They were forgotten by The Country Music Industry, Country Radio, and even The Grand Ole Opry. Pioneers of Country proudly remember those artists and the music they made popular.
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Pioneers of Outlaw Country: Wyoming History dives deep into the rugged, untamed spirit of Wyoming's rich history. Many of these stories have been forgotten and the pioneers are relatively unknown. Join us for a journey back into time that is fun for the entire family and students of any age! This podcast series has been supported by our partners; the Hot Springs County Pioneer Association, the Wyoming Cultural Trust Fund, a program of the Department of State Parks and Cultural Resources, the ...
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Episode 268: Pioneers of Country December 22, 2012
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Pioneers of Country December 22, 2012 Christmas Special from years ago! Burl Icle Ivanhoe Ives (June 14, 1909 – April 14, 1995) Starts this Christmas show with “Holly Jolly Christmas”. Nuttin' For Christmas by Homer And Jethro is up next followed by Mele Kalikimaka by Jimmy Buffett. A Christmas standard is next, Brenda Lee - "Rockin' Around the Chr…
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Episode 267: Pioneers of Country December 20, 2014
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Pioneers of Country December 20, 2014 Inducted into The Country Music Hall of Fame in 2014, Ronnie Milsap begins this Christmas show with “It's Christmas”. Dave reflects on standing in shopping lines 20 or 30 years ago, and now a lot of that has succumbed to online shopping. From Alan Jackson's 1993 album “Honky Tonk Christmas” we play the title so…
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Episode 266: Cybershortwave December 24, 2000
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Cybershortwave December 24, 2000 Yes, you read correctly. 24 years ago! Our Christmas Eve program from the year 2000. Since it was a Christmas special, we put together a special show opening with Christmas oriented short clips. Dave opens the program by wishing all listeners a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. Dave runs the chat room and says h…
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Episode 265: Pioneers of County December 11, 2011
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Pioneers of County December 11, 2011 Well it's two weeks until Christmas and we have an abbreviated broadcast today. We begin with Alabama "Jukebox In My Mind". Barbara Mandrell says "you can eat crackers in my bed anytime". Johnny Lee and Lane Brody are next with "The Yellow Rose of Texas. Next is Don Williams. Scoring at least one major hit every…
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Episode 264: Cybershortwave December 1, 2002
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Cybershortwave December 1, 2002 Every so often we like to dig deep into our archives and show our newer listeners that we were promoting country music years ago even though we were operating under a different format. Here's one from 22 years ago. Some very early holiday broadcasts. This one is from 2002. It didn't take long for the "P" word to get …
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Episode 263: Pioneers of Country November 22, 2014
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Pioneers of Country November 22, 2014 November 22, 1963 was a day that we remember throughout this broadcast. We begin with Porter and Dolly and Run that by me one more time! Next is Buck Owens and Sam's Place! The Possum, George Jones is next to be followed by Randy Travis news and information. Dave speaks of some great Canadian country music and …
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Episode 262: The History of Country Music (Pt 11)
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The History of Country Music (Pt 11) Bill Anderson (Pt 2) Hit's of early 1960's
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Episode 261: The Merle Haggard Story (Pt 11)
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The Merle Haggard Story (Pt 11) Pioneers of Country welcomes you to “The Merle Haggard Story” - a syndicated program originally broadcast in early 1985, including many interviews. PLAYLIST: Bar Room Buddies Merle Haggard passed away on April 6, 2016. Not long after Live 365 went out of business, so we never got to do a proper tribute broadcast. Tha…
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Mischievous Mules of Wyoming: Building the Wind River Canyon
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Send us a text When the mountain man brought the first mischievous mule into Wyoming he was unaware of the importance this stubborn, irritating critter would play in building the state. As we continue celebrating the 100th anniversary of the Yellowstone Highway through the Wind River Canyon, it would be a shame to overlook one of the hardest worker…
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Episode 260: Pioneers of Country November 12, 2011
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Pioneers of Country November 12, 2011 We begin with Hank Williams and Why Don't You Love Me, followed by Ray Price Heartaches by the Number. The Singing Sheriff, Faron Young is next with Hello Walls! Next Dave plays an answer recording by Nashville DJ Ralph Emery, “Hello Fool”. Jerry Reed is next with Amos Moses. Dave dates the show and plays an ol…
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Skeletons of Badwater Creek: A Wyoming Territory Mystery
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Send us a text 16 skeletons, over an 80 year time span, were found along the banks of the Badwater Creek. Who were they and who murdered these people while Wyoming was still only a territory? Their stories were buried in old newspapers and were mysteries dating back to 1872. Three were found in a cave with bullet holes, twelve were soldiers found i…
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Episode 257: Cybershortwave October 28, 2001
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Cybershortwave October 28, 2001 This is the first time we are playing this broadcast since it was aired in 2001 (23 years ago). This was a simulcast of Iwebradio and live 365 networks. We begin during the last few minutes of the previous DJ Big Steve Cole, who did a do-wop related show. We begin with Styx and “Mr. Roboto”. Dave opens the show and m…
