Born 1828 and died 1890, General George Crook was considered the Army's greatest Indian fighter. It is by no coincidence that he maxi...

I was taken to task by Jumpin Johnny on the post about Army Scout Jim Bridger. Johnny wrote: “Jim Bridger was a consummate liar. The Yello...

Frank Joshua North, born in New York 1840, was better known as William (Buffalo Bill) Cody's partner in a cattle ranch in Nebraska and...

"He was an expert trailer and scout. I soon recognized this and... secured his appointment in the United States service...In this capa...

William "Billy" Dixon (September 25, 1850 – March 9, 1913) scouted the Texas Panhandle for the Army, hunted buffalo for the trai...

Tom Horn, Army Scout, Range Detective but best known for a murder conviction and hanging, was born in 1860 in northeast Missouri. He repor...

A little known fight between 48 Army Scouts and 3 Army Officers, one of which was a Army Surgeon, against a mixed group of between 400 and ...

William “Wild Bill” Hickok was born in Illinois in 1837. His upbringing on the farm was attributed to his exceptional skills with firearms...

Albert Sieber was born in Germany on 29th February, 1844. His family emigrated to the United States and they settled in Lancaster, Pennsylv...

Because of a number if reasons, maybe foremost my heritage, I love to look at old photographs of the West. I thought I would share these p...

Last week was the 134th Anniversary of Custer’s Last Stand. I thought I would write about some of the Army Scouts, both Anglo and Indian, ...

In a life that that is hard to separate fact or friction from, William F. "Buffalo Bill" Cody came to embody the face and spiri...

Famous Army Scout Yellowstone Kelly was born Luther S. Kelly in 1849 in New York. Kelly served very late in the Civil War, finishing up hi...

Christopher "Kit" Carson was born December 1809 in Kentucky. At 16, Carson took a job as a “mule skinner” taking care of ho...

Beginning with this post, I am going to do a series on Army Scouts of the Old West. I am interested in this as I am a former Army Range Ri...