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The Ocoee Ranger Published by the Ocoee Rangers Cowboy & Cowgirl Action Shooters Sponsored by the Cleveland Hunting Rifle & Pistol Club, Cleveland, TN.

Volume 2, Issue No. 11                                                                                                  November, 2004

NOVEMBER SHOOT CLOSES COMPETITION FOR 2004 SHOOTING AWARDS

November is …… Well, it’s a month for turkeys.  That’s right.  First, we had turkeys for lunch or dinner on Thanksgiving.  Then on the Saturday after Turkey Day, a lot of turkeys dressed as cowgirls & cowboys and hustled out to the range to play:  64 cowboys (57) & cowgirls (7) shot the match. The November match closed competition for 2004 shooting awards.  No, it’s not the last shoot of the year.  Remember, we award annual awards in the event immediately following the December shoot.  So in order to calculate the standings and prepare the awards, we need a little time. 

The day started a bit chilly, moderated a little, and then ended in the rain. But it was a fun day.  How’d it go?  Well, Dead Beat showed up in new winter duds.  We couldn’t decide to register him to shoot, or put a leash on him and feed him a few prairie dogs.  Coyotes love prairie dogs, or that’s what’s been told. 

C. Rider and General Breckinridge were there in confederate uniforms, making former Yankees in the crowd a mite apprehensive … but only for a little while.  Then the shooting started.  Ol’ T-Bone

Posse Leaders, L-R:  T-Bone, Double Eagle, Horseshoe John, Tucson Tuco, Marshal Too Tall

did a good job with the stage scenarios.  They had movement in them, went fast, weren’t confusing, and were fun to shoot.  11 shooters shot all 5 stages without a miss: 10 cowboys and a cowgirl. Perfect match shooters were: Marshal Too Tall, Double Eagle, R.I.P. Overland, Horseshoe John, Catoosa Kid, Rev. Adam Jones, Tennessee Ted, Deadman, Yankee Shiner, Ranger Roger and Yogo Blue.

Dead Beat – the coyote

Unfortunately, a few of our shooters were under the weather or recuperating from medical situations and couldn’t come out and play: Owlhoot Hardin, Shadrack Jones, and Rawhide Rex. A couple of others were stuck baby-sitting:  Dustin Clays and Pleasant.

The Top 10 Shooters were:  1. Cool Waters  2.  Ocoee Red  3. Tabasco JOT  4. Double Eagle  5. Festus D. Deputy  6. Marshal Too Tall  7. Whiskey River Nelson  8. Unpleasant       9. R.I.P. Overland  10. S.A. Pondwater         

The Top Gun was Cool Waters, the gentleman from North Alabama, and the Top Cowgirl Shooter was Last Kiss.    (See shoot results continued on page 3.)

Out on the Range  –  Marshal Too Tall’s Posse

Sorry, cowfolk, but the Word Scratcher didn’t recognize several of these cowboys.

L-R Kneeling: Slater, Tennessee Ted, Tri,  ?

Middle Row:  Awful Close, ?, ?, Fast Harley.

Back Row:  ?, Marshal Too Tall, Last Kiss, Cherokee Mad Dog, ?

Ain’t it interesting how Too Tall and Last Kiss temporarily grew fast and tall to be able to stand and tower over all the other folks.

NEXT SHOOT – December 18  

Buffalo Shoot begins at 8:00 am  ….  Registration begins 8:15 am  Posse Leader’s walk through 9:30 am …..  Safety Meeting & pervious month’s awards presented 10:00 am  ….  Shooting!  …  Go to Golden Corral for lunch & presentation of 2004 awards, drawing for prizes (anyone who has shot with us in 2004 is eligible), gift swap –for those who want to swap (it ain’t required – you can attend & be eligible for the drawing without participating in the swap).  See page 3.

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THE REEL WEST  –  BOB NOLAN  (1908 – 1980)

Bob Nolan was a cowboy music songwriter, singer and Western movie actor.  Born in Canada, he came to the US as a youngster and lived in Massachusetts, southern Arizona, California and a lot of other places.  It’s obvious that Bob was a man of sound judgment:  he left both Canada and Massachusetts. During his rambling, Bob spent a lot of time in the southwestern desert country, and that experience greatly influenced the music that he wrote.

In 1929, Bob answered an ad in a Los Angles newspaper, placed by a young feller named Len Slye who was looking for a singer to join his cowboy musical group.  That group would go on to become The Sons of the Pioneers, the most significant Western musical group that ever performed.  Bob wrote 2 of the Pioneers’ signature songs and biggest hits ever;  Cool Water and

Bob Nolan

Tumbling Tumbleweeds. And he wrote lots of other songs: like Way Out There, and Rainbow In The Sky, and he co-wrote Blue Prairie and others.

When Len Slye became Roy Rogers, Bob Nolan and the Pioneers appeared in a lot of his movies.  But they were in a lot of other movies as well.  They appeared in many of Charles Starrett’s (the Durango Kid) movies. And they appeared in some of Gene Autry’s movies.  Believe it or not, they even appeared in a Western movie, Rhythm on the Range, with that rootin’ tootin’ cowboy Bing Crosby. And the Pioneers provided music in several John Ford Westerns.  Because of Bob’s prominence in the group, he had speaking roles in a number of Westerns.  In all, he appeared in 79 films.  But while he was an actor, Bob’s real prominence was as a songwriter.  Shucks, cowboy singers performing today still sing Bob’s songs.

Bob was inducted into the Western Music Hall of Fame 2 times: once as a member of The Sons of the Pioneers, and in 1994 as an individual songwriter. He died in 1980, and his ashes were scattered as his song said, Way Out There across the Nevada desert.

Cool Waters

THE WEST OF OUR IMAGINATION  – COOL WATERS

How long has Cool Waters been a cowboy shooter?  Well, just look at his SASS badge, Life # 7306.  That means he’s been shootin’ for a long time. Some of us old time Ocoee Rangers shooters 1st shot with him back in 1998, when we shot at Whitwell, TN.  He shot pretty well back then.  He still does. 

While Cool Waters is a regular Ocoee Ranger, he also shoots with the North Alabama Regulators, and serves as their Territorial Governor.  He’s also a cowboy businessman. In case you haven’t noticed, and if you haven’t your vision ain’t too good and that’s probably why you miss targets, he normally shows up at cowboy shoots with more bullets than all the rest

of us put together.  No, he doesn’t shoot’em all.  He’s Mr. Saddle Bag Bullets Company.  Look in his trailer, or on his table, and you’ll find bullets,and powder, and primers, and other stuff.  His prices are good and so is his merchandise.

But that ain’t all.  1st and foremost, ol’ Cool Waters is a nice feller and a Cowboy shooter.  He shoots fast, accurate, and he shares his knowledge about the game with others. If you know him, this ain’t news.  If you’re new to the group and haven’t met him, introduce yourself at the next shoot.

THE REAL WEST   –   LUKE SHORT   (1854 – 1893)

Luke Short was a frontier gambler, whiskey peddler to the Indians, saloonkeeper, gunman, army scout, and friend of Wyatt Earp and Bat Masterson. He also shared a common interest with Miss Kitty Russell of TV’s GUNSMOKE: at one time he owned an interest in the Long Branch Saloon in Dodge City, Kansas.

Luke was born in Mississippi in 1854, but like lots of frontier characters, he went west and then moved around a lot. In his wandering, he ran a trading post in Nebraska, gambled in Leadville, Co and Tombstone, AZ and Dodge City, KS, owned and operated saloons in Dodge City and Fort Worth, TX and was involved in several gunfights along the way.

Luke Short

In 1871, Luke was living in Forth Worth, where he had part ownership in the White Elephant Saloon.  “Long Haired” Jim Courtwright, a former lawman and pistolero, was extorting protection money from saloon owners as a way to supplement his income.  Luke, however, was not a feller to willingly part with his money in such fashion.  He might lose it with the turn of a card, but he didn’t just hand it over to someone who had a threat and a pistol.  So, Luke sent “Long Haired” Jim to the pearly gates, where he could try to extort entrance from ol’ Saint Pete.

