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On January 4, 1847, Samuel Colt sold his first revolver to the United States government, allowing buckskinned frontiersmen and uniformed soldiers everywhere to sheathe their Bowie knives and mail their powder-and-ball kits to their poorer relations. When Samuel Colt, cigar clamped manfully between his teeth, shook hands on the deal for one thousand .44-caliber revolvers to be . . . → Read More: Colt’s .44; or Western History Triggers Countdown   6 comments  Buckaroo Gear, Cowboy Mythos, CowboyLands Lists, Cowgirl Mythos, Men Were Men and Women Were Women, On This Day in Western History, State of the Union 2010, The Good the Bad the Fugly, Western World Events  Colt .44, colt in westerns, colt invention, cowboy cliches, cowboy facts, gun that won the west, guns in westerns, Samuel Colt Cowboy accidentally fires gun in hotel. Is this what the Wild Western World has come to? “Accidentally”?
Aren’t cowboys–the rough-riding kind that gallop through streets shooting guns in the air, whooping and hollering and making schoolmarms dive for cover behind Randolph Scott–supPOSED to fire guns in town streets, saloons, and hotels? Oh, movies. Right. Where . . . → Read More: What to Do When You Shoot Up the Town; or, The Cowboy Code in Action 2 comments Cowboy Moments, Cowboy Mythos, Cowboys Gone Wrong, Cowgirl Mythos, Reel Life vs. Real Life, The Good the Bad the Fugly, Western World Events, Wild Western Web american west, cowboy action shooting, cowboy code, cowboy hero, cowboy shooting association, cowboys gone wrong, holiday inn, what would a cowboy do Billy the Kid pardoned???? Say it isn’t so. He wouldn’t be the archetypal 1880s bad-boy outlaw anymore–that sexy beast who wants to be tamed, played by handsome hunks in 46 (no lie) silver-screen westerns.
If he is pardoned by New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson, it would be a.) justice finally given to the young man who . . . → Read More: Pardon Me?; or, Clemency for Billy the Kid, 129 Years Later 2 comments Cowboy Mythos, Cowboys Gone Wrong, Movie Quotes, On This Day in Western History, State of the Union 2010, The Good the Bad the Fugly, Western World Events american west, billy the kid, billy the kid pardon, brushy bill roberts, clemency billy the kid, Cowboy Mythos, cowboylands, new mexico, wild west, willaim bonney The setting of a movie is as much a character as the two-legged kind that populate the scenes. Your own setting or environment can either support or be in constant conflict with you and your dreams, kind of like a many-armed kraken that spews fire and lightning and plays practical jokes. Yes, these are defenseless kittens. . . . → Read More: Meet Your Destiny; or, Take a Man vs. Nature Quiz, If You Dare Leave a comment Cowboy Moments, Cowboy Mythos, Cowboys Gone Wrong, Cowgirl Mythos, Reach for the Skies!, Reel Life vs. Real Life, The Good the Bad the Fugly, Western World Events, WestWays: Traveling in the American West american west, backcountry backpacking, backpacking fails, Cowboy Mythos, cowboylands, national parks, reach for the skies, western hero quiz, western quiz, wild west Damaso Reyes sent me proof that the West is state of mind–as shown in “das comedy musical” Go West from Wild West Central, Vienna. copyright 2010 Damaso Reyes The poster’s got everything: the neon green symmetrical saguaro, the hayseed font, the slavering (geographically wrong) vulture, the cowboy/Indian war (real comedic), the cow or bull chewing on hay. . . . → Read More: Go West, Vienna; or, West as State of Mind Back in the late 1800s, she was hawtness personified–Annie Oakley, sharpshooting superstar, a favorite of Buffalo Bill, Chief Sitting Bull, and European royalty. She was the idol of American youth. No, she wasn’t a cussin’, mannish, cross-dressing kind of gal. She was a typical late-1800s lady, decked out in heavy skirts and petticoats and awesomely cute . . . → Read More: Happy Birthday to Real-Life Cowgirl Hero Annie Oakley Leave a comment Cowgirl Mythos, Men Were Men and Women Were Women, On This Day in Western History, Origins and Originals, Reach for the Skies!, The Good the Bad the Fugly, Western World Events annie oakley, annie oakley birthday, buffalo bill, buffalo bill's wild west show, Cowboy Mythos, cowboylands, cowgirl, frank butler, pulp illustrators, reach for the skies, sharpshooting women, wild west, women in old west The Roy Rogers Museum in Branson, MO, closed = bummer. And WHY isn’t this date on calendars everywhere? Oh right. You don’t . . . → Read More: Happy National Day of the American Cowboy! The story is a cliche, but the way the media is frothing about it, you’d think we’re back in the golden age of westerns. Leave a comment Cowboy Moments, Men Were Men and Women Were Women, On This Day in Western History, Origins and Originals, State of the Union 2010, The Good the Bad the Fugly, Western World Events, What Would Gary Cooper Do?, Wild Western Web classic western plots, naked cowboy, naked cowboy 4ever, naked cowboy trademark, naked cowgirl, rustlers, times square naked cowboy, western plots The world around us is getting Westy, a crazy combo of tantalizing Gold Rush-type possibilities with a shadow side of hubris-based epic fails. Got BP, anyone? 2 comments Cowboy Mythos, Cowboys Gone Wrong, Film Reviews, Movie Quotes, State of the Union 2010, The Good the Bad the Fugly, Western World Events, Wild Western Web bad day and black rock, BP, corporate malfeasance, Cowboy Moments, Cowboy Mythos, ernest borgnine, essential western plots, film forum, Frank Gruber, lee marvin, Movie Quotes, oil spill, paperback westerns, robert ryan, spencer tracy, western movies, wild west |
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