Lanesboro’s Link to the Wild West

Before the Wild West was mythologized in dime novels and traveling shows, one man lived it—and practiced medicine in the heart of Fillmore County. Dr. Frank Powell, known to audiences and admirers as “White Beaver,” was no ordinary country doctor. He was a frontier scout, a showman, and a trusted friend of Buffalo Bill Cody.

In this episode, Lenora and Preston peel back the layers of Powell’s theatrical life, tracing his journey from the streets of Lanesboro to the stages of the American West. Was he a healer? A performer? A myth in his own time? Through historical records, newspaper clippings, and local lore, they explore how one man blurred the lines between medicine and myth—and why his legacy still echoes in Bluff Country.