Jim Hatzell's Comments

Hey Jim! I just got on this deal.

Bill

Hey pard, how ya been?.....
you should make you a Face Book page up,
so we can stay in contact better. Got any cool projects
in the works....art or movie/reenacting wise?

Jim-
Got laid off back in October,which really has been a god-send,
as I spend almost everyday painting, and have been pursuing work
in the Living History venues I know. Am waiting to see if a job with the History channel comes thru or not. Other than that just painting away. Just finished a painting of a gunfighter (watercolor)
You should give facebook a try, I found it really lots easier to navigate than MySpace. I use it to upload my artwork and keep in touch with LH friends back east.

Jim-
If you pop over to my page here at TW, I just loaded
some of my new work to a photo albumn

I just started working with a gallery again after about six years
away from them.....a friend of Dave Powell's in Montana, so far so good. I love the movie & TV stuff, but they rarely seem to have
the budget to warrant working on one for very long. I tried Ebay,for art sales for a while this summer & Fall, but the economy went to hell
along with art prices.

Hey Jim,

Thanks for the comments. The next article will be out in True West in the April issue on the Fort Pierre to Deadwood Trail ride. I'll let you know what I hear from Deadwood.

Bill

Nice shootin there Jim, whered them boys get all them matchin white ponies. All those blue uniforms kinda make a southern mixed breed boy like myself a little nervous. Really like the South Dakota area, up there last winter, if you could do somethin about all that snow I would move there. Last time we had that much white stuff on the ground the cotton gin blew up.
Six

Hay Jim. Heading your way this summer, Look forward to seeing it again. I was out there around 25 years ago, I suppose things have changed. Glenn

Dances With Wolves filming 20 years ago -- Bill Stevens is starting to plan for a 20 year celebration in Pierre. He's thinking of inviting cast and crew, and anyone interested in the film. It's just in the begining planning stages now.

Hey Jim,
Got Bills book the other day like the sketches
Six

Next time you slip into Deadwood lat me know I have a buddy there you might look up. If he aint drinkin at the old #10 then hes playin cards there. Goes by Wolf, hell of a nice guy and might be worth sketchin for somethin.
Six

Love those "Last Campaign" pics. I was trying to start up reenacting that down here at one time, just too many irons in the fire. I hope all is well!

Jim,

I saw your comment about the muskrat campaign hat on the blog about Phil Spangenberger. I would like to get a hat like that for winter wear for cowboy action shooting. Where did you find it?

Thanks for the information about the hat, Jim. My own hair is either turning gray or turning loose, and I'm beginning to really appreciate a warm hat in cold weather!

Crooked River Bob

Jim,
I didn't. However, I might just do it now that you reminded me of it. I located a place with muskrat skins, but haven't gotten around to ordering them. Their prices were very reasonable, I thought. I also wanted to learn a little more about the hats in question, and actually found a pretty good photo of one in a Gary Hendershott catalog. Anyway, I appreciate the information you sent... I'm just a procrastinator.

Crooked River Bob

Howdy Jim, good to meet you.
Anything you need to know about the site, just ask.
Davey

Jim,
Got this question that I don't know the answer. Do you?

Hi Bob,
Did the Calvary train their horses in dressage? I would like to know if this is true. Thank you for your time and if you would like to visit my
web site and sign my guest book I would be honored.
Thank You,
Cindy

I caught Les Shorts name mentioned on your blog. He was my great uncle, his sister Marjorie Short/Ebersole is my grandmother and my father is Jerry Ebersole who lived with Les's brother, Gene Short in Plains for a good part of his childhood. We just moved from the Colorado Rockies to the Tallgrass Prairie here in southeast KS, not far from Howard. It is a small world sometimes and I just wanted to say hello.