Genealogy Images of History

Genealogy Images of History

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FORT SMITH and WESTERN RAILWAY - Mentioned in "Showdown at Spokogee, I. T." by Samuel Cerro. Spokogee opened for settlement with a lottery for the $25.00 lots only to have business brought to a halt by the Brooks - McFarland feud.

FORT SMITH EVENING CALL - 1880-1900's era. Location: US. Paper named in history of famous woman outlaw BELLE STARR entitled "When Women Held the Whip Hand" by Glen Shirley with pictures, posters, headline of newspapers, sidesaddle information on Belle Starr as published in this very rare and seldom found complete western magazine.

FORT SMITH FEDERAL COURTH0USE, ARKANSAS - 1875 - 1920 Era. SITE Arkansas. Pictured and named in story entitled Hangman's Daughter by Maurice Kildare of the seamier side of life in the west who tells of cheating, gambling, killing in the Cherokee Strip as found in this unusual side of the law as published in this old western magazine

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

FORT SMITH - 1830 - 1866 era. Site: KY, LA, TX. Named in story entitled PEGLEG SMITH LED A CHARMED LIFE by Xanthus Carson which covers the life of one of the greatest trapper and hunters on our western frontier and his finding of the greatest gold field in our history, the Lost Pegleg Mine as published in this complete and seldom found western magazine

FORT SMITH, ARKANSAS * - 1880-1900's era. Location: US. History of famous woman outlaw BELLE STARR entitled "When Women Held the Whip Hand" by Glen Shirley with pictures, posters, headline of newspapers, sidesaddle information on Belle Starr as published in this very rare and seldom found complete western magazine.

FORT SMITH, ARKANSAS - 1880 ERA. Location: Western United States. Named in story entitled GENERAL DAVID STANLEY, FRONTIER SOLDER by Samuel Stanley who writes lovingly of this hard nose General David Stanley who twice tried to fire Custer. A very frank expose of Custer's weakness by this Medal of Honor winner as published in this old complete western magazine.

FORT SMITH, ARKANSAS *- 1870 - 1890 - Site: Oklahoma. Named in "That Good Dalton Boy" by Arnold M. Morton who tells the story of Frank Dalton, Deputy U. S. Marshal who was killed while raiding an outlaw Camp at the request of Judge Parker of Fort Smith as published in this rare and seldom found western magazine

FORT SMITH, ARKANASAS - Late 1800 era. Location: Western United States. Named in story entitled MUYBRIDGE GAVE US THE MOVIES as told of the great pioneer motion picture inventor and producer Eadweard (Edward) James Muybridge who has been called "The Father of the Motion Picture Industry as found in this old and complete western magazine

FORT SMITH, ARKANSAS,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 SMITH, ARKANSAS - 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 SMITH. ARKANSAS - 1880 era. Location OK, TX. Named in story entitled "Red Stephens Was The Most Unlikely Horse Thief Of Them All" by Lee Homes is the story of the slickest hoss thief in the old west. Working as veterinary salesman by day, casing his target and rounding up a herd of stolen horses by night he was successful--for awhile -- as found in this complete and seldom read western magazine

FORT SNELLING * - 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 SNELLING mentioned in "Man of Destiny", by: Jay F. Kay

FORT SNELLING, MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA * - 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 SNELLING STATE PARK - 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 SNELLING, MINNESOTA * - 1780 - 1880 era. Western Frontier of Minnesota. 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 SOLDADO mentioned in "Big Foot Wallace of Texas", by E. L. Zoltan

Fort Spokane *, - 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 ST. ANTHONY - 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 ST. THOMAS, Virgin Islands * - 1920 - Pictorial collage of entitled "LATEST U. S. ISLAND POSSESSION" of scenes of the Virgina as saved from this old American Pictorial magazine.

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

FORT STANTON, NEW MEXICO - 1870 - 80 era. Location: New Mexico. Named in story by Philip J. Rasch who writes claiming his story gives an impartial and more accurate account of this historic New Mexico Gunfight which included BILLY THE KID as found in this old, complete western magazine.

FORT STANTON, NEW MEXICO named in "The Horrell War", (1877 - 1881) a story of the five Horrell brothers who brought strife, discord and murder with them when the came to Lincoln County and the strife continued for many years as published in this complete western magazine.

