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Two of my more notable ancestors were Paruasemana (Ten Bears) from my maternal grandmother's side and Mowway (Shaking Hand) from my maternal grandfather's side. What did they do for a living? They hunted the tasiwoo (buffalo) and tried to keep ya'lls Old West ancestors out of our land.
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Two of my more notable ancestors were Paruasemana (Ten Bears) from my maternal grandmother's side and Mowway (Shaking Hand) from my maternal grandfather's side. What did they do for a living? They hunted the tasiwoo (buffalo) and tried to keep ya'lls Old West ancestors out of our land.
Last Chance, Colorado;
Arthur Trimm
Grandpa is on the white horse to the left, his twin brother is next to him on the left.
Picture titled last Cattle drive to Denver, he then retired to Greeley...
Cool! Any idea of what the guys in the front of the photo are doing?
Any interesting characters in your family tree from the 19th Century West? West is defined as CO, NM, AZ, CA, MT, WY, ID, OR, or WA. Where did they come from, when, and what did they do for a living?
^ i read that this guy was a brother to one of my direct ancestors (a Virginia Vermillion as well). i believe there are questions about who he was, exactly, but whatever... it is a good story.
Soldier, lawman, outlaw, Methodist preacher
alias "Texas Jack" and later as "Shoot-Your-Eye-Out" Vermillion, was a gunfighter of the Old West known for his participation in the Earp vendetta ride and his later association with Soapy Smith.
This isn't "old" west but here it is anyway . My Dad left Mother and me in AR, took off, and ended up being a working cowboy in central AZ in the early 1930s. He and I finally reunited in the early 1970s and he could tell some interesting experiences. He said the "wild west" was still wild when he got there and gave many examples which I'll not take the space here to tell.
Dad had two more wives and I asked their story and he said he won one in a crap game and the other he woke up in bed with, in Mexico, and found out they had married the night before . Neither story was true but it was interesting at the time. Another story which may have been true since his second wife was from Iowa; They got married just before round-up and he had to teach her how to cook, on a camp fire, then after round-up and they were back at ranch headquarters he again had to teach her how to cook, but this time on a kitchen stove . It was not intended to be negative when I wrote that #2 was from Iowa, I was just showing she knew nothing about ranch life. But she stuck it out for about 10 years.
^ i read that this guy was a brother to one of my direct ancestors (a Virginia Vermillion as well). i believe there are questions about who he was, exactly, but whatever... it is a good story.
Soldier, lawman, outlaw, Methodist preacher
alias "Texas Jack" and later as "Shoot-Your-Eye-Out" Vermillion, was a gunfighter of the Old West known for his participation in the Earp vendetta ride and his later association with Soapy Smith.
When I posted about my family I completely forgot about the one 'real' Old West ancestor in the family! Doc Holliday! Egad... He wasn't my ancestor but he is my kids ancestor through their dad's family. They still carry the Holliday name as well. There's a pic I've seen of him that could have been my kid's dad, nearly identical except their dad didn't have a moustache.
Possibly, it does kind of look like a craps game, maybe? Hard to say for sure, though.
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Any idea of what the guys in the front of the photo are doing?
. My Dad left Mother and me in AR, took off, and ended up being a working cowboy in central AZ in the early 1930s. He and I finally reunited in the early 1970s and he could tell some interesting experiences. He said the "wild west" was still wild when he got there and gave many examples which I'll not take the space here to tell.
. It was not intended to be negative when I wrote that #2 was from Iowa, I was just showing she knew nothing about ranch life. But she stuck it out for about 10 years.
