Podcast appearances and mentions of George Armstrong Custer

Historical Birthdays Today

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 13, 2023 27:28

On June 25th, 1876, George Armstrong Custer rode into battle for the last time. He and his troops faced an overwhelming force of Lakota and Cheyenne along the banks of the Little Bighorn, and before the sun sank into the horizon, every man in his command was dead. When General Terry arrived two days later, the victorious warriors were already gone. The soldiers on Reno Hill had watched in awe as the large progression, stretching for more than two miles, passed them by. And when Terry and his men approached, their first question was “Where's Custer?” They'd been so busy just trying to stay alive that they had no idea their commander was dead. This news not only shook the surviving troopers to the core, but also the entire Nation. A Republic getting ready to observe its centennial now had to contend with its most celebrated hero slaughtered at the hands of so-called “savages.” As you can imagine, the reaction was swift. And in less than a year the Great Sioux War would be over, and those who defeated Custer would be relegated to life on the reservation. But what transpired immediately after the battle of Little Bighorn? What events would cause the Northern Cheyenne to finally lay down their arms? And what would Wooden Leg get up to in the years following? I think the answer might surprise you. Also discussed are the Battle of Wolf Mountain, the Dull Knife Fight, the Cheyenne Exodus, and the Massacre at Wounded Knee. Check out the website for more true tales from the Old West https://www.wildwestextra.com/ Email me! https://www.wildwestextra.com/contact/ Buy me a coffee! https://www.buymeacoffee.com/wildwest Free Newsletter! https://wildwestjosh.substack.com/ Join Into History for ad-free and bonus content! https://intohistory.supercast.com/ Wooden Leg: A Warrior Who Fought Custer - https://www.amazon.com/dp/1539063747?linkCode=ssc&tag=onamzjoshta02-20&creativeASIN=1539063747&asc_item-id=amzn1.ideas.YEHGNY7KFAU7&ref_=aip_sf_list_spv_ofs_mixed_d_asin The Earth Is All That Lasts by Mark L. Gardner - https://www.amazon.com/dp/0062669907?linkCode=ssc&tag=onamzjoshta02-20&creativeASIN=0062669907&asc_item-id=amzn1.ideas.YEHGNY7KFAU7&ref_=aip_sf_list_spv_ofs_mixed_d_asin Merchandise! https://www.teepublic.com/user/wild-west-extravaganza Book Recommendations! https://www.amazon.com/shop/wildwestextravaganza/list/YEHGNY7KFAU7?ref_=aip_sf_list_spv_ofs_mixed_d

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December 5th - George Armstrong Custer

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 5, 2023 0:58

Today's episode features: Military Officer George Armstrong Custer Sponsored by ⁠⁠⁠2 Complicated 4 History⁠⁠⁠ Produced by ⁠Primary Source Media⁠

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Berners Street hoax / Custer massacres Cheyenne - November 27th Flashback

This Day in History Class

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 27, 2023 11:59 Transcription Available

On this day in 1810, Theodore Hook the sent a multitude of goods and service providers to the home of Mrs. Tottenham at 54 Berners Street in London as a prank.On this day in 1868, at dawn, Lt. Col. George Armstrong Custer led a surprise attack on a peaceful Cheyenne village along the Washita River in what is now Oklahoma. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Mike Yardley: Road-tripping Southern Montana

