Panning for Profits: Uncovering Wealth Lessons from the Old West
The Stacking Benjamins Show
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The Unconventional Warriors of the US Army
President Grant tried to buy the Black Hills two different times and the Lakota said no. Ultimately he really did, I believe, genuinely want whatever peace was available between American civilization migrating west and the native societies that already lived there. By 1876 they were able to utilize some tactics that they hadn't utilized earlier in their fighting days against the US Army. They would crawl up to positions totally unknown to be able to spy on people or steal horses in the middle of night. Wild Bill Hickok was one of the most famous men in America by 1876 but for interesting reasons he almost lived the fullest life you can imagine for a guy of that time.
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