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History Tour of the Yellowstone Highway
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Send us a text Journey with us through the rich and adventurous history of the Yellowstone Highway through the Wind River Canyon, now a scenic by-way. From its rugged landscapes to the tales etched into its cliffs, this byway has seen it all. We kick off with the Gold Rush era, exploring how the promise of fortune drew eager prospectors into the ca…
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Send us a text Sheriff Virgil Rice was tough-as-nails and respected throughout Wyoming. He was known to "get his man" and tracked down horse thieves across the Cowboy State in the 1890's. It is believed by residents and historians that he was one of many cowboys that helped inspire America's most beloved cowboy heroes, the Virginian. When You Call …
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Episode 233: Pioneers of Country May 11, 2013
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Pioneers of Country remembers Stompin’ Tom Connors. Thomas Charles “Stompin' Tom” Connors, OC (February 9, 1936 – March 6, 2013) was one of Canada's most prolific and well-known country and folk singer-songwriters. Focusing his career exclusively on his native Canada, Connors is credited with writing more than 300 songs and has released four dozen …
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Send us a text The strike of a rattlesnake, the danger of stampede, the whistling of cowboys, the swish of a lasso and the sting of the hot sun. The cowboys on round-up are a true pioneer of Wyoming. Welcome to another episode of "Pioneers of Outlaw Country," where we delve into fascinating stories from Wyoming’s past that often go unnoticed. I am …
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Fact to Fiction: The Real Inspiration for The Virginian
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Send us a text The Harvard student of law bent over his journal, writing in camp light and by kerosene. He was capturing the words that he would one day use to write the most popular Western fiction in the world. In 1885, a young tourist arrived in Wyoming and went by stage to Medicine Bow. He was a 24 year old Owen Wister who faithfully recorded i…
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Send us a text When we think of the early visitors of Wyoming, we think of the cowboys, homesteaders, miners and others coming to the West to make their fortune. There was another group of young men who came west on the trains and stagecoaches. These were young, rich men looking for an adventure and relaxation. They were not in Wyoming to find thei…
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Episode 222: Pioneers of Country February 18, 2012
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Dave brings out “The Big Guns” for this version of classic country music. Hank Williams Sr. Jim Ed Brown and the Browns. Ronnie Milsap has you “back on my mind again”. Teri Gibbs says “Somebody's Knockin” from 1981. Dave has a bit of laryngitis this week. Dave remembers the death of Whitney Houston who passed away on February 11, 2012. Whitney's bi…
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Send us a text The faded pencil script spelled out rough poems, descriptions of sunsets and hangings, saloon scenes, cowboy tall tales, the wide-open prairie and the sharp retort of the gun. From Owen Wister’s pen, the cowboy myth was born and became a true relic of Wyoming’s rich past. For over 65 years, Owen Wister's journals lay forgotten - unti…
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Send us a text The most famous cowboy prank in Wyoming... may never have happened. Or did it? In his novel, The Virginian, Owen Wister tells of a baby swapping prank that happened at a rural dance. It was common practice in those days to pile the babies under chairs and tables to sleep while the parents danced the night away. According to Wister, t…
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Send us a text When Owen Wister brought his family to Wyoming in 1912, they brought along a special friend: Peeshee, the waltzing mouse. The inclusion of this tiny tourist in their family gives us insight into the Wister family dynamics and their love of nature in all forms. The Waltzing Mouse, once as common as goldfish as pets for children, was a…
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Send us a text "Young man, go west!" Among the cowboys and frontiersmen, miners and homesteaders were a group of young adventurers - the rich young tenderfoot. These tourists were not seeking their fortunes but were tourists, looking to get away from the confines of civilization even briefly. One of these young men took his journals and turned them…
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The Virginian: A Horseman of the Plains
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Send us a text In 1902, the most popular book in America was The Virginian by Owen Wister. This book changed America's perspective on the cowboy and turned the once maligned cowhand into a romantic hero. Told at times through the eyes of the Tenderfoot, this is a story of a courageous but mysterious cowboy known only as “the Virginian”. He works as…
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Send us a text In 1903, Tom O'Day was villainized in the newspapers as a notorious horse thief but his friends and acquaintances defended him as a cheerful Irishman who may embellish a brand once in awhile. That February he was unarmed when, suddenly, he was in the fight of his life. Join us on this exciting escapade of one of Wyoming's most belove…
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Hello 1884! New Year's Predictions, Superstitions & more
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Send us a text Happy New Year! What better way to celebrate than to travel back in time to 1884 in the Wyoming Territory. Warning... Sprinkled in with the 1884 New Years predictions are superstitions and even an old-fashioned romance. We are celebrating the 1884 New Year just as residents did that same year and reading through the Cheyenne Daily Su…