Saturday Morning with Jack Tame

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 24, 2023 10:29

Southern Montana is the Wild West of dreams and the Hollywood big screen, sprawling over a rugged and serene landscape. After taking in the manifold treats of Wyoming, a dabble with Montana's big-skies and rock-star good looks is an essential addition to an American West road-trip. Part rough-and-tumble Rocky Mountains and part expansive prairie, the state doesn't boast any major cities – they are more like overgrown cow towns. Main Street Red Lodge: Credit Mike Yardley But if you're in need of an urban fix, your best bet is Billings, the state's most populous city – about the size of Hamilton. Nicknamed the Magic City, the moniker came about from Billings' expansive growth in the golden age of railroads, steamboats and cattle barons. The city is a springboard for historical explorations and outdoorsy adventure. First impressions count and what captured my attention on arrival in Billings is how the city is dramatically cradled by magnificent sandstone cliffs known as the Rimrocks. Deposited by an ancient inland seaway and slowly carved over millions of years by the Yellowstone River, these scenic "rimrocks" backdrop the northern edge of town. Rim Rock by Kayak, Billings. Photo / Supplied I struck out on the trails at Swords Park which offers enormous views from the rimrocks. Just keep an eye out for the rattlesnakes! Zimmerman Park and Phipps Park offer fabulous walking trails too, while if you'd rather take to the water to admire the rimrocks, hire a kayak for a dreamy float at sunset on the Yellowstone River. Immerse yourself in nature's splendour! History also adorns Pompeys Pillar, a striking sandstone monolith just of town. It's where William Clark carved his name into the stone in July 1806 before continuing his famous expedition west with Meriwether Lewis. If you're up for a culture fix, there's a good clutch of museums in Billings. I particularly enjoyed the Western Heritage Center, housed in the city's old library, proudly preserving the stories and history of the Yellowstone River Valley and Northern High Plains. Don't let the city's brightly illuminated, flame-throwing oil refineries symbolise your sense of nightlife in Billings. Bar-hopping the craft breweries is where the city excels, come nightfall. Angry Hanks Brewing. Photo / Supplied Clustered in the downtown district, hop-scotch your way from Angry Hanks and Thirsty Street Brewing Company to Uberbrew and Montana Brewing Company. Right next door on Montana Ave, Hooligan's Sports Bar will top off your all-American night out on the town. Montana Ave, which has been transformed into a very hip strip of hospitality, parallels the railroad that gave the city life in the 19th century. For the kids and kids at heart, the only thing better than a binge at the Caramel Cookie Waffles bakery is to get your fill at the gourmet ice cream store, Big Dipper. In the blazing Montana sunshine, this place is like a refuge! I highly recommend a scoop of Banana Cream Pie and tangerine sorbet. A block away, The Burger Dive dishes up creations like I'm Your Huckleberry burgers, which have been honoured by the World Food Championships. Their garlic-drenched fries will linger long in your memories – if not on your breath. Caramel Cookie Waffles, Billings. Photo / Supplied But it's that angus burger topped with smooth goat cheese, bacon, a fresh cut onion ring and huckleberry and chili barbeque sauce, that really hit the spot. Few tastes carry such revered status as the huckleberry does in the American West. They grow wild across Montana, resembling large dark blueberries and Native Americans still use them as a traditional medicine – packed with antioxidants. They certainly taste great in a burger! Where to stay? In the heart of town, the Northern Hotel is the grand dame, first built in 1940, but extensively refreshed a decade ago. You'll enjoy swish accommodations with all of the creature comforts, plus the on-site dining is superb. Enjoy a classic but upscale breakfast at Bernie's Diner. To the west of Billings, Red Lodge is a small-town gem that will charm your pants off, edging the Yellowstone River. This sweet little town is nestled in the foothills of the Beartooth Mountains and lassoed by Custer National Forest. The main street, flanked by evocative old stone buildings, brims with enticements, from western-wear stores and antique shops to art galleries and great hospo options. You'll love the gift store, Montana CC Legends, which is loaded with trinkets, treasures and impressive local art. Sweet-tooths must not miss one of the best confectionary stores I have seen in a long time – Montana Candy Emporium. Think the Remarkables Sweet Shop on a gigantic scale. This Red Lodge institution has been a mainstay for decades, housed