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everyonehatesclowns wrote 1 week ago: … more »

Tags: Theater, Show business, broadway musicals, Pop music, robert trussell, Humor, cartoons, Satire, cowboys

OLD WEST PROSTITUTES: THE PUBLIC ARCH SHOOTING

ramblingbob wrote 2 weeks ago: THE PUBLIC ARCH SHOOTING Let’s return to El Paso, that wild town on the border of West Texas. … more »

Tags: Rambles, Gunslingers, Western History, Old West Prostitutes, Fat Alice, Alice Abbot, Etta Clark, ladies of the night, brothels

TIMBER: BIG BUSINESS IN THE OLD WEST2 comments

ramblingbob wrote 2 weeks ago: TIMBER   Trees:  We love them, we grow them in our yards, kids climb them and we tie hammocks to … more »

Tags: Rambles, Timber, Western History, Westward Expansion

MORE ON BLACK COWBOYS

ramblingbob wrote 3 weeks ago: SOME MORE BLACK COWBOY’S Hollywood and popular fiction has in the most part ignored the roll o … more »

Tags: Rambles, cowboys, Black Cowboys, American History, Nate Love, BRONCO SAM, Jesse Stall, Bill Pickett, Addison Jones

BASS REEVES: u. s. MARSHAL

ramblingbob wrote 3 weeks ago: BASS REEVES Bass Reeves was born around 1838, in Texas or Arkansas, to parents who were slaves of a … more »

Tags: Rambles, Gunslingers, american indians, Civil War, Bass Reeves, Native Americans, U.S. Marshall, Black History, Judge Isaac C. Parker

STAGECOACH MARY: OLD WEST LEGEND4 comments

ramblingbob wrote 1 month ago: STAGECOACH MARY It had been my intention to make this chapter about one of the remarkable lawmen wh … more »

Tags: Rambles, cowboys, American Civil War History, Stagecoach Mary, mary Fields, women in history

CHEROKEE BILL: BORN TO BE BAD1 comment

ramblingbob wrote 1 month ago: CHEROKEE BILL Crawford Goldsby was born on February 8, 1876,  in Fort Concho, Texas.   He was … more »

Tags: Rambles, american indians, outlaws, Cherokee Indians, cherokee bill, Crawford Goldsby, The Cook Gang

NED CHRISTIE: CHEROKEE OUTLAW cont.4 comments

ramblingbob wrote 1 month ago: MORE: NED CHRISTIE  When I left off last time I had taken the tale to the point where Ned had fled … more »

Tags: Rambles, american indians, NED CHRISTIE, outlaws, hanging judge parker, Cherokee Indians

CHEROKEE OUTLAW?? INNOCENT VICTIM??3 comments

ramblingbob wrote 1 month ago: NED CHRISTIE      If you believe the dime novels of the time NED CHRISTIE  was reportedly one … more »

Tags: Rambles, American Indian, Native American, cherokee indian, NED CHRISTIE

A FEW THOUGHTS ON BILLY, THE KID4 comments

ramblingbob wrote 1 month ago: MY THOUGHTS ON THE KID      Well I’ve finally finished the saga of Billy, The Kid.  Now I … more »

Tags: Rambles, Gunslingers, cowboys, Infamous Outlaws, western, Gun Slingers, Billy the Kid

BILLY, THE KID: another try

ramblingbob wrote 1 month ago: BILLY, THE KID       Well here I go again in a attempt to finish up The Kid.      After the … more »

Tags: cowboys, Gunslingers, Rambles, Billy the Kid, Gun Slingers, Infamous Outlaws, western

BILLY, THE KID: conclusion5 comments

ramblingbob wrote 1 month ago: BILLY, THE KID: continued       Well, I started this saga out with verses of the ballad of Bill … more »

Tags: Rambles, Gunslingers, cowboys, Infamous Outlaws, western, Gun Slingers, Billy the Kid

Billy, The Kid: cont.

ramblingbob wrote 2 months ago: BILLY THE KID: cont      After the killing of Tunstall, Billy joined the forces of the Tunstall … more »

Tags: Rambles, Gunslingers, Infamous Outlaws, western, cowboys, Billy the Kid

Getting in touch with my inner Cowboy

Tim Groom wrote 2 months ago: Yeehaw! It was my goal to become head wrangler and I am proud to announce that I have achieved that … more »

Tags: outdoors travel, Billy the Kid, Environment-wildlife, Escapade, Fun Activities, Glad, Good Guys, guided tour, Hitch

BILLY THE KID: part 21 comment

ramblingbob wrote 2 months ago: BILLY THE KID: part 2 “T’WAS ON THAT SAME NIGHT WHEN POOR BILLY DIED.  HE SAID TO HIS F … more »

Tags: Rambles, Gunslingers, cowboys, Infamous Outlaws, western, Gun Slingers, Billy the Kid

Driving A Prius In The Wild West5 comments

alison13 wrote 2 months ago: My job in transportation options has taken me, in a new Prius, to the high desert town of Bend, Oreg … more »

Tags: sustainability, Transportation, Global Warming, climate change, Hybrids, Green Living, Energy Conservation, Conservation, consumption

Henry McCarty aka William H. Bonney aka "Billy the Kid"5 comments

ramblingbob wrote 3 months ago: BILLY THE KID: “I’LL SING YOU A TRUE SONG OF BILLY THE KID, I’LL SING OF THE DESPR … more »

Tags: Rambles, Civil War, Gunslingers, cowboys, Infamous Outlaws, western, Gun Slingers, Billy the Kid

Truth hits everybody

jrfinger wrote 3 months ago: If you ever have the chance to visit a press box in a Major League stadium, take the invitation unde … more »

Tags: Phillies, Pitching, Johan Santana, deadwood, Vaccinations, Press Box

OUTLAW, LAWMAN, KILLER, DANDY, JOHN KING KISHER?1 comment

ramblingbob wrote 3 months ago: JOHN KING FISHER      In my last post I stated that the dress of the “Shootest”, as … more »

Tags: Rambles, Gunslingers, cowboys, Infamous Outlaws, western


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