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During the gold rush of Alder Rush, was Clubfoot George Lane merely a mild-mannered shoemaker with a limp? Or was he part of the notorious road agent gang who called themselves “The Innocents?”

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

THE ROAD AGENTS - https://southwestmt.com/blog/the-road-agents/#:~:text=Brief%20Account%3A%20Originally%20from%20Massachusetts%2C,and%20hang%20him%20as%20wellTHE VIGILANTES OF MONTANA –https://www.hhhistory.com/2018/06/the-vigilantes-of-montana.htmlCLUBFOOT

GEORGE’S CLUBFOOT - https://www.roadsideamerica.com/story/6169#:~:text=Even%20after%2043%20years%2C%20George%27s,and%20straight%20razorONE FOOT IN THE PAST -https://westernwriters.org/round-up/ru-april22-vigilantes.pdf#:~:text=as%20%E2%80%9CClubfoot%20George,vicious%20gang%20of%20road%20agents

PHOTO OF GEORGE LANE’S FOOT - https://truewestmagazine.com/article/lane-by-a-foot/

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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