in a nostalgic building, overspilling with nostalgic candy. Montana Candy Emporium. Credit Mike Yardley The handmade chocolate treats at the counter are sinfully good, but being in Montana, it would be rude not to stock up on huckleberry candy. I loaded up on gob fills of huckleberry sour balls for road-trip sustenance. Relax in the garden at Red Lodge Ales, share a massive margarita and pizza with at Bogart's, grab a burger at Red Box Car or wind down with a steak and whiskey cocktail at The Pollard Hotel. Red Lodge is the quintessential place where you'll just want to kick-back, to shop, nosh and linger. Just out of town, treat yourself to an exhilarating drive on the Beartooth Highway, a 64-mile stretch of U.S. 212 from Red Lodge to Cooke City. Dubbed the most beautiful roadway in America, this jaw-dropping drive climbs to an astounding 11,000 feet above sea level. That's nearly as high as the summit of Aoraki/Mt. Cook. Completed nearly 90 years ago, its stature as a bucket-list drive has not dimmed – and it certainly lives up to its hype as the ultimate high-country route. Heading out of Red Lodge, I felt transported to Heidi's Switzerland, with lodgepole pine forests and lush meadows rolling down to meet the road. Before long, the ascent became stark and dramatic, thrusting you up higher and higher into the grip of the Beartooth Mountains. The sprawling range features 20 peaks higher than Aoraki. Mile upon mile of switchbacks serves up epic views across the sweeping snow-clad tundra and bejewelled glacial tarns of the Hellroaring and Silver Run plateaus. You end being higher on that highway, than the snow line on the plateaus, across the valley. At Vista Point, the plummeting views staring down into the jaws of the Rock Creek canyon is another highlight. Just pass the highway summit, the “Bear's Tooth” comes into view – a narrow pyramidal spire of rock, carved by glaciation, that became the namesake of the Beartooth Mountains. It's a cranking drive, if not a little vertigo-inducing! (Beartooth Highway is only open from about May to mid-October, depending on snow. They've had some late, unseasonal snow dumps in June and even July, in recent years, so check ahead that the road is open.) Beartooth Highway. Photo / Yellowstone Country Montana To the left of Billings, the plains of eastern Montana stretch out like a pancake, offering a more subtle beauty than the gnarly mountains to the west. A land of rolling hills, dusty bluffs and badlands, and the occasional rock-walled canyon, this is classic cattle and wheat country. Temperatures can be extreme; hot in the summer under a blazing sun, and brutally cold in the winter. Just over an hour southeast of Billings, I drove to Little Bighorn Valley. A sequence of low-slung hills rises above the valley - it is sacred ground because it's where the Battle of the Little Bighorn took place in 1876, between the US Army and Great Plains Indians. As many as 2,000 Lakota and Cheyenne warriors encircled and routed the US Army, in ferocious defence of their ancestral way of life. Perhaps there is no phrase in the English language that serves as a better metaphor for an untimely demise than "Custer's Last Stand." It was on the Little Bighorn battlefield, 800 acres of dry sloping prairies, that George Armstrong Custer and the soldiers of the 7th US Cavalry Regiment met their end. The Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument chronicles the history of this world-famous engagement, offering a coherent look at how the battle developed, where the members of Custer's contingent died on Last Stand Hill, and how it might have looked to the swarming warriors. It's very easy to traverse the 7km-long battlefield, driving along the ridgelines, to all of key sites. Last Stand Hill at little Big Horn: Credit: Mike Yardley The fight was an overwhelming victory for the Plains Indians, who were led by several major war leaders, including Crazy Horse and Chief Gall and had been inspired by the visions of Sitting Bull. They may have won the battle, but ultimately lost the war. Custer's death galvanised the military. In subsequent months, they tracked down Sioux and Cheyenne warriors and forced them onto reservations in North and South Dakota, ending their independent, nomadic way of life. Within a few short years they were all confined to reservations. Custer's remains were eventually reburied at the US Military Academy at West Point in 1877. Below the battlefield, the adjacent National Cemetery was established in 1879, and it incorporates a self-guided tour to some of the more significant figures buried there. It's an indelible encounter with the American story. www.greatamericanwest.co.nz Mike Yardley is our resident traveller on Jack Tame Saturday Mornings. LISTEN ABOVESee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Custer's Trials

