Genealogy Images of History

Genealogy Images of History

Updated:07/23/07

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FORT A. D. RUSSELL - 1880 Era - Area: Western United States - " BESEIGED BY THE UTES - THE MASSACRE OF 1879." w Frederick Remington engravings. The story of one of the most tragic events on the western front as found in this old western magazine

FORT ABERCROMBIE - 1860 era. Location: MN, ND - Named in story by Margaret Arnett MacLeod as told to Edith Patterson of the Catholic Priest Father Joseph Goiffon and his ordeal to get back to his St. Boniface Cathedral in North Dakota as written in this old and complete western magazine.

FORT ABRAHAM LINCOLN * - 1870 era - Location - Dakota Territory, MT. Named in history entitled "FT .LINCOLN'S PHANTOM FORGER" by Tom Bailey which the author claims that the Seventh Cavalry might have been saved had Custer heeded a forged order not to march to a rendezvous with death on the Little Big Horn as found in a very rare and complete western magazine.

FORT ABRAHAM LINCOLN - 1870 - Location: MT, WY. Named in story entitled "Another Survivor of the Custer Battle" by Harry J. Owen who states that overlooked by history, there were some 140 horses that survived the famous 7th Cavalry massacre. Here he cites interesting facts and figures seldom found as published in this old, complete, western magazine.

FORT ABRAHAM LINCOLN mentioned in "Reporting A Gold Rush", by: Oliver Knight as published in this old western magazine.

FORT ABRAHAM LINCOLN - Location DAKOTA TERRITORY, MT, WY. Named in story entitled Bloody Knife – Custer’s Favorite Scout by Ernest Lisle Reedstrom who reports of the loyalty of one half-breed Indian Scout who gained Custer’s respect and ultimately his death in fighting against Custer’s foes. It is an exciting story of his fights along the pioneer western front with actual pictures showing his friendship and respect from Custer as found in this seldom opened western magazine.

FORT ABRAHAM LINCOLN, 1870 era – Location: SD. Mentioned in “If Reno Had Attacked,” by J. S. Paul. Would Custer have been saved if Reno had attacked? This is a new twist to an old tale as published in this complete old western magazine

FORT ABRAHAM LINCOLN, NORTH DAKOTA - 1870 - 80's era - Location CO, KS, MT, ND, PA, SD, WY. Yale Professor named in story entitled "The Great Dinosaur War" by Paul C. Day tells of the differences of Yale Professor Othniel Charles Marsh and Quaker Edward Drinker cope and their explorations of the River Basin of Montana where they hunted bones and fossils and minerals as related in this rare complete western magazine.

FORT ABRAHAM LINCOLN.. - 1860 era - Named in historical story entitled " Fort Laramie" , a Federal Army Outpost in Wyoming and the events that took place here and changed the outcome of the pioneer west as published in this rare of western magazine

FORT ABRHAM LINCOLN mentioned in 1876 era - Story entitled "Was It Only Custer's Folly?" by Carl W. Breihan published in old Western Magazine. Seldom found Custer story i.e. "the great Indian Campaign campaign of 1876, remains the most romantic, epochal, tragic, mystical and mysterious of all the rare conflicts known in the history of the world." Highly technical with controversial theories of battle.

FORT APACHE - era 1863 - 74 - Site: New Mexico. Named in story of lost treasure entitled THE LOST ADAM'S DIGGINGS by Louise Cheney which legend says is second only to the Lost Dutchman mine in unfound treasures of the old west as story found in this complete American western magazine

FORT APACHE, Arizona Territory - 1870-1920 era - Location: U.S., Mexico, Russia. Mentioned in “The Dazzling Mexican Cossack,” by Donald N. Bentz. A story of Colonel Emilio E. K. Kosterlitzky, one of the most controversial, maligned, and romantic figures in southwestern American history as published in this complete old western magazine

FORT APACHE - 1871 era - Site: Arizona. Named in story entitled The General and the Medicine Man that took place on western frontier which reports on the exploits of Will C. Barnes, Sergeant, U. S. Army who received the Congressional Medal of Honor for the Battle of Cibicue, a bloody battle that was the prelude for the Battle of Fort Apache as found in this complete and seldom read western magazine

FORT APACHE, ARIZONA BASEBALL TEAM - 1880 - LOCATION: CA, HA, MO, NY. Named in great story entitled BALL ONE OF THE FRONTIER by Milt Riske of baseball in the early days as featured story in an old western magazine

FORT ARBUCKLE, OKLAHOMA - 1867.- Named in story entitled "He Broke the Chisholm Trail" by Glenn Shirley which reports the life and times of Colonel Oliver W. Wheeler, one of the west's early pioneers who who didn’t get a trail named after him but achieved notable success in the early 1850-70’s selling horses and cattle, His most notable success was following the Civil War when he bought Texas Longhorns and established a cattle route to Abilene, Kansas as found in this western magazine.

