This Day…

1871 Chief Satanta massacres teamsters.

1861 William Fetterman joins the U.S. Army .

1896 Western writer Mari Sandoz is born.

1887 Buffalo Bill’s Wild West show opens.

1800 – The U.S. Congress divided the Northwest Territory into two parts. The western part became the Indiana Territory and the eastern section remained the Northwest Territory.

1886 –   A riot breaks out in Haymarket Square

1874 –  John B. Jones becomes major in Texas Rangers

1927 The first federal prison for women opens

1881 – On the streets of Dodge City, famous western lawman and gunfighter Bat Masterson fights the last gun battle of his life.