Luke’s last gunfight occurred in 1890.  Both he and his opponent were wounded and later recovered.  But shortly thereafter, Luke became ill.  He went to Geuda Springs, KS for treatment, but he never recovered. He died in 1893.

It’s interesting to note the ages at which many notable persons of western history died:  Luke Short was 39.  So were “Wild Bill” Hickok & General George Armstrong Custer.  Doc Holiday was 35. John Wesley Harding & Ben Thompson were 42, old men in relative terms.  Jesse James was 35. King Fisher was 30. Bill Longley was 27.

Evidently, the smell of gun smoke wasn’t anymore healthy than the smell of cigarette smoke.  And the ammo manufacturers didn’t put warning labels on their products.

OCOEE RANGERS CONTACTS

Ocoee Red … (423) 476-5303  ocoeered@bellsouth.net  … Pleasant  .. (423) 476-6865  pleasant2@charter.net  ..

Deadman & Mesquite Millie  .. (770) 889-0934  jedalton@mindspring.com Horseshoe John .. (706) 866-5372  djlott@bellsouth.net  ..

Tri .. (423) 479-4450  adkissonjc@yahoo.com … Sundance .. (423) 479-8465  JSNEYMAN@aol.com THE OCOEE RANGER  Newsletter Staff:   Deadman & Mesquite Millie          Website:  Obadiah King

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SHOOT RESULTS  (continued from page 1)

Traditional 1. Cool Waters 2. Whiskey River Nelson 3. Unpleasant

Cowgirl 1. Last Kiss 2. Shootin Sue 3. Summer Dove

Modern 1. S.A. Pondwater 2. Awful Close 3. Limp Along Charlie

Senior 1. Tabasco JOT 2. Linc 3. Sheriff Donald

49er 1. Ocoee Red 2. Double Eagle 3. Festus D. Deputy

Gunfighter 1. R.I.P. Overland 2. El Carerra 3. Pyro

Black Powder 1. Catoosa Kid 2. Dead Beat

Duelist 1. Tri 2. Horseshoe John 3. Cherokee Mad Dog

Classic

1.  T-Bone Angus

Wranglers

Sheriff Donald, Summer Dove, Sunflower, Tabasco JOT, S.A. Pondwater,

Cherokee Mad Dog

OCOEE RANGERS CHRISTMAS SHOOT & FAMILY EVENT  –  DEC 18

o        4 stage shoot at the Cleveland range – regular time

o        Followed by Lunch and festivities at the Golden Corral in Cleveland …  lunch is Dutch treat

o        After lunch … presentation of 2004 Annual Awards

o        Drawing for prizes provided by sponsors (vendors & others)

o         Gift swap  … Those who choose to do so can bring an unwrapped gift, not to exceed an approximate value of $10 to $15, to put in for a drawing among participants who want to trade gifts.  It’s a fun event, but if you don’t want to participate in this part of the whing-ding, it ain’t required and won’t be noticed.

SPONSORS – 2004 CHRISTMAS SHOOT & FAMILY EVENT

o        SHOOT MAGAZINE

o        TRUE WEST MAGAZINE 

o        SADDLEBAG BULLETS CO.  (COOL WATERS) STARLINE, INC.  www.starlinebrass.com 

o        CALLICO LASSIE –Ladies Victorian and Old West Accoutrements & Accessories 

o        EAGLE GRIPS   www.eaglegrips.com

o        THE BOOTH WESTERN ART MUSEUM in Cartersville, GA  

o        HAMILTON DRY GOODS in Cookeville, TN  

o        JAXONBILT HAT COMPANY  in Salmon, Idaho 

o        TEXAS JACK’S OLD WEST OURFITTERS in Fredericksburg, TX

o        HORSESHOE JOHN

o        MESQUITE MILLIE & DEADMAN 

o       And maybe others.  It’s still early

Friendly vendors & contributors in our 2003 event were: Accurate Arms  …  www.accruatepowder.com ; Ajax Custom Grips  … www.AJAXGRIPS.com  ; Benton Shooters Supply, Benton, TN  ;  Big Nose Kate’s Saloon – Tombstone, AZ   www.bignosekate.com  ;  Booth Western Art Museum, Cartersville, GA ; Desperado Cowboy Bullets … www.cowboybullets.com ;  Eagle Grips – www.eaglegrips.com ; Hodgdon Powder  …  www.hodgdon.com  ;  Outlaw Enterprises, Inc. … 7461 E RD 260, Scott City, KS 67871  www.ridetheoutlawtrail.com ; River Junction Trade Co.  www.riverjunction.com  ;  Ruger Arms Co.   www.ruger.com  ; Saddlebag Bullets (Cool Waters) … 256-776-4909  (Cool Waters) ;  Shoot Magazine www.ShootMagazine.com  ; Starline Brass   www.starlinebrass.com  ;  True West Magazine … www.TrueWestMagazine.com

Don’t forget.  Support these great vendors who are supporting us in 2004 and those who supported us last year when you buy cowboy or cowgirl products, or when you have other people put things on your Christmas list.  They help us, so please help them.

DOES SANTA CLAUS REALLY EXIST?

“Is there really a Santa Claus?” Usually folks ask this when they’re young and just entering the age of skepticism that, unfortunately, marks them as budding adults.  Some adult folks, without pausing to think, would answer, “No.  There ain’t no Santa Claus”. But there’s more to that question, and its answer, than meets the eye.

What does it take to see Santa Claus?  Well, it takes a spirit of human kindness…. And a touch of family concern … And a sprinkle of being young-at-heart …. And the ability to see the sparkle in little kids’ eyes during the Christmas holiday season …. And the ability to enjoy holiday music and Christmas trees …. And sharing smiles, or courtesies, or gifts, or cards, or other stuff with others …. Well, you’ve got the idea.  And it takes imagination, and Cowboy & Cowgirl Shooters certainly have imagination. 

Where will you see Santa?  Well, you’ll see his helpers, dressed in their red suits all over town. You may not notice, but if you look close enough, you’ll see Santa in street clothes helping people and being good parents to children and enjoying families and friends.  After all, Santa is the spirit of Christmas kindness and giving that is within us. 

Santa Claus

Is there really a Santa Claus?  You bet your boots & spurs there is. And as long as we keep the Christmas spirit, there always will be.  We just have to look for him.  And if we really look, not just superficially with our eyes but with our hearts, we’ll see him.  Shucks, he probably wears a buckskin shirt, a 10-gallon hat, SASS and Ocoee Ranger badges and six-guns. And when he laughs, he’ll probably say, “Ho, ho, ho, pardner.”  And he might look like just about anyone … maybe even like Pleasant,  or Carolina Gem, or Shadrack Jones or Colonel Mortimer   or …………

3rd Annual Shoot-Out at Pigeon Forge Feb 24th – 26th, sponsored by the Knoxville Cowboys & Cowgirls.  For more information contact www.SMSSGazette.com or ask Tennessee Tombstone about it at our next Ocoee Rangers shoot.

