Dance. The caption states, "Indian ghost dance before battle at Wounded Knee 1891." Full disclosure: I'm not entirely sure of the accuracy of the caption as the Wounded Knee massacre occured on December 29, 1890.
January 29, 2025 at 1:32 AM
Powerful image of Native Americans circa 1890 performing a Ghost Dance. The caption states, "Indian ghost dance before battle at Wounded Knee 1891." Full disclosure: I'm not entirely sure of the accuracy of the caption as the Wounded Knee massacre occured on December 29, 1890.
Late-19th-century Canadian Blackfoot warrior. I can't tell for sure, but it appears his necklace/breastplate is made from the side plates of several old trade rifles.
January 28, 2025 at 11:34 PM
Late-19th-century Canadian Blackfoot warrior. I can't tell for sure, but it appears his necklace/breastplate is made from the side plates of several old trade rifles.
Well shit now I don’t know who to believe
January 28, 2025 at 2:01 AM
Well shit now I don’t know who to believe