Genealogy Images of History

Genealogy Images of History

Updated:07/23/07

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FORT D. A. RUSSELL * - 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 D. A. RUSSELL - 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 D. A. RUSSELL - 1900 ERA. LOCATION: CO TX WY - Named in story entitled "A TEXAS PLOWBOY IN WYOMING" by D. H. Mitchell as told to Jerry S. Wilcock of his and a companion Leslie Mitchell experiences as Texas greenhorns on the western frontier as found in this old and complete western magazine.

FORT D. A. RUSSELL - 1910 era - Location: WY. Named in NOT EVEN A DRINK which tells of the hold-up of a telegraph office in Dale Creek, Wyoming and the purported robbery of a Union Pacific Railroad train as found in this old and complete western magazine.

FORT D. A. RUSSELL - 1920 era - Marfa, 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 D. A. RUSSELL * - 1880 Era - Area: Western United States - Names in .BESIEGED BY THE UTES - THE MASSACRE OF 1879.".The story of one of the most tragic events on the western front as found in this old western magazine.

FORT DAVIS - 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 DAVIS CANAL ZONE BASKETBALL TEAM. * - 1925 - (of Fort Davis). Pictured in article entitled "CHAMPION BASKETEERS OF THE CANAL ZONE: THE FORT DAVIS" team who won 14 straight as saved from this old American Pictorial Magazine.

FORT DAVIS, 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 DEFIANCE - 1858 era - New Mexico area. Named in "The Army and the Wayward Navajo Wife" - the story of an Indian war caused by a prominent Navajo's killing in trying to get his wife back as published in this very rare and seldom found western magazine.

FORT DEFIANCE - 1872 era. Location: Western United States. Named in story entitled ORIGIN OF THE INDIAN POLICE by George E. Virgines relates the beginning and history of the law enforcement overseeing the Indian Reservations with great pictures of members of the Indian Police Force as found in this old, complete western magazine

FORT DELAWARE - 1850-90 CIRCA. Named in Biographical history entitled "The Lubbock Brothers Changed Texas" of two young adventures from South Carolina who followed different stars to destiny in the Republic of Texas as published in this complete western magazine

FORT DIABLO - 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 DODGE COWBOY BAND - 1895 era: Location: Leadville, Colorado. Named in history entitled "LEADVILLE'S ICE PALACE" written by Hank Givens. Seems that a leading citizen, Tingley S. Wood, felt that an ice palace similar to ones built in Russia and Canada was the answer to make Leadville a leading Winter carnival site and use the ice to make up for the winter doldrums. How it turned out was published in the rare and seldom found western magazine

FORT DODGE - DATE - Indian Wars - SITE - Colorado. Here is story entitled Triangle of Death by Col. Philip M. Schockley which was written as "The Kidder Episode" of tragic end to a mission gallantly attempted but by green officers whose first Indian battle was to be their last as Custer discovered and as found in this old Western Magazine.

FORT DODGE, KANSAS, 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 DUCHESNE (formerly Fort Uintah)- 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 DUNCAN, TEXAS 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 EDGECOMB * - 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 EGBERT, ALASKA " - 1964 era - Location Yukon River. Pictured in story entitled STAMPEDE TOWNS OF THE UPPER YUKON by David Wharton and party inc. photographer Philip Hyde exploring from the Canadian border to Tanana, deep in the hears of Alaska--visiting and reporting on a few surviving relics of the great days of Klondike gold, the boom and bust stampede towns to time has passed by.

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

FORT ELLIOT - mentioned in Western Frontier Story "6 Medals of Honor" by Jack Lafferty

FORT ELLIOT, TEXASl * - 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 ELLIOT - 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 ELLIOT - 1874 - as named in story entitled "LAST STAND ON A TEXAS PRAIRIE" by William P. Knox which chronicles history of the Battle of Lyman's Wagon Train and the Battle of Buffalo Wallow in 1874 which resulted in 19 Medal of Honor Awards being bestowed. Battle is famous for the quote "Forward, If any man is killed, I will make him a Corporal" as found in this very rare, western magazine

FORT ELLIS - 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 ELLIS. - 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 ELLIS.. - 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 ELLSWORTH ” - 1850 - 1900 era - Named in story entitled THE FIGHT AT FOSSIL CREEK by J. L. Beardsley who tells of the attacks of Cheyenne Chiefs Tall Bull and Roman Nose on the workmen of the Union Pacific Railway in Kansas as found in this old western magazine.

FORT EWELL - 1880 ERA. LOCATION: MO, TX. Named in story entitled: "Brush Country Doctor" by Oran Warder Nolen who tells tales of an old Texas Doctor J. W. Hargus and of his practice on the Texas Frontier as found in this old and complete western magazine.

