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The Old West Daily Reader is a calendar-based way of enjoying the History of the American Wild West; a collection of word-bytes about the past; historical hors d’ oeuvres intended to be enjoyed on their own merit, or to psyche you up to go out and find more of this complex and wonderful story. Gettin’ on to 1000 pages of interesting and valuable information…

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  • Weeks: A daily dose of what happened in the Historic West on that date.  Fifty-two weeks, 366 days, more than 1800+ entries outlining the people, places and events that helped create the “Truth” and the mythos of the Old West.
  • Players:  An alphabetic listing of every person, place or event (3,500+) noted in Weeks, cross-referenced in such a way that it’s easy to turn up related facts and stories.
    –Timelines for 40+ major players (more to come)
  • Quotes: 11 sections, featuring comments from some of The Players and many others.
  • The Originals: Battlefields & Massacres, Doves & Nighthawks, Expeditions, Forts,  Gunfighter Statistics (& occupations), Indian Tribes, Range Wars & Feuds, Trails, Rodeos – Wild West Shows & Theater.
  • The Pretenders: The Western Movies, TV and Radio Shows that help us remember and keep it alive.
    Including Danny Ramblin’ Jack’s Movie Quiz
  • Photo Gallery: Thirteen Sections of Old West Photos: mine, yours and those found in the Public Domain.
    A large selection of fine antique firearms from Reader Contributors!
  • A large References section: to help you go beyond the information available in OWDR if you wish to do so.
  • Ongoing additions to all of the above; including contributions from subscribers, which are reviewed and added to OWDR, with recognition.

 

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  • Howdy &
    Welcome!

    Thanks for stoppin' by
    The Old West
    Daily Reader!
    Here's a quick look
    at the site...

    Start Here!

  • Navigation~

    Everything starts with
    the Navigation Panel,
    The Weeks [52, with
    1200+ entries],
    The Players [ABC,
    with 3000+ people,
    places and events].
    Our tour will take a
    look at...

  • The Weeks~

    Here's a look at Week
    1, (Jan 7-14) if you
    read each day's entries
    over your morning cup
    of joe, you will know a
    lot about Western
    History in
    a year's time...

    Next: Week 43

  • Week Forty-three~

    Taking a look at Week
    43 ~ any Player listed in
    Bold will be found on
    The Players alphabetical
    List. Choosing the letter
    "H" for our sample,
    we will now look at
    Doc Holliday...

    Next: Doc

  • The "H" Players ~

    Doc has a Full House of
    listings: the Born
    column shows week 33,
    the Died column week
    45, and there are
    multiple listings in the Noted columns...

    Read on!

  • Week Nine: Doc ~

    Clicking on a listing in
    the Noted column will
    take you to that week
    where you will find
    another entry
    mentioning Doc.

    Even More!

  • Lots of Content ~

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    Reader! Other links on the Navigation Panel
    will offer References
    The Old West Daily
    Reader Blog,
    Old West Quotes,
    and lots more!

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