FORT ARBUCKLE, OKLAHOMA* - 1820 - 1890 era. Location - Western United States - Named in story entitled Captain Black Beaver (Se-ket-Tu-May-Qua - sometimes spelled Si-ki-to-ker) - by Glen Shirley calling him The Great Delaware, a much sought guide and interpreter. Honored by his tribe in that he was given custody of the famous treaty signed by William Pen and the Chief of the Delaware Tribe at Shackamaxson. as found in rare western magazine. Must read.

FORT ARBUCKLE, OKLAHOMA, - 1860 Era - Referred to in story entitled "The Hero Of The Battle Of The Lightning Bugs" by E. H. Brewington, the story of the reputed first engagement of the battle of Civil War in Oklahoma territory. A complete western magazine that is very rare and hard to find.

FORT ASSINIBOINE mentioned in "Tall Tales of Montana" by Maurice Kildare. A story of hardcases, Indians and pioneers in Montana in the late 1800's as found in this old western magazine.

FORT ASSINIBONE, MONTANA TERRITORY - 1870 -90 - Location: MT, Canada. Named in story entitled THE LAST WAR PARTY by Hugh A. Dempsey of the Blood Indians last raid against the Crows as found in this, complete and rare western magazine that is 50 years old

FORT ASTORIA, 1880 era. Written up in "Key to the Treasure on Nehalem Spit" By: Wayne Darwin - a story of legends of old Spanish Treasure Ships Wrecked on the Oregon Coast as published in this old western magazine.

FORT ATKINSON - 1799 - 1850's era. Location: Ireland, Western United States. Named in story entitled "BROKEN HAND FITZPATRICK, MOUNTAIN MAN EXTRAORDINARY" who says that even Kit Carson and Jim Bridger could not match the exploits of Thomas "Broken Hand" Fitzpatrick in the perilous Rocky Mountains as published in the old and complete western magazine

FORT BASCOM mentioned or described in "John B. Charlton, Cavalryman By Choice" by Fred Frank Blalock, a description of the last great battle in 1874 between the U. S. Cavalry and Lone Wolf's Indians as printed in an old western magazine

FORT BAYARD., * - 1870 - 1900 - Site NM, AR, CO. Named in SAGA OF THE GALLANT SHERIFF, story of Harvey H. Whitell by Maurice Kildare which is story of western pioneer who worked successively as railroader, miner, politician, soldier and rancher as reported in this rare and complete and seldom found western magazine.

FORT BAYARD - 1860 circa. Site: NM, TX. Named in story entitled THE BATTLE OF THE NO KISSIN' KIN - (WHEN THE RIO GRANDE RAN RED) by Leonard H. Boucher who writes of a battle when the South won a shallow victory under the leadership of Confederate Army General H. H. Sibley against General E R.S. Canby of the Union Army which is reported here in detail as found in this old and complete western magazine.

FORT BELLINGHAM - Washington Territory - 1859 era, Site: British Columbia, Canada, Oregon, Washington Territory. Named in story entitled "THE PIG WAR" by C. J. Line that involved the British and U. S. Government over a disputed boundary line between Canada and Oregon - all started by a pig as told in this very rare, complete western magazine.

FORT BELNAP- 1865-90 - Cherokee Strip, Indian Territory, Oklahoma. Named in rare autobiography entitled COWBOYS AND CATTLELAND, by H. H. Halsell, the story of life of the old Cherokee Strip Riders who galloped up and down the Cimarron Strip with Halsell in the years thru 1889 as published in this rarely found and seldom opened old, complete western magazine

FORT BELNAP - Pioneer era - LOCATION, Fort Richardson, Jacksboro, Texas. Named in story entitled HOME BASE OF 6TH CAVALRY by Russell Jones of the Fort called "The Forgotten Lady of Frontier Forts which identifies units, officers and enlisted men who occupied this fort as found in this old and complete western magazine.

FORT BELNAP- 1840 - 1870's. Location TX. Named in story entitled Comanche Chief by Zoe A. Tilghman which contains important genealogical info of family including. his daughter, Mrs. Neda Birdsong and contains facts which the author says straighten out stories of Adobe Wells and other Indian battles led by Chie Quanah Parker as published in this old, rare and complete magazine

FORT BELNAP, MONTANA - 1870 -90 - Location: MT, Canada. Named in story entitled THE LAST WAR PARTY by Hugh A. Dempsey of the Blood Indians last raid against the Crows as found in this, complete and rare western magazine that is 50 years old

FORT BELNAP, TEXAS - 1867 - 78 era. Location: TX. Named in story entitled "FORT RICHARDSON - THE WHITE'S MAN HOPE" by Louise Cheney who writes of the history of a U. S. Army fort in the pioneer country which only lasted 11 year but was one of the most important in our history as found in this old and complete western magazine.

