Luke Short & The Dodge City War
Luke Short & The Dodge City War
In the spring of 1883, a group of very dangerous men began gathering outside of Dodge City, Kansas. Men with names like Wyatt Earp, Bat Masterson, Shotgun Collins, and Doc Holliday. Killers, all of ‘em. Men familiar with the weight of a revolver in hand and the smell of black powder smoke. They gathered to rally around one man, their compadre who had recently been forced out of town by a crooked mayor and a small army of vigilantes. Luke Short. A cowboy turned scout turned gambler who earned himself quite the reputation as a man handy with the iron.
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Check out this article via the good folks at Legends Of America to see exactly what Bat Masterson wrote about Luke Short’s days as a whiskey runner.
Check out this Spartacus Educational collection of newspaper articles and letters regarding the Dodge City War.
https://spartacus-educational.com/WWShort.htm
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Hey Luke, didn’t it all go by in the blink of an eye.
From Helotes Tx I love your show been binge watching for the past week
Good show
Thanks 😂
Hey, easy on Oklahoma.
Good job, nice of you to mention the flaming shirt. Black powder at point blank range oftentimes ignited whiskey soaked vestments. If I had a wife she would want to do you, you are quirky and full of shit, keep up the good work. Also sometimes learn something, which is nice.
Great ! History with a since of humor
These would be better if you didn’t try too hard: for example, You don’t need to overelaborate about pie heating and put in sound effects and all that stuff and bully stories
I enjoy your videos! OKIES RULE!!
excellent dude
This narrator sucks!
Please don’t denigrate whores and or Prostitutes. It was common practice on the frontier to marry either. Not a lot of women out there. It was that situation that spawned the saying "make an honest woman out of me"
We love you dude!! We learn so much cool stuff from you ,and yes some people get offend but they have the choice to change channels.
Coffee strong enough to float a horse shoe….Lmao.
2:30 The Comanche didn’t think that area was their sacred homeland, they thought of it as a neighboring land ripe for plundering, killing, and raping. They did the same to neighboring Indian tribes, the Mexicans, and the Spanish before them.
Just a damn awesome episode Josh!
I am learning so much while being highly entertained by your excellent informative and funny narration.
Cheers! 🇨🇦
Good Stuff
Great job. Loved the articles and the entertaining extrapolations!
Awww come on?! Why the Michigan comment? Lol
Sitting bull didn’t get captured
Another great show! You make learning the history of your great country really entertaining. Keep it up. I always look forward to hearing more.
Alberta is the "Texas" of Canada. Calgary is the Country Music Hub of Canada. The Saddledome is the home of the Calgary Flames hockey team and the Calgary Stampede is a rodeo. I recommend you visit my home country at least once before you pass on. The Calgary Stampeders is a CFL football team. Get yourself a steak and a Molson. Horse around, pardner. Banff is a must see. Brewster’s Tours is based in Calgary.
You’re some storyteller thanks
Lol hmmm the cost of replacing an aging milk cow? Ok a tail as old as time. It is a short story of a cow a bull, and birds and bees, a couple seasons of letting what will be… simply b. infact the very formula that keeps the milk factory producing milk. Worse case scenario you end up with a beef calf to trade a neighbor for a heifer. Que sura sura what ever will be will be.
Hard to catch this old mountain man asleep at the funny bone trigger.
Just go talk too much shit I wish you would just talk about the documentary
Josh:Great podcast,love the appropriate apology to Marilyn,It took a good man and you delivered.Valued advice at the end you have God in your heart.I hope,if your busy schedule allows,that you can accept the many generous offers from your appreciative/knowledgeable viewer’s.I enjoy learning from both you and your audience.Thank you.
"….the pie-eatinest sonofabitch….."
OMG between the history & your sense of humor…. 😂
bzzzz i’m hit bzzzz.."..haaaaaaa
Great episode
This is hilarious. Tombstone, DE. Funny joke!! Good stuff
Can we get a video on Charle Bassett ?
Stealing a horse = Hanging Offense
Shoot a town marshall or deputy = Law don’t go ’round here, law dog. You saavy?
Brights disease=Chronic nephritis
The photo is ben Thompson not luke short…..
Allison is actually not as famous as Doc in my opinion, he is more known amongst western pistolero historians.
hehehe
In Tombstone, the reenactments showed us Luke wasn’t to be trifled with.
One I ain’t heard yet,cool.
You are mistaken sir! When I was a kid some of the Comanche kids I grew up with were still somewhat combative. I’ve been attacked by Comanches a number of times and, so far, have lived to tell the tale
Banging hard on Okies.
Good job man. Appreciate your apology, very well said
Pettilon: I’m here to eat pie and shoot people… and I’m all out of pie.
enjoyed that, hello from Bowie Co. 🙂
I don’t know why you singled out Oklahomans to insult, but I’m done watching yout content.
2:39 "consider" ?
10:01 I do not think the age would have hurt his memory that much, but Bat does seem unbiased when discussing people. The worst he ever said was that Doc Holiday could not beat up a 15 year old, and he disliked him according to most accounts but I do not think he considered him a rival, and he was willing to go and help him when he was in legal trouble, on the word of Wyatt Earp.
rowdy joe lowe was in Wichita kansas in the late 1800s .he killed a man on the west side of the west side bridge.our family lived there in the 1960s.we used to walk across that same bridge.a little history.
Alright ya dirty sidewinder!! Ya full mouthed the Cowboys yer last time… time to drag iron ya ornery polecat!
Hahahahahahahaha
Thanks for all yer stories!! I enjoy the hell out of listenin to you !!
Geuda springs is in Kansas I’m from Arkansas and there’s no such place
what’s your problem with Oklahoma knuckle head?