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Send us a text They were daring adventurers, forgers of a new life, homesteaders …. and forgotten to history. These vanished people were true pioneers of Hot Springs County, Wyoming. The Pioneers of Outlaw Country. Cowboys, Lawmen and Outlaws… to the businessmen and women who all helped shape Thermopolis and Hot Springs County, Wyoming. Here are th…
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Ben Hanson, The Outlaw Who Founded a Town
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Send us a text He was the founder of Thermopolis, well-respected businessman and cattleman, a dashing bachelor, expert horseman and a murderer. This cattleman and businessman was a true pioneer of Hot Springs County, Wyoming. The Pioneers of Outlaw Country. Cowboys, Lawmen and Outlaws… to the businessmen and women who all helped shape Thermopolis a…
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Send us a text She was the daughter of an oil man, grew up in the Grass Creek oil field – playing among the pumpjacks and dancing at the one-room school house in the early part of the 1900’s. This student of the land was truly a pioneer of Hot Springs County, Wyoming. The Pioneers of Outlaw Country. Cowboys, Lawmen and Outlaws… to the businessmen a…
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Major Forsyth; March to Custer's Battlefield
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Send us a text Major George “Sandy” Forsyth: His Forgotten Diary He was a Civil War veteran, Cavalry Officer, Indian Fighter, General Sheridan’s aide de camp, avid fisherman, author, husband and Brigadier General. This courageous soldier was a true explorer of Hot Springs County, Wyoming. The Pioneers of Outlaw Country. Cowboys, Lawmen and Outlaws……
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The Rough & Wooley Stage Line to Thermopolis
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Send us a text Over the Stage Line to Thermopolis They were adventurers, farm boys, prospectors, family men and former soldiers. These men who drove the stage through Wyoming had to be endure the heat of summer and the sleet and snow of winter... and bandits. These hardy stagecoach drivers were true pioneer of Hot Springs County, Wyoming. The Pione…
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Send us a text A single gunshot rang out. It was night on a bustling Wyoming street - yet no one admitted to recognizing the gunman who escaped into the crowd…. Dora McGrath: A Lady of the Wild West She was the daughter of homesteaders and wife of a coal miner. A mother, business woman, stylish lady of society, soldier advocate, and first woman sen…
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Send us a text Joe Meek: The Mountain Man He was the tall Virginian. A trapper, Indian fighter, pioneer, peace officer, frontier politician, and lover of practical jokes and Jacksonian democracy. This friend and companion of Kit Carson and Jim Bridger was a true pioneer of Wyoming and Hot Springs County. The Pioneers of Outlaw Country. Cowboys, Law…
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Send us a text As the wind blew across the snow, the mountain men made a winter camp without provisions or hope of getting any until they reached the plains where the buffalo roamed. They were living off the land and the deer and elk had fled this high country. It was 1829 and Joe Meek was a teenage runaway who had joined this band of men as a hire…
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Albert Slick Nard, Lawman & Outlaw: Part II
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Send us a text He was a man of the West. A cowboy, husband, father, outlaw, hired assassin, lawman and lone wolf. This Deputy Sheriff and Horse Rustler was a true pioneer of Hot Springs County, Wyoming. The Pioneers of Outlaw Country. Cowboys, Lawmen and Outlaws… to the businessmen and women who all helped shape Thermopolis and Hot Springs County, …
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Albert Slick Nard, Lawman & Outlaw, Part I
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Send us a text He was a man of the West. A cowboy, husband, father, outlaw, hired assassin, lawman and lone wolf. This Deputy Sheriff and Horse Rustler was a true pioneer of Hot Springs County, Wyoming. Hot Springs County, Wyoming was a lawless rugged country, far from civilization and the law. The pioneers who came to this land had to have grit an…
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Mary Hayes Picard, The Outlaw’s Angel of Mercy
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Send us a text She was the daughter of a cavalry soldier. A teacher, caregiver, rancher, homesteader, wife, mother and to some, an angle of mercy – even when the person in need was also a wanted outlaw. This courageous homesteader was a true pioneer of Hot Springs County, Wyoming. Mary Hayes Picard and her sister-in-law, Lottie Weber Hayes, were ho…
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Walt Punteney: A Lesser Light of the Hole in the Wall Gang
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Send us a text He was a man of the West. A cowboy, ranch foreman, top rider and roper with the Buffalo Bill Show, husband, father, homesteader, saloon owner... and outlaw. This member of the Wild Bunch was a true pioneer of Hot Springs, County. Walt Punteney was a stockman in Wyoming who sidelined as an outlaw in the infamous Hole-in-the-Wall gang.…
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Send us a text Welcome to the first episode of this 12-part series featuring stories from pioneers of the outlaw country of Wyoming; Hot Springs County. He was a man of the West. A cowboy, rancher, friend of the Indian warrior, cavalry officer, Hollywood movie star, and showman. He lived by the adage, “Never look back; something might be gaining on…
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Send us a text Pioneers of Outlaw Country Hot Springs County was a remote area in Central Wyoming, lawless and frequented by the Hole-in-the-Wall gang. In the late 1800’s, there were no jails, many saloons, and wide-spread homesteads. There were numerous opportunities for the daring and enterprising businessmen – cattlemen, horse traders, store own…
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