FORT BELNAP RESERVATION - 1880 – 1900. LOCATION – MISSOURI - MONTANA . Named in the story entitled Powder - The Travails of Hard Luck Smith by Walt Coburn which relates the history of a couple of freight haulers in the Little Rockies as found in this old western magazine

FORT BELNAP RESERVATION, MONTANA, - 1910 - 20 era. Location: MT Named in story entitled MISSOURI RIVER GIRL who writes of Alberta Tracey, a school teacher in the early frontier of Montana territory in the 1900's. Details life on the frontier, schooldays, pictures of classrooms and students as found in this old and complete western magazine

FORT BENTON (Montana) - 1864 - 1920 ERA - Fort named in Story entitled " Charles Marion Russell - Supreme Master of Western Art by Tana Mac. Author says Russell was known and loved as a great artist throughout the world as published in this old western magazine.

FORT BENTON - 1900 era - Location: MA, MT. Named in story entitled "A FRIENDSHIP TO LIFT THE HEART" by Forrest Crossen relating tales of the lifetime association of Joe Thoroughman and Charlie Russell, the noted American Western Artist as found in this issue of an old Western magazine.

FORT BENTON, ARIZONA - 1800's era - Colorado - Father of "Tom Tobin, Reluctant Hero" by Editha L. Watson, the story of Tom Tobin, who at great personal danger, collected outlaw's heads, guided explorers through the Rockies and found and rescued a couple of youngsters given up for lost as published in this rare and complete old western magazine.

FORT BENTON, GREAT FALLS, MONTANA - 1860 era. Location: IO, MO, MT, NE. Named in story entitled MISSOURI STEAMBOAT'S TREASURE who writes that rivers, like woman, change their minds about where they want to go are indifferent as to what they leave behind as published in his old and complete western magazine

FORT BENTON, MONTANA - 1860 - 90 - location GA, MT - Ntory entitled "SAGA OF MILL FLAT" by Maurice Kildare with photos courtesy of Zula White Garino. Story's subject is Joseph A. White and his family, neighbors and kin and the area known as Mill Flat where mining and lumber camps dotted the area as written up in this complete western magazine.

FORT BENTON, MONTANA - 1870 -90 - Location: MT, Canada. Named in story entitled THE LAST WAR PARTY by Hugh A. Dempsey of the Blood Indians last raid against the Crows as found in this, complete and rare western magazine that is 50 years old

FORT BENTON, MONTANA - 1800 - 1900's era. Location: ID, MT, OR, WA. Named in story entitled "BLACK ROBES AND CIRCUIT RIDERS" by Gracey Roffey Pratt who writes that in the pioneer days it was thought that 'Sunday Would Never Cross the Mississippi" but a host of dedicated circuit riders and missionaries carried their message as relayed in this history written in this old and complete western magazine

FORT BENTON, MONTANA - 1870 - 80's era - Location CO, KS, MT, ND, PA, SD, WY. Yale Professor named in story entitled "The Great Dinosaur War" by Paul C. Day tells of the differences of Yale Professor Othniel Charles Marsh and Quaker Edward Drinker cope and their explorations of the River Basin of Montana where they hunted bones and fossils and minerals as related in this rare complete western magazine.

FORT BENTON, North Dakota referred to in "Steamers On The Big Muddy" by Carl Arp. History w pictures of the river steamers that sailed the Missouri River in pioneer days as saved from old rarely found Western magazine.

FORT BENTON, North Dakota mentioned in "Tall Tales of Montana" by Maurice Kildare. A story of hardcases, Indians and pioneers in Montana in the late 1800's as found in this old western magazine.

FORT BENTON- 1875 - 84 ERA. Location: Montana. Named in story entitled The Red Napoleon of the West by Helen Clark tells of the trials and tribulation of those involved in the fight at the battle of Big Hole. There were heroes here aplenty but one wore a Black Robe – Father Reverend Anthony Ravalli, S. J. of St. Mary’s mission at Stevensville in the Bitterroot Valley and this rare western magazine tells the story

FORT BERTHOLD - 1850 era. Site: Ireland, Western United States. Named in story entitled THE WEST'S GREATEST GAME KILLER by Jay Scott who writes of the Irish Lord St. George, Eighth Baronet of Gore who came to our pioneer and hunted game for fun as told in this complete western magazine.

FORT BERTHOLD - 1865 era - Location: DK Territory, MO, Named in story entitled NEWTON EDMONDS - TREATY MAKER OF DAKOTA reports on the life and times of Governor of Dakota Newton Edmonds who in formal clothes and silk hat, was fervently desirous of peace even it it mean losing his beautiful topper as published in this unique, old and complete western magazine..

FORT BERTHOLD - 1890 - 1912 Circa. Site - Missouri, Dakota Territory. Named in biography entitled SAGA OF FREDERIC GERARD by Carleton Mays. Written of a legend who the author states could whip wild grizzlies, defeat 600 Indians, escape from the Custer massacre yet compassionate enough to tend the sick Indians as though they were his flock as found in rare and complete western magazine.