Next Shoot: Shooters with 1miss in Nov. eligible for Silver Boot Drawing for prize sponsored by Terry’s Toys (T-Bone)

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Alias	CL	S-1	R-1	S-2	R-2	S-3	R-3	S-4	R-4	S-5	R-5	OS	OR	OT	Miss	CS
Cool Waters	T	40.46	2	32.96	1	36.17	1	26.73	1	45.69	8	13	1	182.01	1	4
Ocoee Red	49er	39.74	1	35.60	2	46.24	6	26.93	3	39.96	2	14	2	188.47	1	4
Tabasco JOT	Sr	41.65	4	37.92	3	38.89	2	37.94	12	39.61	1	22	3	196.01	1	4
Double Eagle	49er	46.85	8	38.94	6	46.95	9	33.20	6	41.16	4	33	4	207.10	0	5
Festus D. Deputy	49er	45.77	6	43.37	10	43.67	4	38.83	14	45.27	7	41	5	216.91	2	3
Marshal Too Tall	49er	45.12	5	37.95	4	41.39	3	45.81	26	42.48	5	43	6	212.75	0	5
Whiskey River Nelson	T	52.92	14	38.18	5	55.73	23	37.44	11	42.97	6	59	7	227.24	3	3
Unpleasant	T	63.86	31	49.10	21	45.73	5	26.89	2	40.18	3	62	8	225.76	10	1
R.I.P. Overland	GF	46.42	7	46.79	17	52.26	17	38.17	13	48.43	9	63	9	232.07	0	5
S. A. Pondwater	M	55.01	17	46.72	16	48.51	11	31.49	4	54.88	17	65	10	236.61	1	4
Tri	D	54.50	16	43.27	9	46.74	7	40.74	18	54.19	15	65	11	239.44	1	4
Horseshoe John	D	56.40	22	42.44	8	46.85	8	36.35	10	55.40	18	66	12	237.44	0	5
Red Neckerson	T	41.30	3	50.26	23	48.79	12	35.06	8	57.91	24	70	13	233.32	8	0
Awful Close	M	47.91	10	48.14	20	47.61	10	35.13	9	57.72	22	71	14	236.51	2	3
Linc	Sr	57.87	25	44.45	13	55.42	21	39.14	15	49.29	10	84	15	246.17	1	4
Slater	T	58.24	26	47.32	19	49.77	13	34.93	7	56.16	21	86	16	246.42	6	1
Cherokee Mad Dog	D	66.76	33	42.22	7	50.99	14	32.31	5	63.26	32	91	17	255.54	2	3
El Carerra	GF	47.82	9	63.59	36	59.75	30	43.55	24	50.46	11	110	18	265.17	5	3
Ranger Roger	D	57.28	24	64.35	38	51.46	16	41.41	19	52.61	13	110	19	267.11	0	5
Pyro	GF	56.38	21	52.77	24	68.23	39	39.27	16	51.26	12	112	20	267.91	14	0
Sheriff Donald	Sr	50.03	11	46.45	15	66.80	38	40.19	17	71.36	38	119	21	274.83	6	1
Limp Along Charlie	M	58.37	27	49.14	22	54.31	19	44.03	25	58.58	27	120	22	264.43	2	3
Tarheel	T	53.76	15	56.70	27	55.77	24	46.89	30	58.43	25	121	23	271.55	4	2
Catoosa Kid	BPC	55.83	20	58.44	28	56.39	26	46.47	28	56.05	20	122	24	273.18	0	5
Polecat Carl	D	59.86	28	60.78	31	56.15	25	46.80	29	54.72	16	129	25	278.31	1	4
Devil Dog	49er	69.78	37	53.33	25	51.07	15	42.47	23	61.49	30	130	26	278.14	5	2
Rev Adam Jones	Sr	57.11	23	47.20	18	60.14	31	41.64	20	74.51	42	134	27	280.60	0	5
T-Bone Angus	CL	59.97	29	59.46	29	56.62	28	51.82	37	53.46	14	137	28	281.33	3	2
TN Ted	49er	55.79	19	45.02	14	70.66	41	49.64	33	62.51	31	138	29	283.62	0	5
Honest Charlie	T	50.35	12	55.03	26	55.71	22	54.77	39	75.79	44	143	30	291.65	11	1
Tucson Tuco	D	72.71	40	71.00	44	55.12	20	41.73	22	55.85	19	145	31	296.41	8	1
Moonshine Robert	M	55.48	18	61.24	32	65.75	36	54.52	38	57.9	23	147	32	294.89	1	4
Trigger	T	61.08	30	44.42	12	53.59	18	56.38	41	89.54	55	156	33	305.01	13	1
Fast Harley	D	83.61	47	61.64	34	56.60	27	48.92	32	58.43	26	166	34	309.20	7	2
Sundance McNeyman	M	69.79	38	66.39	41	61.20	33	49.74	34	60.34	29	175	35	307.46	2	3
Widow Maker	GF	51.38	13	63.98	37	66.72	37	75.24	56	69.16	33	176	36	326.48	16	1
Deadman	T	78.07	44	60.51	30	61.23	34	47.56	31	73.68	40	179	37	321.05	0	5
TN Tombstone	GF	67.81	35	43.53	11	60.34	32	69.88	51	88.74	53	182	38	330.30	18	0
Chickmauga Clint	T	66.29	32	72.99	47	58.45	29	46.05	27	77.20	48	183	39	320.98	3	2
Purly	49er	74.23	42	61.31	33	80.23	51	41.70	21	73.44	39	186	40	330.91	12	0
Wildcat Wilkey	Sr	67.98	36	71.51	45	72.24	44	51.07	36	59.13	28	189	41	321.93	5	1
General Breckinridge	M	71.33	39	64.72	39	68.47	40	66.44	47	71.08	37	202	42	342.04	5	1
C Rider	M	73.74	41	75.14	49	72.51	45	55.49	40	70.96	35	210	43	347.84	2	3
TN Mongo	49er	85.23	51	66.21	40	64.46	35	59.70	42	76.90	45	213	44	352.50	3	3
Squire Shooter	49er	67.51	34	62.88	35	74.21	46	62.81	45	89.51	54	214	45	356.92	8	3
Tin Pot	Sr	80.05	45	67.25	42	81.80	52	66.64	48	69.45	34	221	46	365.19	6	1
Colonel Mortimer	49er	75.80	43	74.90	48	71.90	43	68.34	50	74.29	41	225	47	365.23	7	1
Last Kiss	F	87.52	52	89.87	60	71.23	42	61.94	44	71.06	36	234	48	381.62	13	0
John Daniel	CL	94.59	56	80.74	50	75.46	47	50.10	35	77.13	47	235	49	378.02	8	1
Rufus T. Sage	49er	105.31	60	83.02	53	78.35	49	60.04	43	79.34	49	254	50	406.06	4	3
Yankee Shiner	D	84.31	50	82.89	52	79.91	50	67.53	49	90.81	57	258	51	405.45	0	5
Shootin Sue	F	84.17	49	69.63	43	106.11	61	84.47	61	77.10	46	260	52	421.48	4	2
Chance	D	90.32	53	89.34	58	78.20	48	70.61	52	87.38	50	261	53	415.85	13	0
Summer Dove	F	83.94	48	87.26	57	85.04	55	84.38	60	75.53	43	263	54	416.15	9	1
Dead Beat	BPC	107.59	61	80.86	51	83.37	54	65.43	46	89.93	56	268	55	427.18	3	2
Ben Shot	Sr	80.89	46	84.00	54	102.78	60	73.50	54	113.22	61	275	56	454.39	4	3
Deadeye Daisy	F	95.64	57	72.67	46	130.64	64	73.59	55	102.50	60	282	57	475.04	9	0
Major Louis Couger	49er	100.94	58	84.68	56	82.69	53	76.53	57	96.89	59	283	58	441.73	2	3
2 Dogs Runnin	F	91.17	54	103.28	63	92.00	56	120.22	62	87.65	51	286	59	494.32	13	0
Dixie Werewolf	D	122.23	64	84.19	55	95.98	57	72.75	53	91.54	58	287	60	466.69	21	0
Deadfoot	BPC	109.25	62	89.41	59	102.26	59	83.62	59	88.35	52	291	61	472.89	5	2
Dusty Diamond Justice	49er	94.05	55	107.47	64	117.86	63	79.74	58	134.70	64	304	62	533.82	10	0
Yogo Blue	F	104.20	59	94.98	61	96.30	58	125.45	63	121.79	63	304	63	542.72	0	5
Sunflower	F	116.07	63	98.91	62	108.60	62	126.88	64	113.39	62	313	64	563.85	5	1

 

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Volume 2, Issue No. 10                                                                                                                                   October  2004

 COLORFUL LEAVES & COWGIRLS & COWBOYS HIGHLIGHT OCTOBER SHOOT October was a terrific shoot.  The weather was great, the leaves were colorful, and so were the shooters.  How so?  Well, Linc and Cool Waters, Horseshoe John and T-Bone showed up decked out in colorful shirts.  Owlhoot Hardin, not to be up staged, went back to his vehicle and came back wrapped in a colorful blanket that would have put a Navajo Indian to shame – almost. Then Dandy Diamond showed her contribution to fall’s colors: her new shootin’ irons with purple grips. Well, they looked purple to the camera feller. They worked just fine.  She placed 1st in the Cowgirl category. T-Bone added a bit of color to the props:  he constructed 2 range cowboys to spiff up the range, and they looked real good.

