he was a pimp, a card cheat and a corrupt marshall who literally made his money by assaulting and fining people on the street. And he wasn't a gunfighter.. he was the leader of a criminal gang. They sought the clantons out when they knew they were unarmed or lightly armed, doc holliday fired the first shot and they gunned their victims.. who were unprepared and not expecting to be gunned down on public streets.. because the clantons , like the earps, also stole cattle and wouldnt give the earps a cut. The town got rid of earp for a reason
Hi Josh.... heard you mention you had been a forklift driver. I was myself for 10 years all through the 70's working at a General Foods distribution center for the Northwest... 6 states included overall. I actually really enjoyed that job.. I seemed to have had a knack for making machines sing as it were and I am proud to say I was pretty damned good at it. Hurt my back in 1980 and had to quit. Also wanted to say how much I enjoy listening to your stories of the old West. I have always enjoyed learning about that part of our history and I like how you tell a story. Always keeps me entertained. You are Good at what you do and you should be proud. I joined your channel a month or so ago and like having extended access to your stories. Keep up the Great Work and all the Best to you and your family. Russ
I'm glad you're posting on RUclips for poor people like me. Thank you for all you work an time. It's well spent in my opinion. As long as you put out content I'll watch/listen to all of it! Great work Josh!
The recap of this years timeline brought good memories of the time You spent sharing things You learned. You are a fine storyteller Josh, Thank You, Happy New Year and Best Wishes to You and Your Family.
Listened to this episode again last night after watching the first half of the Netflix “documentary series” about Wyatt Earp. I enjoy Josh’s fact based no nonsense, with the exception for the occasional really bad joke approach. Keep up the god work brother and enjoy some down time. It’s well deserved.
You are a true story teller. Integrity and true grit are few and far between. Keep it up! From a person who has only been west of the Mississippi once (and that was standing on the west bank of the Mississippi) you style of communication is a true wild west extravaganza!
As a fellow entrepreneur who opened a business a little under 3 years ago, allow me to salute and thank you, sir. This channel will entertain and capture the imaginations of countless people long after you're gone... It's quite the legacy. Your research and storytelling is second to none and you deserve every windfall that comes your way... I hope and pray this all results in a more comfortable life for you and yours. #GodBless
If Mr Lake did make it up, seems like pretty reasonable thinking. He could’ve added something about holding a pistol sideways. He did cover the spray and pray method. Thanks for the story.
Happy 2024, it’s just around the corner, my dude. Party like it’s 2024 - ‘cos, it is. Thanks for this year you helped take the edge off and kept me sane.
Hoss, I drive 90 minutes one way back and forth to work everyday. I pass that time listening to podcasts on RUclips. The Old West, Civil War, and The Mafia are my subjects of interest. The first Wild West Extravaganza podcast I listened to was about Bloody Bill Anderson. I was blown away. Your delivery, research, and ease in entertaining the listener propelled WWE to the top of my preferred podcasts. As 2024 comes upon us, I wish you nothing but bountiful success in your craft. Keep up the great work! God Bless
Josh, I wanted to wish you a Happy New Year. You have entertained us greatly! Godspeed on the next years projects. Thanks for your thanks to all of us! That's it.
I’m happy for you Josh. I hope that you can make this work for you and you can replace your income and make a living out of this and that it never becomes a cumbersome job for you. I regret that I have listened to your entire library (some multiple times) and now have to wait for new episodes. Best wishes and blessings in the new year and I’m looking forward to the new content.
@@WildWestExtravaganza You’re welcome! Also I’m loving the Into History connection. I joined primarily to support you but have connected to so many other podcasts that I likely would not have found otherwise. Real Dictators, Real Narcos, History Daily,, etc and those have led me to other podcasts. They keep me busy between your new releases. Good move from Patreon. 👍💪
Excellent year. You’ve done a great job keeping the memory of these great men and great time in American history alive. I look forward to next year. Happy New Year!
Hey Josh, I love what your doing here and I have a similar story. I was the Chief Security Officer for the Blount Cultural Park and the Alabama Shakespeare Festival. And in that time I also put myself through collage majoring in fine art. I developed a love of costuming and assisted whom ever I could with costume builds on the side. In 2018 I was laid off after 13 years of dedicated service to the Shakespeare Festival. I was pretty depressed for a bit but I picked myself up by the boot straps and got a part time job pursuing costume building at Party City. I have a history of making costumes for reenactments specifically medieval and civil war and old west. People realized I was talented at it and began to ask me for commissions. After Party City I set out on my own to build a costume company. There were rough patches and more then a little worry about money and weather or not I was wasting my time instead of finding a real job. But, I kept at it and with the help of a fellow enterpenure we built Dark Tail Industries here in Montgomery AL. We now make costumes and cosplays for clients wanting to attend con's or fairs. This all took hard work and not quitting. So in closing I applaud your dedication sir. You must see my Texas Jack Virmikkion build on my Facebook page. Shoot me a message and I will send you pictures of this costume.
It’s been a great year listening, learning and laughing with your channel Josh! I have enjoyed each episode from the intro on. I also sincerely appreciate your comment replies. I can only imagine the time it takes. Thanks for your efforts and I’m looking forward to next year’s Extravaganza!!!
