Bill Tilghman - Old West Lawman
Bill Tilghman - the legendary lawman best known for hunting down bad guys in Indian Territory - got his start as a teenage buffalo hunter on the Kansas frontier. After that, he spent years patrolling the tough streets of Dodge City with the likes of Wyatt Earp, Bat Masterson, and Charlie Bassett before moving on to Oklahoma where he did more of the same. Friends with guys like Luke Short and Doc Holliday. Rubbed shoulders with outlaws like Dave Rudabaugh and J.J. Webb, Tilghman wore many hats throughout his life. Senator, husband, father, scout, rancher, saloon owner, movie producer, actor, and then finally - at the ripe old age of 70 - Tilghman pinned on a badge yet again to take on the corrupt boom town of Cromwell, Oklahoma. #wildwest #cowboy #history
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FWIW, I started listening a year ago because your early episodes were raw and it felt like listening to a buddy tell stories. I never listen to any other old west podcasts. I know finding greater success means refining your work. But, don't be embarrassed by the older stuff as that's why some of us are here.
Thank you, CW
What is fiwiw?
@@severdwolf5015 It means "For What It's Worth"
@@charlesmccoy5857 thanks amigo
Wow, yet another great lawman! John P.
I lived in New Mexico and worked building chain restaurants and BIA houses on virtually every reservation in most all the of the state and having a keen interest in the local history know you are doing a very good job of relating it. I worked with a latino older fellow whose great grandfather was a member of the Silva gang which hung out with Billy for a period of time. Keep up the good work.
Love your show. I clea, for aliving and get tired of music. Your podcast is perfect. Embarrassed myself a feq times by busting out laughing
Thanks for listening!
This narrator is way underrated.
Man We Dont Listen To You For The Facts, We Listen To Ya Because You Can Tell A Damn Good Story And Ive Heard Em All. Looking Forward To Another One Brother.
Congratulations on hangin in there like a hair in a biscuit. Great episode as always. Don't worry about being any version of any body other than yourself. If somebody comes here lookin for even some other Josh they're SOL. You do you and let them kick rocks.
Please remember there was a complete change in our society from the 1880's to this present time. Little to nothing is normal practices from then, and much if not all has passed into history. Sounds like Bill was a man of his changing times. Thank you BB, I find your podcasts very enjoyable.
The change is that most people now day's are snowflakes
@@severdwolf5015 would you put yourself into that category?
We all mag be snowflakes to people of the wild west, “what you need a stranger to cook food in 20 seconds at a thing called a fast food joint?” “You need a thing called a smartphone to talk to your friends and family instead of Just going over to see them face to face.” Kind of thing lol
The best Okie land rush film, Cimarron 1931. Love the old films. They were closest to actual happening. Won Academy Award that year. Great rush scene and the hero is a man, with' feet of clay'. A Western aficionado, such as yourself, should watch. Good gunplay. Mark D.
This man’s content is amazing. Love ALL this stuff!
Great one.
Amazing video I love that you try hard to bring us the facts. Not gonna lie I'm really gonna miss the name Bloody Beaver Podcast, would have loved to had a shirt with the name and logo but I completely understand where you're coming from and will always be here to support you. Thanks so much for the shout out it means alot after such a crazy year. Hope you and you're family had a great Christmas and a happy New Year. Looking forward to the next one.
Firstly I thought you were going to be a hard listen to but you grew on me pretty quick, thought you did a great job!
I'm definitely not everybody's cup o' tea. Glad you're listening!
Great as usual. Looking forward to the next one
My great great grandfather founded the town of Dilworth Oklahoma during the land rush of 1889.its still there too this day.
As always the best Wild West man to go to for your facts and research on the old Wild West Heroes, B.B. is and was always the best! hope this is not the last one from you pal I hope that was just an error, Happy Holidays and happy Hogmany 2021 from Bonnie Scotland :)
good for Bill, it's guys like him that give the rest of us hope lol
More great content. Thanks for all you do. Truly appreciated from me. My car rides and lunch breaks are now productive. Or at least I can use that excuse.
New fan here! Love your podcasts, especially your humor.
Thank you! Welcome aboard!
The lessons learned from the good, the bad and the in between people and events of these times is priceless. I love the new name, even though it’s the only name I have known as a new listener.
