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5 days ago · The scouts were assigned “search and destroy” missions; they ostensibly sought out “hostile” bands. That would have included nearly every Indian group in Wyoming and Colorado. Major George Alexander Forsyth was appointed to command these frontier scouts, assisted by First Lieutenant Frederick H. Beecher.
1 day ago · The United State established Fort Hays (originally called Fort Fletcher) as a U.S. Army post in 1865. The fort’s function, like other frontier forts, was to protect railroad workers and settlers as they traveled west. They were also tasked with enforcing treaties with Indian tribes.
2 days ago · His best-known works are five historical novels of the frontier period, written between 1823 and 1841, known as the Leatherstocking Tales, which introduced the iconic American frontier scout, Natty Bumppo. Cooper's works on the U.S. Navy have been well received among naval historians, but they were sometimes criticized by his contemporaries.
3 days ago · A legendary rancher and trailblazer, Goodnight became known as the "father of the Texas Panhandle." Goodnight was nine years old when his family arrived in Texas from Illinois. He served as a frontier scout and Texas Ranger in his youth, then entered the cattle business at the age of twenty.
3 days ago · The real world, including the dramatic trial, Tom Robinson's death, and Bob Ewell's threats, has proven far more frightening than anything they could have imagined in their made-up stories about Boo. As Scout says later in the chapter, "So many things had happened to us, Boo Radley was the least of our fears." How does Scout feel about the way ...
5 days ago · Quayne and Abby begin singing drunkenly “She Wore a Yellow Ribbon” until Quayne passes out, causing consternation of the doctor. He successfully removes the arrowhead and apprises Brittles, who orders his men to remount. A scout returns and Brittles ride up to a bluff and see soldiers under attack.
5 days ago · Death Valley Rangers (1943). The Trail Blazers (Ken Maynard, Hoot Gibson, Bob Steele) catch hijackers of stagecoach gold shipments.
