A Good Handle

What is your favorite name from the True West? Some names just jump out at ya, 'Doc' Holiday. Some names stick in your head, 'The Sundance Kid'. My favorite name, likely an alias, is 'Harry Head'. How could you not like a name like that.
What's yours?

Mike Franklin
Poteet, Texas

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Permalink Reply by Mike Franklin on July 2, 2009 at 5:47pm: I like Colorado Charley Utter and Wild Bill too.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Sixgun on July 2, 2009 at 8:45pm: Deadwood Dick the T shirt is a little tacky but the names good. Maybe we should do a Viagra commercial with him as the character line. You know kinda like Smilin Bob.
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Permalink Reply by Steve Sanders on July 3, 2009 at 7:30am: Brings to mind the reason Doc Holliday collected the pot and ended up killin the guy in a poker game: cuz he kept "playin with the deadwood."; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Steve Sanders on July 11, 2009 at 9:00pm: Cant do that in public; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Jennifer Lewis on July 2, 2009 at 9:07pm: Yesterday in the Tombstone city records, I ran across "Beefsteak Mike". LOL,; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Mundo on July 3, 2009 at 7:37am: Dusty Beard; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Christopher Zimmerman on July 3, 2009 at 6:11pm: What about some unusual Indian names like 'White-Man-Runs-Him', 'Rain-In-The-Face', 'Dull Knife', and 'Roman Nose'.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Marshall Trimble on July 11, 2009 at 4:39pm: Another of my favorite NDN names was an Ogala Lakota warrior named, "Young Man Afraid of His Horses."
The unflattering name came from a misinterpretation. It was said "he was such a great warrior that even the sight of his horse would inspire fear in his enemies" but something got lost when it was translated into English. Correctly translated it was "They Fear Even His Horses."; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Santee on July 4, 2009 at 4:14am: "Dynamite Dick". No joke, the guy's real last name was Clifton.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Reb on July 14, 2009 at 8:59am: 'Yosemite Sam' Did'ja know 'RATZEN FRESSEN' (one of his curse words) means 'Rat Eater' in German?; ▶ Reply to This

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