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Monthly Archives: November 2020
Old West Vice
The River The Mississippi River is the second-longest river in North America, extending 2,320 miles in length. Its watershed drains all or part of 32 states (and two Canadian provinces), its drainage basin encompassing 1.1 million square miles. It runs … Continue reading
The Good, The Bad, and the Incredibly Stupid
The Good William Halsell migrated to Texas from Alabama somewhere around 1870. His wife Mary was of Cherokee ancestry. In Texas, William ended up working for his brother-in-law, Dan Waggoner, on the Triple D Ranch. With his brother Glenn, William … Continue reading
Posted in History, Oklahoma, Society
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Ethnic Lawmen in Texas
Most Americans have a misperception about the old west lawmen. I did too for many years. It wasn’t our fault, though. With scant exceptions[1], all liberal Hollywood ever presented to us in the cinema was white lawmen, wearing white hats, … Continue reading
Posted in Society, Texas, Texas Rangers
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Cowboys and Presidents
A Cowpoke Named Theodore focused on the impact the western frontier had on the development of Theodore Roosevelt’s personality and subsequent political career. He became the cowboy he most admired, and the nation admired him because of it. He left … Continue reading
Posted in American Frontier, History
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A Cowpoke Named Theodore
On Theodore Roosevelt’s 22nd birthday, he married his socialite sweetheart, Alice Hathaway Lee. Alice was the daughter of banker George Cabot Lee. She was a tall woman for the times, standing around 5’6”. She had wavy golden hair, blue-gray eyes, … Continue reading
Posted in American Frontier, History
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