Old West Photos

Mary is no longer available for RV traveling, but we remain good friends.
Because we have 4,000+ postings, I’ve invited her to continue posting entries on this blog.

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The motorhome is parked at Thousand Trails RV Resort…about 20 miles east of Palm Springs, California. I’m scheduled to depart here March 17th.

 

A friend sent me an email with these great photos and I would like to share them with you…

 

 

 

: Old Photos That I Haven’t Seen Before……….THE OLD WEST………….

Cowboys Around the Hoodlum Wagon, Spur Ranch, Texas, 1910   Judging by the saddle style, this unidentified cowboy was working in the late 1870s or 1880s. In his holster, he carries a Colt model 1873 single action revolver with hard rubber grips, and He has looped his left arm around a Winchester model 1873 carbine in a saddle scabbard. On The back of the photo is the light pencil inscription “Indian fighter”. Snow Tunnel ~ On the Ouray and Silverton Toll Rd ~ Colorado ~ 1888 1899 Concord, Michigan “Buggy & Wagon Shop” Thankful someone took the time to photograph this type of beauty – April 1937. “Buttermilk Junction, Martin County, Indiana.” 1887-West Center Street, Anaheim, California.  Now we have Disneyland here!   Moser’s, Guns, Banjo’s, and Mules at the Liverystable in East Tennessee around 1890 In 1906, a massive magnitude 7.9 earthquake ruptured the entire San Andreas Fault in Northern California. That is a huge running crack in the ground. Now they are building houses right on the line as fast as the boards can be delivered. Hmm …. This is what real cowboys looked like in 1887.  Not as fancy as on TV, huh! Some of the toughest, bravest people we know of.  They gave it their all to go west and start A new life.  This wagon train is in eastern Colorado in 1880. This moose team belonged to W.R. (Billy/Buffalo Bill) Day. They were found by a Metis near Baptiste Lake in 1910 and were reared by bottle and broken to drive by Mr. Day at Athabasca Landing during the winter of 1910. Mr. Day and the moose team hauled mail and supplies. In the American Civil War, soldiers were required to have at least four opposing front  teeth, So that they could open a gunpowder pouch. Some draftees had their front teeth removed to Avoid service.  In our day they just jumped the border into Canada. Here we have a tired old prospector during the Klondike Gold Rush. Lulu Parr – Her skill with the gun caught the attention of Pawnee Bill, who signed Her to his show in 1903. She left that show but came back in 1911. By that time, Pawnee Bill had joined Buffalo Bill’s show. Buffalo Bill was so in awe of Lulu’s Willingness to ride unbroken ponies that he presented her with an ivory-handled Colt single-action revolver, engraved with “Buffalo Bill Cody to Lulu Parr 1911.” From the drivers seat of a 40 mule team. These rigs were used to haul Borax out of Boron CA.  And  then loaded onto railroads for manufacturing. All this so you could do the laundry!  Man, that’s a lot of horses!   Hoops had to be removed before taking your seat in a carriage and then they were hooked Onto the back of the carriage. Deer Hunter Living In A Log , 1893. Tough guys live in tough places, I guess.  Home is where You make it!   Omaha Board of Trade in Mountains near Deadwood, April 26, 1889. It was created  in 1889 by  Grabill, John C. H., photographer. The picture presents procession of stagecoaches loaded With passengers coming down a mountain road. This is a stunning photograph from 1862. The image shows a Civil War Ambulance crew Removing the wounded from a battlefield. It shows a horse-drawn ambulance, and the Zouave uniforms of this unit.

 

 

 

I hope you enjoyed the photos.

 

Recently I’ve been running blogs about my 2004 Central America trip. While here I’m intending to continue those postings while also alternating with other past blogs.

I hope you enjoyed the photos.

 Yesterday was sunny and 82 degrees. Forecast for today is sunny and 86 degrees.

Enjoying nice weather is another joy in the life of a full-time RVer!

The red dot on the below map shows my approximate location in the State of California. You may double left-click the map to make it larger…

Enjoying 65-75 degree temperatures with low humidity most of the year is a primary joy in the RVing lifestyle!

“Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance you must keep moving”…Albert Einstein

My current travel rig is a 2006 Fleetwood 26′ Class A Motorhome and a towed 1986 Ford Bronco II, Eddie Bauer Model. This photo was taken in the desert at Slab City near Niland, California…

On October 27, 2012, I created a two-minute video titled America The Beautiful. The music America The Beautiful is by Christopher W. French. The photos, which I randomly selected, are from the states of Arizona, California, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Mississippi, Montana, New Mexico, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Texas, Tennessee, Washington and West Virginia (not shown in that order)…are mine. Yup, That’s me standing in front of the Post Office in Luckenbach, Texas…Y’all!

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