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The American Southwest

Thomas Wayne Riley

This is a podcast of the people, places, and things of the American West. Think cowboys and Indians, bison and cactus, national parks and ghost towns, Mormons and prospectors, nukes and aliens, Tombstone, the Anasazi, Route 66, and everything in between. I’ll dive deep into historical people and events and the cultures and policies that helped shape this area of the American frontier world that’s left so many of the rest of the planet in envy of the mythic American Southwest.

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01:24:05

Billy the Kid & The Lincoln County War: Take Your...

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2025/10/29

This is the ninth episode of eleven that will discuss Billy the Kid and the Lincoln County War that took place in the 1870s in New Mexico.I open the episode with Pat Garrett’s life and background before catching up to the story of Billy the Kid. A Secret Service agent is sent at the behest of Dolan and the House to New Mexico to investigate Billy’s new friends and the noose around our hero’s neck tightens. Billy does ultimately break bad when he murders a man in cold blood which results in two

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01:34:04

Billy the Kid & the Lincoln County War: I Would Not...

The American Southwest ·

2025/10/22

This is the eighth episode of eleven that will discuss Billy the Kid and the Lincoln County War that took place in the 1870s in New Mexico.In this episode, what’s left of the Regulators get in a shootout with the Apache as they attempt to steal horses which will result in the death of an Indian Agent, although, not at the hands of the Regulators. The Regulators eventually flee Lincoln for Fort Sumner and elsewhere. And they do so just in the nick of time as Lincoln County once again erupts into

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01:24:20

Billy the Kid & The Lincoln County War: The Big Kill

The American Southwest ·

2025/10/15

This is the seventh episode of eleven that will discuss Billy the Kid and the Lincoln County War that took place in the 1870s in New Mexico.This episode is the culmination of the troubles in Lincoln County which results in the Five Day War also known as The Big Kill. McSween & the Regulators return to Lincoln Town to occupy it while Peppin & his deputies are away. Upon the laws return, Peppin summons Dudley & the Army who turn the tables against the Regulators with their Howitzer, Gatling Gun, and

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01:10:29

Billy the Kid & The Lincoln County War: Lively Times...

The American Southwest ·

2025/10/08

This is the sixth episode of eleven that will discuss Billy the Kid and the Lincoln County War that took place in the 1870s in New Mexico.In this episode the tables are turned against McSween and the Regulators even after their decisive victory in court. The Governor gives more illegal proclamations, the Regulators lose their badges, the army pursues them, skirmishes occur, the Ring tightens its grip on Lincoln County, and the House goes all out against our heroes.

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01:09:03

Billy the Kid & The Lincoln County War: Regulators...

The American Southwest ·

2025/10/01

This is the fifth episode of eleven that will discuss Billy the Kid and the Lincoln County War that took place in the 1870s in New Mexico.In this episode I go over the long and storied history of Regulators before and after the signing of the Declaration of Independence and how the name made it out to the rugged men of the American Southwest. I then recount the sporadic violence that culminates in the assassination of the corrupt Sheriff Brady in the street of Lincoln. Shortly afterwards, the

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01:01:14

King of Dogs With Author Andrew Edwards

The American Southwest ·

2025/09/26

Author Andrew Edwards & I discuss his incredible novel King of Dogs: Life is the Training Ground for Death. We also discuss writing, our literary influences, the American Southwest, The Pacific Northwest, hunting, a little history, his future novels, the Old Glory Club, and more.

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01:34:30

Billy the Kid & The Lincoln County War: They Will...

The American Southwest ·

2025/09/24

This is the fourth episode of eleven that will discuss Billy the Kid and the Lincoln County War that took place in the 1870s in New Mexico.In this episode, I discuss the violent history of Lincoln County since its establishment after the Civil War. I then return to the story where we see the future Regulators, including Billy the Kid, gain badges and hunt down Tunstall’s killers. But immediately, Billy the Kid gets arrested by the corrupt Sheriff Brady. After being released, the future Regulators

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01:12:22

Billy the Kid & The Lincoln County War: Murderers,...

The American Southwest ·

2025/09/17

In this episode I discuss Lincoln the town, Billy the Kid again, the growing feud, crooked Sheriff Brady, the Boys, McSween, and Tunstall. There is legal wrangling, posses formed, and the murder that starts the fire.

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01:17:55

Billy the Kid & The Lincoln County War: Crookedness...

