1883...Is It Historically Accurate?

1883, did they get it right?

***Correction: I called him "John" Dutton and his name is James****

Thanks to James Madewell for the info and photo.

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Old west, frontier, pioneer, santee, westward expansion, victorian era, western, history, cowboy, wild west, 19th century America,

[ArizonaGhostriders]

Correction: I called him "John" Dutton and his name is James

[saltyspirateden]

In 1885, my great grandmother walked to California from Kentucky, she was 8 years old at the time. Everybody walked, the household good rode in the wagon. they couldn't afford a train ticket, it was truly a history lesson talking with her, She passed in 1968.

[projectmayhembronco]

One of the things that really bothered me about the show was that they portrayed the emigrants as being week, scared, indecisive, and generally incapable. The thing is the week, scared, indecisive, and incapable are not the people who pack up their belongings and travel halfway around the world to start a new life. It's the strong, confident, and adventurous people who do that.

[mav]

You forgot to mention that no overprotective father would ever let his daughter be even alone with a Comanche. The fact that he just lets his daughter have sex, 18 year old or not, is the most cringe thing I’ve ever seen in a western

[mildbill]

The series should have been set in the 1860s to be compliant with the primitive setting of the story. By 1883, in north Texas, much of the area they are shown traveling was settled, with ferry crossings, trains and established trails. But still, it is mighty entertaining series. The costumes seem accurate and the firearms fairly close to the time period. What is most accurate is the descriptions of their journey. The towns, rivers, and places mentioned allows the viewer to follow their journey on old maps.

[garrettfromsmokeinthewoods]

Was extremely excited to see you cover this. One thing I noticed was when trading the oxen off the the stock yard operator says that all the farmers in the area were using steam power tractors.... lol that kinda took me out of it... and I believe that old Dutton must have witnessed about 50% of all the violence to ever take place in Fort worth in a span of about 12 hours.

[melbobadilla]

Got here researching history related to 1883 series. Great information! I'm late to the western lore. Been a proud American citizen since my family naturalized in south Texas in the 80's. Now that I am older (46), I am completely enamored with the old west. I even tell my wife that I want to experience the open range on a horse one day running with a cattle drive! We live in DFW and absolutely love the cattle drive history in Ft. Worth! Thank you for this channel :) keep up the great work!

[chrissewell]

I need to check that show out. A good friend on mine, highly recommended it! Thanks Santee.

[yeehawhomie]

Hey Santee! Thank you for the video, y'alls channel have really sparked my interest in the west and they have really been helping me cope with the loss of a family member recently, I hope to see more of your videos in the future, have a good one!

[chikitabowow]

Great video as always! It would be fun in the future (if possible) to have kind of a timeline-video of the most major changes and improvements happening in the old west, maybe starting from the 1850's through to the 1890's or something like that

[terryfolderson-isqo]

my great, great grandparents traveled from NYC to Portland after coming to america from rural Ireland in 1875 and to this day my family still has a lot of the artifacts!

[rhondaz]

These tidbits of info are always so interesting. excellent, as usual🌞🤠👏

[BradSprinkle]

I really enjoy that show a lot. Thanks for focusing on this week. Keep them coming 🤠👍

[leesims]

Love your channel. I look forward to seeing your new episodes on Saturday mornings with my breakfast.

[cleondubois]

We can learn a lot more from the Ghostriders in 5 to 6 minutes than from some other venues that are not as interesting nor half as much fun.

[shastaham]

You are rapidly becoming one of my favorite channels, by far the best of this genre. The only problem is I can't get enough of your content. I'm left like an addict, always needing a new fix...

Have you done a video about my favorite western hero, Bass Reeves?

[VideoGameSlang]

There’s an early episode where a German character claims that it was illegal to swim in their birth country, which is complete BS. There was one instance in the 17th century for a city located on the Danube where swimming was banned and that was it. Also, guns were regulated in Germany, but not restricted.

[c-secofficer]

Uploaded 17 minutes ago and I’m still nowhere close to the first.

Must be a MIGHTY FINE channel y’all got there

[bryangonzalez]

Great video as always Santee! I finally got a chance to sit down and watch the first few episodes and appreciate that one of the characters is a Civil War veteran. Was super excited when Tom Hanks showed up as my favorite general George G. Meade!

[tedebear]

Good morning Arizona Ghost Riders. I definitely enjoy the video my friend. Keep the good ones coming