FORT STANTON, NEW MEXICO - 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 STANTON 1870 - 80 era, Named in "The Coyote Badman". by Glen Shirley. The Story of Bob Olinger who got a job as a Deputy Sheriff to make some killings he wished to make legal. Sheriff Pat Garrett gave him the job of guarding Billy The Kid. Olinger tried to get Billy The Kid to run so he could kill him but idea didn't work as exposed in this story published in complete old western magazine.

FORT STEELE, Wyoming * - 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 STEELE - 1880 Era - Area: Western United States - " BESIEGED 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 STEILACOOM - 1855 Era - Named in "Short Campaign of Lt. Slaughter" ( Lieutenant, U. S. Army, 2nd Battalion, 4th Infantry Regiment) --- who wanted to put and end to Indian fighting but died trying as published in a complete and seldom found western magazine

FORT STEILACOOM, 1851 Era. Written up in, "The Wreck of the Sloop Georgianna" By: Flora Weed Hicks, story of the kidnapping of the Georgianna and crew by the Haida Indians of Queen Charlotte's Islands.

FORT STEVENSON - 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 STEPHENSON - 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 STOCKTON * - 1876 ERA. LOCATION: AZ, TX. Named in story entitled "Jim Downs' Tramp Across the Plains" by Don H. Biggers is true story of old western pioneer Jim Downs who unknowingly got ensnarled with a bunch of thieving cattle bandits and barely escaped with his life as found in this old and complete western magazine.

FORT STOCKTON - mentioned in "The Nine Lives of Captain Frank Jones" by Tom Bailey and Ralph J. Weaver. The story of lawman and Texas Ranger Frank Jones on the western frontier in the 1870 era.

FORT STOCKTON, TEXAS * - Named and pictured as Turtle Member in Historical Piece entitled " The Mighty McClures" a biographical piece about "Jake" McClure and his association with Rodeo Western Stars and their membership in an early organization called "The Turtles" as published in this magazine

FORT STODDART, ALABAMA - 1813 era - Named in rare story seldom found in old western complete magazine entitled THE FORT MIMS MASSACRE by Vincent McGee with illustrations by B. J. McCausey which seems forgotten in history but tells of great Shawnee Indian Chief Tecumseh who declared that the U. S. A. was the property of Indians and he delegated his warrior as "Red Sticks" under Chief Red Eagle (Lamochatte) to take Fort Mims which he did.

FORT SULLY - 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 SUMNER, NEW MEXICO - 1840 - 75 era. Location: ILLINOIS, NEW MEXICO. Named in story entitled MIDAS OF THE MOUNTAIN by Hani and Toni Chapman, authors of this biography and history of Lucien Bonaparte MAXWELL. a pioneer trapper, hunter, mountain man who lived to become one of the richest land barons and the owner of more land than any other American as found in this complete and old western magazine.

FORT SUMNER, NEW MEXICO, NEW MEXICO - 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 SUMNER, NEW MEXICO NAVAJO PRISON RESERVATION - Named in Tough Warriors by John R. Winslowe - 1860 Indian War era. Location: New Mexico Territory. Rare story entitled TOUGH WARRIORS by John R. Winslowe Sumner on the Pecos River. includes pictures of Comanche Chief Quanah Parker *, Chief Lone Wolf * and scenes and history of events as published in this old and complete western magazine

FORT SUMMER, NEW MEXICO * - 1917 - Named in story with pictures of rodeo at the Drag A Ranch out of Datil, New Mexico listing old time cowboy and cowgirl rodeo stars as saved from this story entitled RODEO IN MAGDALENA

FORT SUMNER, NEW MEXICO *,. - 1870 era - . Described in Colonel Jack Potter's "CATTLE TRAILS OF THE OLD WEST" with picture and maps naming pioneer experiences of the most famous and even the little known cattle trails of Texas, Kansas, Colorado. Complete description of trails while relating stories of origins, hands, drivers, drovers as published in this complete and seldom found western magazine.

FORT SUMPTER - 1867 era - Location: Alaska Territory. Named in story entitled "The Fabulous $7,200,000 Icebox" by John M. Hurdy who writes that William Henry Seward was ridiculed and reviled in his own lifetime for the buy of the century. Today, he's considered a hero as found in this old and seldom read western magazine.

FORT SUMPTER, SOUTH CAROLINA * - 1863 - Location: Charleston Harbor, South Carolina. Named in story entitled "The Black Heroes of Battery Wagner" by Michael S. Colin who writes of a little known Black American War hero, Sergeant Louis "Smokejack" Douglas, of the Negro 54th Brigade and his heroic action as reported in the western magazine.