The Gilded Age and Progressive Era

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 25, 2023 68:29

Pulitzer Prize-winning historian T. J. Stiles joins the show to talk about George Armstrong Custer, and the art of biography writing. As one of the leading authors of the Gilded Age we also take on the question of periodization, uncomfortable history, and unlikeable historical figures.Essential Reading:T.J. Stiles, Custer's Trials: A Life on the Frontier of a New America (2016).Recommended Reading:Robert Utley, Frontier Regulars: The United States Army and the Indian, 1866-1891 (1974).Patricia Nelson Limerick, The Legacy of Conquest: The Unbroken Past of the American West (1987). Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Son of the Morning Star

David Boles: Human Meme

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 18, 2023 11:00

In this AI research presentation of the life of George Armstrong Custer, Atomic Dave, (aka David Boles), takes you on an adventurous history of the life of the boy general who found his end in the Battle of Little Bighorn.

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Wild Bill Hickok

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Play Episode Listen Later Oct 11, 2023 137:16

James Butler “Wild Bill” Hickok was the epitome of the Wild West. Soldier, spy, scout, gambler, lawman, and yes – gunfighter. Friends with other Old West legends like Buffalo Bill Cody, Kit Carson, Calamity Jane, and George Armstrong Custer, Hickok also brushed shoulders with his fair share of notorious outlaws like John Wesley Hardin. This is a comprehensive look at Wild Bill's life, from his early days growing up in Illinois, to his time in the Civil War, and his various exploits as a frontier lawman. And finally, we'll accompany Hickok to the black hills boomtown of Deadwood and his ultimate destiny. You've never heard Wild Bill's story quite like this! THIS IS A COMPILATION FROM A PREVIOUS SERIES ON HICKOK. Check out the website for more true tales from the Old West https://www.wildwestextra.com/ Email me! https://www.wildwestextra.com/contact/ Buy me a coffee! https://www.buymeacoffee.com/wildwest Free Newsletter! https://wildwestjosh.substack.com/ Join Into History for ad-free and bonus content! https://intohistory.supercast.com/ Merchandise! https://www.teepublic.com/user/wild-west-extravaganza Book Recommendations! https://www.amazon.com/shop/wildwestextravaganza/list/YEHGNY7KFAU7?ref_=aip_sf_list_spv_ofs_mixed_d They called him Wild Bill by Joseph G. Rosa - https://www.amazon.com/They-Called-Him-Wild-Bill/dp/0806115386 Bloody Bill Anderson - https://www.wildwestextra.com/46-bloody-bill-anderson-the-missouri-bushwhackers/ Making the Hickok Tutt Shot | duelist1954 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q7gGgHs2lPU 1867 Harper's Article - https://www.legendsofamerica.com/we-wildbill/

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Legends of the West: George Armstrong Custer

The Curiosity Chronicles

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 1, 2023 65:07

George Armstrong Custer is most famous for his Last Stand, which we will get to, but lived a fascinating life before his untimely demise that your casual history fan might be unaware of. Hopefully this episode gives you a brief look at who Custer was a person, and encourages you to dig deeper! Sources: essentialcivilwarcurriculum.com Philbrick, Nathaniel. The Last Stand. Penguin Books, 2011. Ambrose, Stephen E. Crazy Horse and Custer: The Parallel Lives of Two American Warriors. Open Road.

Throwback Thursday: Four Myths About George Armstrong Custer

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Play Episode Listen Later Jul 20, 2023 9:59

In today's Throwback Thursday episode, we debunk four myths about George Armstrong Custer and the Battle of Little Big Horn. Some of the facts may surprise you. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/revisionisthistory/support

Custer's Trials: A Life on the Frontier of a New America

Our American Stories

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 28, 2023 27:27

On this episode of Our American Stories, in his biography on George Armstrong Custer, Pulitzer Prize-winning author, T.J. Stiles, casts surprising new light on one of the best-known figures of American history, a subject of seemingly endless fascination. Support the show (https://www.ouramericanstories.com/donate)See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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The Plainsman W.T. Hamilton | My Sixty Years On The Plains

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 28, 2023 22:55

In the year 1842, a sickly 19-year-old named William T. Hamilton embarked on a journey to the Rocky Mountains accompanied by famed frontiersman Old Bill Williams. Over the course of the next several decades, Hamilton worked as a fur trapper, trader, lawman, guide, hunter, and scout. He'd ride with other notable figures such as George Armstrong Custer and General George Crook, take part in numerous engagements with hostiles, travel the west extensively, and finally – as a very old man – write a book titled My Sixty Years On The Plains: Trapping, Trading, and Indian Fighting. It's not too often on The Wild West Extravaganza that we hear from first-hand accounts but that's exactly what we're going to do today. Join me as Mr. Hamilton talks of leaving St. Louis and falling in with the fur trappers, of their encounters with Kiowa and Cheyenne and he describes, in glorious detail, taking part in a buffalo hunt. And, just as a bonus, if you've ever thought about making pemmican, Hamilton gives a pretty detailed recipe as well. Check out the website for more true tales from the Old West https://www.wildwestextra.com/ Email me! https://www.wildwestextra.com/contact/ Buy me a coffee! https://www.buymeacoffee.com/wildwest Free Newsletter! https://wildwestjosh.substack.com/ Join Patreon for ad-free and bonus content! https://www.patreon.com/wildwestextra Merchandise! https://www.teepublic.com/user/wild-west-extravaganza Book Recommendations! https://www.amazon.com/shop/wildwestextravaganza/list/YEHGNY7KFAU7?ref_=aip_sf_list_spv_ofs_mixed_d My 60 Years on the Plains by William T. Hamilton - https://www.amazon.com/dp/1695768930?linkCode=ssc&tag=onamzjoshta02-20&creativeASIN=1695768930&asc_item-id=amzn1.ideas.YEHGNY7KFAU7&ref_=aip_sf_list_spv_ons_d_asin Dépouille/Depuyer recipe - https://aihd.ku.edu/foods/Blackfeet.html

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June 1: Custer's Snow Camp

Dakota Datebook

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 1, 2023 2:55

Snow is a common occurrence in North Dakota, but not in June! That's what the Seventh Cavalry endured for two cold, wet days, stuck in camp in the Badlands, while marching west from Fort Abraham Lincoln. The expedition was headed into Montana Territory, where Plains Indians would later defeat Lt. Col. George Armstrong Custer and his men at the Battle of Greasy Grass, or Little Bighorn.

