From Cowboy to Colonel: The Remarkable Life of Dr. Henry Hoyt (Annotated)

Few men have lived lives as full as that of Dr. Henry F. Hoyt. Physician, cowboy, gold miner, Chief Surgeon of U.S. Volunteers, and winner of the Silver Star for valor. He was a doctor in the wild west town of Deadwood and the first physician in the Texas panhandle.

Along the way he befriended Billy the Kid, rode with Custer's 7th Cavalry, knew famed cowboy-detective Charlie Siringo, met outlaws Jesse James and Cole Younger, Calamity Jane, and was in shootouts and Indian fights. He became go...