I absolutely love the enthusiasm Josh brings to his podcast. In my opinion one of the best around.

Legend has it Riley changed his name to O'Reilly and moved to Iowa, his grandson later served in the US Army during the Korean Conflict.

My grandfather told me when i was about 13, he said "my boy, politics, religion, your pay at work, and your favorite fishing and or hunting spots are personal, and should be kept that way." I believe they were wise words and have served me well the past 57 years.

You paint a hell of an old west picture sir. Instantly transported to the plains. Thank you sir!

I'm excited to listen to this at work tomorrow. Thanks for the content.

Hey brother!! Thanks for new content! We appreciate you my dude....

I live 30 miles from Newton. I didn’t know that there was that much history to that town

Such a great story teller. Thanks again Josh.

This guy is amazing story teller keeps tradition alive

I've been raised and still live here in Newton. Thank you.

My mother in law died from tuberculosis at the age of 79, on January 27th 2001 in Wilson County Memorial Hospital, Floresville Texas. Not a way you want to die, trust me on that. It also leads to a lot of testing for everyone around you for about a year.

I'm so glad I found this channel. Where the heck have I been? Edit: This was a fantastic presentation! As someone who majored in Letters before starting their career, it's content like this that impresses me. I have immense respect for you sir. If you ever need a copy editor, reply to this comment with contact info.

I just discovered your channel around Christmas 2023 and because you have so much content I listen to video after video at work love the channel especially since youre a history lover like myself keep it up !! I'm working overtime this week

Keep it up brother favorite podcast staying straight to who you are. Much love from Helotes Tx

New fan from the old world, here! Just a handful of weeks ago I stumbled upon my first "extravaganza". I have always loved the "wild west", expecially the true history that hides behind that smokescreen of stories. The real tales are even so much bigger than the spinned yarn, telling of real human beings, making their deeds even larger! What can I say? Since then I am addicted. One of the points I cherish most is your sense of perspective, naming all the brutalities and inhumanities, but setting them into the context of their time and place. The world has changed since then, after all, and you have to look at both sides of the coin to value it. Although O have still to catch up with the archive, there is one particular figure I did not find in searching, and I would very much like to hear your take on him. Charles Fremont. While from my german perspective he seems a central figure of the "official record" How The West Was Won, somehow he is buried beneath a heap of judgements. Either the daring explorer that cartographed the West next to singlehandedly, or the profiteur that collected all the fame for other men's work. I would really love to have you peel away all that personal opinion (and Jessie Fremont's love-tinted narrative of course)! Keep up the good work, sir!

I LOvE your stories!! There is a TV station in San Francisco, California ( KOFY 20 ) that shows not only old western TV shows… but they also show old western movies from the 50s. It’s worth a look see Please keep up the great work that you do!!

I live in Wichita just a little south of Newton, it's funny how times change the site of Tuttle’s Saloon is around Second and Main in Newton, there is an O-Reilly's auto parts at that location now, lol, not sure if that was done on purpose. You can't throw a rock around here and not hit an old west historical site, most of them forgotten. I think Kansas couldn't put that time period behind it fast enough, as fascinating as that time period was, I think it has always been an embarrassment to the Topeka wankers. From the Indian wars fought here to Civil War strife long before the Civil War started, the cattle drives, the outlaws, Kansas is the Old West but not promoted very well by the state.

Thanks For All Your Hard Work.

Don't forget to like and subscribe if you are watching the video. This guy is really good what he does and we gotta help him beat the algorithm and blow up.

Many Thanks Friend, for the 'heart' show-of-appreciation! Keep up the good work!

Made work more tolerable today, getting to listen to a new amazing podcast!

Just found your site! Great job! I subscribed and will check out your other presentations! Thanks.

My first time watching your show; great stuff! I'm a new subscriber.

Another excellent podcast keep them coming you’re doing a great job and I look forward to everyone love your tails of the west

Who ever you are 'Wild West', you are good ! Been trailing you ever since I picked up the scent. Count me as part of your 'Posse'.

Another great video Josh always look forward to your new videos. I know that you have done movie reviews in the past I wouldn't mind hearing your views on the movie Death Alley made in 2020 about The Dalton Gangs failed bank robbery attempt in Coffeyville Kansas.

Liked and shared sir! Great work.👍🤘✌😎

Hi Josh, great job as usual! Re: Riley: work your computer magic & find out if he was a Heggarty or Haggerty.