 How was the shootin’?  Shucks, shootin’s always great, it’s just sometimes greater than other times. 62 shooters played the game, among which were 7 cowgirls. Carolina Gem chose not to shoot as a cowgirl this time:  she shot Gunfighter to challenge Pleasant and the boys.  She came in 3rd as a Gunfighter. Pleasant was 1st.  Ocoee Red and Marshall Too Tall have been tradin’ digs lately in the shoots they attend, trading 1st place positions in the 49er category.  This time, Ocoee Red came out 1st in the category.  Linc, in addition to sportin’ new duds, won the Senior category.  Lightning McCoy and Deadfoot shot it out for 1st place in the Classic category, and Lightning won. Awful Close won the

Dandy Diamond, cowgirl shooter, shows 1 of her shootin’ irons.

Modern Category, and Horseshoe John was 1st among the Duelists.  Amongst all the smoke, it was hard to tell if there was a winner in the Black Powder group.  Dead Beat was ready to claim the honors for besting the field, but T-Bone captured that honor.  Was there any other shootin’ of consequence?  … Oh yeah.  Cruel Hand Luke was TOP GUN and winner of the Traditional group. The shootin’ results are on page 3, if you read that far.

Out on the Range  –  R.I.P. Overland’s Posse

L-R Kneeling: Long Gulch, Unpleasant, R.I.P. Overland, Pleasant, Diamondback Dennis. Standing Middle Row: Roma Jane, Carolina Gem, T-Bone’s cowboy, Bronco Ed, Dandy Diamond.  Back Row: Yukon Hootch, Baby Bull (hiding behind Carolina Gem), Loose Cinch, Pyro (hiding behind his Foster Grants … for you young cowboys & cowgirls that means sunglasses)

NEXT SHOOT – NOVEMBER 27  

Buffalo Shoot begins at 8:00  ….  Registration begins 8:15 am  …..  Tabasco JOT’s Side Match begins 8:30 am (you must register before you shoot the side match – no additional charge for side match)  –   Posse Leader’s walk through 9:30 am …..  Safety Meeting & pervious month’s awards presented 10:00 am  ….  Then we Shoot!

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3rd Annual Shoot-Out at Pigeon Forge Feb 24th – 26th, sponsored by the Knoxville Cowboys & Cowgirls.  For more information contact www.SMSSGazette.com or ask Tennessee Tombstone about it at our next Ocoee Rangers shoot.

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The Reel West – Sharon Stone

Sharon Stone began her movie career at age 22, when she played a girl on a train.  She did assorted small parts in movies, on TV, modeled, and then she got her biggest role to that time.  She played Arnold Schwarzenegger’s wife in TOTAL RECALL, a futuristic action movie.  In 1992, she took off her clothes on the screen and became a superstar in BASIC INSTINCT.  But who cares about all this stuff!  The important thing is that she became big enough to make movies with her clothes on and made enough money that in 1995, she pretended to be Clint Eastwood and produced and starred in her 1st Western movie, THE QUICK AND THE DEAD.  In that role, she was an Eastwoodish, female gunfighter, and she looked terrific in her cowgirl duds.  Like Eastwood in his UNFORGIVEN, she had Gene Hackman as the villain, and like Eastwood, she shot him at the end of the picture and then rode away.  Her character’s name was Ellen.

Sharon Stone

Rawhide Rex

The West of Our Imagination – Rawhide Rex

Rawhide Rex has been shooting since the ripe old age of …. Well, here’s how he described it.  “I bought my 1st gun in 1999. Now, I are an expert.  That’s also when I started Cowboy Shooting.” How did he choose his alias?  “I got my name from the show.”  Of course this word-scratcher asked, “Which show was that?”  Ol’ Rex looked in disbelief and said, “Rawhide. Sponge Bob Square Pants hadn’t been released yet.”  What does he shoot? “I shoot .45’s, because they don’t make .65’s.”  He shoots 2 real colts, with 7 ½ inch barrels, packed in genuine Curly Bill holsters. 

When asked if there was anything else that should be included, ol’ Rex said, “I’ve been married to the same ol’ woman for 30 years, and I’m only 37.  We were 18 and 19.  And my son is Legislative Director for the state of North Carolina.” Then, Rex posed for this picture.  He’s a cowboy who’s proud of his family, his hardware, his cowboy image and his hobby.  Simply stated, he’s a good cowboy. That’s why he’s

featured here. Cowgirls love good cowboys …. or so I’ve been told.

The Real West – Ellen Watson

Ellen Watson was born in Canada in 1861, but her family immigrated to Kansas.  Ellen’s father was a farmer, and she grew up in a family of 10 children. She was the oldest of the kids, and 10 children eat a lot.  So when she was about 16, her parents sent her off to work as a cook and housekeeper for a local banker.  Ellen became a good cook and housekeeper, a skill that was to come in handy. 

In 1879, 18 years old Ellen married William Pickell.  After they were married, she learned what many of the locals already knew about Bill Pickell:  he drank, and when he did he was mean and abusive.  About 2 years later, Ellen fled the marriage, after Bill beat her with a whip.  She worked in the area as a cook and domestic and later moved to Red Cloud, Nebraska, where she worked as a cook and domestic at the Royal Hotel. While there, she divorced Pickell.

In 1886, Ellen Watson married James Averell.  Jim was a homesteader, an appointed Postmaster and Justice of the Peace in the Sweetwater valley, WY.  Because a married couple could have only 1 homestead, they didn’t advertise the marriage, and Ellen, then

Ellen Watson

called Ella, lived about 2 miles from Jim on her 160 acre homestead which adjoined his.  Their land was in the flats and straddled and controlled a creek that watered the meadow, formerly part of the public domain, that a local rancher, Albert J. Bothwell, considered his hay meadow. Averell operated a road ranch and farmed.  At his road ranch, he had a general store, sold beer, and provided lodging to passing travelers.  He did not deal in cattle.  Ella fenced in 60 acres at her cabin, where she pastured footsore cattle that she had bought from travelers on the Oregon Trail, which passed nearby.  With calves, she had about 40 head of cattle. To help her work her place, she had taken in 2 boys whose family situations were less than favorable for raising kids:  1 was 11 and the other was 14.

On the afternoon of July 20, 1889, Albert Bothwell and 5 other ranchers went to Ella’s homestead and at gunpoint put her in a buggy, went to Averell’s homestead and repeated the process, then drove them 5 miles away and hung them from a pine tree.  The stranglers tied a rope around each of their necks and pushed them off a rock that was about a foot above ground level.  Neither their hands nor feet were tied.  There they kicked and choked until they died.

Soon, a telegram was sent to Cheyenne, where a newspaper reporter combined the lives of Ella Wilson, a 40ish year old prostitute who had been wounded in a shootout in a house of prostitution at Ft. Fetterman, and that of 28 year old Ellen Watson.  Ellen Watson was 28 years old, 5 ft. 8 in. tall and weighed about 165 lbs.  Ella Wilson was thin, short, age 40ish and a sure enough soiled dove. He created a mythical story about “Cattle Kate” Watson, prostitute and hard riding cattle rustler who cussed her lynchers with her last breath.  Other papers picked up the tale, and an innocent young woman became a notorious prostitute and cattle thief.  The legend was created, and with printing, it became widely accepted as truth.  And as the editor said in THE MAN WHO SHOT LIBERTY VALENCE, when the legend becomes truth, print the legend, and many people have printed and accepted the legend as fact.