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

FORT SUPPLY, OKLANOMA BASEBALL TEAM - 1880 - LOCATION: CA, HA, MO, NY. Pictured 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 TEJON, CALIFORNIA, 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 TENARIA - 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 THOMAS - 1888 era - mentioned in Frederick Remington, Author and engravings pictured in A Scout With the Buffalo Soldiers in rarely found Western Magazine

FORT THOMPSON - 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 THORNE, 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 TOTTEN, NEW YORK'S NELSON, Paul R., Master Sergeant, * - 1928 - Pictured entitled SAVING A LOT OF MONEY FOR UNCLE SAM as he demonstrates a method of simplifying the operation of Mine-Control Cables at the Coast Artillery, Fort Totten, New Jersey as saved from this old American pictorial magazine

FORT UINTAH (later Fort Duchesne)- 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 UMPQUA - 1850 - 90 era. Location: CA, PA, NY, OR, WA. U. S. Doctor Edmund Perry Vollum named as Doctor of Fort in story entitled "LORENZO LORAIN" - Pioneer Photographer of the Northwest by Alan Clark Miller with photos taken by Lorenzo Lorain as found in this old and complete western magazine

FORT UMPQUA PHOTOGRAPH * - 1850 - 90 era. Location: CA, PA, NY, OR, WA. U. S. Photograph of Lorenzo Lorain as named in story entitled "LORENZO LORAIN" - Pioneer Photographer of the Northwest by Alan Clark Miller with photos taken by Lorenzo Lorain as found in this old and complete western magazine.

FORT UNION * - 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 UNION - 1830 ERA - LOCATION WASHINGTON, D. C., Dakota Territory, MO, WY. Named in story entitled "The Fatal Truth" by Glenn R. Vernam who writes of travels and experiences of Assininboine Indian Chief "Pigeon's Egg Head" or Wi-Ju-Jon who was caught up in U. S. Government spiel as found in this old and complete western magazine.

FORT UNION, MONTANA TERRITORY 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 UNION - 1820 - 1890 era. Location - On the Upper Missouri - 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 UNION * - 1833 - 34. Site: ND, France, Germany, Switzerland.Co-editor of 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 UNION - 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 UNION - 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 UNION - mentioned in Western Frontier Story "6 Medals of Honor" by Jack Lafferty

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

FORT UNION 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 UNION, DAKOTA BASEBALL TEAM * - 1880 - LOCATION: CA, HA, MO, NY. Pictured 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 magazineFORT VANCOUVER * Pictured in "Sam Grant on the West Coast" by Joan Kyllo. After service in the Mexican War, 1st Lt. Ulysses S. Grant sailed with his regiment from New York to the West Coast on what became a disastrous trip.

FORT UTAH * - 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 VANCOUVER, OREGON - 1820 - 1880 era. Location: Western United States. Named in story entitled THE WAGON TRAIN BOSSES by J. L. Beardsley who writes of the grizzled bullwhackers and muleskinners and their trips in the early pioneer days as found in this original, complete, old western magazine.

FORT VANCOUVER - Referred to in "Peter Lassen: The Great Chief" by Ethel Bangert - 1840 era of the story of a stubborn Dane who would not let the wilderness defeat him. Founded the Lassen Trail across the High Sierras as published in this old and rarely found Western magazine.

FORT VANCOUVER - early 1800’s. Location ID, MO, MT, WA. Site in story entitled "THE EMANCIPATION OF GEORGE WASHINGTON BUSH" as found in this old western magazine

FORT VANCOUVER HEADQUARTERS * - 1855 Era - Named in "Short Campaign of Lt. Slaughter" ( Lieutenant, U. S. Army, 2nd Battalion, 4th Infantry Regiment) --- who wanted to put and end to Indian fighting but died trying as published in a complete and seldom found western magazine

FORT VANCOUVER - 1855 Era - Named in "Short Campaign of Lt. Slaughter" ( Lieutenant, U. S. Army, 2nd Battalion, 4th Infantry Regiment) --- who wanted to put and end to Indian fighting but died trying as published in a complete and seldom found western magazine

FORT VANCOUVER - 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 VANCOUVER -1847 era, Location: OR. Named in story entitled DAY OF MASSACRE by Paul T. Scott who tells of the Whitman massacre at Waiilatpu Mission in Oregon - a true story of the true brutality of some of the American Indians along the Oregon trail as found in this 50 year old, complete, western magazine

FORT VANCOUVER - 1850 - 90 era. Location: CA, PA, NY, OR, WA. U. S. Named in story entitled "LORENZO LORAIN" - Pioneer Photographer of the Northwest by Alan Clark Miller with photos taken by Lorenzo Lorain as found in this old and complete western magazine

FORT VANCOUVER. - 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 VANCOUVER, 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 VERMILLION 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 VICTORIA,1851 Era. Written up in, "The Wreck of the Sloop Georgianna" By: Flora Weed Hicks, story of the kidnapping of the Georgianna and crew by the Haida Indians of Queen Charlotte's Islands.

