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Find out what happened when “The Pathfinder” John C. Fremont loses his way, taking 35 men and 120 mules with him.

If you’d like to know more about the history behind this episode, check out the sources below:

Frémont’s Fourth Expedition: A Documentary Account of the Disaster of 1848–1849
Edited by LeRoy R. Hafen and Ann W. Hafen.
Taos County Historical Society – The Lost Men of Frémont (1987)
Pueblo Chieftain – Tragic Expedition (1998)
GJ Sentinel – Disaster Struck When the Pathfinder Got Lost in Colorado (2020)
http://backpacker.com/stories/fremonts-wrong-turn/
https://www.nps.gov/grsa/learn/historyculture/john-fremont-expeditions-1848-and-1853.htm

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The Oregon Trail was a test of endurance for everyone, but especially for women pioneers. What happens when one woman has had enough?

If you'd like to know more of the history behind this episode of The Wild Wild Death, please check out these links:

• https://www.theresahuppauthor.com/blog/2017/03/22/elizabeth-markham-one-womans-perspective-on-the-oregon-trail-and-on-matrimony/
• https://www.history.com/news/9-things-you-may-not-know-about-the-oregon-trail
• https://www.grunge.com/1650142/most-brutal-deaths-oregon-trail/
• https://octa-trails.org/articles/life-and-death-on-the-oregon-trail/?srsltid=AfmBOopVvj_a0djifEfgQhQqBO2DCH4fqK4vWe2ocRSnsTvPL_4Sg0Fa
• https://cdnc.ucr.edu/?a=d&d=SJH18911211.2.34&srpos=2&e=------189-en--20--1--txt-txIN-elizabeth+markham-------1
• http://www.theragens.com/fifty_years/fifty_years_in_oregon_18-19.htm
• http://www.oregonpioneers.com/diaries.htm
• https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/History_of_Oregon_Literature/Chapter_27
• https://www.ebsco.com/research-starters/history/edwin-markham
  

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In this episode of Wild Wild Death, we delve into the harrowing saga of the Sutton-Taylor Feud, a violent clash that tore through Southeast Texas during the Reconstruction era. Starting with a string of deadly encounters between the Taylor family and local lawmen, this feud spiraled into a bloody conflict involving ambushes, assassinations, and even the involvement of Texas Rangers and the notorious gunslinger John Wesley Hardin. By the time the dust settled, over 35 lives had been lost, leaving a trail of death and destruction that would haunt Texas history. Join us as we explore the origins, the battles, and the final bloody resolution of this epic and tragic feud.

If you'd like to know more of the history behind this episode of The Wild Wild Death, please check out these links:

• https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/entries/sutton-taylor-feud
• https://www.legendsofamerica.com/tx-suttontaylor/
• https://www.frontiertimesmagazine.com/blog/the-taylor-sutton-feud?srsltid=AfmBOopCH3m8CWG4CTKjYpH9L8vDP7EElvp1dHwF-fE_kO2rinyfSSY3
• Chuck Parsons, The Sutton-Taylor Feud: The Deadliest Blood Feud in Texas (A.C. Greene Series) (UNT Press, 2009)
• James M. Smallwood, The Feud That Wasn’t: The Taylor Ring, Bill Sutton, John Wesley Hardon, and Violence in Texas (Texas A&M Press, 2008)