Ellen’s father came to settle her affairs, although Bothwell had already reclaimed the land.  During his stay, he heard all the rubbish about his daughter, believed it, returned home, threw away anything that was a reminder of Ellen, and refused to allow anyone in the family to mention her for the remainder of his life.  None of his daughter’s killers were ever tried.  25 years later, the US government sued Bothwell and the person to whom he had recently sold his ranch.  It seems that in amassing “his” ranch, Bothwell had illegally fenced off 30,000 acres of the public domain and sold it to the new owner.

Ellen’s 6 murders each died millionaires.  She died abused in life and in death, guilty only of pursuing her dream to become a legal owner of western land.  This is the tragic story of Ellen Watson, who never was “Cattle Kate”.

To learn more about Ellen Watson’s story, read THE WYOMING LYNCHING OF CATTLE KATE 1889, by George W. Hufsmith.

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WRANGLERS – OCTOBER Wranglers are special people who have been recognized for showing extra initiative and spirit of the game  in helping to successfully conduct our monthly shoots.

Ben Shot	Bronco Ed		Hombre Sin Nombre	Fiddleback
TN Tombstone	No photo available Beretta Blue		No photo available Trigger	TN Bounty Hunter
SHOOT RESULTS  (continued from page 1) Top Gun  –  Cruel Hand Luke		TOP 10 SHOOTERS:  1. Cruel Hand Luke   2. Diamondback Dennis          3.  Ocoee Red  4.  Marshal Too Tall  5.  Pleasant   6. Unpleasant               7.  Double Eagle   8.  Baby Bull    9.  Whiskey River Nelson  10.  Festus D. Deputy

Traditional 1. Cruel Hand Luke 2. Diamondback Dennis 3. Whiskey River Nelson

Cowgirl 1. Dandy Diamond 2. Roma Jane 3. Last Kiss

Modern 1. Awful Close 2. Sundance McNeyman 3. Moonshine Robert

Senior 1. Linc 2. Hombre Sin Nombre 3. Sheriff Donald

49er 1. Ocoee Red 2. Marshal Too Tall 3. Double Eagle

Gunfighter 1. Pleasant 2. Unpleasant 3. Carolina Gem

Black Powder 1. T-Bone Angus 2. Catoosa Kid

Duelist 1. Horseshoe John 2. Owlhoot Hardin 3. Tucson Tuco

Classic

1.  Lightning McCoy

No Miss Match

Whiskey River Nelson … Hombre Sin Nombre … Deadman … Pleasant

OCOEE RANGERS CHRISTMAS SHOOT & FAMILY EVENT  –  DEC 18

Don’t forget, our annual Christmas shoot & family event will be held December 18th.  We’ll have a 4-stage shoot at the regular time, then go to lunch at the Golden Corral in Cleveland.  So far, gracious vendors have contributed several door/trail prizes to give away in a random drawing at the luncheon event.  Cowboys & Cowgirls who choose to do so can bring an unwrapped gift, not to exceed an approximate value of $10 to $15, to put in a bag for a cowboy drawing among participants who want to trade gifts.  It’s a fun event, but if you don’t want to participate in this part of the whing-ding, it ain’t required and won’t be noticed.

FRIENDLY VENDORS & contributors FOR OUR 2004 EVENT are: SHOOT MAGAZINE;  TRUE WEST MAGAZINE;  SADDLEBAG BULLETS CO.  (COOL WATERS);  CALLICO LASSIE –Ladies Victorian and Old West Accoutrements & Accessories;  THE BOOTH WESTERN ART MUSEUM in Cartersville, GA;   HAMILTON DRY GOODS in Cookeville, TN;   JAXONBILT HAT COMPANY  in Salmon, Idaho;  TEXAS JACK’S OLD WEST OURFITTERS in Fredericksburg, TX;  HORSESHOE JOHN;  MESQUITE MILLIE & DEADMAN  … and maybe others.  It’s still early

Friendly vendors & contributors in our 2003 event are as follows – Don’t forget them.  Accurate Arms  …  www.accruatepowder.com ; Ajax Custom Grips  … www.AJAXGRIPS.com  ; Benton Shooters Supply, Benton, TN  ;  Big Nose Kate’s Saloon – Tombstone, AZ   www.bignosekate.com  ;  Booth Western Art Museum, Cartersville, GA ; Desperado Cowboy Bullets … www.cowboybullets.com ;  Eagle Grips – www.eaglegrips.com ; Hodgdon Powder  …  www.hodgdon.com  ;  Outlaw Enterprises, Inc. … 7461 E RD 260, Scott City, KS 67871  www.ridetheoutlawtrail.com ; River Junction Trade Co.  www.riverjunction.com  ;  Ruger Arms Co.   www.ruger.com  ; Saddlebag Bullets (Cool Waters) … 256-776-4909  (Cool Waters) ;  Shoot Magazine www.ShootMagazine.com  ; Starline Brass   www.starlinebrass.com  ;  True West Magazine … www.TrueWestMagazine.com

Don’t forget.  Support these great vendors who are supporting us and those who supported us last year when you buy cowboy or cowgirl products, or when you have other people put things on your Christmas list.  They help us, so please help them.

OCOEE RANGER SHOOTERS AT ALABAMA STATE SHOOT

If Horseshoe John lived in Alabama, he’d be the Alabama CAS state champion Sr. Duelist.  He placed 1st in that category during the Alabama State Cowboy Action Shooting Shoot. Cool Waters also performed well:  he placed 15th overall and shot a match with no misses.  All totaled, 14 Knoxville – Cleveland CAS shooters participated in the Alabama State Shoot, and 15 participated in the Tennessee State Shoot. Other shooters were Pleasant, Unpleasant, Pyro, Owlhoot Hardin, Ocoee Red, Marshal Too Tall, and others that this old feller can’t remember. 