FORT WALLA WALLA * - 1860 era - Oregon, Washington on the Western Frontier. Map drawing shown 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 WALLA WALLA, WASHINGTON, (4TH Calvary Troopers) 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 WALLA WALLA, WASHINGTON - 1850 - 90 era. Location: CA, PA, NY, OR, WA. U. S. Named in story entitled "LORENZO LORAIN" - Pioneer Photographer of the Northwest by Alan Clark Miller with photos taken by Lorenzo Lorain as found in this old and complete western magazine

FORT WALLA WALLA, WASHINGTON -1847 era, Location: OR. Named in story entitled DAY OF MASSACRE by Paul T. Scott who tells of the Whitman massacre at Waiilatpu Mission in Oregon - a true story of the true brutality of some of the American Indians along the Oregon trail as found in this 50 year old, complete, western magazine

FORT WALLACE * - 1860 - 80 - era: Site - Kansas - Colorado. Named in story entitled LAYING TRACK ON THE HIGH PLAINS by Joseph W. Snell with photos provided by the Kansas State Historical Society of Topeka. History - a history of the times when the Pacific Railroad Act of 1862 provided impetus to expand our railway system and enable coast to coast travel as saved from this rare and complete western magazine

FORT WALLACE * - 1883 Era - Historical story entitled "Title Bout On The Prairie" wherein two great marksman, "Buffalo Bill" Cody and Billy "Buffalo Bill" Comstock (Chief Scout at Fort Wallace, Kansas) contested to see who could kill more Buffalo as reported in western magazine.

FORT WALLACE , - 1874 - Location: Monument Station, Kansas. U. S. Army unit named in story entitled A PRISONER OF THE CHEYENNE, tale of the John German family who were struck by a Cheyenne War Party and five were slaughtered and four of their girls were taken prisoners. Story relates their fate and the action of the 19th U. S. Army Infantry as published in this complete western magazine.

FORT WALLACE -- 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 WALLACE ” - 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 WALLACE- 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 WALLACE. - 1868 ERA - Location: KA, NB, CO. Named in story entitled "Thunder On The Arickaree" by Raymond W. and Mary Lund Settle which tell of Buffalo Soldiers of the 10th Cavalry saving troops of Colonel George A. Forsyth of the 9th Cavalry which is one of the great reads of our early pioneer days as found in this rare, complete, western magazine.

FORT WALLACE "I Fought at Beecher's Island" by George Oaks as told to C. V. Rinehart. According to witness, Grover was actually hero of Battle of Beecher's Island in first told history from old western magazine.

FORT WALLACE, KANSAS * - U. S. Indian War Era. Location, Western U. S. Named in story entitled "MESSENGER TO THE INDIANS" by Joseph W. Snell whom the author says was called by General George Custer the perfect scout in horsemanship, fearless in manner, a splendid hunter and a gentleman by instinct as found in this old and complete western magazine.

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

FORT WALSH, CANADA * - 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 WARDEN mentioned in - 1890 era - Story entitled "When The Lapp Ladies Came to Seattle" by John Hilton as published in old Western Magazine. A fantastic true story about the Alaskan Gold Strike and the rush in Seattle to cash in. Rare history of Seattle and the Alaskan Gold Strike seldom found and rarely read.

FORT WASHAKIE, WYOMING * - 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 WASHAKIE, WYOMING RESERVATION - 1850 - 1927 era, Location: MO, OK, TX, VA, WY. Named in story entitled "FRONTIER LAWMAN" by William Gardner Bell who writes of the life and times of U. S. Marshall Frank M. Canton who, in later years, was on the side of the law and earlier was known as Outlaw Joe Horner, the "Lone Highwayman of Texas" as found in this old and complete western magazine.

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

FORT WASHITA * - 1820 - 1880 era. Location -Western United States. Indian Territory Fort named in THE INCREDIBLE STORY OF THE CHISHOLM TRAIL by Sam Henderson. Extremely rare Western Magazine relates history of Indian pioneer and scout, Captain Black Beaver while serving Jesse Chisholm. RECOMMENDED.