Congrats on the success! Well deserved. Obvious the amount of work you put into this. You do such a great job telling these and your storytelling personality is alot of fun. I've told many about your channel. Looking forward to more in 2024.🙂
Well you gained one more ...by happens chance I found one of your episodes and being a fan of true crime and old west stories blood meridian always peaked my interest and well I'm here for life now
Wow, So you actually DID make the jump into doing this full time! All I can say is, congratulations man, that’s awesome! Throw up another few dozen, and by this time next year you’re gonna be rollin like Doo Doo Brown. One of my college professors once said to us, “My best advice to you all is, if you want to be happy in your professional life, then take what interests you the most in your leisure time, and figure out a way to get paid for doing it. If you can do that, you’ll not only be happily successful, but the money will take care of itself in no time flat.” And he was right... I’m from Texas myself, and spent most of my young life in Bee County. Hopefully at some point in the future you might come across something historically noteworthy that happened around there to talk about here on your channel. If not, it’s all good. I’ll still be here. Other story’s I would like you to also seriously consider doing one or two videos on are any accounts from mountain men, settlers, miners, surveyors, etc., on any of their experiences in regard to encountering, or having to deal with the Sasquatch people out West. I know Teddy Roosevelt’s book has a story in it about two fur trappers that had a run in with a particularly nasty individual deep in the mountains of Montana, where the Indians told them not to go. But from some of your previous comments made in other videos in regard to various “tinfoil subjects”, this may not be something you are down with getting into. If not, cool. But I can assure you that if you do decide to delve into the subject, the video view count on that video will quickly move near the top, or even surpass your highest viewed video in short order. Thanks, and sorry for the novel.
Your youtube journey is a good comparison to life it could all go south for any of us anytime but if u keep doing ur best i think youll be surprised how much growth you experienc. Thanks for all the entertainment
Josh ,the only thing not true was the part of Wyatt working with Hickok . 1876 Wyatt went up to Deadwood to check out the place . He could have met Wild Bill and talked to him ,but he never worked for or with him . Wyatt’s good friend Bat Masterson wrote some good things about him . Bat said out of all the men he ever knew Wyatt was the only man who was totally devoided of fear. Bat while having a conversation with president Teddy Roosevelt said that the true story of the Wild West cannot be told unless Wyatt Earp speaks and he’s not talking . One of the guys sitting in on that conversation was a young staffer by the name of Stuart Lake . Mr Lake always remembered Bats story . Thought one day he would like to write a book about the West and Wyatt Earp. This is another whole story that you can write a book about. When you research your story about Bat Masterson you will find Wyatt too . Happy new year and super luck to you!
Wyatt Earp and Wild Bill Hickok did meet in Kansas City in 1871, but that's the only known time they met. If they met again in Deadwood in 1876 is unknown.
Just discovered this video and enjoyed it. I’m a first time viewer to your channel. I’ve read all the books and did a report on Wyatt in high school. Saw both movies. I’m probably one of six people on the planet who loved Wyatt Earp and hated Tombstone! Hope that doesn’t mean you’ll block me lol! I like what I see so far. Keep up the good work!
Have a Happy New Year, always enjoyed your videos, and I especially liked em when you were salty with the verbage I think that was the earlier stuff, looking forward to the year ahead.👍
Ive been so busy I haven't even had time to watch half your new stuff Josh but that only means I have good stuff to listen to around the campfire here this winter, I will eventually listen to all your stories atleast twice, trust that lol Hope you're hanging 10 on the 2023 holiday waves. As a podcast and niche yt channel enthusiast, as well as a daughter's father of 12 yrs Im very excited and inspired by your recent moves, I have a certain talent Ive basically sacrificed for the sake of stability and let me tell you, I shoulda kept up with it, keep living that dream because the only way to be an artist is to be an artist, which you are brother! Oh and apropos of nothing but maybe a geographical source for material, I was just talking to my cousin about a case of lost dragoons out here where we live, Apaches attacked a cavalry bringing supplies and the survivors hid the 1 case of pistols they held on to, which were never to be seen again, local youtubers 'Mysteries of the Superstition Mountains' tell the story lots of interesting stories out here but good story tellers are a dwindling commodity. Sheesh I ramble! Lol Love from the shadows of the superstition mountains.
What is kinda strange to me, I once read that Wyatt Earp never spoke about the old times. But then again I heard at least 3 different ways he died. Desease, car accident and just plain old age.
You are doing a damn fine job Josh. Glad to hear your hard work is paying off. I genuinely, always get excited when i see a new upload. So keep it up huckleberry. This seems to be just your game. 🤠
bro I know you thank us a lot and you should being a creator but we also thank you for taking the time and the effort to do this and keep these stories memories and Legends alive in the year 2023 I've been listening to you for a while now Josh and I hope to keep doing it for many more years keep doing what you do brother and we will all be right here waiting on you I hope you and yours have a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year can't wait to get back after it and give them hell next year
I am a big fan of you and appreciate the hard work you do to bring us the highest quality of the Wild West however and I know you and Deadwood fans are going to dig my grave just to be blunt Deadwood sucked just finished watching the entire series (again) and I can not in all honesty find any reason to consider it the best western ever made but still a big fan of you and watch every episode
Former Texas Minute Men during the Civil War. Also one of the first cattle ranchers in West Texas. Town of Tankersley, located just outside of San Angelo is named after him.
Back in the day when when guns were unreliable the Bowie blade was the most reliable weapon and in all the wars the US issued them to soldiers. During Vietnam the Seals were awarded the Gerber double edged Mk 1 . History of this is evident in the tails being told by Men that were there
Hey, you're good at what you do here. You speak well, your story telling has a familiar and compelling style. You are appreciated and I myself have told 10 friends about your channel. Granted 10 friends is about all I have... and calling 4 of them "friends" may be a bit generous. But hey, what can you do? Keep it up,
John Wayne said that he modeled his on-stage persona after Wyatt Earp. He never said anything about Earp being unintelligent. Earp also referreed boxing matches later in life.