The 1950's and the early 1960's were the best time to be alive in America. The hell with the Old West and the New Millennium. Fact!
Mighty Brave Man ...
Keep going man I listen too a lot of these n you’re definitely the best at it. 🤘🏼
Thank you for all the content .. I listen at work I enjoy what you have done ... keep it up it will all pay off people just have to find you .... you have gotten so much better from your first . . Don’t stop now that you perfected your craft ..
Thank you, Victor. I really appreciate that.
Thanks josh great work the best vlog ever 👍
Absolutely BB. It was a different place & time where things were not always clearly defined. Not all were great saints or were notorious sinners. The truth is somewhere in the middle.
One thing about history. It's always gray. Another great one. Been binging your videos the whole week. Keep it up
Much appreciated
Thank you for this KZhead content. Being from Oklahoma, I've only heard Bill as an old west hero. Good to get a more level report on his life.
Politicians in Tilghmans last days were probably paid triple Bill,but he still got his $ to buy fine horses.Well you re sure right we re all flawed,but solid character on most occasions still exists in people I know,a fair number biblical theists. I think you gave the best final story on Bill.
That wasn't really Wild Bill Hickok that stopped, it was Brushy Bill Roberts.
I really appreciate what you're doing. I enjoy the old west the history and the truth I also appreciate the stories and the heroes I just appreciate all of it I can roll with the good in the bad as we are all human we are all imperfect we all have a crack on our butt but seriously truly love what you're doing it's entertaining and it is educational
Thanks man
Them damn Sooners!!
Thanks!
Alas, another human being with "feet of clay", oh well, it was, what it was. Well presented & entertaining.
Love the stories and the commentary 🙏🏴☠️🇨🇦☠️
The passing of the Oklahoma Outlaws. Go to 7:56 and incorporate that sweet sweet songbird whistlin’ Born in Texas, Retired in Oklahoma. Yehaw!!!
I think like everyone else, Just stumble upon this channel but this shit is nice 👌!!! Great Wonderful engaging interactive work here and its very welcoming! Great channel 👏
Thank you, Ethan!
Going on 79.. congratulations with a big smile..❤️❤️🥾🥾💩💩🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
Your a keeper,son. Glad I found ya.
I'm glad too
I like listening to your story's keep it up!!!
The last name says they were farmers, Til man 🤷♂️!!!!!
I just ran across your channel, pure sweet business son!
Welcome aboard!
I dig Oklahoma.
If you could do something on Cattle Annie and Little Britches. As for the distance from then till now ,my great grandfather was born in Texas in 1846, my grandfather was born in 1894 the youngest of seven. My grandma's father a widower married one of her school friends and we all knew her as our great gran Rose and she was 3 months younger than my grandma they born in 1896. Grandma died in 1997 four months shyof her 101st birthday she was the reason my grandfather left Texas for Oklahoma.
Will do
Good Stuff!
Thanks!
Commenting just to help with the algorithm! ✌️
Thanks for that
A great book on kit carson is called blood and thunder.
Love that book
After that Conspiracy Rant I know we're related. You videos are great. Me 2
A great book on billy the kid is a book called to hell on a fast horse.
Old guys rule!
I've listened to a few of your podcast here recently. The topics are very interesting and you articulate very well. Keep up the good work. Also this will show up Teresa Sparks, that is my wife. My name is Craig
Thank you, Craig! Hope you keep listening.
WHOOO WAH!!
Johnny Bench, Willie Stargell and Mickey Mantle are former MLB players from Oklahoma.
I live in a small town in Nebraska and our county seat of the population of maybe 50 people and it still considered the county seat is a courthouse and the post office
William Matthew Tilghman Jr was way to ambitious to not want to make some side cash good job Josh shit load of freaking info
Love your videos, they are the best. I live for them
Allow me to echo the sentiments of your appreciative viewers,you are an excellent researcher,historian and documentarian.I’m an old fan looking to broaden my knowledge about Bill Tilghman and found your new WWE podcast,that provided that need.I also read through all of the comments and received some more valuable facts from your appreciative knowledgeable viewer’s. Thank you for outstanding podcast.
Thank you, sir.
I'm living in Chandler, OK., I worked in Beaver, OK, and my aunt and cousins live at Maddle, OK. Quit dawgin' my home State we still have six- guns out here.