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Alias	CL	S-1	R-1	S-2	R-2	S-3	R-3	S-4	R-4	S-5	R-5	OS	OR	OT	Miss	CS
Cruel Hand Luke	T	29.47	1	35.72	5	44.16	2	27.42	3	23.25	2	13	1	160.02	2	3
Diamondback Dennis	T	37.75	8	34.88	4	39.32	1	19.86	1	19.78	1	15	2	151.59	6	2
Ocoee Red	49er	34.23	2	37.41	7	49.05	3	34.56	7	32.16	10	29	3	187.41	1	4
Marshal Too Tall	49er	35.06	3	24.68	1	55.21	8	27.40	2	38.15	18	32	4	180.50	1	4
Pleasant	GF	35.39	5	40.40	12	58.72	9	34.34	6	24.95	4	36	5	193.80	0	5
Unpleasant	GF	41.49	10	36.57	6	54.13	7	34.80	8	31.78	9	40	6	198.77	4	2
Double Eagle	49er	35.55	6	40.65	13	60.31	12	34.86	9	24.65	3	43	7	196.02	2	3
Baby Bull	49er	42.40	11	42.68	15	52.81	5	30.98	5	28.95	7	43	8	197.82	4	3
Whiskey River Nelson	T	35.11	4	38.28	8	59.99	11	43.33	14	28.73	6	43	9	205.44	0	5
Festus D. Deputy	T	37.17	7	39.45	10	58.92	10	42.11	13	33.28	12	52	10	210.93	2	3
Red Neckerson	T	44.99	17	39.90	11	62.41	13	37.69	10	25.15	5	56	11	210.14	3	3
Dandy Diamond	F	47.93	24	34.67	3	50.62	4	49.65	19	38.39	19	69	12	221.26	8	1
Horseshoe John	D	46.72	21	44.60	16	64.54	14	39.39	11	42.23	27	89	13	237.48	4	2
Long Gulch	49er	39.80	9	45.24	19	69.93	18	54.98	26	39.66	22	94	14	249.61	5	1
Owlhoot Hardin	D	46.35	20	49.73	25	75.02	25	45.87	15	32.42	11	96	15	249.39	1	4
Carolina Gem	GF	43.76	14	53.85	32	53.41	6	64.30	40	33.61	13	105	16	248.93	2	3
Fiddleback	T	60.88	43	34.24	2	69.37	16	47.84	17	42.85	28	106	17	255.18	10	1
Awful Close	M	47.28	22	40.88	14	88.20	35	58.12	31	31.11	8	110	18	265.59	5	2
TN Ted	49er	52.25	33	49.48	24	69.86	17	50.13	21	37.54	16	111	19	259.26	1	4
Linc	Sr	45.32	19	52.12	30	70.62	20	39.49	12	45.12	31	112	20	252.67	4	2
Pyro	GF	48.97	25	48.59	21	73.70	24	48.54	18	40.65	25	113	21	260.45	12	0
Beretta Blue	T	43.89	15	62.75	41	71.93	22	46.06	16	38.90	20	114	22	263.53	11	0
Tucson Tuco	D	45.20	18	48.60	22	71.99	23	57.93	29	39.81	23	115	23	263.53	1	4
Tarheel	T	44.31	16	48.96	23	92.04	40	55.23	27	36.52	15	121	24	277.06	3	3
Ricochet Richard	D	57.20	37	51.56	28	70.65	21	51.15	23	37.71	17	126	25	268.27	5	1
T-Bone Angus	BPC	43.46	13	47.21	20	82.35	32	52.22	24	53.71	42	131	26	278.95	4	2
Loose Cinch	GF	47.48	23	38.29	9	95.63	42	57.98	30	44.84	29	133	27	284.22	13	1
Lightning McCoy	CL	58.60	39	44.92	18	80.11	29	50.22	22	40.84	26	134	28	274.69	4	2
Hombre Sin Nombre	Sr	53.51	34	56.99	34	78.35	27	54.54	25	36.10	14	134	29	279.49	0	5
Ranger Roger	D	49.31	27	44.61	17	69.34	15	69.16	43	48.27	34	136	30	280.69	4	1
TN Tombstone	GF	42.78	12	61.70	40	70.39	19	64.24	39	45.06	30	140	31	284.17	6	1
Catoosa Kid	BPC	48.98	26	49.90	26	81.44	30	49.74	20	49.44	39	141	32	279.50	4	2
Ruckus Roy	T	50.11	28	52.10	29	96.24	44	61.31	38	40.58	24	163	33	300.34	1	4
RIP Overland	GF	50.74	29	57.20	35	112.08	52	59.46	34	39.26	21	171	34	318.74	8	1
Purly	49er	55.67	36	60.62	38	80.08	28	58.85	33	50.35	40	175	35	305.57	4	2
Fast Harley	D	59.11	42	71.71	47	81.96	31	56.93	28	48.36	35	183	36	318.07	7	1
Sundance McNeyman	M	51.68	31	52.67	31	84.20	34	83.27	53	49.27	38	187	37	321.09	3	3
Deadman	T	58.35	38	53.99	33	104.95	50	60.45	36	49.11	37	194	38	326.85	0	5
Yukon Hootch	D	58.62	40	61.64	39	89.26	36	60.94	37	55.16	45	197	39	325.62	2	3
Sheriff Donald	Sr	58.98	41	51.15	27	98.90	46	68.22	42	53.71	42	198	40	330.96	8	2
Squire Shooter	49er	50.99	30	67.00	43	89.90	38	73.54	47	52.19	41	199	41	333.62	9	1
Polecat Carl	D	51.95	32	71.04	46	104.79	49	58.45	32	55.79	49	208	42	342.02	5	2
Moonshine Robert	M	54.43	35	68.94	44	104.22	47	74.08	48	49.06	36	210	43	350.73	4	2
Roma Jane	F	65.10	47	60.01	37	89.99	39	87.50	56	46.03	33	212	44	348.63	6	1
Bronco Ed	D	71.45	49	63.32	42	75.27	26	70.08	45	59.32	53	215	45	339.44	10	1
Widow Maker	GF	74.10	50	70.83	45	83.69	33	60.27	35	60.23	54	217	46	349.12	19	0
Tin Pot	Sr	60.88	43	59.84	36	114.55	53	79.88	51	55.61	48	231	47	370.76	6	0
Wildcat Wilkey	Sr	76.08	53	82.43	53	114.64	54	64.50	41	45.46	32	233	48	383.11	7	2
Casino Jones	D	62.35	45	78.32	52	104.57	48	75.27	49	55.17	46	240	49	375.68	5	0
Colonel Allison	M	94.68	60	94.19	61	158.87	59	28.71	4	69.84	56	240	50	446.29	2	3
Colonel Mortimer	49er	76.39	54	74.52	48	97.04	45	69.46	44	59.12	52	243	51	376.53	11	0
TN Mongo	49er	77.51	55	89.71	56	96.17	43	77.80	50	53.93	44	248	52	395.12	5	1
Last Kiss	F	68.10	48	83.39	55	93.77	41	80.81	52	78.34	57	253	53	404.41	15	0
Deadeye Daisy	F	93.46	59	82.92	54	110.84	51	70.81	46	55.19	47	257	54	413.22	8	2
TN Bounty Hunter	T	64.19	46	74.91	50	125.59	56	93.16	57	58.98	51	260	55	416.83	8	1
Slingin Dunn	T	83.63	57	77.20	51	121.58	55	84.60	54	56.32	50	267	56	423.33	5	2
Trigger	T	79.10	56	92.75	59	89.88	37	99.34	59	80.55	58	269	57	441.62	20	1
Dead Beat	BPC	76.04	52	74.68	49	144.80	58	87.28	55	63.61	55	269	58	446.41	6	1
Ben Shot	Sr	75.71	51	91.75	58	141.59	57	96.34	58	80.77	59	283	59	486.16	5	2
Deadfoot	CL	92.07	58	90.54	57	226.57	62	140.90	62	101.93	61	300	60	652.01	2	3
Two Dogs Runnin	F	104.31	61	93.05	60	202.97	61	107.62	60	120.54	62	304	61	628.49	13	0
Yogo Blue	F	105.53	62	128.88	62	166.87	60	115.74	61	101.73	60	305	62	618.75	2	3

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Volume 2, Issue No. 9                                                                                                                                September  2004

  ROY ROGERS, KING OF THE COWBOYS, SAVES THE DAY AT SEPTEMBER SHOOT

Roy Rogers, King of the Cowboys  & Dale Evans, Queen of the West

In September, we turned the clock back and shot stages that celebrated the Reel and Real lives of Roy Rogers, Hollywood’s King of the Cowboys.  On screen, he led moral lives, was considerate of others, and was respected by other people.  That’s the same way he led his real life with his wife Dale Evans, Queen of the West.  So, we remembered Roy at our September gathering.  Folks like Whiskey River Nelson didn’t really remember him and certainly didn’t remember Gabby Hayes (Gabby appeared in 1 stage), but Owlhoot Hardin and RIP Overland and Linc and Deadeye Daisy do.  In the stages, Roy saved the day.  And Gabby blustered.  And Dale was taken captive. And … well, it was like the old movies.  Only we became the heroes. After all, we’re heroic.  Or at least most of us are.

Some of us were even philosophers.  During lunch, some cowfolk were discussing the merits, or lack of such, of eating liver.  Horseshoe John commented, “Eatin’ liver’s not really good for you.  Liver captures all the bad stuff in the body.”  Whiskey River Nelson responded. “Yeah.  It’s like eatin’ an oil filter.”  That comment followed his slander of Deadman.  Horseshoe told Whiskey that he should go to some other area shoots with him.  He said that he’d been to Wartrace, and that there were only about 10 shooters whose SASS badge number was less than 20,000.  So they couldn’t know much about shootin’. Whiskey pointed at Deadman’s badge (# 18832) and said, “That doesn’t help him.” 

Sometimes a cowperson comes along with a nifty alias that’s catchy, like Last Kiss. We had a 1st time Ocoee Ranger shooter, shooting his 2nd cowboy shootin’ match, with another nifty alias.  His cowboy name is ….. the Midnight Marauder.  When asked what he thought of the match, at the close of the day, he did what the rest of do.  He smiled real big and said, “I’m hooked. I love it.  I shot my 1st match in Knoxville, and I knew then that I was hooked.  I’ll be back.”  That sounds like a line from an Arnold Schwarzenegger movie, doesn’t it? The Midnight Marauder is a Chattanooga cowboy.  His shootin’ pardner is Gracious Gringo.

