<a target="_blank" href="https://www.buzzsprout.com/64094/fan_mail/new">Send us Fan Mail</a>Wild West Podcast proudly presents part two of the “Early Kansas Trails.” Kansas probably has more frontier trails than any other state, being the jumping-off point during westward expansion. In addition to the emigrant trails to the West, including the Santa Fe Trails, Smoky Hill Trail, and the Cannon Ball Stagecoach Road. Kansas also provided several military trails that connected the many Forts. One such trail was the Butterfield Overland Dispatch established in 1865. <a rel="payment" href="https://www.buzzsprout.com/64094/support">Support the show</a><a href='https://worldfamousgunfighters.weebly.com/dime-novel.html'>If you'd like to buy one or more of our fully illustrated dime novel publications, you can click the link I've included. </a>

Send us Fan Mail Wild West Podcast proudly presents part two of the “Early Kansas Trails.” Kansas probably has more frontier trails than any other state, being the jumping-off point during westward expansion. In addition to the emigrant trails to the West, including the Santa Fe Trails, Smoky Hill Trail, and the Cannon Ball Stagecoach Road. Kansas also provided several military trails that connected the many Forts. One such trail was the Butterfield Overland Dispatch established in 1865. Support the show If you'd like to buy one or more of our fully illustrated dime novel publications, you can click the link I've included.

<a href="https://www.buzzsprout.com/64094/fan_mail/new" rel="noopener noreferrer">Send us Fan Mail</a>Wild West Podcast proudly presents part two of the “Early Kansas Trails.” Kansas probably has more frontier trails than any other state, being the jumping-off point during westward expansion. In addition to the emigrant trails to the West, including the Santa Fe Trails, Smoky Hill Trail, and the Cannon Ball Stagecoach Road. Kansas also provided several military trails that connected the many Forts. One such trail was the Butterfield Overland Dispatch established in 1865.&nbsp;<a href="https://www.buzzsprout.com/64094/support" rel="noopener noreferrer">Support the show</a><a href="https://worldfamousgunfighters.weebly.com/dime-novel.html" rel="noopener noreferrer">If you'd like to buy one or more of our fully illustrated dime novel publications, you can click the link I've included.&nbsp;</a>

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Welcome to the Wild West Podcast, winner of the 2026 Best of Western Podcast award, where fact and legend merge. We present the true accounts of individuals who settled in towns built out of hunger for money, regulated by fast guns, who walked on both sides of the law, patrolling, investing in, and regulating the brothels, saloons, and gambling houses. These are stories of the men who made the history of the Old West come alive - bringing with them the birth of legends, brought to order by a six-gun and laid to rest with their boots on. Join us as we take you back in history to the legends of the Wild West. You can support our show by subscribing to Exclusive access to premium content at Wild West Podcast + <a href="https://www.buzzsprout.com/64094/subscribe">https://www.buzzsprout.com/64094/subscribe</a> or just buy us a cup of coffee at <a href="https://buymeacoffee.com/wildwestpodcast">https://buymeacoffee.com/wildwestpodcast</a>

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Welcome to the Wild West Podcast, winner of the 2026 Best of Western Podcast award, where fact and legend merge. We present the true accounts of individuals who settled in towns built out of hunger for money, regulated by fast guns, who walked on both sides of the law, patrolling, investing in, and regulating the brothels, saloons, and gambling houses. These are stories of the men who made the history of the Old West come alive - bringing with them the birth of legends, brought to order by a six-gun and laid to rest with their boots on. Join us as we take you back in history to the legends of the Wild West. You can support our show by subscribing to Exclusive access to premium content at Wild West Podcast + https://www.buzzsprout.com/64094/subscribe or just buy us a cup of coffee at https://buymeacoffee.com/wildwestpodcast

Welcome to the Wild West Podcast, winner of the 2026 Best of Western Podcast award, where fact and legend merge. We present the true accounts of individuals who settled in towns built out of hunger for money, regulated by fast guns, who walked on both sides of the law, patrolling, investing in, and regulating the brothels, saloons, and gambling houses. These are stories of the men who made the history of the Old West come alive - bringing with them the birth of legends, brought to order by a six-gun and laid to rest with their boots on. Join us as we take you back in history to the legends of the Wild West. You can support our show by subscribing to Exclusive access to premium content at Wild West Podcast + <a href="https://www.buzzsprout.com/64094/subscribe" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://www.buzzsprout.com/64094/subscribe</a> or just buy us a cup of coffee at <a href="https://buymeacoffee.com/wildwestpodcast" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://buymeacoffee.com/wildwestpodcast</a>

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