Wild West Podcast
Michael King/Brad Smalley
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Welcome to the Wild West Podcast, winner of the 2026 Best of Western Podcast award, where fact and legend merge. We present the true accounts of individuals who settled in towns built out of hunger for money, regulated by fast guns, who walked on both sides of the law, patrolling, investing in, and regulating the brothels, saloons, and gambling houses. These are stories of the men who made the history of the Old West come alive - bringing with them the birth of legends, brought to order by a six-gun and laid to rest with their boots on. Join us as we take you back in history to the legends of the Wild West. You can support our show by subscribing to Exclusive access to premium content at Wild West Podcast + https://www.buzzsprout.com/64094/subscribe or just buy us a cup of coffee at https://buymeacoffee.com/wildwestpodcast
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A Promise Across The Plains
Send us Fan MailA man rides east through New Mexico with a coffin in his wagon, charcoal packed tight to fight decay, because his dying friend asked for one last mercy: don’t bury me in a foreign…
Fanning The Hammer Is A Great Way To Lose
Send us Fan MailThe Wild West didn’t run on courage alone. It ran on nerve, repetition, and a cold understanding that “the law” often arrived as a Colt revolver, not a badge. We take you into the…
A Punitive March Turns Into A Saber Charge On The Kansas Frontier
Send us Fan MailA river can look calm and still be a trap. We drop into the Solomon River valley in 1857, where the U.S. Army launches what many consider the first true campaign against the Plains…
"Jeb" Stuart's Letter About The Battle of Solomon’s Fork
Send us Fan MailA 17-day march ends with a shock of movement on the open Plains: roughly 300 Cheyenne warriors in line of battle and the US cavalry scrambling to form up before the infantry can even…
A Handful Of Men Mark The Gateway West
Send us Fan MailMud, rain, and a riverbank so soft every step sinks, that’s where Fort Dodge begins. We rewind to April 10, 1865, and follow Captain Henry Pearce and a tired group of soldiers as they…
The Killing Of Ed: April 9, 1878
Send us Fan MailDodge City doesn’t just welcome the cattle drives; it feeds on them. When the herds arrive, so do the wages, the whiskey, the gambling, and the dance halls, and the town’s “wide open”…
What Does It Take To Turn Chaos Into Law
Send us Fan MailA county doesn’t feel “real” until paperwork can beat chaos, and Ford County’s origin story proves it. We head back to April 5, 1873, when Kansas Governor Thomas Osborne signs the…
Ford’s Founding Day
Send us Fan MailA town doesn’t start with a skyline. Sometimes it starts with frost-stiff grass, a quiet riverbank, and a man deciding the future should live right here. We’re looking back at…
We’ve got some big news from the frontier!
Send us Fan MailWe are absolutely thrilled to announce that Wild West Podcast has been ranked #3 on PodRanker’s list of the Top 15 Best Western Podcasts of 2026! A huge thank you to our incredible…
Iron Deadline
Send us Fan MailA railroad can feel inevitable when you see it on a map. Up close, it’s a gamble with a hard deadline, exhausted men, and miles of empty country that refuse to cooperate. We pick up…
April 1, 1939 Turns Dodge City Into Hollywood
Send us Fan MailApril 1 in the Great Plains isn’t just a punchline. We start with the kind of frontier humor that could make or break you: trail-boss tricks like sending a newcomer for a bucket of…
Boot Hill Unmasked: The Real People Behind Dodge City’s Deadliest Year
Send us Fan MailBoot Hill gets talked about like a legend, but legends get lazy. We wanted the names, the dates, and the ugly little details that show how Dodge City earned its reputation before the…
Iron Trail Across Kansas
Send us Fan MailA railroad with no rails, no spikes, and barely any money somehow convinces a frontier to bet on its future. We tell the origin story of the Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe as Cyrus…
The Day Dodge City Declared War
Send us Fan MailA town can look calm on a map and still be one bad decision away from open conflict. We step onto Front Street in Dodge City on March 19, 1883, where the air feels heavy with coal…
August Heat, Newton’s Bloody Night: Part 3
Send us Fan MailHeat pressed down on Newton in August 1871 like a hand over a mouth, and by midnight the town was a fuse. We open on a drought-stricken railhead where class divides sharpened nerves,…
Blood, Whiskey, & The Split Town of Newton: Part 2
Send us Fan MailHeat shimmers above the Santa Fe tracks as Newton, Kansas splits in two: polished mahogany and temperance to the north, canvas alleys and all-night revelry to the south. We guide you…
How A Kansas Post Office Sparked A Town’s Rise And Quiet Fall
Send us Fan MailA town can rise on paper before it stands in wood and stone. We follow Wilburn, a near-forgotten settlement in south central Ford County, from the bright moment it earned a federal…
Railroads, Longhorns, & The Making of Bloody Newton: Part 1
Send us Fan MailSmoke curls over the Kansas plains as a newborn railhead meets a river of longhorns and the town of Newton explodes into life. We follow the ATSF’s breakneck push toward land grants,…
Birth Of Ford County
Send us Fan MailA county can be born without a single shot fired. We travel back to February 26, 1867, when lawmakers in Topeka drew the first boundaries of Ford County and set a quiet revolution in…
James H. Ford: The Soldier Behind Ford County
Send us Fan MailA county’s name hides a better story than any barroom legend. We pull back the curtain on Colonel James Hobart Ford—the Union officer whose grit, speed, and stubborn discipline shaped…
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