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Thanksgiving.USA

I am about to leave home to go and attend a Thanksgiving event here in the UK. I just wanted to say to you all across the pond have a great Thanksgiving and stay safe. Continue

Added by Terry Boniface (Malpaso) on November 21, 2009 at 1:30am — 1 Comment

Clint Walkers (Cheyenne on TV series). Wife Susan just called about photo I ordered....pretty cool

Ordered a photo a couple month's ago from the Clint Walker (the guy who played Cheyenne in the TV series) site . Yes he's still alive. His wife Susan just called a little bit ago to ask if I wanted Clint to personalize it with the name "Mark". I said sure. She was very nice. Kinda cool just wanted to share. Below is the email I got from them: Hello Mark, "Thank you for your order and your quick reply. It always makes me happy to hear that folks have enjoyed my work. Sorry for the wait on the… Continue

Added by Mark Swint on November 20, 2009 at 3:55pm — 5 Comments

Thank you Unkle Sherman for your comment

Yes, we are a TV show in pre-production and will be purchasing (buy) advertising as soon as we are on the air. We are, however, promoting all things western and are of interest to a great many folks. This site is here to promote all things western, so where is the conflict? For example, we have taped an interview with Dan Johnson, Louis Johnson's grandson. If you are not aware, Louis was John Wayne's partner in the Red River D Ranch here is Arizona. He tells a great story about Wayne and Roy Rog… Continue

Added by Arizona Country TV on November 20, 2009 at 3:41pm — 1 Comment

Mega Hoax Is Mega Hilarious!

November 20, 2009 All of us who write books about Billy the Kid hope for the three Rs: that we will be respected, get rich from book sales and be fondly remembered for our efforts to get to the truth about Billy. Of course there have been over 1,000 books written about the Kid and as I like to brag, I didn't write all of them. Nope, not even half. I'm not exactly sure of the actual total, but let's just say I'm reading two new Billy books even as you read this. But, I digress. In our ju… Continue

Added by Bob Boze Bell on November 20, 2009 at 12:00pm — 3 Comments

Dying Donkeys And Mega-Hoaxers

November 20, 2009 About a week ago I asked Carole Glenn to order a book for us on Amazon called Mega Hoax. I had heard through the Billy the Kid grapevine that a woman from Santa Fe named Gale Cooper has published an alleged expose on the digging up Billy project. We got the book on Wednesday and I saw it in my box when I got back from lunch. My managing editor Meghan Saar had already ear-marked all the pages True West is mentioned (this is especially funny considering that Dr. Coo… Continue

Added by Bob Boze Bell on November 20, 2009 at 9:30am — 5 Comments

Last night I had to cry

Last night I had to cry Because my Ole Sorrel Horse began to die I saw him lying on the ground And walked out to sorrow at what I found I called and called but he just whinnied and looked at me I tried to help him up but he couldn't even get on one knee He thrashed and crashed and I knew he was hurtin Needing to make the pain go away was somethin I was certain Lookin at the gun safe, I just fell to the floor But had to shake it off, grab Rowdy and run back out the door Rowdy and I ran back to th… Continue

Added by Bobbi Jeen Olson on November 20, 2009 at 7:49am — 6 Comments

Source Book Is In The House!

November 19, 2009 Our office copies of The 2010 Source Book arrived this afternoon and it's a beautiful thing. If you want to find anything related to the West this is the issue you need to have (hint: subscribers get it free). Inside is our Eighth Annual Best of the West Awards and I predict the following people are going to be very happy: Jim Clark, Steve and Marcie Shaw, Jay Dusard, Pat Kearney and Gary George, Waddie Mitchell, Charles Harris III and Louise Sadler, Robert… Continue

Added by Bob Boze Bell on November 19, 2009 at 4:22pm — 3 Comments

Living in the west

As a child growing up in the western part of Colorado I was fasinated by the stories I heard of the area. I heard of Indians, trappers, soldiers, and hard working farmers and ranchers who braved the seasons to make it a wonderful place to live. When I grew older I read every piece of literature I could find on the area. I visited the museums and haunted the libraries of the area looking for the written accounts. Now as an adult I have returned to western Colorado with a dream of helping a new ge… Continue

Added by Terri Beuchat on November 19, 2009 at 3:24pm — 4 Comments

Bird Cage Fumigation

Howdy Yall! I will be in Tombstone continuing to preserve our sacred western history the first week in December. I will be the technical director for a fumigation on the Bird Cage Theater. I will be sending all my equipment out to monitor this fumigation. It will be exciting to have been a part of t… Continue

Added by Larry Riggs on November 19, 2009 at 2:00pm — 7 Comments

From Low Pants Lance to Happy Birthday Dan!