FORT BERTHOLD 1848 - 52. Location: U.S. Named in story entitled "RUDOLPH KURZ" - THE WEST'S FORGOTTEN ARTIST by Wilfred T. Neil Old, complete western magazine

FORT BERTHOLD - Location DAKOTA TERRITORY, MT, WY. Named in story entitled Bloody Knife – Custer’s Favorite Scout by Ernest Lisle Reedstrom who reports of the loyalty of one half-breed Indian Scout who gained Custer’s respect and ultimately his death in fighting against Custer’s foes. It is an exciting story of his fights along the pioneer western front with actual pictures showing his friendship and respect from Custer as found in this seldom opened western magazine

FORT BIDWELL, CALIFORNIA- Pioneer era - LOCATION U S, CANADA and ENGLAND. Named in western story entitled “BRONCO CHARLEY MILLER” - Last of the Pony Express Riders by Sam Henderson who wrote this true tale of a young 10 year old kid whose family was massacred by Shoshone warriors as published in this old and complete western magazine

FORT BLISS * - 1920 era - Fort Bliss, El Paso, Texas. Named in story entitled "Garry Owen, The Pride of Fort Bliss" by Knowles-Peterson. Seldom found history of the best of the 5th Cavalry Horses with personal testimony by handlers as published in this rarely found history published in out of the way western magazine.

FORT BLISS, TEXAS - 1918 - 22 - New Mexico - .Named in story entitled THE CHENNAULT PLANE CRASH. As a Flying Tiger, he was practically invincible but - at another time - another day. he was just a pilot of an old rusted Liberty Airplane who crash landed in the Gila National Forest as written up in this old, complete western magazine.

FORT BLISS, TEXAS - 1890 – 1940’s. Location AZ, Canada, Mexico, MT, NM, TX. Named in LEGENDARY TOM THREEPERSONS by Mary’N Rosson with her photos with tales of this great American frontiersman. Threepersons excelled in everything he did – tracker, mountie, cowboy, lawman, Marshal, scout. He was an intelligent scout for Pershing chasing Pancho Villa. His was a life of adventure on the western frontier as told in the western magazine

FORT BLISS, TEXAS . – 1850 ERA – LOCATION TX MX . El Paso, Named in story entitled 1858 SHOOTING GROUNDS – EL PASO – by W. W. Mills who wrote this originally in 1900 and was a witness to El Paso history in 1858 and lived to write about it as saved from this old western magazine.

FORT BLISS, TEXAS - 1860 circa. Site: NM, TX. Named in story entitled THE BATTLE OF THE NO KISSIN' KIN - (WHEN THE RIO GRANDE RAN RED) by Leonard H. Boucher who writes of a battle when the South won a shallow victory under the leadership of Confederate Army General H. H. Sibley against General E R.S. Canby of the Union Army which is reported here in detail as found in this old and complete western magazine.

FORT BLISS, TEXAS .* - Named and pictured is a loving cup found on the Fort site in a Frontier times Scrapbook Collage of Early American Pioneer Paintings and photographs as pictured and identified in index in old and complete western magazine.

FORT BODEGA - 1840 era - Location, California. Named in story entitled "THE REBEL AUTOCRAT OF NORTHERN CALIFORNIA" by Drew Andrews - a history of the life and times of Commande General Mariano Guadalupe Vallejo who ask was he a scoundrel or hero but either way, this gentleman-soldier wrote history as published in this old, complete hard to find western magazine

FORT BOISE - 1800 - 1900's era. Location: ID, MT, OR, WA. Named in story entitled "BLACK ROBES AND CIRCUIT RIDERS" by Gracey Roffey Pratt who writes that in the pioneer days it was thought that 'Sunday Would Never Cross the Mississippi" but a host of dedicated circuit riders and missionaries carried their message as relayed in this history written in this old and complete western magazine.

FORT BOISE POLO TEAM * - POLO TOURNAMENT, BOISE, IDAHO - 1921 - Polo teams from Camp Lewis, Washington and Fort Russell, Wyoming vs. Boise Team.

FORT BOWIE, ARIZONA * - Late 1800 era - Site: America, Ireland, England. Named in story entitled THE FIGHTING IRISHMAN by Donald N. Bentz, the true story of Captain Gerald "Jerry" Russell of the 3rd Cavalry, U. S. Army who was known for his unmercifully hard treatment of his soldiers but gained their respect by riding beside them so much so that they took the name of RUSSELL'S RAGGED ROGUES as related in this complete and hard to find western magazine.

FORT BOWIE, ARIZONA- 1890 - 20 era. Named in this story. When an old prospector came struggling into Fort Bowie in Arizona Indian Territory hungry and tired. Well, he had come to the right place cause three of the soldiers there had found some funny looking rock and wanted him to stake a claim. They shook hands, became a partnership and founded the THE QUEEN OF COPPER as here found in this western magazine by Dale F. Underwood.

