Wild West Deep Dives
Wild West Deep Dives explores the captivating tales of sharpshooters, gunslingers, trailblazers, and significant events from the western frontier. I aim to present the truth while celebrating the legendary figures and stories that define the essence of the Wild West. Well, let's get into shall we!
Wild West Deep Dives
Short Dive; The Legend of Bill Wilson
Howdy and Welcome back to Wild West Deep Dives.
This Short Dive is about a man named Bill Wilson, he was a Missouri Bushwhacker during the American Civil War. A Bushwhacker, is a confederate symphosizer who is not associated with the Confederate Army, a Jayhawker, was a Union symphosizer who is not associated with the Union army. Both sides had these guerrilla fighters that raised hell during the war.
This episode was inspired by a book called; Bushwhacker, by George Clinton Arthur. I will be doing my own short of story telling, but all the information, events, quotes, etc. came from Mr. Arthurs book.
Bill Wilson was also the inspiration behind the movie; Outlaw Josey Wales.
Reminder; I titled this episode "The Legend" of Bill Wilson as there are not many cold hard facts that can be found on Mr. Wilson. This episode was a lot of fun to research and record as there are voice actors, sound effects, anything I could do to make it seem authentic and like you are in the moment. I hope y'all enjoy it!
Next week; the episode will be a little update episode as I have episodes in the works, but I'll only release episodes when I have series completed, I don't want to release an episode and then have to skip a week because the next one isn't finished.
Thank you all for the love and support, y'all are amazing!
Sources;
o Book; Bushwhacker, A Story of Missouri’s Most Famous Desperado, by George Clinton Arthur (1)
o https://www.notesfromthefrontier.com/post/the-real-josey-wales (2)
o Youtube video from historian; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Moz9zThCvU&t=174s (3)
o https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1523619/m1/7/ (4)
o https://www.phelpscountyfocus.com/article_8079a254-6376-11e8-b036-43d368cc4ad2.html (5)
o https://www.arnoldmo.org/bushwhackers-and-jayhawkers-terrorized-jefferson-county-during-civil-war/ (6)
o https://www.phelpscountyfocus.com/article_8079a254-6376-11e8-b036-43d368cc4ad2.html (5)
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