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Pioneers of Outlaw Country

Hot Springs County Pioneer Association

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Join us for Season One! A historical 12-part series featuring stories from the outlaw country of Wyoming; Hot Springs County. Hot Springs County was a remote land, lawless and home to the Hole-in-the-Wall gang. In the late 1800’s, there were no jails, many saloons and wide-spread homesteads. There were many opportunities for the daring and enterprising businessmen – the cattlemen, horse traders, store owners, saloon operators, farmers, coal miners and oil men who dared make this country thei ...
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Happy Mother's Day! Twelve years ago today. It was on a Sunday and it was Mother's Day. We play a few “mother” songs throughout the show. We begin with Hank Williams followed by Leona Williams (no relationship that I know of). Dave mentions he is in the process of painting the garage of the broadcast studio. Then The Statler Brothers entertain us w…
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Pioneers of Country remembers Stompin’ Tom Connors. Thomas Charles “Stompin' Tom” Connors, OC (February 9, 1936 – March 6, 2013) was one of Canada's most prolific and well-known country and folk singer-songwriters. Focusing his career exclusively on his native Canada, Connors is credited with writing more than 300 songs and has released four dozen …
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Pioneers of Country welcomes you to “The Merle Haggard Story” - a syndicated program originally broadcast in early 1985, including many interviews. PLAYLIST: Hungry Eyes Working Man Blues Merle Haggard passed away on April 6, 2016. Not long after Live 365 went out of business, so we never got to do a proper tribute broadcast. That is until now. Dur…
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Some warm-up tunes a few minutes until show time. Two more bottles of wine – Martina McBride. Country Kisses - Sheb Wooley. Jim Reeves – Mexican Joe. It's show time – Theme song. Dave's opening monologue. We'll be counting down the top 10 songs at the top of the hour. Dave “runs the chat room”. "There's a New Moon Over My Shoulder" is a 1944 song w…
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Easter Sunday was on April 8, 2012. We begin with Kitty Wells and "It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels". Lester Flatt and Earl Scruggs up next with "The Ballad of Jed Clampett" followed by Tennessee Ernie Ford loading 16 tons. Dave talks next about his Grandsons visiting for Easter which they celebrated on Saturday. The Judds sings “Grandpa, T…
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We begin in mid-song with "Turn the World Around" a song written by Ben Peters and was recorded as a 1967 single by Eddy Arnold. The single was Eddy Arnold's ninety-seventh release on the country chart. "Turn the World Around" would reach the number one spot on the country charts for one week and spend a total of fourteen weeks on the charts. Next …
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Leap Year, and specifically Leap Day, February 29th. During our almost 20 year broadcast run, we were live one time on Leap Day. The date was February 29, 2004. It was very early in our history – before our country music format, however don't worry as we always included real country music pioneers in our broadcasts. So sit back, and listen to a bro…
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Porter and Dolly start things off with “Put it off until Tomorrow” followed by a Jumpin' Bill Carlisle song. This is just the beginning of a 3 hour broadcast where we expanded our regular playlist to some new comers. Ned Miller is next, From a Jack to a King. Next song is by Rex Allen Sr. "Don't Go Near The Indians" is a very complicated song and v…
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Send us a Text Message. When we think of the early visitors of Wyoming, we think of the cowboys, homesteaders, miners and others coming to the West to make their fortune. There was another group of young men who came west on the trains and stagecoaches. These were young, rich men looking for an adventure and relaxation. They were not in Wyoming to …
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Dave brings out “The Big Guns” for this version of classic country music. Hank Williams Sr. Jim Ed Brown and the Browns. Ronnie Milsap has you “back on my mind again”. Teri Gibbs says “Somebody's Knockin” from 1981. Dave has a bit of laryngitis this week. Dave remembers the death of Whitney Houston who passed away on February 11, 2012. Whitney's bi…
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Send us a Text Message. The faded pencil script spelled out rough poems, descriptions of sunsets and hangings, saloon scenes, cowboy tall tales, the wide-open prairie and the sharp retort of the gun. From Owen Wister’s pen, the cowboy myth was born and became a true relic of Wyoming’s rich past. The Pioneers of Outlaw Country. Cowboys, Lawmen and O…
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Send us a Text Message. The most famous cowboy prank in Wyoming... may never have happened. Or did it? In his novel, The Virginian, Owen Wister tells of a baby swapping prank that happened at a rural dance. It was common practice in those days to pile the babies under chairs and tables to sleep while the parents danced the night away. According to …
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Send us a Text Message. When Owen Wister brought his family to Wyoming in 1912, they brought along a special friend: Peeshee, the waltzing mouse. The inclusion of this tiny tourist in their family gives us insight into the Wister family dynamics and their love of nature in all forms. The Waltzing Mouse, once as common as goldfish as pets for childr…
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Send us a Text Message. "Young man, go west!" Among the cowboys and frontiersmen, miners and homesteaders were a group of young adventurers - the rich young tenderfoot. These tourists were not seeking their fortunes but were tourists, looking to get away from the confines of civilization even briefly. One of these young men took his journals and tu…
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Send us a Text Message. In 1902, the most popular book in America was The Virginian by Owen Wister. This book changed America's perspective on the cowboy and turned the once maligned cowhand into a romantic hero. Told at times through the eyes of the Tenderfoot, this is a story of a courageous but mysterious cowboy known only as “the Virginian”. He…