FORT FETTERMAN 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 FETTERMAN 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 FETTERMAN - 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 FILLMORE, 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 FILLMORE, NEW MEXICO - 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 FIZZLE - 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 FREDERICK STEELE - 1879 era -(Black Americana Memorabilia) Named in historical story entitled "The BLACK PRIVATE WHOSE BATTLE PLAN SMASHED THE UTES" and in doing so, Pvt. Henry Jackson won the Congressional Medal of Honor as found in the rare, old, complete magazine

FORT GARLAND, COLORADO * - 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 GARLAND mentioned in "Denver and the Mountains of Gold" By: Barron Kemp

FORT GARLAND. - 1860 - 80 era. Location CO: Named in story entitled GUN AND GHOSTS OF DEAD MEN by Raymond W. Thorp which covers weapons that have take a human life inc. guns of Liver-Eating Johnson, Pack Saddle Ben Geenough *, Espinsosa, the Mexican outlaw, Tom Tobin, Mariano Modeno's Hawken's Rifle, with picture of John Raymond Thorp holding the gun with which Jonathan Wiggins killed an Arapaho Indian Chief as published in this complete, old western magazine

FORT GARY - 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 GEORGE WRIGHT, 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 GEORGE WRIGHT - 1860 era - Oregon, Washington on the Western Frontier. Named in the story entitled COLONEL WRIGHT'S BLOODY REVENGE which tells of the battle known as the Massacre of Steptoe Bluffs where the U. S. Army suffered the worst defeat of the Indian War and the resultant revenge the Army extracted as published in this hard to find and complete western magazine.

FORT GIBBON, ALASKA " - 1964 era - Location Yukon River. Pictured in story entitled STAMPEDE TOWNS OF THE UPPER YUKON by David Wharton and party inc. photographer Philip Hyde exploring from the Canadian border to Tanana, deep in the hears of Alaska--visiting and reporting on a few surviving relics of the great days of Klondike gold, the boom and bust stampede towns to time has passed by.

FORT GIBSON - 1850 Era - Site Western Territory of the United States - Interpreter for Robert S. Majors as named in story of Jesse Chisholm, Guide of the first Wagon train bound for California across Indian Territory in Historical article entitled "Jesse Chisholm- Saga of a Peacemaker", by Wayne T. Walker which features saga and real life tales inc., drawing of wagon train, etc. as published in this very unusual and rare western magazine

FORT GIBSON - 1840 - 96 era. Location: US. Named in story entitled FORT LARAMIE'S SILENT SOLDIER by George R. Swain who tells of the life and service of Leodeygar Schnyder who served in the Western forts for half a century, and while he gained no medals of public acclaim, it was his type of soldier that conquered the west as found in this old and complete western magazine

FORT GIBSON mentioned in "Gibson - Mother Fort of the Southwest", by: Leola Lehman

FORT GIBSON, OKLAHOMA - 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 GIBSON, OKLAHOMA * - 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 GOODWIN, 1840 Era. Written up in "El Chivero of Arizona" By: Donald N. Bentz - the story of Merejildo Grizalva, captured by Apaches who swore undying hatred for Cochise and became a scout, interpreter and civilian guide.

FORT GRAHAM .. - 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 GRAHAM MURDER - 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 endorsing prohibition.

FORT GRAHAM, TEXAS, 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 GRANT * "The Wham Robbery" by Donald N. Bentz

FORT GREGG - 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 GRIFFIN "Nine Years Among the Indians - 1870-79" by Herman Lehmann, who was captured by the Indians and learned their ways and fought for them against the Americans, Mexicans and Texas Rangers. Fascinating old pioneer history. Editor calls this the best of all "Indian" stories every written as published in two old western magazines.

FORT GRIFFIN * - 1880 era. Site Location : Jacksboro, Texas & Fort Griffin. Named in "The Legend of Lottie Deno" by Philip Rainman. History of a mysterious lady of the evening who set men's heart afire until one came along she couldn't resist and there the legdend began as published in this old rare and seldom found western magazine..

FORT GRIFFIN - 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 GRIFFIN - 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 GRIFFIN - mentioned in Western Frontier Story "6 Medals of Honor" by Jack Lafferty

FORT GRIFFIN .. - 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 GRIFFIN 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 Griffin, - 1875 era – Location: Dallas, Texas. Here is story entitled “Kitty Leroy, Queen of the Hoofers” by Wane Guard with illustrations by Wayne Gard. Now, I’ve lived in Dallas all my life but this story about Kitty LeRoy escaped me cause it recites the seamier side of Dallas where bar women walked on one side of the street while other ladies walked on the other carrying their noses held high as told in this rare, complete, seldom read western magazine.

FORT GRIFFIN, TEXAS, 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 GRIFFIN- 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 GUNNYBAGS - 1854. LOCATION: AK AZ CA LA PA. Mentioned in story entitled "BIG ED McGOWAN'S MANY FEUDS" w photos courtesy of California State Library tell of Judge Edward McGowan of San Francisco who was dynamic, forceful and adventurous, with the thick skin of a rhinoceros where his own interests were concerned; but whether he was on the side of chicanery or justice he made the same raucous outcry for immediate attention as found in the old and rare western magazine.