I believe some of that might have come from Wyatt. The loading of 5 really stands out as a red flag to me. Other then the military loading 5 during parades and general inspections for preventing negligent discharges. This is Due to how the hammer is put on the safety notch. Other then that, Its really not until after 1900 you will find people really talking about carrying 5. Being almost every original SAA i have seen. All have some wear on the safety notch. I have noticed The military revolvers have the most wear. Meaning those guns were carrying 6. No amount of hair trigger modifications will make the safety notch fail. It doesn't really work like that. The safety notch and half cock notch is more like a tunnel that Captures the trigger. When they wear because of sand and grit. the trigger cuts the notch deeper. making the hammer set farther forward. One of my SAAs the safety notch is worn so deep the hammer could almost touch the primer. When you start hearing people talking about loading 5 its really starts after 1900 and by that time quit a dit of these guns have lived hard lifes. the safety notch can be so worn its not smart to trust it. Being the 5 vs 6 starts around the time that many of these guns were getting worn out. I don't believe that's a coincidence. There is alot more to this. I have been working on a very indept video covering everything from The science aspect all the way to court records and Military records. Hopefully i will have it out sooner then later.
It's worth a read if you get a chance. I left out the part where Earp allegedly claims how common it was for men to kill with 45 revolvers from 500 yards away
@WildWestExtravaganza what? Are you saying you can't shoot that far, Josh? Everyone can shoot 500 yards with a SAA. it's super easy. All you have to do is lie. 😁 just remember if someone calls you out, get mad, and act offended. The key thing, though, is never ever give a demonstration. 😁.... Seriously though, stuff like that proves Either Wyatt Earp told tall tails. or he never said some of that. I am inclined to think that he might have said some of it, but not all of it. The reasonable parts that make sense I could see him saying. The rest added in later to sensationalize the book. I will definitely give it a read. Thanks josh
@WildWestExtravaganza o it's possible. likely happened a few times in history as well. Things can happen, but at that distance, the front sight post completely covers up the target. i am sure people got lucky shots. With the normal Velocity changes between bullets and the Inherent inaccuracy of a pistol. it takes lots of skill to get close and luck to hit it.
Massad Ayoob actually was at OK Corral while Wyatt was indisposed; those words are directly plagiarized from his stewardess conversation flying home. I had the window seat; we both ordered Wild Turkey Extravaganza on takeoff. Happy new year; good work young feller.
I grew up on the wheel gun, I'm only 39, however my father was 40 when he had me and is nearly 80. He never owned a semi until I bought him a baby-G . Whether Earp said it or not; it's legit everything from 5 rounds until Ruger and S&W started making safety bars in their wheel guns down to the way you cock your hammer as you raise your gun. So honestly it holds no weight whether he said it or not, the fact he wasn't gunned down likely means he abided by all or most of those principles. There's a difference bt a solid shot under pressure and a trick shooter. So maybe he said it, maybe he didn't, either way it's true. Heard this before, felt the same way h the first time I heard it. Kinda like the Bible, whether you believe it or not it's true, I believe it, buy even if I didn't I've lived both ways and I would much rather have taken it to heart younger than i did, live woulda had less heart ache, not necessarily easier, but less weight on them old shoulders up here on Appalachia
Great comment! It's entirely possible that Earp told Lake words to that effect and Lake just wrote it in that sort of poetic prose. As far as what you said about the Bible, you are absolutely correct. Whether you believe it or not ( and I do ) living by those rules will lead to positive outcomes.
love the content, and your style of getting history over in a interesting way, as I have said before, I would like to hear you narrate a western movie, and then a comedy western, like blazing saddles or better still, Buster Shruggs type, I'm laughing already, its a good sign.
I don't know if the quote actually comes from Wyatt Earp, but it certainly echoes the thought processes of other gunfighters at the time. Bat Masterson, who worked with Earp in Dodge City, KS, is well-known to have espoused the "deliberate man" doctrine of gunfighting. I would have to disagree with some of the quote, however. If you practice anything diligently enough, you will become very good at it, including "fanning" a revolver. I've spent a lot of time practicing with a cap and ball Navy Colt replica revolver drawn from a tied-down open holster as part of a tourist attraction show in Dodge City KS in the early 1980s. I quit the show when it became too difficult to draw and fire slower than my opposite number in the act. There's an old military dictum that comes into play in something like this, "slow is sure, sure is fast". From personal experience, in the show, just thinking "GO" triggered the motions necessary to draw and fire the revolver. Also, the five-shot thing only applied to cartridge-firing guns. Most cap and ball revolvers, my replica included, had a safety notch on the cylinder that allowed you to put the hammer down between caps. So you could safely carry the revolver with all six chambers loaded. As with most human endeavors, there are no absolute answers.