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Send us a Text Message. In 1903, Tom O'Day was villainized in the newspapers as a notorious horse thief but his friends and acquaintances defended him as a cheerful Irishman who may embellish a brand once in awhile. That February he was unarmed when, suddenly, he was in the fight of his life. Join us on this exciting escapade of one of Wyoming's mo…
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Send us a Text Message. Happy New Year! What better way to celebrate than to travel back in time to 1884 in the Wyoming Territory. Warning... Sprinkled in with the 1884 New Years predictions are superstitions and even an old-fashioned romance. We are celebrating the 1884 New Year just as residents did that same year and reading through the Cheyenne…
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Send us a Text Message. They were daring adventurers, forgers of a new life, homesteaders …. and forgotten to history. These vanished people were true pioneers of Hot Springs County, Wyoming. The Pioneers of Outlaw Country. Cowboys, Lawmen and Outlaws… to the businessmen and women who all helped shape Thermopolis and Hot Springs County, Wyoming. He…
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Send us a Text Message. He was the founder of Thermopolis, well-respected businessman and cattleman, a dashing bachelor, expert horseman and a murderer. This cattleman and businessman was a true pioneer of Hot Springs County, Wyoming. The Pioneers of Outlaw Country. Cowboys, Lawmen and Outlaws… to the businessmen and women who all helped shape Ther…
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Send us a Text Message. She was the daughter of an oil man, grew up in the Grass Creek oil field – playing among the pumpjacks and dancing at the one-room school house in the early part of the 1900’s. This student of the land was truly a pioneer of Hot Springs County, Wyoming. The Pioneers of Outlaw Country. Cowboys, Lawmen and Outlaws… to the busi…
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Send us a Text Message. Major George “Sandy” Forsyth: His Forgotten Diary He was a Civil War veteran, Cavalry Officer, Indian Fighter, General Sheridan’s aide de camp, avid fisherman, author, husband and Brigadier General. This courageous soldier was a true explorer of Hot Springs County, Wyoming. The Pioneers of Outlaw Country. Cowboys, Lawmen and…
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Send us a Text Message. Over the Stage Line to Thermopolis They were adventurers, farm boys, prospectors, family men and former soldiers. These men who drove the stage through Wyoming had to be endure the heat of summer and the sleet and snow of winter... and bandits. These hardy stagecoach drivers were true pioneer of Hot Springs County, Wyoming. …
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Send us a Text Message. A single gunshot rang out. It was night on a bustling Wyoming street - yet no one admitted to recognizing the gunman who escaped into the crowd…. Dora McGrath: A Lady of the Wild West She was the daughter of homesteaders and wife of a coal miner. A mother, business woman, stylish lady of society, soldier advocate, and first …
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Send us a Text Message. Joe Meek: The Mountain Man He was the tall Virginian. A trapper, Indian fighter, pioneer, peace officer, frontier politician, and lover of practical jokes and Jacksonian democracy. This friend and companion of Kit Carson and Jim Bridger was a true pioneer of Wyoming and Hot Springs County. The Pioneers of Outlaw Country. Cow…
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Send us a Text Message. As the wind blew across the snow, the mountain men made a winter camp without provisions or hope of getting any until they reached the plains where the buffalo roamed. They were living off the land and the deer and elk had fled this high country. It was 1829 and Joe Meek was a teenage runaway who had joined this band of men …
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Send us a Text Message. He was a man of the West. A cowboy, husband, father, outlaw, hired assassin, lawman and lone wolf. This Deputy Sheriff and Horse Rustler was a true pioneer of Hot Springs County, Wyoming. The Pioneers of Outlaw Country. Cowboys, Lawmen and Outlaws… to the businessmen and women who all helped shape Thermopolis and Hot Springs…
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Send us a Text Message. He was a man of the West. A cowboy, husband, father, outlaw, hired assassin, lawman and lone wolf. This Deputy Sheriff and Horse Rustler was a true pioneer of Hot Springs County, Wyoming. Hot Springs County, Wyoming was a lawless rugged country, far from civilization and the law. The pioneers who came to this land had to hav…
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Send us a Text Message. She was the daughter of a cavalry soldier. A teacher, caregiver, rancher, homesteader, wife, mother and to some, an angle of mercy – even when the person in need was also a wanted outlaw. This courageous homesteader was a true pioneer of Hot Springs County, Wyoming. Mary Hayes Picard and her sister-in-law, Lottie Weber Hayes…
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Send us a Text Message. He was a man of the West. A cowboy, ranch foreman, top rider and roper with the Buffalo Bill Show, husband, father, homesteader, saloon owner... and outlaw. This member of the Wild Bunch was a true pioneer of Hot Springs, County. Walt Punteney was a stockman in Wyoming who sidelined as an outlaw in the infamous Hole-in-the-W…
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Send us a Text Message. Welcome to the first episode of this 12-part series featuring stories from pioneers of the outlaw country of Wyoming; Hot Springs County. He was a man of the West. A cowboy, rancher, friend of the Indian warrior, cavalry officer, Hollywood movie star, and showman. He lived by the adage, “Never look back; something might be g…
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Send us a Text Message. Pioneers of Outlaw Country Hot Springs County was a remote area in Central Wyoming, lawless and frequented by the Hole-in-the-Wall gang. In the late 1800’s, there were no jails, many saloons, and wide-spread homesteads. There were numerous opportunities for the daring and enterprising businessmen – cattlemen, horse traders, …
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