Tag: The West
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Fiction: Grace Before Meals
“Is that the way religious types talk all the time? Do you ever have normal talk or do you have to bring God into every little thing? It’s damned annoying—and off-putting, I might add.”
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Fiction: Rough Riding
After getting nowhere with his prostitute friend, William agrees to escort Miss Peckham, the women’s rights crusader, to Fort Grant. Evening call rang out and the musicians at the bandstand halted their concert as they did each day with a melancholy little tune to send the children, their caretakers and the soldiers to their quarters.…
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Where the West Begins (SAGA FRIDAY)
Out where the handclasp’s a little stronger, Out where the smile dwells a little longer, That’s where the West begins; Out where the sun is a little brighter, Where the snows that fall are a trifle whiter, Where the bonds of home are a wee bit tighter, That’s where the West begins. Out where the…
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Ready to Wear Clothing
“In the 1800s, cowboys and other manual laborers wore what was called “ready-to-wear” — second-hand clothing that had been discarded by the higher classes. With few exceptions (such as military uniforms), new clothing was not mass produced back then. If you wanted an outfit, you went to a tailor, who measured you and custom-made the…
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Beautiful Saturday Documentary About An Amazing Woman
After yesterday’s blog post I watched this completely delightful documentary you shouldn’t miss! Go on, watch it–you won’t be sorry.
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British Lady Takes on Montana and Wins
After taking in rich boarders (who often didn’t pay) and selling truckloads of vegetables Evelyn Jephson Cameron of England found a living taking pictures in Montana. After marrying her husband Ewen who her parents disapproved of they took their honeymoon in the West, 1889 and fell in love with the rough, majestic beauty of Montana…
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Real Cowboys Wear Straw Hats
http://www.nationalcowboymuseum.org/research/exhibits/like-a-cowboy/like-a-cowboy2.aspx
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Buffalo Dancing With Wolves–Human Ones of Every Stripe
Cute little buffalo on a string. Yep, that’s pretty much where the early NYC based American Bison Society wanted them. Environmental historians say that the near extinction of the buffalo acted as impetus for the environmental movement in America, so that’s sort of good, right? Easterners, women especially, organized anti- animal cruelty leagues, but men…
Author Adrienne Morris 