FORT BRIDGER * - 1820 - 1870 era, Location Western United States. Named and pictured in "Jim Bridger: The Blanket Chief" by Kit Stone. The story of Jim Bridger - a hunter, trapper, fur trader, guide and explorer whose "keen intelligence and courage was respected by whites and Indians equally as published in this rare and complete old western magazine.

FORT BRIDGER - Mentioned in "A Curse Upon His Head" By: Norman C. Pierce, the story of the Mormon empire builder. Sam Brennan, of San Francisco. Rare.

FORT BRIDGER WYOMING ,- 1870 era - Location; New England, NY, NB, WY, UT. Named in story entitled PROFESSOR MARSH GOES WEST: THE YALE EXPEDITION which tells of the first American specialist in paleontology, Professor O. C. Marsh and his venture in search of old dinosaur bones as found in the rare and complete western magazine.

FORT BRIDGER - 1860 era - Named in story of an heroic pioneer, John Gardner Tims who survived an arduous trip from England after conversion to Mormonism to Salt Lake City. Entitled "Jack Mormon", a true tale of the pioneer west as published in this complete and rare western magazine.

FORT BRIDGER - 1862 Era - Identified in story entitled "Brigham Young and the Saints Went Marching". Only this time, they were ready to leave Salt Lake City rather than suffer the indignity of U. S. troops occupying their sacred city as found in rare old western magazine.

FORT BRIDGER - 1870 ERA - Named in Historical story by Professor Othniel C. Marsh written before his death that covered his trips to the Great West Contains text along with pictures of his trips inc. photos of his 1871 Yale Expedition, the 1873 Expedition.

FORT BRIDGER, WYOMING - 1850 - 90 era. Site: Nebraska and Western Frontier. Named in biography entitled EDWARD CREIGHTON - SINGING WIRE CHIEF by Joe Koller describing the live of this builder of the first trans-continental telegraphy line, early Platte Valley Rancher, freighter and developer of the Northern Plains. who was elect to the Hall of Fame of Great Westerners of the National Cowboy Hall of Fame as found in this rare and complete western magazine.

FORT BRIDGER. WYOMING - 1840-41- Era. Site Western Territories. Named in THE FIRST EMIGRANT TRAIN TO CALIFORNIA, the story of hardship, terror, malnutrition on the road to the new west as endured by pioneers who made the first wagon train westward as saved from this old complete and selfdom found western magazine.

FORT BRIDGER mentioned in "Denver and the Mountains of Gold" By: Barron Kemp

FORT BROWN - 1874 - 76 Era. Location, Texas Mexico. Named in history entitled McNeilly's Raiding Rangers by R. Bolon who tells of the history of the Texas Rangers Lawman under Captain L. H. McNelly who defied orders, crossed the Rio Grande to teach the rustlers a lesson regardless of the help or odds as found in this extremely rare western magazine.

FORT BROWN 1840 era - Site: Rio Grande Country, Texas - Named in story entitled STRANGE SAGA OF FORT CLARK by Louise Cheney Aver which includes history of the Fort which author calls " The Guardian of the Rio Grande Country" and major figures i.e. General Ranald "Bad Hand" MacKenzie who played an important part in the defense of the frontier north of the river as found in this very rare and treasured western magazine.

FORT BROWN, BROWNSVILLE, TEXAS, (1840-66 era – Location: AZ, CA, TX, Mexico). Mentioned in “Texas Had The First WAC,” by A. A. McDonald. The story of Mrs. Sarah Borginnis “Great Western,” who won fame at Fort Brown and the Battle of Buena Vista and after the Mexican War was breveted a Colonel, as published in this complete old western magazine.

FORT BROWN, TEXAS * - Late 1800 era - Site: America, Ireland, England. Named in story entitled THE FIGHTING IRISHMAN by Donald N. Bentz, the true story of Captain Gerald "Jerry" Russell of the 3rd Cavalry, U. S. Army who was known for his unmercifully hard treatment of his soldiers but gained their respect by riding beside them so much so that they took the name of RUSSELL'S RAGGED ROGUES as related in this complete and hard to find western magazine.

FORT BUCAHANAN, ARIZONA - 1850 ERA. Location AZ, CA, KY, NY. Named in history entitled "The Father of Arizona" by A. Kinney Griffith which recites events in the life of Charles Debrille Poston in Tubec's turbulent past as found in this complete, rare, western magazine.

FORT BUCAHANAN, ARIZONA, 1870 - 1890 era, Written up in, "Those Brawling Boys in Blue" By: William B. Secrest. Seldom found stories of army life and problems and quarrels in service on the western front.