Just found your channel...absolutely awesome podcast....you sound like Kenny Powers talking the old west. In other words, totally bad ass

That channel you spoke about INSP ( Inspiration channel) is about one of the only channels I watch now days. I don't often watch TV but when I do I watch INSP ....stay thirsty my friends 😂 Good job man 👍

I’m related to John Wesley Hardin somewhere down the line, you should do a video on him

I love history and your channel is fantastic.

Josh is definitely one of the best! His craftsmanship pairs learning and laughter, a true work of magic and should be shared

I can't believe this channel doesn't have 5 million subs. it's great 👍 thanks for doing a great job.

Riley - Doc Holiday? That's my story and I'm sticking to it.

Well-Done, Friend!

I live 15 miles from Newton I’ll keep you updated!

Good one mate!

BB! I cannot stand it either, sir, when my duels expend the maximum quantity of Freedom Seeds (either by finding out that shooting under duress, AKA the Two-Way Range is much different than chillin’ on the bench rest…or some sorry SOB like The Deacon slips some steel under his blouse as well as his smoke wagon skins…ya feel me?). That’s why I sneak a Colt Sheriff’s model down muh drawazzzzz. (That’s Doc Holliday pronunciation of ‘drawers’). I do long for those times again…. …much as I long for a prior shrink who completely understood that I live and work in the Wild, Wild West. Or just patronized the living hell out of me. But whatevs! Adios, amigo! (I say we go n find us the good Dr Gatling …hear he’s workin’ on some type o’ contraption. ;-)

This is my new best channel. New subscriber 😎👍

Hope the fam is good. No need to say sorry for not making pods, we all got lives. But i am glad to see u puting umm back out there.still wating for that ed blackjack k episode

The kid at the crossing, from the novel Flint, by Louis Lamore.

Well Mr.Josh.. thank you for the stories.. Great to fall asleep listening to you.

How do you spend two summers in Newton in the 80s visiting my great grandparents that is a pretty neat museum. It’s the only interesting thing in Newton Kansas. I was bored to death. But the museum was pretty cool with all the old cans and wagon wheels and pieces of Barbwire and stuff from the Chisholm Trail that was really interesting in the old photos, but there’s only so many times you can look at the same thing that all summer I’ll end up doing besides visiting my great grandparents was going to that museum twice and playing one video game that was in one little diner in the whole town but it’s pretty cool to hear a story of the new massacre. Probably the only interesting thing that’s ever happened to that town.

Great story 👏

Hey drunken shooting rampage sounds interesting thanks for the great story josh

enjoyed that, do ya have interest in earlier frontier persons, such as Daniel Boone? my own ancestor Philip Hamman/Hammond was such in what now is West VA, fought at battle of Pt Pleasant and other frontier combat situations there and early KY, I have an interest in all aspects of early American reality.

Love the way you tell these tales mate 👍 really interesting.

My new favorite channel. New subscriber.. Wondering where my comments disappear too?

The Bronx tale door lock scene was taken from the movie Coward of the county where the door lock scene at the end is the highlight of the movie

Never disappointing

I'm not even interested in the wild west as a topic normally BUT the way that you present these have had me enthralled for the past few hours. Well done sir, you have an impressive talent and will no doubt educate even the toughest student. Much love from Scotland and happy hogmanay! As we say here "lang may yer lum reek" (meaning long may your fire burn, basically wishing you a healthy and prosperous year ahead 😁) 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿❤🇺🇸

The kid was dying of consumption. He probably barely lived for another year after the fight. No wonder nobody knows

What is your review of the movie “In To The West”? If I’ve missed it..It’s big fav for me. Glad opportunities are opening up for you! Well deserved.

May I suggest sir an episode on John Chisum.

Wow, that's ironic, we used to have a sheriff here in our county, Hutchinson county. He was in office in the 50's and 60's - his name was Hugh Anderson, he was a sheriff in a small town in Texas! He was known to take an old boy to the country! Mmm probably just chance familiar names.

Don't call me Shirley

Louis Lamour followed this story line in the book: To Tame a Land

Having moved to and lived in Medicine Lodge, KS for over thirty years, and knowing the local publisher who's history with the city's newspaper dates back for it's entire history, , I know they loved bringing up any history of any notoriety and republishing it in their 'days of yore' section...most of what I saw was church socials and other mundane hogswallerin'... not that there wasn't SOME excitement, like Henry Brown and the bank robbery gone wrong or Carry Nation's antics or the signing of the Peace Treaty before there was even before there was a town, but I can assure you, no gun/knife fight ever occurred in that town...ever. ( if you'd like to hear about the hushed up prohibition speakeasy tunnel they had, I know all about that ) They still have all those newspapers bound up and gloryfied ... if'n you wanna bore yourself to death...