How’d the shootin’ go?  Well, Cruel Hand Luke was the Top Gun, and placed 1st in the Traditional Class.  Unpleasant came in 2nd and shot a perfect match, without missing any targets.  In total, 5 cowboys shot perfect / no miss matches:  Unpleasant, Owlhoot

Midnight Marauder

Hardin, Tri, Deadman and Hombre Sin Nombre.  Owlhoot, while shooting a perfect match, placed 1st in the Duelist class.  Tabasco JOT placed 1st in the Tabasco JOT’s Side Match and also placed 1st in the Senior class. Last Kiss was the top Cowgirl shooter. Awful Close was the top Modern shooter, joined by Marshal Too Tall as 1st place 49er, Pleasant as 1st place Gunfighter, the Catoosa Kid as 1st place Black Powder shooter and Lightning McCoy as the top Classic cowboy shooter.  The Buffalo shoot winners were Yukon Hootch, 100 yard .22 cal. and Marshal Too Tall, 100 yard center fire class.

Out on the Range  –  Another Purty Posse

Front Sitting:  Cruel Hand Luke.  Kneeling L-R:  Pyro & Unpleasant. Sitting Table:  Deadeye Daisy.  Standing L-R: Squire Shooter, Marshal Too Tall, Catoosa Kid, Sheriff Donald, Deadfoot, Awful Close, Pleasant, Bittercreek Jack.

If you look, members of this posse are showing their shooting secrets.  Cruel Hand Luke is intent and focused. Unpleasant is cool and casual.  Too Tall has his eyes closed – that’s how he shoots. The Catoosa Kid – way in the back in the red bandana – is on his toes. Pleasant is smiling in confidence.  The rest ain’t sharing their secrets. They’re poker faced, except for Deadeye Daisy. She’s smiling, but she ain’t sayin’ nothin’.

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THE REEL WEST, REAL WEST & WEST OF OUR IMAGINATION

“Cutting Back” – by Olaf Weighorst

The Reel West –

Olaf Weighorst

1899 – 1988

Olaf Weighorst was born in Denmark. When he was 19, he came to America, landing in New York. He had $1.25 in his pocket, was unable to speak English, and wanted to see what remained of the American West.  And see it, he did. Olaf joined the U.S. Cavalry and served on the

Olaf Weighorst – Western Artist

Mexican border.  When his enlistment was up, he stayed in the west, drifting around and working as a cowboy, shoeing horses, as a Boarder Patrolman and a policeman.  From his experience with horses, in and out of uniform, he became 1 of the best contemporary Western artists, ranking with Charlie Russell and Frederick Remington. (This word-scratcher thinks Olaf is much better than Remington.) Olaf spent a lifetime painting horses, cowboys and Indians. Shucks, he even appeared in and contributed greatly to 1 of John Wayne’s movies:  El Dorado, produced in 1967.

If you’ve seen El Dorado, you’ll remember that the movie comes on with a great theme song and terrific paintings of cowboys and horses in Western landscapes.  Olaf painted those pictures.  He also appeared in the movie as “the Sweed”, the gunsmith who sold James Caan his sawed-of shotgun.  If you haven’t seen El Dorado, give it a look.  And look closely at Olaf’s artwork and listen to the music.  They are the best part of the movie, even if John Wayne does dominate the action.

The West Of Our Imagination –

Sundance McNeyman

Sundance McNeyman started Cowboy Shooting about 8 years ago, 1st at Whitwell, TN with the Marauders, then with the Leadmine Gang at the Cleveland Range and now as an Ocoee Ranger.  Shooting in the Modern class, he uses both Winchester and Marlin rifles, however he says that he’s shot his Winchester ’94 most of the time.  What pistols does he shoot? “I shoot .41 cal., and .44 cal. & .45. cal.  I haven’t shot .38’s yet. I might do that, when I get old and decrepit.”

How’d he choose his alias?  He said, “Sundance was my nickname. I just added Mc in front of Neyman.”  Whatever the name and where ever the location, ol’ Sundance is a fine feller to shoot with.

Sundance McNeyman

John Johnston

The Real West – “Liver-Eating” John Johnston

1824 – 1900

John Johnston was a bigger than life, rip snortin’ character from the Wild West.  In his day, he was a mountain man, fur trapper, riverboat wood supplier, Civil War Veteran, deputy sheriff, town marshal, and warrior against the Crow nation.  If you’ve seen the movie JEREMIAH JOHNSON, you’ve seen a version of John’s life, a tame version of it.  Remember the murder of the crazy woman’s family depicted in the film?  There really was such a massacre, and ol’ John tracked down and killed the killers.  And when Crow raiders killed and scalped John’s Indian wife, he began a 20-year revenge campaign against the Crows, killing many and eating their livers.  From his war, he earned 2 nicknames:  Crow Killer and Liver Eating Johnston.

In 1864, John joined the army.  Discharged a year latter, he returned to the west. 13 years later, 1of John’s friends was killed by Indians.  Ol’ John and another feller tracked down the killers and killed them all. But ol’ John wasn’t finished.  He served as a Deputy Sheriff in Leadville,

Colorado and later was Town Marshal of Red Lodge, Montana.  Shucks, he was in his 60’s by then.

John’s health failed him in his later years, and he died in a Veteran’s Administration Hospital in 1900.  But the old man didn’t stay dead. No sir.  Warner Brothers came along in 1972, and using 2 books based on ol’ John’s life (Crow Killer by Raymond Thorp and Robert Bunker and Mountain Man by Vardis Fisher), they recruited Robert Redford, called him Jeremiah Johnson, and made a movie about ol’ John.  Of course Redford was prettier than ol’ John, but that’s usually the case with movies. The movie was a hit.  But that wasn’t the end of ol’ John. A California teacher read the books, started a class project with his students, and ultimately had ol’ John’s bones dug up and reburied at the Old Trail Town site in Cody, WY in 1974. Over 2,000 people attended the burial service.

Liver-Eating John Johnston, the Crow Killer, was sure a rambler …. in life and in death. Maybe he’ll stay put in Old Trail Town.

EDITORS: 

Ocoee Ranger Newsletter – Deadman & Mesquite Millie      Website – Obadiah King

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  WRANGLERS & SHOOT RESULTS  (continued from page 1)

Shooting Results – September

TOP GUN – Cruel Hand Luke

TOP 10 SHOOTERS:  1. Cruel Hand Luke   2.  Unpleasant    3.  Marshal Too Tall  4.  Tabasco JOT  5.  Festus D. Deputy

6.       Double Eagle  7.  Pleasant  8.  Owlhoot Hardin 

9.  Whiskey River Nelson  10.  Keystone

Traditional 1. Cruel Hand Luke 2. Unpleasant 3. Festus D. Deputy

Cowgirl 1. Last Kiss 2. Deadeye Daisy 3. Shootin’ Sue

Modern 1. Awful Close 2. Limp Along Charlie 3. Sundance McNeyman

Senior 1. Tabasco JOT 2. Sheriff Donald 3. Tennessee Hawk

49er 1. Marshal Too Tall 2. Double Eagle 3. Squire Shooter

Gunfighter 1. Pleasant 2. Keystone 3. Pyro

Black Powder 1. Catoosa Kid

Duelist 1. Owlhoot Hardin 2. Tri 3. Horseshoe John

Buffalo Shoot Yukon Hootch – .22 cal Marshal  Too Tall – Center fire

Tabasco JOT’s  Side Match Tabasco JOT

Classic 1.  Lightning McCoy 2.  Gracious Gringo

Tennessee Ted

Santa Fe

WRANGLERS September

Sunflower

Tucson Tuco

Ocoee Wranglers are special people.  They’re folks who have been recognized for showing extra initiative and spirit of the game in helping to successfully conduct our monthly shoots.  They’re people who jump in and whole-heartedly help conduct the shoot, without the Posse Leader having to ask or tell them everything to do.  In short, they’re invaluable to their posses and to the group as a whole.

