
Wild West Podcast
by Michael King/Brad Smalley
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Nelson Miles's 1874 Southern Plains Campaign
Sep 1, 2026
23m 33s
Ambush on the Prairie: The German Family Tragedy and Rescue
Aug 31, 2026
12m 30s
Beyond the Ambush: Retelling the German Family Captivity Featuring Scott Dean
Aug 27, 2026
29m 06s
Audiobook CHAPTER 7: Life in the Lodges
Aug 27, 2026
7m 39s
Audiobook CHAPTER 6: The Rescue at McClellan Creek
Aug 26, 2026
6m 41s
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| Date | Episode | Topics | Guests | Brands | Places | Keywords | Sponsor | Length | |
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| 9/1/26 | Nelson Miles's 1874 Southern Plains Campaign | Send us Fan Mail In August 1874, Colonel Nelson Miles launched an expedition from Fort Dodge into the Texas Panhandle to force hostile tribes onto reservations during the Red River War. His force—comprising eight cavalry companies, four infantry companies, and 37 scouts, including notable figures Bat Masterson and Billy Dixon—moved south across the Arkansas River. An advance detachment led by Lieutenant Frank Baldwin split off to scout toward Adobe Walls, where the scouts quickly engaged in s... | 23m 33s | ||||||
| 8/31/26 | Ambush on the Prairie: The German Family Tragedy and Rescue | Send us Fan Mail On September 11, 1874, the John German family was journeying westward toward Colorado along the Smoky Hill River route in Kansas when they were violently ambushed by a band of 17 Cheyenne Dog Soldiers led by Medicine Water. In the surprise attack, John German, his wife Lydia, and three of their children—Rebecca Jane, Stephen, and Joanna—were killed and mutilated, while their wagon was set ablaze. Four surviving daughters—Catherine (17), Sophia (12), Julia (7), and Adelaide (5... | 12m 30s | ||||||
| 8/27/26 | Beyond the Ambush: Retelling the German Family Captivity Featuring Scott Dean | Send us Fan Mail This podcast episode explores the September 11, 1874 German family ambush near Fort Wallace, Kansas, during the Red River War, told from the perspective of guest Scott, the great-grandson of survivor Julia German. After years of post–Civil War poverty and arduous travel from Georgia in search of a better life in Colorado, the German family was attacked by a band of Cheyenne Dog Soldiers led by Medicine Water and Mochi. The parents and three older children were killed, while t... | 29m 06s | ||||||
| 8/27/26 | Audiobook CHAPTER 7: Life in the Lodges | Send us Fan Mail Arriving at the sprawling Cheyenne encampment amidst the horrors of their family’s murder, Catherine and Sophia are immediately torn apart to endure harsh captivity in separate lodges. While twelve-year-old Sophia faces grueling physical labor in Grey Beard’s camp—bearing heavy burdens in absolute, defiant silence—Catherine is subjected to the cruelty of her captor’s wife, Wasita. Catherine quickly adapts by mastering the Cheyenne language, expertly working hides, and ultim... | 7m 39s | ||||||
| 8/26/26 | Audiobook CHAPTER 6: The Rescue at McClellan Creek | Send us Fan Mail Lieutenant Frank D. Baldwin led a ferocious, five-hour cavalry and infantry assault against a Cheyenne camp at McClellan Creek, sending the encampment into chaos as warriors mounted a desperate rearguard defense. Amid the gunfire and smoke, soldiers shot a warrior just before he could kill seven-year-old captive Julia German, discovering her hiding beneath a buffalo robe while her five-year-old sister, Adelaide, was found unharmed in a nearby dry wash. Hardened troopers were ... | 6m 41s | ||||||
