BEST OF (#21 OF 462) TOM HORN: THE TRUE STORY OF A WESTERN LEGEND

1001 Heroes, Legends, Histories & Mysteries Podcast

Jon Hagadorn

Society & Culture, History

4.4 • 1.7K Ratings

🗓️ 28 June 2024

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Summary

"Tom Horn: The True Story of a Western Legend": He was the man who Geronimo trusted and respected enough to arrange his surrender to Gatewood and Miles. He was there when Ed Schefflin discovered a rich load of gold and gave Tombstone its name. In his life he was a scout and interpreter for the US Cavalry, a Pinkerton Detective, a Sheriff, a Rancher, and a bounty hunter for the Wyoming Cattleman's Association. As a bounty hunter, he was a man crime deterrent against rustlers, but in 1901 his kill for hire work made him a perfect foil for a set-up, and he was framed for the killing of a 14 year old boy. This is his story, along with the story of the American West in its heyday. Song Tom Horn Courtesy of Micael hurwotz and the Aimless Drifters.

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0:00.0	You're Oh, You're going to do. When he drifted into shine, spring and night it too. Spring and 92 he had quite a reputation
0:48.0	the name old a cowboys knew
0:52.0	said he'd been a lawman at some New Mexico town.
1:00.0	And he was there with Kidwood miles when he rode old Geronimo down.
1:07.0	One of my most treasured belongings is a cowboy print by Charles Russell
1:12.0	showing a Montana cowboy at work gathering some
1:15.0	mustangs. It's dated March 12th, 1919 Great Falls Montana and under the artwork
1:21.9	it reads this way
1:23.0	Dear Mr George Farr I received your kind invitation to attend the stock growers meeting at Miles and I'll be there with the rest of the reps
1:31.6	cow folks are scarce now but I'm glad of a chance to meet the few that still live.
1:37.0	Most of my old friends either rode for or owned irons,
1:41.0	many of them across the big range,
1:43.6	but they left tracks in history
1:45.1	that the farmer can't plow under.
1:47.3	Good or bad, they were regular men
1:49.5	at America's last Frontiersman.
1:52.0	With thanks and best wishes Charles Russell.
1:56.0	It was written 16 years after Tom Horn, a true cowboy and Frontiersman who rode for the brand, was hung from a gallows in Cheyenne
2:04.2	Wyoming for the murder of a 14-year-old boy a murder which he may not have
2:08.7	committed. Horn was at that time a bounty hunter for the cattlemen's
2:12.4	Association and in
2:13.6	1902 people were no longer in need of frontier justice as they had been in recent
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