FORT BUCANANAN, ARIZONA - 1820 -61 era, Site: MA, KY, NM. Named in story entitled "LONE STAND OF BILLY RHODES" who writes of a hair-raising tale of the subject dodging Cochise and a band of Apaches who were looking for his scalp as found in this old, complete western magazine.

FORT BUFORD - SEVENTH (7TH) INFANTRY, U. S. Army - written up in 1893 "The Bravest Deed I Ever Saw" by Brig. General John Gibbon - rare story of acts of courage by soldiers on the Indian front.

FORT BUFORD - Location DAKOTA TERRITORY, MT, WY. Named in story entitled Bloody Knife – Custer’s Favorite Scout by Ernest Lisle Reedstrom who reports of the loyalty of one half-breed Indian Scout who gained Custer’s respect and ultimately his death in fighting against Custer’s foes. It is an exciting story of his fights along the pioneer western front with actual pictures showing his friendship and respect from Custer as found in this seldom opened western magazine

FORT BUFORD - 1876 - Location: MT, ND, WY. Named in story entitled THE EPIC VOYAGE OF THE FAR WEST by Norman B. Wiltsey who writes of the voyage of the Steamer Far West which carried the wounded survivors of the 7th Cavalry after the battle of the Little Bighorn as found in this old and complete western magazine

FORT C. F. SMITH.. - 1860 era - Named in historical story entitled " Fort Laramie" , a Federal Army Outpost in Wyoming and the events that took place here and changed the outcome of the pioneer west as published in this rare of western magazine

FORT CAMP LEWIS POLO TEAM * - POLO TOURNAMENT, BOISE, IDAHO - 1921 - Polo teams from Camp Lewis, Washington and Fort Russell, Wyoming vs. Boise Team.

FORT CARLTON, CANADA mentioned in "The Northwest Mounted Police of Canada"

FORT CASPER mentioned in - Early Wyoming history entitled "Joseph Maull Carey - Mr. Wyoming " by Joe Koller as published in old western magazine. Article covers the life and times of Carey, who has been elected as a member of the Hall of Fame of Great Westerners.

FORT CASTILLO de SAN MARCOS, ST. AUGUSTINE, FLORIDA * - 1672 - 1900 era, Locations of Forts of the United States. Named in story entitled VANISHING FORTRESS by Charles V. Mathis who gives a rare look at the old forts east of the Mississippi and their remains from the frontier days as found in this old and complete western magazine.

FORT CHURCHILL * - 1850 - 191- era. Site: Fort Churchill, Nevada, Utah. Pictured and named in this comprehensive history of FORT CHURCHILL named MILITARY GHOSTS ON THE CARSON by Neil Murbarger which relates the proud history of, arguably, the most important Fort on the pioneer western front. Great stories of the past as seldom read and published in this old western magazine.

FORT CHURCHILL, NEVADA - Era 1861 – Location: Pioneer West - Named in historic story of the Pony Express by Mark Sufrin. "Pony" Bob Haslam rode 120 miles from Smith Creek to Fort Churchill with Abraham Lincoln’s inaugural address, fought off Piutes on two occasions and was injured both times. He is credited with getting message to west coast and the news keeping California in the Union as appeared in this old and rare western magazine.

FORT CITADEL - 1840 Era - Location MX, LA, TX. Named in story entitled "When Lee and Grant Were Allies" by Norman Winski where author tells that Lee once came to Grant's rescue and of their service in the American-Mexican War's most important battle - Chapultepec as found in this old and complete western magazine

FORT CLARK, TEXAS - Pioneer era - LOCATION, Fort Richardson, Jacksboro, Texas. Named in story entitled HOME BASE OF 6TH CAVALRY by Russell Jones of the Fort called "The Forgotten Lady of Frontier Forts which identifies units, officers and enlisted men who occupied this fort as found in this old and complete western magazine.

FORT CLARK, TEXAS * - 1840 era - Texas area -Named in "Comanche Captive-Sarah Horn" by Louise Cheney, the story of an Apache Indian Kidnapping which resulted in the murder of her husband and the enslavement of her children. All reported as published in this old rare and complete western magazine.

FORT CLARK, TEXAS * 1840 era - Site: Rio Grande Country, Texas - Story entitled STRANGE SAGA OF FORT CLARK by Louise Cheney Aver which includes history of the Fort which author calls " The Guardian of the Rio Grande Country" and major figures i.e. General Ranald "Bad Hand" MacKenzie who played an important part in the defense of the frontier north of the river as found in this very rare and treasured western magazine.

FORT CLARK, TEXAS - - Mentioned in Western pioneer Story Vol 1. No. 1. - Rarely Found - When Bad Hand Rode to Oblivion by Carl Allenbaugh.