FORT WASHITA * - Oct. 1862 - Named in story entitled The Great Hanging at Gainesville, Texas, October, 1862 by L. D. Clark of a Community Turned Into A Death Camp and brother against brother. Picture main subject, Nathaniel Clark and wife as found in this complete and rare western magazine.

FORT WEST, 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 WESTERN * - 1935 - Pictured in pictorial collage entitled LANDMARKS OF AMERICAN HISTORY calling Fort Western near Augusta, Maine "A Frontier Stronghold of the Period of the French and Indian Wars as saved from this old American pictorial magazine.

FORT WHIPPLE * - 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 WHOOP-UP, CANADA - 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 WICHITA - 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 WICHITA, KANSAS - 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 WICHITA, 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 WILLIAM.. - 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 WILLIAMS.. - 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 WINGATE * - 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 WINGATE Mentioned in "Will He Find The Lost Adams Mine?" By: Kit Carson

FORT WINGATE - 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 WINGATE, NEW MEXICO - 1883 Era - Site: Grand Canyon. Pictorial history and text entitled AN 1883 EXPEDITION TO THE GRAND CANYON by Tom Wittick of his father record breaking and breathtaking trip down the Grand Canyon as found in this rarely found and seldom read complete American western magazine.

FORT WINGATE mentioned in "Tex Banta Mountain Man of the 1880’s", by: O. W. Banta, Submitted By: Wayne Spiller

FORT WORTH DEMOCRAT - 1880 era. Location OK, TX. Named in story entitled "Red Stephens Was The Most Unlikely Horse Thief Of Them All" by Lee Homes is the story of the slickest hoss thief in the old west. Working as veterinary salesman by day, casing his target and rounding up a herd of stolen horses by night he was successful--for awhile -- as found in this complete and seldom read western magazine

FORT WORTH and DENVER RAILWAY - 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 WORTH TEXAS RAILROAD - 1883 - 1910 era - Texas. Named in story of the last recognized Chief of the Comanche's entitled A HOUSE FOR QUANAH PARKER by Albert S. Gilles, Sr., who writes of the trials and tribulation of the construction of the house for Quanah and his wives as as saved from this old western magazine.

FORT WORTH, TEXAS - 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 WORTH, TEXAS - 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 WORTH, TEXAS - 1910 - 20 era - OK, .Named in story about John R. Banister - Chief Field Inspector of the the Cattle Raiser's Association by Billy B. Waldeck who said Banister could make a little old pasture or holding pen seem like Scotland Yard as found in this old and complete western magazine.

FORT WORTH, TEXAS .. - 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 WORTH, TEXAS DIAMOND ANNIVERSARY * - 1923 - Pictured entitled A BLAZE OF LIGHT ON DIAMOND ANNIVERSARY showing most spectacular scene where nearly the whole population turned out to celebrate as saved from this American Pictorial Magazine. Mint condition. 11 by 16 inches.

FORT WORTH, TEXAS DIAMOND JUBILEE * - 1923 - Granite memorial of General William Jenkins Worth, found of Ft. Worth, Texas at Madison Square, New York marks his burial place and is shown here as she celebrates the Fort Worth, Texas Diamond Jubilee being echoed in New York as shown and saved as the Mid Week Pictorial Cover.

FORT WORTH, TEXAS MARSHAL referred to in this Mining History entitled "Trapped Alive" by Zero Vail of the Leadville Mining Claim near White Oaks, New Mexico saving "Square John" Keith from death.

FORT WORTH, TEXAS RODEO OF 1917 - 1900 ERA - Named in this great piece of rodeo history entitled WINNING OR LOSING by Milt Hinkle. Hinkle was a champion bull-dogger who took home many a ribbon. Of course, he also took home a gal named Mildred who even rivaled his take among the goodies and prizes of the rodeo. Indexed as found in old Western magazine

FORT WORTH, TEXAS - 1880 era. Location, Ft. Worth, Texas. Named in story as Waggoner's Secretary entitled RANCHERO GRANDE by William CX Hancock and Wylie W. Bennett, Sr. Covers the history of this Ft. Worth Horseman who was responsible for the founding of Texas Thoroughbred Racing. He and his brother set about to develop the greatest ranch in the west only to be foiled by a detested ocean of oil as published in this seldom found western magazine.