November 19, 2009 Saw my first Low Pants Lance. I was on my way to yoga last Tuesday when I saw this tall kid angling down the alley by the Career School next to Black Mountain Gym. As I drove by I looked in the rearview mirror and saw that the back of his pants hung below the cheeks of his arse! He then jumped a wall so I got a real good view of the entire buttocks area. Amazing. I had seen photos of this phenom from New York City, but had never seen this extreme before, in the flesh. H… Continue

Added by Bob Boze Bell on November 19, 2009 at 11:00am — 2 Comments

True West rag the real history

I have heard or read somewhere that America's Historical Society has recognized True West magazine as being the closest thing to our true history, above and beyond history books. This is not something new, but from some years back. Has anyone else heard this? Continue

Added by Augustus McCrae on November 18, 2009 at 6:30pm — 1 Comment

Alias Soapy, Reviewed

I finally got my copy of Jeff Smith's ALIAS SOAPY SMITH: THE LIFE AND DEATH OF A SCOUNDREL by Soapy Smith's great grandson, Jeff Smith. As expected, the biography is a hagiography. Couldn't be anything but, coming from family. Smith does his best to correct details of the story, and as the benefactor of his family's long history of collecting letters, clippings, and arcania about the Soapster, he certainly has a wealth of material about the man who tried so hard to make himself a legend in his o… Continue

Added by Cathy Spude on November 18, 2009 at 10:49am — 16 Comments

A Killer Frost And Killer Republicans

November 18, 2009 When we first moved to Cave Creek in 1986, I took my sketchbook down into the creek bottom and while reclining beneath a huge sagauro did a series of sketches that ended up contributing to this pen and ink illustration:

The cave that Cave Creek is named for is in the embankment at l… Continue

Added by Bob Boze Bell on November 18, 2009 at 10:24am — 13 Comments

I can’t go back to Mexico

I can’t go back to Mexico She said; “Via Con Dios” with a grin As I climbed into the saddle While her daddy’s whole damn outfit Was lookin’ for me for a battle So how was I to know her daddy Was some Mexican Grandee I just had her for a night They’re all the same to me Just some fun at the Fiesta Down around Nogales I didn’t know she was a Spanish princess From some Casa Grande Rancho palace I thought she’s prob’ly twenty ‘Come to find out she’s fifteen Somebody told her daddy Her brother… Continue

Added by Reb on November 18, 2009 at 9:34am — 2 Comments

Love That Petrichor

November 17, 2009 We got some rain over the weekend, not much, but just enough to get that great desert smell. I just found out in a newsletter that Kathy gets called Bottom Line that "when the weather is dry, certain plants secrete an oil that is absorbed by rocks and soil. When it rains, the oil is released into the air as a gas, creating an aroma called petrichor." Not Bad Weather Another page from my quest to do 10,000 bad drawings:

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Added by Bob Boze Bell on November 17, 2009 at 1:00pm — 9 Comments

cowboys ledgends or jsut a group of men

In todays times in our groups and organizations we often try to take on the persona of the cowboy legends. now don't get me wrong I ain't knocking anyone who wants to be doc or Wyatt or Matt but what confuses me is why try to be them. and not be like them. We often get caught up in the details of there lives so much that we forget to see what made them desirables. if it were a bad man , ok so he ran afoul of the law but is that why we admire him ? I doubt it but it was his tenacity and willingne… Continue

Added by Oklahoma Jo on November 16, 2009 at 9:34pm — 10 Comments

Abigail Howard

Who is Abigail Howard? She is a total mystery, but has managed to collect 255 "Friends" since mid October. But no posts, no groups, no messages and no discussions. Continue

Added by Morgan Earp on November 16, 2009 at 7:28pm — 12 Comments

The Ghosts of Fandangos

November 16, 2009 Ever sit around and wonder where all the ridiculous myths and legends come from? You know, the ones where you kind of shake your head and go, "That is the most ridiculous thing I have heard in my life. Who makes this crap up?" Well, here's a good example. For Halloween this year (in Cave Creek) at Cody's Smokehouse & Grill (which officially opens in December at the location of a series of failed restaurants and bars starting with Fandango), the new owners created a… Continue

Added by Bob Boze Bell on November 16, 2009 at 4:00pm — 6 Comments

Toy Donations / Charity Raffle

This is being headed up by Number 1 Son, so go thou and help out!

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Added by Joe Bethancourt on November 16, 2009 at 1:47pm — No Comments

True Grit, II

November 16, 2009 Just got more info on the remake of True Grit by the Coen Brothers. Steven Spielberg is producing along with Scott Rudin (who produced No Country For Old No Men). It looks like Matt Damon is going to play the Texas Ranger (Glenn Campbell in the original), Josh Brolin is being talked about as the bad guy Ned Pepper (Robert Duvall) and according to Variety, the Coens want Jeff Bridges for the gruff U.S. Marshal (John Wayne). They hope to begin filming… Continue

Added by Bob Boze Bell on November 16, 2009 at 12:30pm — 6 Comments

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