The American Southwest ·

2025/09/10

This is the second episode of eleven that will discuss Billy the Kid and the Lincoln County War that took place in the 1870s in New Mexico.This episode introduces Tunstall, Brewer, & McSween as well as Murphy, Dolan, & Riley of the “The House.” The episode opens with a theft of horses that will soon propel the town and county of Lincoln into war. Billy the Kid plays only a minor role in this episode but his actions firmly place him on the side of the future Regulators.

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01:15:45

Billy the Kid & The Lincoln County War: His Dancing Eyes

The American Southwest ·

2025/09/03

This is the first episode of eleven that will discuss Billy the Kid and the Lincoln County War that took place in the 1870s in New Mexico. It will be an in-depth look into the myth and legend of Henry McCarty who became one of the country’s most feared outlaws. Obviously I will correct a lot of inaccuracies and exaggerated stories about the young outlaw who I grew to truly like and sympathize with… right up until I couldn’t. This episode will explore his early life and his family’s move from

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02:20:45

Unrepentant Sinner with Karl Dahl: The Wild West Life...

The American Southwest ·

2025/07/30

Colonel Charles Askins lived the life of a Wild West Desperado with one foot on either side of the law as if he’d been born in the 19th instead of the 20th Century. He shot his first man at 12 as he was growing up in western Oklahoma but his adventure only started there. Askins was a National Forest Ranger, he had scrapes with Apaches, he was a Border Patrol Agent along the Rio Grande, he was a champion shooter, a soldier in North Africa & Europe during WWII, and he may have been the first man on

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04:53:04

The Ancient Ones: Mesoamericans, Man Corn, &...

The American Southwest ·

2025/05/26

After two and a half years of learning even more about the Anasazi through books, lectures, and by visiting even more sites, I have gained new insight into the people of the Four Corners that so fascinate the world.In this episode I offer extensive evidence for the direct influence of Mesoamericans in relation to the Chaco Canyon Anasazi. I cover Teotihuacan, the Toltecs, the Feathered Serpent Cult, the Maya, the Caddo, Cahokia, and of course, the Anasazi. I discuss the Great Houses, a new theory

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01:00:51

Ballad of a Man Killer Lion with Chris Ryland Jr.

The American Southwest ·

2025/05/14

Special Guest Chris Ryland Jr. talks about his song Ballad of a Man Killer Lion

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03:03:25

The Apache: Things Sure Did Look Like War

The American Southwest ·

2025/04/01

In May of 1885, Geronimo and over 140 Chiricahua Apaches broke out of the San Carlos Reservation in a final gasp of the long lasting Apache Wars of the American Southwest. For the next 16 months the US Army under Crook and then General Miles will hunt the renegades down through mountains, canyons, and deserts. Countless innocents, soldiers, and Chiricahuas will perish as the Army and their Apache Scouts chase the hostiles through New Mexico, Arizona, Sonora, and Chihuahua. Tom Horn, Al Sieber,

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01:36:39

Spooky Southwest With Special Guest The Paranormalist

The American Southwest ·

2025/03/03

Friend & fellow podcaster The Paranormalist joins me on the show and we talk about aliens, UFOs, skin walkers, giant serpents, our own encounters with the paranormal, what causes the Southwest to be so strange, and a whole lot more. It’s a very fun interview episode, especially if you like the weird and the spooky. Suspend your disbelief and join us.

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01:31:50

The Civil War in the Southwest: The Rebel’s Crumbling...

The American Southwest ·

2025/02/04

This episode covers the end of the Civil War in the Southwest as the Rebels Retreat completely out of New Mexico. It covers the low morale of the Confederate Troops, Sibley’s woes, the final battle in the Territory at Paraje, eighteen-year-old Felix Robert Collard’s odyssey through the Jornada del Muerte, the troubles with the locals, and more. I then finish the series with a brief background of myself before I read the short story Confederate Jasmine from V.N. Ebert’s Georgia Buddha in its

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00:28:04

The Civil War in the Southwest: Carleton’s California...

The American Southwest ·

2025/01/27

This is the Tenth Episode over the Civil War in the American Southwest.In this very short episode, Carleton’s California Column of Fedrals invades Arizona to repel the Confederate Empire’s westward expansion. The Great Flood of 1862, The Skirmish at Stanwix Station, and the Battle of Picacho Peak are all discussed in this episode over the Civil War in the Southwest.

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01:11:34

The Civil War in the Southwest: The Rebel’s Trudge...

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2025/01/19

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01:22:44

The Civil War in the Southwest: The Battle of...

The American Southwest ·

2025/01/11

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The Civil War in the Southwest: Confederate Tucson,...

The American Southwest ·

2025/01/03

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