| 8/26/26 | Audiobook CHAPTER 5 Abandoned on McClellan Creek | Send us Fan Mail In late September 1874, as General Miles’s cavalry closes in, a fleeing Cheyenne raiding party abruptly abandons young Julia and Adelaide German in the high grass of the Texas Panhandle, forcing their older sisters to ride on and assume they are dead. Driven by sheer survival instinct, seven-year-old Julia leads five-year-old Adelaide along wagon ruts to a deserted army camp on McClellan Creek. For nearly three weeks, the two girls endure freezing nights burrowed in leaves, s... | 7m 48s | ||||||
| 8/25/26 | Audiobook CHAPTER 4 Into the Staked Plains | Send us Fan Mail Following the violent destruction of their family's homestead in Kansas, the German sisters—Catherine, Sophia, Julia, and Adelaide—are taken captive by a Cheyenne raiding party and driven relentlessly south. Traveling primarily under the cover of night to evade the pursuing U.S. Cavalry, the band endures severe plains rainstorms and survives on meager rations. Along the way, the raiders strike a Santa Fe trading store near Pierceville, staying well ahead of responding infantr... | 8m 46s | ||||||
| 8/24/26 | Audiobook CHAPTER 3: Dawn on the Smoky Hill | Send us Fan Mail On the cold, frosty morning of September 11, 1874, the German family's journey across the windswept flats of Logan County, Kansas, was violently cut short. As John and Lydia led their canvas-topped wagon toward Fort Wallace alongside their older children, a raiding party of seventeen Cheyenne warriors from Grey Beard’s band suddenly descended upon them from a nearby ravine. The attack unfolded with brutal speed, leaving John, Lydia, Stephen, Jane, and Joanna dead and scalped ... | 12m 45s | ||||||
| 8/23/26 | Audiobook CHAPTER 2 The Prairie Trail | Send us Fan Mail On a sweltering September afternoon in 1874, the exhausted German family trudges along the abandoned Smoky Hill stage road in western Kansas, their livestock near collapse and water rations nearly depleted. Relief arrives when two passing buffalo hunters inform patriarch John German that Fort Wallace is merely thirty-five miles away, promising safety, supplies, and shelter within a day and a half. Although the hunters offer a fleeting warning about keeping low fires due to ro... | 14m 04s | ||||||
| 8/16/26 | A Voice from the Kansas Frontier | Send us Fan Mail Step beyond official military dispatches to uncover the harrowing, forgotten world of the 19th-century frontier wife. In late 1866, Isadore Bowman Douglass journeyed 240 freezing miles across the plains to Fort Dodge with three young children, weathering the brutal winter inside a damp sod dugout carved into the Arkansas River bank. Drawing directly from author Michael D. King's groundbreaking release, Isadore Douglas: A Voice from the Kansas Frontier, this episode illuminate... | 2m 43s | ||||||
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| 8/10/26 | Chapter One: The Shadow of the Blue Ridge | Send us Fan Mail A Legacy of Hardship and Hope In the spring of 1870, the impoverished German family—led by Civil War veteran John German and his wife, Lydia—prepares to flee the ruined soil and lingering trauma of Fannin County, Georgia. Struggling with a severe battle injury, John faces the daunting task of raising seven children in a devastated region picked clean by wartime guerrillas. The primary catalyst for their departure is their seventeen-year-old daughter, Catherine, whose delicate... | 15m 57s | ||||||
| 8/9/26 | Echoes of the High Plains: | Send us Fan Mail Step into the brutal reality of the 1874 High Plains with the debut episode of The German Sisters: A Story of Survival, a gripping new audiobook series from Books on Tape, expertly brought to life through ElevenLabs narration. Drawing directly from preserved 1928 Kansas State Historical Society records, military dispatches, and primary memoirs, author Michael King strips away a century of cheap dime-novel exaggeration to uncover the raw, heart-wrenching truth behind the Germa... | 9m 06s | ||||||