Doesn’t matter if he said it exactly like that or not the sentiment is true even today the point of what was said is simple fancy means more to go wrong under stress small muscle groups tend to not work so well and you tend to revert to what you know so if you practice with large muscle groups you have less to to go wrong when you do revert. This is stressed on in any self defense class or firearms class I’ve taken that is self defense oriented for example the slide release on a modern semi automatic pistol is generally a small trivial thing to get ahold of which does require the meet of the thumb now you can accomplish the same effect by grabbing the slide racking it back and letting go after changing the magazine and it requires a larger muscle group but it not fancy
I can just never consider why it hurt to be as brave a man as some of the others. Although he undoubtedly had courage there is two newspaper accounts to where he backed down from Johnny Ringo of course there's really no shame in backing down to Johnny Ringo as he was considered the most dangerous man in Arizona. And then they still eat his name in the movie tombstone by having doc Holliday kill him when doc Holliday was 900 mi away and Wyatt Earp was over 700 miles away. Buckskin Frank Leslie cowardly shot Johnny Ringo as he saw him sleeping since earlier that day they had had an argument. Billy brackenridge ran into first a very intoxicated Johnny Ringo as he put it on almost helpless Johnny Ringo so he tried to get him to go home with him. Listing of all down the trail he run into buckskin Frank Leslie who told him he was looking for Ringo. Breckenridge knowing how helpless Ringo was denied seeing him to buckskin. After he went to jail for murdering his live-in girlfriend he told a guard that he come upon ringgold drunk passed out and he took the opportunity to shoot him and cut some of his hair off as a souvenir and that 100% matches the crime scene.
Although the newton brothers wasnt wild west outlaws it be great as 1 of your topics I just dont think hollywood kept to all the facts & only you can set us straight Josh love the podcast happy new year
Maybe Doc being from Georgia and all. We know the powers that be hate Georgia. Go Dawgs. But i cant find a Doc Holiday deep dive from you Josh. Please. He was one the most interesting.
Whether Wyatt or Lake created the "Soliloquy" of Practical Gun Fighting, or a combination of the two created the end result, is at this late date a question answered only by Opinion, educated or uneducated guesswork, ans stuff we "Believe" to be true, only because we'd like it to be so. Whatever the source of the words attributed to Wyatt by Lake, the inarguable fact is that Wyatt lived through perhaps the most dangerous period of "The Old & Wild West", without a single Bullet Wound, even though he was involved in more than a few Gun Fights "To The Death", and came out still alive, when his opponents didn't make out so well.....In fact, most ended up Graveyard Dead, courtesy of Wyatt Earp. This factual evidence dictates that even if he wasn't eloquent and may have put his thoughts in short, often monosyllabic phrases, my "Opinion" is that Wyatt had paid attention to the "Serious Individuals" and their advice, when it came to Gunplay. It's hard to learn anything but, What Not To Do, from a man who is found lying Shot Dead In The Dirt. At least that's the way I got it figured. Another Really Good One, Josh. Looking forward to more good stuff in the 2024 and Onward
#1 thing I've learned from this channel is Bushy Bill was 100% Wyatt Earp, pretending to be Billy the Kid who no doubt killed the Kid to take his place. Thank you sir.
Oh and one more thing I stumbled across the wild west extravagant to Facebook page it looks like it hasn't seen much activity in years get that thing going again too Josh we can share the shit out of it
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The man. The myth. The legend.
The fraud.
he was a pimp, a card cheat and a corrupt marshall who literally made his money by assaulting and fining people on the street. And he wasn't a gunfighter.. he was the leader of a criminal gang. They sought the clantons out when they knew they were unarmed or lightly armed, doc holliday fired the first shot and they gunned their victims.. who were unprepared and not expecting to be gunned down on public streets.. because the clantons , like the earps, also stole cattle and wouldnt give the earps a cut. The town got rid of earp for a reason
you’re not a fan, I see.
@@TheMeanGreenGoblin how is he himself a fraud?
Sage advice from the man himself, Wyatt Earp. Maybe...
It's great to hear your efforts are paying off. Keep up the great work.
Much appreciated!
Greetings from Apacheria in the Arizona Territories Ahe'hye'e
I will be ready for 2024, cause I bet you have some great stories waiting for us.
Have a Happy New Year, Josh and a big Thank You for 2023
Happy new year
🤠
It's been a wild year
Definitely
I love the show..... Great job 👍🏻
Thanks so much!
Hi Josh.... heard you mention you had been a forklift driver. I was myself for 10 years all through the 70's working at a General Foods distribution center for the Northwest... 6 states included overall. I actually really enjoyed that job.. I seemed to have had a knack for making machines sing as it were and I am proud to say I was pretty damned good at it. Hurt my back in 1980 and had to quit.
Also wanted to say how much I enjoy listening to your stories of the old West. I have always enjoyed learning about that part of our history and I like how you tell a story. Always keeps me entertained. You are Good at what you do and you should be proud. I joined your channel a month or so ago and like having extended access to your stories.
Keep up the Great Work and all the Best to you and your family.
Russ
I hope that 2024 is an Extravaganza for you man.
Happy New Year!
Thanks!!!
I'm glad you're posting on RUclips for poor people like me. Thank you for all you work an time. It's well spent in my opinion. As long as you put out content I'll watch/listen to all of it! Great work Josh!
Thanks Chris, I appreciate it
Always great to hear from your Chanel..have a Happy new year!
Happy new year!
I'm digging what your spitting
Thanks Mike
Happy New Year, josh. You knocked it out of the park this year!
Happy new year! Thanks
The recap of this years timeline brought good memories of the time You spent sharing things You learned.
You are a fine storyteller Josh, Thank You, Happy New Year and Best Wishes to You and Your Family.
Best to you and yours
Top-notch man, keep that drive moving forward. Cheers mate.
Yes sir
Listened to this episode again last night after watching the first half of the Netflix “documentary series” about Wyatt Earp. I enjoy Josh’s fact based no nonsense, with the exception for the occasional really bad joke approach. Keep up the god work brother and enjoy some down time. It’s well deserved.
Can I buy this future book NOW!!?? I was listening a few days ago and thought, dang I’d love to buy an audiobook you wrote and read.