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Four Myths About George Armstrong Custer and the Battle of Little Big Horn

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Play Episode Listen Later Apr 26, 2023 9:59

In today's episode, we debunk four myths about George Armstrong Custer and the Battle of Little Big Horn. Some of the facts may surprise you. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/revisionisthistory/support

Thursday, March 30, 2023 – Native women warriors in history

Native America Calling - The Electronic Talking Circle

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 30, 2023 55:38

Lozen (Chiricahua Apache) was known as a fearless warrior, battle strategist, and healer in New Mexico and Arizona. Buffalo Calf Road Woman (Northern Cheyenne) fought next to her husband at the Battle of Little Bighorn and was even believed to have delivered the fatal blow to George Armstrong Custer. Today on Native America Calling, as we wrap up National Women's History Month, we learn more about these two Native female warriors and others with Carol Murray ([Blackfeet] Pikuni), retired administrator for the Blackfeet Community College; Eryn Wise (Jicarilla Apache and Laguna Pueblo), land and body sovereignty advocate; and Sgt. First Class Keshon Smith (Ft. McDermitt Paiute and Shosone Indian Reservation), president of Native American Women Warriors (NAWW).

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Throwback Thursday: Four Myths About George Armstrong Custer

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Play Episode Listen Later Jan 12, 2023 11:10

Dec 5th- Little Richard, George Custer, Walt Disney, Goo Goo Dolls, Gary Allen, Frankie Muniz

History & Factoids about today

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 5, 2022 11:44

National bathtub party day. Pop culture from 1991. London's deadliest smog, US Navy Flight 19 disappears, 1st nudist organization. Todays birthdays - Martin Van Buren, George Armstrong Custer, Walt Disney, Little Richard, John Rzeznik, Gary AllenFrankie Muniz. Nelson Mandela died.

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Custer Lives, Gaetz Case Withers, Biden's Bad Theology, and More!

The Ed Morrissey Show

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 23, 2022

Ready for the weekend? Harry Crocker gives us another literary change of pace in his new Regnery book Armstrong and the Mexican Mystery, a re-imagining of George Armstrong Custer into an adventurer and detective. Harry and I discuss the need to use fiction to teach greater truths, and the value of sheer entertainment in a 60-second-news-cycle world. I also cover the top stories today, including Stacey Abrams' conspiracy theory about ultrasound machines, Joe Biden's lies about the Catholic Church and abortion, and the apparently sudden end to the Matt Gaetz probe at the DoJ.

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The Aftermath: Battle of the Washita

Wild West Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 17, 2022 32:00

In this episode, buffalo hunters Jim White, Hoodoo Brown, Prairie Dog Morrow, and Josiah Wright Moore are camped along the Salina River, preparing hides to take to the market. During the evening, just before mealtime, a hunter by the name of Hoodoo Brown tells his account of the aftermath of the Washita battle on November 27, 1868. The battle is best remembered when Lt. Col. George Armstrong Custer's 7th U.S. Cavalry attacked Black Kettle's Southern Cheyenne camp. Custer's forces attacked the village because scouts had found it by tracking the trail of an Indian party that had raided white settlers. Black Kettle and his people had been at peace and were seeking peace. On that day, Custer's soldiers killed women and children in addition to warriors. They also took many captives to serve as hostages and human shields. The aftermath is the December 7, 1868, story of Custer's return to the battlefield to claim the remains of the fallen and boast of his accomplishments to General Sheridan. Wild West Podcast proudly present's - "The Aftermath: Battle of the Washita." Subscribe to Wild West Podcast on Apple PodcastThe Lowcountry Gullah PodcastTheculture, history and traditions podcast where Gullah Geechee culture lives!Listen on: Apple Podcasts Spotify

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The Earth is All That Lasts with Mark Lee Gardner