| 8/3/26 | Unraveling the True Frontier: The Hidden Legacy of the Texas Longhorn | Send us Fan Mail Step into the captivating world of the American frontier, where history, grit, and surprising truths converge to reshape everything you thought you knew about the Old West. In this engaging address, our speaker Dr. Frank Sharp peels back the layers of myth to reveal a astonishing reality: post-Civil War Texas was pulled from deep economic depression not just by hard-working cowboys, but by the legendary Texas Longhorn itself—a drive that infused what would be billions of doll... | 54m 54s | ||||||
| 7/29/26 | Five Thousand Strong: Caught in the Stampede | Send us Fan Mail Imagine standing atop Pawnee Rock in May of 1872, looking out over the vast, windswept plains of Kansas. As far as the eye can see, the earth itself seems to move—a living, breathing ocean of dark fur and thunder. Welcome to The Wild West Podcast. Today, we invite you to travel alongside Colonel Richard Irving Dodge: soldier, keen naturalist, and eyewitness to the final, awe-inspiring days of the American frontier. In this episode, written and produced by Mike King and narrat... | 22m 44s | ||||||
| 7/25/26 | "Whiskey, Wagons, and Warning Shots: The Birth of Buffalo City” | Send us Fan Mail Journey into the raw, untamed frontier of June 1872 with former buffalo hunter turned saloon owner George W. Brown. In this gripping episode, Brown details the chaotic birth of Buffalo City—a bustling boomtown sparked when a strict military ban on alcohol at Fort Dodge sent thirsty soldiers, hunters, and freight drivers searching for a new watering hole just beyond government lines. From makeshift tent bars and 25-cent whiskey shots to the rapid, wild rise of a frontier outpo... | 16m 56s | ||||||
| 7/24/26 | Buffalo Days: The Prairie Dog Business | Send us Fan Mail Step back in time to the summer of 1872 and experience the raw, untamed spirit of the American frontier. Narrated through the vivid recollections of George W. Brown, this episode transports listeners directly onto the sun-drenched plains of Kansas, following the massive buffalo herds alongside legendary frontiersmen. Richly atmospheric soundscapes—from the crackle of evening campfires to the distant howl of coyotes—bring to life the gritty reality, unexpected humor, and rugge... | 11m 14s | ||||||
| 7/22/26 | Uncover the Truth of the Trail: The Wild West Podcast Takes You Inside Dodge City’s Longhorn Legacy! | Send us Fan Mail Saddle up and tune in to this thrilling episode of the Wild West Podcast, hosted by Brad Smalley! The show shines a spotlight on an upcoming doubleheader event in Dodge City, Kansas, featuring Dr. Frank Sharp—an educator, author, cattleman, and lead educator for the State of Texas Herd of Longhorns at Fort Griffin. In a captivating interview, Dr. Sharp dismantles common misconceptions about Texas Longhorns, revealing the shocking truth that genuine historical longhorns are ac... | 23m 31s | ||||||
| 7/20/26 | buffalo stampedeprairie storm+4 | — | — | prairieearth | buffalostorm+5 | — | 7m 40s | ||
| 7/18/26 | buffalo huntingtechnique+3 | — | — | — | buffalohunting+3 | — | 14m 53s | ||
| 7/18/26 | Buffalo SoldiersNative Americans+4 | — | U.S. Army | Great Plainsplains | Buffalo SoldiersNative Americans+5 | — | 8m 28s | ||
| 7/18/26 | buffalo huntingAmerican history+3 | — | Sharps | American Great PlainsFort Hays | buffalo hunterexpedition+5 | — | 7m 55s | ||
| 7/16/26 | Western FrontierBuffalo Hunting+3 | — | — | Fort Hays, Kansas | Josiah Wright MooreJim White+5 | — | 8m 57s | ||
| 7/16/26 | buffalofrontier economy+3 | — | — | Seline River ValleyKansas | buffalofrontier+5 | — | 5m 26s | ||
| 7/14/26 | frontier historyhazing+3 | — | — | Dodge City | Dodge CityHerb+5 | — | 15m 48s | ||
| 7/14/26 | adventurebuffalo hunting+3 | — | — | Dodge CityKansas | buffalo hunterKansas plains+5 | — | 58m 46s | ||
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