Damn fine work as always Josh
Many thanks
Dude your work is awesome. The discovery of this channel was a gem. I love your story telling and humor. Keep up the good work.
Thanks
You are a true story teller. Integrity and true grit are few and far between. Keep it up! From a person who has only been west of the Mississippi once (and that was standing on the west bank of the
Mississippi) you style of communication is a true wild west extravaganza!
I appreciate that!
As a fellow entrepreneur who opened a business a little under 3 years ago, allow me to salute and thank you, sir. This channel will entertain and capture the imaginations of countless people long after you're gone... It's quite the legacy. Your research and storytelling is second to none and you deserve every windfall that comes your way... I hope and pray this all results in a more comfortable life for you and yours. #GodBless
Many thanks
We're all the better for your sacrifice. So talented!
If Mr Lake did make it up, seems like pretty reasonable thinking. He could’ve added something about holding a pistol sideways. He did cover the spray and pray method. Thanks for the story.
Yeah, some of it seems prettt legit
Happy 2024, it’s just around the corner, my dude. Party like it’s 2024 - ‘cos, it is. Thanks for this year you helped take the edge off and kept me sane.
Yes sir, thank you
Hoss, I drive 90 minutes one way back and forth to work everyday. I pass that time listening to podcasts on RUclips. The Old West, Civil War, and The Mafia are my subjects of interest.
The first Wild West Extravaganza podcast I listened to was about Bloody Bill Anderson. I was blown away. Your delivery, research, and ease in entertaining the listener propelled WWE to the top of my preferred podcasts.
As 2024 comes upon us, I wish you nothing but bountiful success in your craft. Keep up the great work! God Bless
Keep going Josh. We are with you. If you need anything just let us know
Thanks
We appreciate what you do. Keep going. Thank you❤
Gracias
Josh, I wanted to wish you a Happy New Year. You have entertained us greatly! Godspeed on the next years projects. Thanks for your thanks to all of us! That's it.
Happy new year!
I’m happy for you Josh. I hope that you can make this work for you and you can replace your income and make a living out of this and that it never becomes a cumbersome job for you. I regret that I have listened to your entire library (some multiple times) and now have to wait for new episodes.
Best wishes and blessings in the new year and I’m looking forward to the new content.
Thank you!
@@WildWestExtravaganza You’re welcome!
Also I’m loving the Into History connection. I joined primarily to support you but have connected to so many other podcasts that I likely would not have found otherwise. Real Dictators, Real Narcos, History Daily,, etc and those have led me to other podcasts. They keep me busy between your new releases. Good move from Patreon. 👍💪
The movie TOMBSTONE is still one of my favorite modern westerns.
One of the greats
It’s been awesome listening the past couple years here’s to many more
Thank you
Excellent year. You’ve done a great job keeping the memory of these great men and great time in American history alive. I look forward to next year. Happy New Year!
Happy new year
Hey Josh, I love what your doing here and I have a similar story. I was the Chief Security Officer for the Blount Cultural Park and the Alabama Shakespeare Festival. And in that time I also put myself through collage majoring in fine art. I developed a love of costuming and assisted whom ever I could with costume builds on the side. In 2018 I was laid off after 13 years of dedicated service to the Shakespeare Festival. I was pretty depressed for a bit but I picked myself up by the boot straps and got a part time job pursuing costume building at Party City. I have a history of making costumes for reenactments specifically medieval and civil war and old west. People realized I was talented at it and began to ask me for commissions. After Party City I set out on my own to build a costume company. There were rough patches and more then a little worry about money and weather or not I was wasting my time instead of finding a real job. But, I kept at it and with the help of a fellow enterpenure we built Dark Tail Industries here in Montgomery AL. We now make costumes and cosplays for clients wanting to attend con's or fairs. This all took hard work and not quitting. So in closing I applaud your dedication sir. You must see my Texas Jack Virmikkion build on my Facebook page. Shoot me a message and I will send you pictures of this costume.
It’s been a great year listening, learning and laughing with your channel Josh! I have enjoyed each episode from the intro on. I also sincerely appreciate your comment replies. I can only imagine the time it takes. Thanks for your efforts and I’m looking forward to next year’s Extravaganza!!!
Many thanks
Congrats man. High Five.
High five
THANK YOU,THIS WAS GOOD.
Thank you
Thanks, Josh. Happy holidays to you and your family. I really appreciate your channel and content.
Right back atcha
Fantastic Josh! Many thanks! HAPPY NEW YEAR!!
Same to you!
Congrats on the success! Well deserved. Obvious the amount of work you put into this. You do such a great job telling these and your storytelling personality is alot of fun. I've told many about your channel. Looking forward to more in 2024.🙂
Thank you! And thanks for spreading the word
Well you gained one more ...by happens chance I found one of your episodes and being a fan of true crime and old west stories blood meridian always peaked my interest and well I'm here for life now
Awesome! Welcome aboard
Keep up the great work mate, gets me through the working day. 🤠
Glad I can help
Wow, So you actually DID make the jump into doing this full time! All I can say is, congratulations man, that’s awesome! Throw up another few dozen, and by this time next year you’re gonna be rollin like Doo Doo Brown.
One of my college professors once said to us, “My best advice to you all is, if you want to be happy in your professional life, then take what interests you the most in your leisure time, and figure out a way to get paid for doing it. If you can do that, you’ll not only be happily successful, but the money will take care of itself in no time flat.” And he was right...
I’m from Texas myself, and spent most of my young life in Bee County. Hopefully at some point in the future you might come across something historically noteworthy that happened around there to talk about here on your channel. If not, it’s all good. I’ll still be here.
