"The Wild West (today)" Topic
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Tango01 | 24 Feb 2020 10:36 p.m. PST |
""Wide, open spaces." "Riding off into the sunset." "Go west, young man." When you hear these old familiar phrases, what comes to mind? For me—rugged terrain, dusty trails, ghost towns, saloons, wooden facades, careworn faces, tumbleweeds…and land. Lots of land, as far as the eye can see. Over the last couple of centuries, the quest to defend or claim the land "out west" has flavored our history books, stage and TV shows, and of course the silver screen…." Main page link Amicalement Armand |
Choctaw | 25 Feb 2020 7:28 a.m. PST |
If you want the Wild West study Oklahoma's history. There were gunfights there that make the OK Corral look like a snowball fight. |
Tango01 | 25 Feb 2020 11:13 a.m. PST |
Thanks!. Amicalement Armand
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DJCoaltrain | 25 Feb 2020 3:27 p.m. PST |
I live in the West, Washington State. My Grandfather was a cowboy. I have his vest and gloves. His did his own bead work. When he came back East, Cincinnati, he got married and went to work for the railroad until he was forced to retire. He worked as a bouncer/doorman in the speakeasies and brothels of Cincinnati to earn extra money. He carried a .38 spl police positive, a big switch-blade, a blackjack, and brass knuckles. He never talked about it, but my Uncles told me stories. He would not allow an animal to be abused in his presence, and he never raised voice or hand to his Grandchildren. He lived the Cowboy code. He's been gone over fifty years and I still feel that loss. He lived next door and I got to see him virtually everyday. I have some photos of him on horseback and sitting next to the chuckwagon. |
Roderick Robertson | 26 Feb 2020 11:23 a.m. PST |
I live in California's cattle country – the Sierra Nevada foothills. Slim Pickens, a real cowboy before he became an actor, was born about 20 miles away and had a house on the property across our southern fenceline. I rent the lower 60 acres of our land for cattle. We still have cattle drives and roundups (well, by "we", I mean my neighbors, not me), and used to have an annual cattle drive to maintain a public right-of-way across our neighbors' lands and through a local pass. |
Tango01 | 26 Feb 2020 11:47 a.m. PST |
Quite interesting… thanks!. Amicalement Armand |
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