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November 29, 2009 Had a nice, four day stretch at home to work on a variety of artwork. Began an ambitious splash-page painting of the Mesilla shootout (January CG) complete with clarinet beatings and French horn whipping (as opposed to pistol whi...
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November 29, 2009 Had a nice, four day stretch at home to work on a variety of artwork. Began an ambitious splash-page painting of the Mesilla shootout (January CG) complete with clarinet beatings and French horn whipping (as opposed to pistol whi...
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Gayle, No one ever asked you to compromise your beliefs. You portray yourself as a victim. You say you have been called a "bigot". Please show me one place where I was disrespectful or suggested you were a bigot. Being Gay is not political. It's t...
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You have a way with words Ric-o-chet, and I don't mean just sliding boy parts.
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THE LIFE AND DEATH OF JOHN HENRY TUNSTALL looks to be a very interesting read, however after reading only this one portion of Gale Cooper's ah book, I'm am almost ready to gouge out my eyes out so I can't read any more.
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November 27, 2009 Time to catch up on some William H. Bonney clarifications. Last week, on the Kid's alleged birthday, I launched off on a series of statements that caught the eye of a certain scholar in Chalfont Saint Giles, England. Here are his...
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Battle of The Bands & French horn whippings

November 29, 2009
Had a nice, four day stretch at home to work on a variety of artwork. Began an ambitious splash-page painting of the Mesilla shootout (January CG) complete with clarinet beatings and French horn whipping (as opposed to pistol whipping). Lots of dust, lots of blood, lots of anatomical problems. Hope to finish tonight.

Also finished an overview of the Burnside rifles duel at forty paces, and by the way, I'm assuming that in a duel like this, the two stood back to back in… Continue

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The Orgasmic Birth of Billy the Kid

November 27, 2009
Time to catch up on some William H. Bonney clarifications. Last week, on the Kid's alleged birthday, I launched off on a series of statements that caught the eye of a certain scholar in Chalfont Saint Giles, England. Here are his corrections and the subsequent exchange:

"Actually Our Billy told the 1880 census taker (or the census taker, deciding discretion was the better part of valor, skipped that particular house and wrote down the first thing that came into his head… Continue

Posted on November 27, 2009 at 8:26am — 2 Comments

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Finished Blazing Pols

November 25, 2009
Finished Blazing Pols at 3:30. Would have finished earlier but my computer kept beeping. When there are comments on my blog I get a beep and a link to approve them and yesterday's Brokeback Mountain post created a three ring circus of comment.

Here's the finished scratchboard:

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Posted on November 25, 2009 at 5:22pm — 8 Comments

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Moderating and Moderation On This Site

November 25, 2009
We have been contacted by more than a few of you about coming up with some rules and regs on this site. We agree that there have been abusive visitors to the site and, while we don't like it any more than you do, we have debated how strong a hand to take in these matters. Here's what we came up with:

The True West Historical Society will be moderated by Trish Brink and myself.

In addition to those of you interested in our Western History, The True West Historical Socie… Continue

Posted on November 25, 2009 at 10:12am — 26 Comments

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Jackass Anatomy

November 25, 2009
Worked all afternoon yesterday on the the Blazing Pols illustration. After some 35 sketches, finally got a decent looking drawing of a gunfighting elephant at about two:



Utilizing the old spreading-lead-on-the-back-of-tracing-paper trick, I transferred that sketch to an expen… Continue

Posted on November 25, 2009 at 9:30am — 5 Comments

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At 12:31pm on November 27, 2009, Flying R said…
Thanks Bad Bob it feels like I'm home again!!!
At 7:41pm on October 29, 2009, Eric Weider said…
Lots of great covers Bob...some truly ground breaking work. Love the April 2002 cover. Here's to another 100 great issues of Ture West. (Hopefully not as great as Wild West though! Nah...there's room enough for all in the West!!)
At 8:12am on October 29, 2009, Jeff Prechtel said…
and by "young' they meant "old fat guy" right? LOL!
sounds like it might be more Corey's (my youngest son)
speed. He's the one I sent you the photo of last Fall
when I dressed him up in the Jesse James get-up.
Thanks Bob
At 12:10pm on October 13, 2009, Chuck Jones said…
Hello Bob....a while back you posted photos of a trip ou to "Iron Springs" with a few other fellows. I have been searching for those photos, with no success. Can you help me out as to where to find them?

Thanks...Chuck
At 7:13am on October 6, 2009, gus Walker aka the mapinator said…
that’s a goodin’ BBB.
when you think about it, how folks dress is a big fashion statement. wannabbees dress in all kinds of attire, wearing hunting or military fatigues, baggy shorts and pants showing mucho crack, cocked ballcaps, big long coats with furry collars and big hats and chains, renaissance characters, suits and ties, overalls. seems like we all dress like something we admire or would like to be like. then there are those who just go along with some fashion forced on them by designers. maybe it would be fun to list styles no one pays attention to. you seldom see someone dressed in lab or doctor coats or Wal-Mart vests unless they are really in that business.
At 6:21pm on September 27, 2009, Olemphia D said…
Hi Bob. I'm in need of some catalogs that carry Duster coats. Could you tell me how to go about finding these catalogs? Most i've come across only sell shoes but I'm interested in the long dusters the cowboys wore back in the days.

Thanks.
At 4:13pm on September 23, 2009, dave turner said…
Your Oct. issue has an information free info card in it. It has a small oval pic of my 2nd great uncle, A.J. Sowell as a Texas Ranger, where did your staff come up with it. It is one i don't have, but have seen it in other publications a couple of times. I do have a copy of him and Big Foot Wallace setting on the porch of my 3rd great granddads house at Wau Ban See springs, Texas. Thanks! for keepin history alive..
At 4:25pm on September 3, 2009, Eric Weider said…
Bob...hope the summer has treated you well. Hope you are in the shade of the wagon. Best wishes!
At 9:19am on September 3, 2009, paul hardy said…
Bob I have a question for you why do call the chuck wagon a chuck wagon on a cattle drive?I really enjoyed your comments on western lore.Thanks very much....Paul
At 6:15pm on August 29, 2009, craig fouts said…
Hi Bob,

Thanks....Good to hear from you. Hope you and your family are doing well. I definitely should have found this site before now, but I don't spend a lot of time on the computer except to play poker.
Maybe this site will take me away from that for awhile...lol.
I am still collecting, so probably do have some photos you could use. Bought a great Quantrill letter awhile back. Only one I have seen in all the years of collecting. Your welcome to come by and see what i have anytime, so when your out this way again, give me a call. From what I've recently read, I don't see how you find the time to do much of anything. You have always been one busy guy. Take care...Craig
 
 
 

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