Can't Make This Up

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 12, 2022 43:33

Today I speak with historian of the American West Mark Lee Gardner about his recent book The Earth is All That Lasts: Crazy Horse, Sitting Bull, and the Last Stand of the Great Sioux Nation. Crazy Horse and Sitting Bull: Their names are iconic, their significance in American history undeniable. Together, these two Lakota chiefs, one a fabled warrior and the other a revered holy man, crushed George Armstrong Custer's vaunted Seventh Cavalry. Yet their legendary victory at the Little Big Horn has overshadowed the rest of their rich and complex lives. Now, based on years of research and drawing on a wealth of previously ignored primary sources, award-winning author Mark Lee Gardner delivers the definitive chronicle, thrillingly told, of these extraordinary Indigenous leaders. Both Crazy Horse and Sitting Bull were born and grew to manhood on the High Plains of the American West, in an era when vast herds of buffalo covered the earth, and when their nomadic people could move freely, following the buffalo and lording their fighting prowess over rival Indian nations. But as idyllic as this life seemed to be, neither man had known a time without whites. Fur traders and government explorers were the first to penetrate Sioux lands, but they were soon followed by a flood of white intruders: Oregon-California Trail travelers, gold seekers, railroad men, settlers, town builders—and Bluecoats. The buffalo population plummeted, disease spread by the white man decimated villages, and conflicts with the interlopers increased. On June 25, 1876, in the valley of the Little Big Horn, Crazy Horse and Sitting Bull, and the warriors who were inspired to follow them, fought the last stand of the Sioux, a fierce and proud nation that had ruled the Great Plains for decades. It was their greatest victory, but it was also the beginning of the end for their treasured and sacred way of life. And in the years to come, both Crazy Horse and Sitting Bull, defiant to the end, would meet violent—and eerily similar—fates. An essential new addition to the canon of Indigenous American history and literature of the West, The Earth Is All That Lasts is a grand saga, both triumphant and tragic, of two fascinating and heroic leaders struggling to maintain the freedom of their people against impossible odds. If you would like to help Can't Make This Up (and get early access and bonus episodes), consider becoming a supporter of the podcast on Patreon! Like the podcast? Please subscribe and leave a review! Follow @CMTUHistory on YouTube, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram & TikTok --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/cmtuhistory/support

Four Myths About George Armstrong Custer and the Battle of Little Big Horn

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Play Episode Listen Later Aug 20, 2022 11:12

In today's episode we debunk four myths about George Armstrong Custer and the Battle of Little Big Horn. Some of the facts may surprise you. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/revisionisthistory/support

Custer's Trials: A Life on the Frontier of a New America

Our American Stories

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 17, 2022 38:16

On this episode of Our American Stories, George Armstrong Custer, Pulitzer Prize-winning author, T.J. Stiles, casts surprising new light on one of the best-known figures of American history, a subject of seemingly endless fascination. Perhaps no name looms bigger in sports history, or American culture, than Babe Ruth. Here's Mike Gibbons, Director Emeritus and Curator of the Babe Ruth Birthplace and Museum to tell us why. Support the show (https://www.ouramericanstories.com/donate) Time Codes: 00:00 - Custer's Trials: A Life on the Frontier of a New America 35:00 - Legendary Man Known as "Babe"See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Wild Bill Hickok | Part One

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Play Episode Listen Later Aug 1, 2022 57:16

Few names associated with the old west are as recognizable as Wild Bill Hickok. And for good reason. In many ways, Wild Bill was the quintessential westerner of the later 19th century. Wagon master, scout, soldier, spy, lawman, gambler, actor, and yeah…gunfighter. A man capable of extraordinary feats of daring and bravery, yet courteous and soft spoken when left alone, and kind to children. One of the few frontiersmen who was willing to take his guns off and go toe to toe with anyone looking for a fight. But also, a man who – even by generous accounts – was a bit too quick when it came to pulling a trigger. He could cuss like a sailor, consorted with ladies of ill repute, and would rather gamble than eat. He was Friends with other notable frontiersmen like Buffalo Bill Cody, George Armstrong Custer, Kit Carson, Calamity Jane and Inspired future legends like U.S. Marshal Bill Tilghman and countless others. A celebrity in his own time, Hickok continues to tickle the imagination of millions. From the early silent film era till now, everyone from Gary Cooper to Charles Bronson to Jeff Bridges, Sam Elliot, and Keith Carradine has portrayed this icon on the big screen. But who was Hickok really? What sorta man was he? As with many notorious characters of the old west, much of the legend is built on exaggerated claims and outright lies. But in Hickok's case the truth is even more fascinating fiction. And the truth is what aiming for today. Check out my website for more true tales from the wild and woolly west https://www.wildwestextra.com/ Email me! https://www.wildwestextra.com/contact/ Buy me a coffee! https://www.buymeacoffee.com/wildwest Join Patreon for bonus content! https://www.patreon.com/wildwestextra Become a YouTube Paid Member for bonus content! https://www.youtube.com/c/WildWestExtravaganza Bloody Bill Anderson - https://www.wildwestextra.com/46-bloody-bill-anderson-the-missouri-bushwhackers/ Making the Hickok Tutt Shot | duelist1954 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q7gGgHs2lPU 1867 Harper's Article - https://www.legendsofamerica.com/we-wildbill/ History Daily Saturday Matinee | The Wild West Extravaganza - https://open.spotify.com/episode/1xSO0ZZ8yg1BkteXiYo7IH