FORT WORTH, TEXAS - 1880 era – Location AZ, NM, TX – Named in story entitled Undercover Agent for Wells Fargo by Fred Dodge, edited by Carolyn Lake which tell of the life and times of Special Undercover Agent Fred J. Dodge who helped push the bad men out of the Southwest and establish law and order on the western frontier as found in the rare western magazine.

FORT WRANGELL - Late 1800 era. Location: Western United States. Named in story entitled MUYBRIDGE GAVE US THE MOVIES as told of the great pioneer motion picture inventor and producer Eadweard (Edward) James Muybridge who has been called "The Father of the Motion Picture Industry as found in this old and complete western magazine

FORT WRANGELL mentioned in "Ho, for the Klondike!", by Paul Hogarth

Fort Wright, - 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 YALE, BRITISH COLUMBIA - 1850 - 80 era. Location: CA PA Canada. Named in story entitled CALIFORNIA'S PRINCE OF RASCALS by William B. Secrest who writes of the sordid hisoty of old time San Francisco, California politics - naming many characters involved as published in this old and complete western magazine.

FORT YATES -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 YATES mentioned in "Ben Ash Dakota Trail Blazer", by Joe Koller

FORT YUKON - 1850 - 1927 era, Location: MO, OK, TX, VA, WY. Named in story entitled "FRONTIER LAWMAN" by William Gardner Bell who writes of the life and times of U. S. Marshall Frank M. Canton who, in later years, was on the side of the law and earlier was known as Outlaw Joe Horner, the "Lone Highwayman of Texas" as found in this old and complete western magazine

FORT YUKON " - - 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 YUKON - 1890 era - Named in story entitled 'The Year The Klondike Almost Starved" - the story of how the people of Dawson, Alaska were starving and the United States government organized expeditions to supply relief as published in this rare western magazine.

FORT YUKON Mentioned in "A Visit to the Klondike" By: John Sidney Webb

FORT YUKON mentioned in - 1890 era - Story entitled "When The Lapp Ladies Came to Seattle" by John Hilton as published in old Western Magazine. A fantastic true story about the Alaskan Gold Strike and the rush in Seattle to cash in. Rare history of Seattle and the Alaskan Gold Strike

FORT YUMA 1870 era - Location - Arizona.. Named in "Yuma's Gold". A story of untouched treasures of gold once found in the Arivaipa Hills and remains there today as told by author J. Frank Dobie in this rare and seldom found western magazine.

FORT YUMA, ARIZONA - 1860 - 1900's. Site: Arizona. Named in story entitled "ARIZONA HELL HOLE" by Wick Evans who writes of a place you just want to read about. It was a prison described by the words brutal, barbarous, dreadful and inhumane - Insane Cell, Snake Pit and a Tower with a Gatling gun as found in this very rare, extremely hard to find complete western magazine.

FORT YUMA MILITARY CEMETERY, (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 YUMA, ARIZONA - 1830 - 1866 era. Site: KY, LA, TX. Photographed and named in story entitled PEGLEG SMITH LED A CHARMED LIFE by Xanthus Carson which covers the life of one of the greatest trapper and hunters on our western frontier and his finding of the greatest gold field in our history, the Lost Pegleg Mine as published in this complete and seldom found western magazine

FORT YUMA, ARIZONA * - 1840 - 60's era. Location - AZ, TN, TX, Mexico. Named in story entitled "THE GREAT WESTERN" by Flora Hicks who writes of the life and times of Sarah Burdette (ne Mrs. Sarah A. Bowman) who, because of her size, was nick-named The Great Western when she served the U. S. Army in various camps and forts - receiving adulation from all - as published in this old and complete western magazine.

FORT YUMA, ARIZONA - 1860 era. "The Mail Stage the Apaches Wouldn't Attack" By: Leo Rosenhouse. Story of the Butterfield Stage Coach Line and winning the U. S. Mail contract.

FORT YUMA, 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, Franklin W. * 1936. Pictured. "A New Jersey Fight" Republican Convention Battle. Short Bio.

FORT, Franklin W.. * - 1932 - The Appointed Chairman of the Federal Home Loan Bank Board is pictured and featured in article entitled " A NEW JERSEY FORT" as saved from the weekly featured "FOOTNOTES ON A WEEK'S HEADLINERS" published in an American Pictorial Magazine.

FORT, Miss Margaret * - 1924 - Essex County, New Jersey. Pictured in collage entitled "Recently Elected To The State Legislature" as saved from old American Pictorial Magazine. The single page is 80 years old, in excellent condition and 11 by 17 inches.