I can vouch for the " young men in dance halls from Houston to Midland" 10 years ago I was one of those young men ..... regrettably

I've heard the story of this Riley boy before. He was for sure nearly dead feom consumption when he killed the eight men. Supposedly McClusky was his only friend. Everyone was mean to the boy and wouldn't go near him on account of the consumption. McClusky took pity on him and befriended him which meant everything to the young boy. His revenge on the men who killed his friend was epic and the kind of deed you expect from someone who had nothing left to lose and was dying.

Newton, KS is a nice town, been there many times. It's about 25 miles north of Wichita.

I love the channel...💕 Thinking about doing my own channel

Well, I started at the back and worked my way to the front. Think I've heard em all. Now what am I gonna do? I'm addicted. Gee, thanks buddy!

Dude I looked through your book recommendations and didn’t see “ tough trip through paradise “

No such thing as a fair fight.

Beeves? Beef is plural enough Josh.

Checkout, Bob Boez Bell and Rob word they both have channels on UKposts. Bob Bell is a great historian all historical characters of the West, Rob word is a great historian on the western movies, as well as others. I've been watching them for years. I've learned so much from Bob about the TruWest that I didn't know before. And a lot of interesting facts about those times and days. I've watched a couple videos on Jim Bridger on History Channel. And there's another fella that I watch the video of, can't remember his name, but he was also a scout and Trailblazer of those days in the 1840s oh, and I believe he also worked with the Lewis Meriwether Expedition.

I always spoke about religion and politics when I bartended. But it was easy because I was in Portland and was always the only man in the room with a pistol. This country was founded upon controversial conversations in bars. So that was my logic. The patrons knew it. And we always kept it civil, though there were a few temper flare ups. No one died and not a single fist fight in 8 years. My detractors always came back because I poured strong and could back my religious and political stances with intelligence. One fellow who is now a best friend converted from bleeding heart liberal to conscientious libertarian. Now THAT'S drawing blood in Portland, Oregon.

Howsabout the story of Mickey Free, the boy that started with him being kidnapped- creating the Bascomb Affair and the ten year Apache War? He was a basassed kid/ Army Scout.

I live in Newton, this is so fuckin cool dude lol

Makes me wonder where was Doc Holliday was at the time. Young, tuberculosis, and a good shot.

Listening from Laos

I see the town as the white oaks of young guns 2 type of town and believe he had more friends than one I believe he was given a horse and supplies and fled in the night by some who felt bad for him if it was a law abiding town than you have good people with good hearts and doubtfull that only one person would be good to him it just makes sense that some would feel sorry for him I believe they did look just not hard and believe he did die of tb a few years latter … but that’s just me

A vomit of fire & smoke, spews from his hands; projectile vomiting? 🔫

But JahUsh!...

Aint it odd ? Politics and religion have long been forbidden in all 'British Armed' forces mess. Maybe the 'Anglos; didn't get it all wrong afer all ?

Look, if I wasn't way older than you, I would have done what you have done. Start a You Tube channel of this info. I have researched many of these things and wish I had a platform to say them on like you do. Best Wishes

I am an outlaw I was born an outlaws son the highway is my destiny on the highway I the highway I will run In one hand I've a Bible in the other I got a gun don't you know me?I the one want Woman don't try to love me,don't try to understand a life upon the road is the life of an outlaw man. Eagles rock

Get a bucket, Josh is on fire!

Don't kall me surely ( Shirley) lmao man I'm not sure many folks kaught ur Airplane quib... another klassik K's meant people

Paul D Bunyon!!!!!! Heheheh!

Pistolers have short life spans. Exciting as it was

Dang son

If you tracked what others in politics were doing in 1871.. it would add even more exciting history to your great 👍 stories...1871.. Grant.constitution. Retranslated.. London for money 💰.. the Vatican to rule.. the Missourian from the show me state Presidential Trump Task Force wtm Speaking Missourah Territory 🎺🎺🎺🐴🇺🇸👩‍🎨🎤🥾🥾👿💀🦏🐮🐓☠️☠️☠️🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🐴🇺🇸👩‍🎨🎥🖼🏚⚔️

You got too many commercials in your videos

LOL

You think you’re cool. But you’ll never be as cool as Kevin Bacon reading history like a boss coming on like an average guy named Josh.

Lol.politics,religion&women.