Other story’s I would like you to also seriously consider doing one or two videos on are any accounts from mountain men, settlers, miners, surveyors, etc., on any of their experiences in regard to encountering, or having to deal with the Sasquatch people out West. I know Teddy Roosevelt’s book has a story in it about two fur trappers that had a run in with a particularly nasty individual deep in the mountains of Montana, where the Indians told them not to go.
But from some of your previous comments made in other videos in regard to various “tinfoil subjects”, this may not be something you are down with getting into. If not, cool. But I can assure you that if you do decide to delve into the subject, the video view count on that video will quickly move near the top, or even surpass your highest viewed video in short order. Thanks, and sorry for the novel.
Good advice indeed
Love this series, brother!
Glad you enjoy it!
One point in the manuscript, it says Wyatt worked with Hickok? Would be cool if true but I never heard of it.
It's most likely not true
Yes., I think we would have heard of it if it actually happened..@@WildWestExtravaganza
I don't have the money but you help a combat veteran sleep thanks bro reallly
No money needed, buddy
Thank you for all the content. It definitely helps against the daily grind, hope you have a great new year 🫡🤘
Thanks, you too!
“Preferred them (Bowie knife) above all other weapons in the settlement of purely personal quarrels” maybe the most gangster thing I’ve ever heard
Haha
Wow, according to movies. Wyatt was very fast & accurate! John P.
Your youtube journey is a good comparison to life it could all go south for any of us anytime but if u keep doing ur best i think youll be surprised how much growth you experienc. Thanks for all the entertainment
I appreciate that
Josh ,the only thing not true was the part of Wyatt working with Hickok . 1876 Wyatt went up to Deadwood to check out the place . He could have met Wild Bill and talked to him ,but he never worked for or with him . Wyatt’s good friend Bat Masterson wrote some good things about him . Bat said out of all the men he ever knew Wyatt was the only man who was totally devoided of fear. Bat while having a conversation with president Teddy Roosevelt said that the true story of the Wild West cannot be told unless Wyatt Earp speaks and he’s not talking . One of the guys sitting in on that conversation was a young staffer by the name of Stuart Lake . Mr Lake always remembered Bats story . Thought one day he would like to write a book about the West and Wyatt Earp. This is another whole story that you can write a book about. When you research your story about Bat Masterson you will find Wyatt too . Happy new year and super luck to you!
Wyatt Earp and Wild Bill Hickok did meet in Kansas City in 1871, but that's the only known time they met. If they met again in Deadwood in 1876 is unknown.
Keep it going man! That was motivationalb
Appreciate it!
Great job!
Thanks!
Your a great yarn guy. Presentation is cool and I like it a lot.
Thank you!
Interesting ! Cheers
Just discovered this video and enjoyed it. I’m a first time viewer to your channel. I’ve read all the books and did a report on Wyatt in high school. Saw both movies. I’m probably one of six people on the planet who loved Wyatt Earp and hated Tombstone! Hope that doesn’t mean you’ll block me lol! I like what I see so far. Keep up the good work!
I like them both!
Good video, Wyatt was well-known for being absolutely fearless, and kinda tight lipped. I think you have a good channel. Happy New Year
Keep it up brother. Love your stuff.
Thanks, will do!
Have a Happy New Year, always enjoyed your videos, and I especially liked em when you were salty with the verbage I think that was the earlier stuff, looking forward to the year ahead.👍
What if Bob mundin was at the ok corral. would his mind be changed on shooting from the hip or a fan hip 3 shot? Idk man.
Ive been so busy I haven't even had time to watch half your new stuff Josh but that only means I have good stuff to listen to around the campfire here this winter, I will eventually listen to all your stories atleast twice, trust that lol
Hope you're hanging 10 on the 2023 holiday waves.
As a podcast and niche yt channel enthusiast, as well as a daughter's father of 12 yrs Im very excited and inspired by your recent moves, I have a certain talent Ive basically sacrificed for the sake of stability and let me tell you, I shoulda kept up with it, keep living that dream because the only way to be an artist is to be an artist, which you are brother!
Oh and apropos of nothing but maybe a geographical source for material,
I was just talking to my cousin about a case of lost dragoons out here where we live, Apaches attacked a cavalry bringing supplies and the survivors hid the 1 case of pistols they held on to, which were never to be seen again, local youtubers 'Mysteries of the Superstition Mountains' tell the story
lots of interesting stories out here but good story tellers are a dwindling commodity.
Sheesh I ramble! Lol
Love from the shadows of the superstition mountains.
It's never too late
Love the channel great content and your correct it was one of the greatest eras of our time for sure. Thank you for the hard work keep it up!
My pleasure!
What is kinda strange to me, I once read that Wyatt Earp never spoke about the old times. But then again I heard at least 3 different ways he died. Desease, car accident and just plain old age.
You are doing a damn fine job Josh. Glad to hear your hard work is paying off. I genuinely, always get excited when i see a new upload.
So keep it up huckleberry. This seems to be just your game. 🤠
Ha thanks
bro I know you thank us a lot and you should being a creator but we also thank you for taking the time and the effort to do this and keep these stories memories and Legends alive in the year 2023 I've been listening to you for a while now Josh and I hope to keep doing it for many more years keep doing what you do brother and we will all be right here waiting on you I hope you and yours have a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year can't wait to get back after it and give them hell next year
I appreciate that
Congrats
Thanks
I just found your RUclips channel 🎉 love it!
