This Week in the West: Charles Colcord at the center of Oklahoma history

This Week in the West · Aug 18, 2025 · 4m

🤠This Week in the West

🎙️ Episode 42: Charles Colcord at the center of Oklahoma history

📢 Episode Summary:

On this week’s episode we tackle the life of Charles Colcord. Colcord’s life reads like a frontier epic. Born in 1859, his early years were marked by illness, forcing his family to send him to Texas to recover. That move set him on a path toward cowboy life, the cattle trails, and eventually into the thick of the Oklahoma Land Run. His resilience carried him through personal and financial hardships, including the collapse of his family’s cattle business, pushing him toward new…