Search Results for: Apache
Mickey Free – “Half Mexican, Half Irish and Whole SOB”
Wherever Mickey Free went, death seemed to follow. Even when he was a kid. On January 27, 1861, at the age of 12, Apache Indians kidnapped Mickey. An inept soldier by the name of Lt. Bascom led a command to find him. Lt. Bascom came across Cochise and some of his braves. And […]
Old West Book Review: Valentine T. McGillycuddy; Army Surgeon, Agent to the Sioux
Valentine T. McGillycuddy; Army Surgeon, Agent to the Sioux, Candy Moulton, University of Oklahoma Press, (405) 325-3200, $26.95, Paperback. Biography/U.S. History, 292 pages, Map, Illustrations, Notes, Bibliography, Index. Valentine Trant McGillycuddy was born in 1849 in Racine, Wisconsin. His parents were shopkeepers. The boy had several siblings, and even as a child was drawn to […]
Old West Book Review: The Gray Fox; George Crook and the Indian Wars
The Gray Fox; George Crook and the Indian Wars, Paul Magid, University of Oklahoma Press, (800 627-7377), $29.95, Cloth, 480 pages, Photographs, Notes, Bibliography, Index. This book is the second of a trilogy written about the life and military career of General George Crook. The author concentrates here on the years 1866-1877. (The first book […]
Old West Book Review: Tracing The Santa Fe Trail
This photographic journey along the Santa Fe Trail is a treasure of outstanding color photos combined with a detailed, step by step history of this important trail wending its way across the American West between the Missouri river valley and northern Mexico. Readers turn the pages of history from 1821 through 1880, witnessing caravans of […]
Old West Book Review: Texas Devils: Rangers and Regulars on the Lower Rio Grande
Texas Devils: Rangers and Regulars on the Lower Rio Grande, 1846-1861, by Michael L. Collins, University of Oklahoma Press, (405) 325-3200, $19.95, Paper. Photographs, Notes to the Chapters, Bibliography, Index. This book is a carefully researched account of the turbulent times along the Lower Rio Grande in Texas from 1846-1861. The author delves into these […]