FORT CLARK, TEXAS - mentioned in Western Frontier Story "6 Medals of Honor" by Jack Lafferty

FORT CLARK, TEXAS mentioned or described in "John B. Charlton, Cavalryman By Choice" by Fred Frank Blalock, a description of the last great battle in 1874 between the U. S. Cavalry and Lone Wolf's Indians as printed in an old western magazine

FORT CLARK, TEXAS QUARTERMASTER BUILDING 1840 era - Site: Rio Grande Country, Texas - Named in story entitled STRANGE SAGA OF FORT CLARK by Louise Cheney Aver which includes history of the Fort which author calls " The Guardian of the Rio Grande Country" and major figures i.e. General Ranald "Bad Hand" MacKenzie who played an important part in the defense of the frontier north of the river as found in this western magazine.

FORT CLARK, TEXAS* pictured in "Comanche Captive-Sarah Horn"

FORT CLARK * - 1833 - 34. Site: ND, France, Germany, Switzerland. Named in story entitled WINTER AT FORT CLARK, edited by Davis Thomas and Karin Ronnefeldt which recites one of the most important American Plains Expedition of Maximilian and Bodmer along the tribes of the Upper Missouri as found in this old, complete western magazine.

FORT CLARK, - 1890 - 1912 Circa. Site - Missouri, Dakota Territory. Named in biography entitled SAGA OF FREDERIC GERARD by Carleton Mays. Written of a legend who the author states could whip wild grizzlies, defeat 600 Indians, escape from the Custer massacre yet compassionate enough to tend the sick Indians as though they were his flock as found in rare and complete western magazine.

FORT COBB, OKLAHOMA * - 1820 - 1890 era. Location - Western United States - Named in story entitled Captain Black Beaver (Se-ket-Tu-May-Qua - sometimes spelled Si-ki-to-ker) - by Glen Shirley calling him The Great Delaware, a much sought guide and interpreter. Honored by his tribe in that he was given custody of the famous treaty signed by William Pen and the Chief of the Delaware Tribe at Shackamaxson. as found in rare western magazine. Must read.

FORT COBB, OKLAHOMA - 1860 Era - Referred to in story entitled "The Hero Of The Battle Of The Lightning Bugs" by E. H. Brewington, the story of the reputed first engagement of the battle of Civil War in Oklahoma territory. A complete western magazine that is very rare and hard to find.

FORT COBB, OKLAHOMA - 1867. - Named in story entitled "He Broke the Chisholm Trail" by Glenn Shirley which reports the life and times of Colonel Oliver W. Wheeler, one of the west's early pioneers who who didn’t get a trail named after him but achieved notable success in the early 1850-70’s selling horses and cattle, His most notable success was following the Civil War when he bought Texas Longhorns and established a cattle route to Abilene, Kansas as found in this western magazine.

FORT COEUR D'ALENE - 1800 - 1900's era. Location: ID, MT, OR, WA. Named in story entitled "BLACK ROBES AND CIRCUIT RIDERS" by Gracey Roffey Pratt who writes that in the pioneer days it was thought that 'Sunday Would Never Cross the Mississippi" but a host of dedicated circuit riders and missionaries carried their message as relayed in this history written in this old and complete western magazine

Fort Colville, - 1865 era – Location: WA Territory. Named in story entitled “The Colville Indian’s Helen Toulou” by Thelma Kimmel which relates the story of pioneer days in the Fort Spokane area as found in this complete, seldom read western magazine.

FORT COLVILLE, WASHINGTON - 1800 - 1900's era. Location: ID, MT, OR, WA. Named in story entitled "BLACK ROBES AND CIRCUIT RIDERS" by Gracey Roffey Pratt who writes that in the pioneer days it was thought that 'Sunday Would Never Cross the Mississippi" but a host of dedicated circuit riders and missionaries carried their message as relayed in this history written in this old and complete western magazine

FORT CONCEPTION * - 1923 - Location: 213 Miles South of San Francisco, California. Named in map in article entitled "Death of Destroyer Squadron II" by Ben T. Traywick who writes that after the helmsman got the word, the U. S. S. Delphy, experienced small sound like sand moving against the hull -- then a sharp grating of tortured metal followed by chilling reverberating bumps which ended in a hard crash and ended as the worst tragedy of the U. S. Navy history as found in this seldom found western magazine.

FORT CONCHO* - Named fight between Negro U. S Cavalrymen and white Texans in a Frontier times Scrapbook Collge of Early American Pioneer Paintings and photographs as pictured and identified in index in old and complete western magaziine

FORT CONCHO - mentioned or described in "John B. Charlton, Cavalryman By Choice" by Fred Frank Blalock, a description of the last great battle in 1874 between the U. S. Cavalry and Lone Wolf's Indians as printed in an old western magazine

FORT CONCHO - Pioneer West Era. Location - Western United States. Named in story entitled CATTLE KINGS by George A. Wallis who writes of the lives of those men who took two elements - livestock and the range - each as wild as the other and refused to quit until they established the great ranches of the west as published in this old western magazine. Part 1

FORT CONCHO - mentioned in Western pioneer Story Vol. 1. No. 1. - Rarely Found - When Bad Hand Rode to Oblivion by Carl Allenbaugh.

