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OLD WEST PROSTITUTES: THE PUBLIC ARCH SHOOTING
THE PUBLIC ARCH SHOOTING Let’s return to El Paso, that wild town on the border of West Texas. When the train finally reached that wild and woolly place, it disgorged a variety of good honest p… more »
The life, times and adventures of Rambling Bob
Home on the strange
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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 »
TIMBER: BIG BUSINESS IN THE OLD WEST
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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 »
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 »
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 »
STAGECOACH MARY: OLD WEST LEGEND
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ramblingbob wrote 1 month ago: STAGECOACH MARY It had been my intention to make this chapter about one of the remarkable lawmen wh … more »
CHEROKEE BILL: BORN TO BE BAD
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ramblingbob wrote 1 month ago: CHEROKEE BILL Crawford Goldsby was born on February 8, 1876, in Fort Concho, Texas. He was … more »
NED CHRISTIE: CHEROKEE OUTLAW cont.
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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 »
CHEROKEE OUTLAW?? INNOCENT VICTIM??
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ramblingbob wrote 1 month ago: NED CHRISTIE If you believe the dime novels of the time NED CHRISTIE was reportedly one … more »
A FEW THOUGHTS ON BILLY, THE KID
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ramblingbob wrote 1 month ago: MY THOUGHTS ON THE KID Well I’ve finally finished the saga of Billy, The Kid. Now I … more »
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 »
BILLY, THE KID: conclusion
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ramblingbob wrote 1 month ago: BILLY, THE KID: continued Well, I started this saga out with verses of the ballad of Bill … more »
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 »
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 »
BILLY THE KID: part 2
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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 »
Driving A Prius In The Wild West
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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 »
Henry McCarty aka William H. Bonney aka "Billy the Kid"
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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 »
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 »
OUTLAW, LAWMAN, KILLER, DANDY, JOHN KING KISHER?
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ramblingbob wrote 3 months ago: JOHN KING FISHER In my last post I stated that the dress of the “Shootest”, as … more »