Ha!
Can you do an expanded episode of Frank Hamer? Thank you sir!
I don't have one in the works but check out Legends of the Old West. He did a great series on Hamer.
All this talk about Dodge City and not one mention of Doc, Chester, U.S Marshall Matt Dillon or Kitty!! Hahaa great episode anyway! 🤪🤪🤪
Chester is my favorite
Good Stuff
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The last episode?? Noooooo
Just an idea but a video on "Stuarts Stranglers" and the man behind that group would be one you may find worth a video on! That man did not play at all and was one badass dude! Another great video always a pleausre to watch.
Thanks for the suggestion!
Trying to find out what I can on Bill Tighman, enjoyed your podcast
Thanks!
Hey thanks for the shout out! Awesome episode as usual. Now that you're changing the name of your podcast could you take Bloody Beaver as you wild west nick name? It's no Dynamite Dick but it's got some double entendre potential. I checked out the Legends of the Old West podcast thanks for the recommended it's a hell of a show. Also I would recommend doing an episode on Henry Berry Lowry. He is said to be a Robin Hood type bandit that fought the Confederates. Finally it would be great to see you do those episodes again. They arent horrible as you think but you are right, your new stuff is a lot better. So i think i bunch of people would like those again. Hope everything is going good on your end.
I don't think it would be fair to judge these men by todays' standards. These were tough men in tough and tumble times. Quite a few of the lawmen at one time or another were outlaws and some lawmen became outright outlaws. One might say there was a larger gray area back in the day. At any rate , these men were bad asses that dispensed justice and upheld the law, and for the most part , commanded the respect of friend and foe alike.
Oh, I know it's not cowboy or wild west but I love DB Cooper documentary. You need to make a video and put that humor in there. Maybe a few cuss words while he's jumping out the plane.
I am loading ammo at the moment and listening to your older video's. This was the video i was telling you about started me making videos. you Mention the information i commented on the safty of carry a 51 navy with six rounds. My first video i ever made was to explain this better. your comments at 56mins.
Heck yeah
Veery?IDK, but, I think this podcast is VERY cool
My son born in May 1981
All these old west lawmen had connections to the money making businesses in the boom towns. A 25% cut insured the Brothels, Saloons and Gambling Hall's were protected from rowdys, robber's and card shark's. It was that way all during Tilghman's lifetime.
From what I heard, the " townies " put up with the vice because they didn't want drunk cowboys chasing their daughters and wives. Or wrecking the town.
I don't think the city leaders of that town would have gone after Bill if had any blemish in his history to begin with 🇺🇸
Sam Elliott was General Buford in Gettysburg.
Yep, great job in that role
@@WildWestExtravaganza Admiral Chester Nimitz is from Fredericksburg, TX. Here is July 4th biography video. The most famous Naval officer from Texas.
Yahoo another bloody beaver podcast 😆
Bill Tillman was the first Chief of police in Oklahoma City
Funny . I spent 2 years in prison at Ft Dodge Ia. Was it a prison then ?
Most of the “lawmen” of the frontier were just hired guns. Wyatt Earp would be a lawman in one town and a saloon bouncer/brothel security in the next. Here in Wichita, he spent much of his time on the west side of the river, where the “red-light district” was. I wonder if lawmen, in their heart-of-hearts are any different today. In Wichita occasionally a cop or deputy gets entangled with a “soiled dove” and gets disciplined or outright fired, even today. To quote the song, “same as it ever was, same as it ever was…” TALKING HEADS-‘1983”
He looks like Jeff Daniels.
There's as cool museum about the DaltonDoolin gang in Coffeyville. I used to travel from MO to pave roads there every summer. Also, the bathhouses in Eureka were known brothels. My wife and i still go stay in Eureka once or twice a year. One old brothel still has thier original neon sign shaped like a cock and balls 😂😂😂
Ya it was so hard to get parts for my pick up back tjan
I was aware of the story of Dora Hand and I could have sworn that her killer actually went free. So I went back and I tried to find some info (other than Wikipedia) and I did find an article in TrueWest that also states that her killer, James H. "Dog" Kelley did survive the arrest and was later freed on "lack of evidence". HistoryNet also makes the same claim. Who knows...