FORT CONCHO - 1865-90 - Cherokee Strip, Indian Territory, Oklahoma. Named in rare autobiography entitled COWBOYS AND CATTLELAND, by H. H. Halsell, the story of life of the old Cherokee Strip Riders who galloped up and down the Cimarron Strip with Halsell in the years thru 1889 as published in this rarely found and seldom opened old, complete western magazine

FORT CONCHO - Pioneer era - LOCATION, Fort Richardson, Jacksboro, Texas. Named in story entitled HOME BASE OF 6TH CAVALRY by Russell Jones of the Fort called "The Forgotten Lady of Frontier Forts which identifies units, officers and enlisted men who occupied this fort as found in this old and complete western magazine.

FORT CONCHO* - Named fight between Negro U. S Cavalrymen and white Texans in a Frontier times Scrapbook Collage of Early American Pioneer Paintings and photographs as pictured and identified in index in old and complete western magazine.

FORT CONCHO- 1880 - 1940 Era. Site Texas, Tennessee, North Carolina. Named in story entitled THE YOUNG BUFFALO HUNTER OF THE TEXAS PLAINS by Oren W. Nolen who writes compellingly of this Brown County, Texas Buffalo hunter who ran away from home to be a buffalo skinner and along the way, he was nearly hung, shot and kidnapped before he became a Texas Ranger as published in this complete western magazine. Rare.

FORT CONCHO, SAN ANGELO, TEXAS - 1867 - 78 era. Location: TX. Named in story entitled "FORT RICHARDSON - THE WHITE'S MAN HOPE" by Louise Cheney who writes of the history of a U. S. Army fort in the pioneer country which only lasted 11 year but was one of the most important in our history as found in this old and complete western magazine.

FORT CONNER, circa 1866, mentioned in "Powder River Expedition", by: Greg Smith as published in old western magazine.

FORT CONNORS (CONTONMENT RENO) - 1876 - Site: WY. Named in story entitled "BATTLE OF THE MIGHTY THREE" by Bill Judge who writes of The Powder River Expedition of the U. S. Army led by Major General George Crook and Colonel Ranald S. Mackenzie and details of the battle as found in this old and complete western magazine

FORT CRAIG mentioned in "Sword of Revenge" by: Donald N. Bentz

FORT CRAIG (MAP) * - 1860 circa. Site: NM, TX. Named in story entitled THE BATTLE OF THE NO KISSIN' KIN - (WHEN THE RIO GRANDE RAN RED) by Leonard H. Boucher who writes of a battle when the South won a shallow victory under the leadership of Confederate Army General H. H. Sibley against General E R.S. Canby of the Union Army which is reported here in detail as found in this old and complete western magazine.

FORT CRAIG, NEW MEXICO. – 1850 ERA – LOCATION TX MX . El Paso, Named in story entitled 1858 SHOOTING GROUNDS – EL PASO – by W. W. Mills who wrote this originally in 1900 and was a witness to El Paso history in 1858 and lived to write about it as saved from this old western magazine.

FORT CRAWFORD - 1780 - 1880 era. Western Frontier of Minnesota. Named in history entitled FORT SNELLING - GIBRALTAR OF THE WEST by Joan Kyllo who recites the rich past of one of America's most valuable outposts from the days of founding by Zebulon Pike to the construction by Colonel Josiah Snelling as found in this seldom read western magazine.

FORT CRITTENDEN mentioned in "Sword of Revenge" by: Donald N. Bentz

FORT CROCKETT, TEXAS * WW Pictorial Coverage of Germans Mortar Battery in Training.

FORT CROGHAN (1853) referred to in Biography of famed Texas Pioneer Captain John E. "Jack" Elgin (1890-1938) entitled "Murder at Ft. Graham" by Col. M. L. Cummings in this seldom found western magazine. Founder of the Waco Examiner, Waco Greys and famous "heart of oak" plank

FORT CUMMINGS - 1860 circa. Site: NM, TX. Named in story entitled THE BATTLE OF THE NO KISSIN' KIN - (WHEN THE RIO GRANDE RAN RED) by Leonard H. Boucher who writes of a battle when the South won a shallow victory under the leadership of Confederate Army General H. H. Sibley against General E R.S. Canby of the Union Army which is reported here in detail as found in this old and complete western magazine.

FORT CUMMINGS mentioned in "Sword of Revenge" by: Donald N. Bentz

FORT CUSTER - 1897 era - Named in this story which which chronicles the activity of the 25th U. S. Infantry Bicycle Corps which was a test of the bicycle's ability to function for the U. S. Army. Trip started at Fort Missoula and ended at St. Louis Missouri. Rare and unusual item of Black Americana as found in this seldom read western magazine.