I Subscribed
Yay, welcome aboard Deborah
Hell yeah! New episode on first day back at work, keep it up buddy! From jones county ga
Hello Georgia
I am a big fan of you and appreciate the hard work you do to bring us the highest quality of the Wild West however and I know you and Deadwood fans are going to dig my grave just to be blunt Deadwood sucked just finished watching the entire series (again) and I can not in all honesty find any reason to consider it the best western ever made but still a big fan of you and watch every episode
That's the beautiful thing about life...different strokes for different folks
Excellent as always sir. May I suggest a future episode on Richard Tankersley. Thank you in advance and Happy New Year.
I don't think I'm familiar with the name. Tell me about him?
Former Texas Minute Men during the Civil War. Also one of the first cattle ranchers in West Texas. Town of Tankersley, located just outside of San Angelo is named after him.
Glad you're making a go of this. Keep it up and don't take any wooden nickles.
Thanks, will do!
Back in the day when when guns were unreliable the Bowie blade was the most reliable weapon and in all the wars the US issued them to soldiers. During Vietnam the Seals were awarded the Gerber double edged Mk 1 . History of this is evident in the tails being told by Men that were there
Hey, you're good at what you do here.
You speak well, your story telling has a familiar and compelling style.
You are appreciated and I myself have told 10 friends about your channel. Granted 10 friends is about all I have... and calling 4 of them "friends" may be a bit generous. But hey, what can you do?
Keep it up,
Haha thanks
Happy new year
Thanks, happy New Year
Hell yes!
I love your channel thanks for your work
Glad you enjoy it!
John Wayne said that he modeled his on-stage persona after Wyatt Earp. He never said anything about Earp being unintelligent. Earp also referreed boxing matches later in life.
I don't think Earp was unintelligent. Not sure the John Wayne thing is true though. He based his persona on Yakima Canutt
Thanks Josh I loved listening even if it was real advice or a smart author it's good advice love ya brother sorry i ain't got the money
It sounds about right to me 😊
I believe some of that might have come from Wyatt. The loading of 5 really stands out as a red flag to me. Other then the military loading 5 during parades and general inspections for preventing negligent discharges. This is Due to how the hammer is put on the safety notch. Other then that, Its really not until after 1900 you will find people really talking about carrying 5. Being almost every original SAA i have seen. All have some wear on the safety notch. I have noticed The military revolvers have the most wear. Meaning those guns were carrying 6. No amount of hair trigger modifications will make the safety notch fail. It doesn't really work like that. The safety notch and half cock notch is more like a tunnel that Captures the trigger. When they wear because of sand and grit. the trigger cuts the notch deeper. making the hammer set farther forward. One of my SAAs the safety notch is worn so deep the hammer could almost touch the primer. When you start hearing people talking about loading 5 its really starts after 1900 and by that time quit a dit of these guns have lived hard lifes. the safety notch can be so worn its not smart to trust it. Being the 5 vs 6 starts around the time that many of these guns were getting worn out. I don't believe that's a coincidence. There is alot more to this. I have been working on a very indept video covering everything from The science aspect all the way to court records and Military records. Hopefully i will have it out sooner then later.
It's worth a read if you get a chance. I left out the part where Earp allegedly claims how common it was for men to kill with 45 revolvers from 500 yards away
@WildWestExtravaganza what? Are you saying you can't shoot that far, Josh? Everyone can shoot 500 yards with a SAA. it's super easy. All you have to do is lie. 😁 just remember if someone calls you out, get mad, and act offended. The key thing, though, is never ever give a demonstration. 😁.... Seriously though, stuff like that proves Either Wyatt Earp told tall tails. or he never said some of that. I am inclined to think that he might have said some of it, but not all of it. The reasonable parts that make sense I could see him saying. The rest added in later to sensationalize the book. I will definitely give it a read. Thanks josh
Our friend Garrett has a video of him hitting a target at I think 375 yards
@WildWestExtravaganza o it's possible. likely happened a few times in history as well. Things can happen, but at that distance, the front sight post completely covers up the target. i am sure people got lucky shots. With the normal Velocity changes between bullets and the Inherent inaccuracy of a pistol. it takes lots of skill to get close and luck to hit it.
Massad Ayoob actually was at OK Corral while Wyatt was indisposed; those words are directly plagiarized from his stewardess conversation flying home. I had the window seat; we both ordered Wild Turkey Extravaganza on takeoff. Happy new year; good work young feller.
I forgot
I grew up on the wheel gun, I'm only 39, however my father was 40 when he had me and is nearly 80. He never owned a semi until I bought him a baby-G . Whether Earp said it or not; it's legit everything from 5 rounds until Ruger and S&W started making safety bars in their wheel guns down to the way you cock your hammer as you raise your gun. So honestly it holds no weight whether he said it or not, the fact he wasn't gunned down likely means he abided by all or most of those principles. There's a difference bt a solid shot under pressure and a trick shooter. So maybe he said it, maybe he didn't, either way it's true. Heard this before, felt the same way h the first time I heard it. Kinda like the Bible, whether you believe it or not it's true, I believe it, buy even if I didn't I've lived both ways and I would much rather have taken it to heart younger than i did, live woulda had less heart ache, not necessarily easier, but less weight on them old shoulders up here on Appalachia
Great comment!
It's entirely possible that Earp told Lake words to that effect and Lake just wrote it in that sort of poetic prose.
As far as what you said about the Bible, you are absolutely correct. Whether you believe it or not ( and I do ) living by those rules will lead to positive outcomes.
love the content, and your style of getting history over in a interesting way, as I have said before, I would like to hear you narrate a western movie, and then a comedy western, like blazing saddles or better still, Buster Shruggs type, I'm laughing already, its a good sign.