James "Spike" Kenedy killed Dora. James Kelley was the person Kenedy was trying to kill when he shot Dora.
cromwell is probably still as lawless lol ill have to go there in a few weekends when i have some freetime and take some photos its just down the road a few minutes lol
My bro said “instead of mining for gold or silver , they were mining for gold”
War on drugs is and are the most stupid s law ever made ✌🏻Belive me!And they have the same problem s as they had under the probexion 🤦🏻Sorry for my spelling im a Norwegian. But dam i love this channel and your storys and humor 👍🏻
He very well may have been corrupt. Just like Wyatt Earp and several other lawmen both past and present.
I am an Oklahoman and I'll tell you what my grandfather used to say, "Most of them sons- a- b!tc#s used the badge and gun as their license to thieve."
Is there any way we can help support the channel/your content for books and stuff lol?
Keep listening and share with others!!!
@@WildWestExtravaganza oh yea for sure man, lol I can’t fall asleep if I don’t have a Wild West extravaganza video playing, I already got my pops listening and told a couple guys at work about your channel
Thank you!
@@WildWestExtravaganza hey man thank you, you very quickly became one of my favorite channels on KZhead and I can honestly say that nobody else is doing what you’re doing and I hope your channel continues to grow and you get the recognition you deserve
I thought "texas tea" was oil!?
It is! I messed up! I said gold on accident.
@@WildWestExtravaganza Still another excellent story!Good luck with your Channel!
Best years I think would be between the 50s through to about the 90s. Safest for people to just live. Medical up to par enough to live without a lot of worry. Minimal war happened in that time that effected the world population.. not world War. Cost of living was acceptable. People were basically normal and good to live life to the best they could. Before the 50s it was world wars and rough life in comparison . After the 90s this kinda life started as we know it now. I'm born in the 70s so I got to experience the last of the good times in history. We had everything we needed. Food was good and normal. Could afford to buy a home. Could afford rent. All that stuff. So. The best years for humanity at least in North America was in my opinion between the 1950s and to about the 1990s. Before and after that we can't call good. Or acceptable. We need to kinda go back to around the 80s ways .. not the clothes.. just the ways we all were. I will say again. Not the clothes..
Why not the clothes?
@WildWestExtravaganza hahaha well back in the 50s and 60s clothes were OK and classy. But my lord I looked like a bum dressed in the 80s and 90s lol. I know there are a lot of females that think the pants that cover all the way up to the middle of th stomach looks good but it doesn't. And for fuk sake can ypu imagine the shoulder pads again. I'm OK with jeans and a t shirt. Basics lol. But now it's I don't even understand what happened. Where did we go wrong. Look at the way people dress now. I can't say there's a better time then the 50s and 60s. Maybe before then. 20s 30s lol. I'm just saying ..
I was born 1980 and i miss all years up to around 2006 but dam i miss the 90s but after 2016 should be erased from history 😂
Many of the lawmen were pretty solid,but pay was so low.No pensions as they retired.It was a matter of survival financially to cross the line.The Earpes were just as bad as The Cowboys they ran into.
I don't consider the days when you had to go out to the little house behind the house to do your business then clean yourself with a damn corn cob the "good old days"! It must have been pretty damn ripe and flies flying up your a** during hot weather! 🤭
There is a high probability, that this story is possibly about, William Tilghman...did I mention that it, potentially, might not be, as well?? 😝
70 yo hired for.....muscle? I need what he was on :D
Dude, what happened to getting on way th story. U already made ur disclaimer.
Bro you need to at least try using readable grammar if you're going to complain
You even have an old man up here in NE Oklahoma listening. My ex was from Texas... I'll forgive you. Just be careful.
Lincoln county here
He wont no bass Reeves
Oklahomo's! Ha, good one! I love when you sh!t on Oklahoma, it's so undeserved.
21:45 damn! Sounds like they needed a courthouse lol that’s be funny if it was *People commit a riot\siege and kidnapping to tell the town government they need justice in their town* but still crazy.
Mickey Mantle was an Oklahomo…
That joking around of calling Tilghman a coward was uncalled for.
Life's too short to take things so seriously, Ed.
okay I realize this is your last bloody beaver I have started listening to you in the last month so what the hell is the bloody Beaver or should I ask
A poorly thought out name for a podcast