After Custer's Last Stand, Sitting Bull and Crazy Horse Fought an Impossible Battle To Preserve the Sioux Nation

History Unplugged Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 7, 2022 61:33

Crazy Horse and Sitting Bull were two Lakota chiefs born in the final generation of Plains Indians who grew up in the manner similar to their ancestors: hunting herds of buffalo so large they seemed to cover the earth and moving freely with their nomadic tribes. But they always had contact with white settlers, first a trickle of fur traders and pioneers, then a flood of fortune seekers in 1874 Black Hills Gold Rush. The conflict came to a head in the 1876 Battle of Little Big Horn, in which they crushed George Armstrong Custer's Seventh Cavalry. But what happened to them after this victory?Today's guest is Mark Lee Gardner, author of The Earth is All That Lasts: Crazy Horse, Sitting Bull, and the Last Stand of the Great Sioux Nation. We look at the their stories and how their victory over the U.S military also marked and the beginning of the end for their treasured way of life. And in the years to come, both Crazy Horse and Sitting Bull, defiant to the end, would meet violent—and eerily similar—fates. They were two fascinating leaders struggling to maintain the freedom of their people against impossible odds.

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June 25th - Not Enough in the World - w/George Custer

Wow! I Didn't Know That! (or maybe I just forgot)

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 25, 2022 2:42

Fred discusses American Army Officer, George Armstrong Custer, best know for his fatal miscalculation of Plains forces that led to his famous "last stand" on this day in 1876. www.rockysealemusic.com https://rockysealemusic.com/wow-i-didn-t-know-that-or-maybe-i-just-forgot https://www.facebook.com/150wordspodcast --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/rocky-seale7/message

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What We Call This Place

Plains Folk

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 18, 2022 4:38

George Armstrong Custer is not a source I ordinarily would cite as to geographical terminology, but let me draw attention to a hopeful distinction he makes early in his memoir, My Life on the Plains. He remarks how schoolchildren were being taught to refer to the midsection of the country as “the Great American Desert.”

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16-2 George Armstrong Custer: Indian Fighter

Ranking ‘76: The American West

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 7, 2022 103:19

So, it turns out you can only rush into so many fights before you pay the price. Custer is fresh off the Civil War and has no place to put all his ego. What could go wrong? Social Media To review the scores and the teams, visit our website site HERE Find us on Instagram HERE Find us on Facebook HERE Find us on Reddit HERE Sourcing Custer's Trials: A Life on the Frontier of a New America by TJ Stiles Crazy Horse and Custer: The Parallel Lives of Two American Warriors The Civil War: An Illustrated History by Geoffrey C. Ward , Ric Burns and Ken Burns

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16-1 George Armstrong Custer: The Civil War Years

Ranking ‘76: The American West

Play Episode Listen Later May 31, 2022 106:46

"The Long-Haired Hero of the Shenandoah" certainly stayed busy for the first 25 years of his life. Listen and see just how far the combination of luck and fortitude can take a man. We also introduce Jimmy! Social Media To review the scores and the teams, visit our website site HERE Find us on Instagram HERE Find us on Facebook HERE Find us on Reddit HERE Sourcing Custer's Trials: A Life on the Frontier of a New America by TJ Stiles Crazy Horse and Custer: The Parallel Lives of Two American Warriors The Civil War: An Illustrated History by Geoffrey C. Ward , Ric Burns and Ken Burns

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Mark Kellogg Diary and Dispatch

Dakota Datebook

Play Episode Listen Later May 31, 2022 2:48

Bismarck Tribune reporter Mark Kellogg has a unique place in the story of the Battle of the Little Big Horn, or Greasy Grass. Though he died in the battle, his diary and newspaper dispatches record the movements of Lt. Col. George Armstrong Custer and the Seventh Cavalry's through Dakota and Montana territories in the spring of 1876.

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A New Day : Education to Repatriation (Part 2)

Heart Of All Oral History Project

Play Episode Listen Later May 13, 2022 45:55

The 1868 Fort Laramie Treaty created the “Great Sioux Reservation” - comprising the western part of South Dakota including He Sapa - which was to be reserved exclusively for the “absolute and undisturbed use and occupation” of the Sioux Nation. By 1877, after the discovery of gold by George Armstrong Custer's sanctioned expedition, this treaty was swiftly broken when the Black Hills were confiscated by the U.S. Congress. Part 2 of the episode begins with a detailed explanation of the cases related to the Black Hills land claim that culminated in 1980's United States Supreme Court for the United States v. Sioux Nation of Indians case. The next and final segment of this episode discusses 1990's Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act(NAGPRA) which was enacted “to establish the rights of Indian tribes and their lineal descendents to obtain repatriation of certain human remains, funerary objects, sacred objects, and objects of cultural patrimony from federal agencies or museums.”