Thanks!
I don't know if the quote actually comes from Wyatt Earp, but it certainly echoes the thought processes of other gunfighters at the time. Bat Masterson, who worked with Earp in Dodge City, KS, is well-known to have espoused the "deliberate man" doctrine of gunfighting. I would have to disagree with some of the quote, however. If you practice anything diligently enough, you will become very good at it, including "fanning" a revolver. I've spent a lot of time practicing with a cap and ball Navy Colt replica revolver drawn from a tied-down open holster as part of a tourist attraction show in Dodge City KS in the early 1980s. I quit the show when it became too difficult to draw and fire slower than my opposite number in the act. There's an old military dictum that comes into play in something like this, "slow is sure, sure is fast". From personal experience, in the show, just thinking "GO" triggered the motions necessary to draw and fire the revolver. Also, the five-shot thing only applied to cartridge-firing guns. Most cap and ball revolvers, my replica included, had a safety notch on the cylinder that allowed you to put the hammer down between caps. So you could safely carry the revolver with all six chambers loaded. As with most human endeavors, there are no absolute answers.
Louis LAmour said much the same about gun fighting.
Good choice thanks. I sometimes miss the wild jokes or antics. Very professional and top notch thanks
Shoot, I always only ever use one revolver at a time
in Red Dead 2.
Happy new year brother!
Right back atcha
Doesn’t matter if he said it exactly like that or not the sentiment is true even today the point of what was said is simple fancy means more to go wrong under stress small muscle groups tend to not work so well and you tend to revert to what you know so if you practice with large muscle groups you have less to to go wrong when you do revert. This is stressed on in any self defense class or firearms class I’ve taken that is self defense oriented for example the slide release on a modern semi automatic pistol is generally a small trivial thing to get ahold of which does require the meet of the thumb now you can accomplish the same effect by grabbing the slide racking it back and letting go after changing the magazine and it requires a larger muscle group but it not fancy
I can just never consider why it hurt to be as brave a man as some of the others. Although he undoubtedly had courage there is two newspaper accounts to where he backed down from Johnny Ringo of course there's really no shame in backing down to Johnny Ringo as he was considered the most dangerous man in Arizona. And then they still eat his name in the movie tombstone by having doc Holliday kill him when doc Holliday was 900 mi away and Wyatt Earp was over 700 miles away. Buckskin Frank Leslie cowardly shot Johnny Ringo as he saw him sleeping since earlier that day they had had an argument. Billy brackenridge ran into first a very intoxicated Johnny Ringo as he put it on almost helpless Johnny Ringo so he tried to get him to go home with him. Listing of all down the trail he run into buckskin Frank Leslie who told him he was looking for Ringo. Breckenridge knowing how helpless Ringo was denied seeing him to buckskin. After he went to jail for murdering his live-in girlfriend he told a guard that he come upon ringgold drunk passed out and he took the opportunity to shoot him and cut some of his hair off as a souvenir and that 100% matches the crime scene.
Ole Buckskin Frank was known to tell a tall tale or two
I believe, and I may be wrong, the Tombstone Epitaph was no friend of the Earps. Just and the press of today, they slant their news.
John Wayne really did a good earp impersonation speech wise if this is earps real voice!
lol this is my voice
But Jo-osh, we never discusses Santa Claus's time in Deadwood!
Next Christmas
Hoping 2024 proves even better for you.
Hey thanks Tim!!!
Although the newton brothers wasnt wild west outlaws it be great as 1 of your topics I just dont think hollywood kept to all the facts & only you can set us straight Josh love the podcast happy new year
Would be an interesting topic
By the way your awesome
Maybe Doc being from Georgia and all. We know the powers that be hate Georgia. Go Dawgs. But i cant find a Doc Holiday deep dive from you Josh. Please. He was one the most interesting.
Soon
@WildWestExtravaganza - Oh Boy...Is this Great. In Animal House voice.
Whether Wyatt or Lake created the "Soliloquy" of Practical Gun Fighting, or a combination of the two created the end result, is at this late date a question answered only by Opinion, educated or uneducated guesswork, ans stuff we "Believe" to be true, only because we'd like it to be so. Whatever the source of the words attributed to Wyatt by Lake, the inarguable fact is that Wyatt lived through perhaps the most dangerous period of "The Old & Wild West", without a single Bullet Wound, even though he was involved in more than a few Gun Fights "To The Death", and came out still alive, when his opponents didn't make out so well.....In fact, most ended up Graveyard Dead, courtesy of Wyatt Earp. This factual evidence dictates that even if he wasn't eloquent and may have put his thoughts in short, often monosyllabic phrases, my "Opinion" is that Wyatt had paid attention to the "Serious Individuals" and their advice, when it came to Gunplay. It's hard to learn anything but, What Not To Do, from a man who is found lying Shot Dead In The Dirt. At least that's the way I got it figured.
Another Really Good One, Josh.
Looking forward to more good stuff in the 2024 and Onward
Wyatt was tough as hell no doubt
@@WildWestExtravaganza Tougher than a Two Dollar Steak
You're a PhD? Professional hilo driver. :D
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#1 thing I've learned from this channel is Bushy Bill was 100% Wyatt Earp, pretending to be Billy the Kid who no doubt killed the Kid to take his place. Thank you sir.
Exactly, finally someone gets it
Oh and one more thing I stumbled across the wild west extravagant to Facebook page it looks like it hasn't seen much activity in years get that thing going again too Josh we can share the shit out of it
Im banned from Facebook, can't log in