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E50 • La Batalla de Little Bighorn: El alto precio de la osadía de Custer • Historia Bélica • Culturizando

Crónicas de Ares • Podcast de Historia Bélica

Play Episode Listen Later May 10, 2022 20:59

Los valles y barrancos que rodean el valle de Little Bighorn en Montana, ocupan un lugar único en la historia estadounidense. Durante una cálida tarde de junio de 1876, tuvo lugar aquí la última batalla de George Armstrong Custer, el querido “General Niño” de Estados Unidos, héroe de la guerra civil. Fue la contienda más famosa del conocido 7° Regimiento de Caballería y se recuerda como una de las más heroicas del ejército de Estados Unidos, mientras trataba de expulsar a los indios de sus tierras. Heroísmo salpicado por la mala decisión de Custer de hacer frente a un enemigo que le superaba en número por 10 a 1. Es la Batalla de Little Bighorn, el mayor triunfo de los nativos de las Grandes Llanuras sobre el Ejército de los Estados Unidos.Leer más: https://culturizando.com/la-batalla-de-little-bighorn-el-alto-precio-de-la-osadia-de-custer/ • CULTURIZANDO.COM/PODCAST • Podcast de Historia Bélica • Podcast en Español • Conéctate con Culturizando: Visita: https://culturizando.com/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/Culturizando Instagram: https://instagram.com/Culturizando Facebook: https://facebook.com/Culturizando Youtube: https://youtube.com/Culturizando Trivia Culturizando: Aprende con nuestras trivias de cultura general https://triviaculturizando.com/

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Ep 119: Custer Part II

An Hour of Your Life

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 17, 2022 65:05

This week we continue our tale of George Armstrong Custer. Listen and decide for yourself, hero or villain while you try and sort out what is fact and what is fiction.

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Custer's Last Stand - The Goat!

Let's Get Civical

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 30, 2022 47:08

In this week's episode of Let's Get Civical, Lizzie and Arden fulfill their promise to talk about Custer's Last Stand! Join them as they talk about how George Armstrong Custer was an impatient and terrible leader, how he scented his hair with cinnamon oil, and how Custer's Last Stand is not the same thing as the Alamo! Follow us on Twitter and Instagram at @letsgetcivical, @lizzie_the_rock_stewart, and @ardenjulianna. Or visit us at letsgetcivical.com for all the exciting updates! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Ep 118: Custer, Part I

An Hour of Your Life

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 29, 2022 51:32

This week we take on such a colorful character that it is going to take two episodes to fit it all in. We are talking about George Armstrong Custer. Hero or villain? Listen and decide for yourself.

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EP37 The Ultimate Custerf@$k

Get This Sh*t!

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 25, 2022 119:51

This week Malcolm joins us as guest co-host! He brings us an in depth look at George Armstrong Custer's intense life. Prepare yourself for the good, bad, and downright disgusting true tales of war, horses, and long flowing golden locks. In this episode we confirmed that Cassie knows nothing about sports! Get That Shit: Tal and Bert https://www.etsy.com/shop/talandbert Instagram- @talandbert AND American Battlefield Trust Non-Profit https://www.battlefields.org/ Instagram- @americanbattlefieldtrust

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Episode 9: George Armstrong Custer - Part 4

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 16, 2022 13:49

In this episode we finally cover Custer's Last Stand in the Montana Territory on June 25 1876.

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Episode 8: George Armstrong Custer - Part 3

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Play Episode Listen Later Jan 15, 2022 28:12

In this episode we track Custer from the end of the Civil War right up to the Battle of Little Bighorn. Custer was first involved in the reconstruction effort in Texas, they began his career as an Indian Fighter, which took him to his destiny in Southeast Montana.

Episode 7: George Armstrong Custer - Part 2

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Play Episode Listen Later Dec 28, 2021 23:03

In this episode we discuss Custer's rise to fame as Brigadier General of the famous Michigan Wolverine Cavalry. His brigade played important roles in Gettysburg, Yellow Tavern, Trevilian Station, 3rd Winchester, Cedar Creek and Appomattox.

Episode 6: George Armstrong Custer - Part 1