Sometimes it’s hard to choose Wranglers, because there are several workers in the posse who demonstrate extra effort.  And everyone can’t be Wranglers at the same shoot.  The Wranglers are a touch above the rest of us at that particular shoot.

So, jump in and help.  Show initiative and cowboy / cowgirl spirit.  Maybe you’ll be nominated to be a Wrangler.  If you are, you’ll get a special Wrangler Recognition Certificate.  But in any event, the more you’re involved , the more you’ll enjoy the shoot.

U.S. POST OFFICE & TENNESSEE HAWK PRESENT – JOHN WAYNE STAMP

Hey, cowboy or cowgirl! Have you seen the new John Wayne stamp that Uncle Sam’s Post Office Department has issued in its Legends of Hollywood series.  It looks pretty nifty.  In it the Duke is dressed as he appeared in THE MAN WHO SHOT LIBERTY VALANCE. If you buy a page of stamps, the right side of the page has a picture of him as he appeared in THE SEARCHERS.  If you want a page, you’d better go to the post office and get 1 pretty fast.  They won’t last long.  Oh yeah.  If you say that you haven’t seen the new stamp, then look on the upper right corner of the envelope that brought you this newsletter. Tennessee Hawk provided you a John Wayne stamp.  When you see him, say “Thanks, cowboy”.

BELL STARR’S EAST TENNESSEE CONNECTION

By Big

Do you know about Belle Starr’s East Tennessee connection?  Sam Starr, her husband, was the great grandson of Caleb Starr, for whom Starr Mountain is named.  Starr Mountain is that hogback ridge that runs from the Hiwassee Gorge to Mecca Pike, between Etowah and Tellico Plains.  This link ,Lawman Jesse Cochran, tells the family’s story.  (Follow up to  Belle Starr – Real West Aug 04)

Big

3rd Annual

Shoot-Out at

Pigeon Forge

SMOKEY MOUNTAIN SHOOTISTS SOCIETY SPONSORS 3RD ANNUAL SHOOT-OUT AT PIGEON FORGE   FEB 24 – 25 & 26

The Smoky Mountain Shootists Society, our cowboy & cowgirl shootin’ friends in Knoxville, are once again sponsoring a big shoot in February 2005:  the 24th – 26th.

Several Ocoee Rangers shot in both previous shoots and really enjoyed themselves.  The February Ocoee Rangers shoot will not be held in 2005 so we won’t conflict with the Knoxville cowboys big shoot.  But the Rangers will shoot on 2 Saturdays in March.  If you’re looking for a fun shoot in February, support our pals in Knoxville and shoot in their Pigeon Forge event. 

In addition to the shoot, Pigeon Forge’s Saddle Up! Celebration also has some top quality Western performers slated to appear in concerts:  the Sons of the San Joaquin (they’re excellent), R. W. Hampton, Jim Bowman, Brenn Hill, and Joni Harms.  There will also be an indoors Vendors’ Row of Western stuff at the Music Road Convention Center.  For more information contact www.SMSSGazette.com or ask Tennessee Tombstone about it at our next Ocoee Rangers shoot.

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SHOOT RESULTS – SEPTEMBER 2004

Alias	CL	S-1	R-1	S-2	R-2	S-3	R-3	S-4	R-4	S-5	R-5	OS	OR	OT	Miss	CS	Stgs
Cruel Hand Luke	T	17.21	2	22.08	4	13.09	1	39.76	4	40.76	2	13	1	132.90	1	4	5
Unpleasant	T	14.63	1	17.99	1	14.58	2	41.07	5	64.48	24	33	2	152.75	0	5	5
Marshal Too Tall	49er	22.66	3	19.17	3	28.04	25	37.11	2	46.80	6	39	3	153.78	3	3	5
Tabasco JOT	Sr	29.75	6	25.57	12	16.99	4	35.05	1	57.60	18	41	4	164.96	3	2	5
Festus D. Deputy	T	30.38	8	26.82	15	22.90	15	41.16	6	39.18	1	45	5	160.44	1	4	5
Double Eagle	49er	34.81	13	27.00	17	19.13	7	42.61	7	48.78	11	55	6	172.33	3	4	5
Pleasant	GF	35.80	16	24.10	8	28.82	27	38.97	3	42.42	3	57	7	170.11	6	2	1
Owlhoot Hardin	D	31.64	9	32.18	27	21.42	12	52.83	17	44.94	5	70	8	183.01	0	5	5
Whiskey River Nelson	T	62.25	50	19.11	2	15.40	3	43.09	9	46.88	8	72	9	186.73	5	3	5
Keystone	GF	47.82	36	23.64	6	20.27	8	47.82	13	47.51	9	72	10	187.06	6	2	5
Tri	D	27.94	5	31.03	26	20.61	9	50.49	16	57.17	16	72	11	187.24	0	5	5
Horseshoe John	D	44.11	30	27.93	20	21.37	11	42.76	8	46.80	6	75	12	182.97	3	4	5
Linc	ES	39.15	23	27.49	19	21.53	13	48.88	14	47.90	10	79	13	184.95	2	3	5
Awful Close	M	33.73	10	25.63	13	18.04	5	66.69	41	57.06	15	84	14	201.15	3	3	5
Lightning McCoy	CL	24.67	4	29.21	22	20.97	10	58.59	25	72.44	33	94	15	205.88	2	3	5
RIP Overland	D	41.83	29	35.06	34	22.86	14	46.05	10	57.52	17	104	16	203.32	4	3	5
Pyro	GF	53.36	45	24.26	9	25.00	20	58.81	26	42.77	4	104	17	204.20	3	3	5
El Carrera	GF	51.47	42	22.85	5	28.25	26	54.13	19	51.69	12	104	18	208.39	8	2	5
Catoosa Kid	BPC	35.82	17	25.50	11	31.48	33	53.56	18	64.97	25	104	19	211.33	3	2	5
Slater	T	36.15	18	32.84	29	25.98	22	57.62	23	61.29	21	113	20	213.88	5	1	5
Limpalong Charlie	M	36.84	19	28.89	21	24.69	19	59.24	28	66.85	27	114	21	216.51	4	2	5
Blayde Hollister	T	30.32	7	26.65	14	77.06	56	59.01	27	54.95	14	118	22	247.99	5	4	5
Tarheel	T	41.24	27	29.77	23	25.20	21	59.29	29	60.33	19	119	23	215.83	3	3	5
Loose Cinch	GF	37.59	22	24.62	10	33.11	35	47.43	12	85.59	44	123	24	228.34	7	1	5
Sheriff Donald	Sr	39.92	25	23.99	7	39.69	43	55.68	22	71.38	31	128	25	230.66	7	2	5
Anvil	T	34.59	12	32.99	30	38.11	39	59.87	31	63.42	23	135	26	228.98	3	3	5
Tucson Tuco	D	44.26	31	33.38	31	39.33	42	55.50	20	54.03	13	137	27	226.50	8	1	5
Widowmaker	GF	45.25	32	37.65	35	38.45	40	46.37	11	60.60	20	138	28	228.32	11	2	5
Deadman	T	34.86	14	32.56	28	29.59	29	60.13	32	74.05	35	138	29	231.19	0	5	5
Sheriff Jack Cooley	D	39.82	24	26.95	16	30.37	30	60.17	33	74.30	36	139	30	231.61	5	2	5
TN Hawk	Sr	48.03	37	30.95	25	18.37	6	60.82	34	84.16	41	143	31	242.33	3	3	5
Sundance McNeyman	M	34.27	11	30.34	24	30.48	31	68.11	42	77.72	37	145	32	240.92	2	4	5
Ranger Roger	T	35.45	15	43.44	44	45.32	50	49.68	15	66.03	26	150	33	239.92	6	2	5
Bittercreek Jack	Sr	40.48	26	40.52	39	24.12	16	64.72	39	72.43	32	152	34	242.27	8	1	5
TN Ted	T	52.23	43	44.55	46	24.27	17	59.57	30	62.90	22	158	35	243.52	2	3	5
GeneralBreckinridge	M	49.27	38	34.38	33	28.89	28	61.57	35	70.58	30	164	36	244.69	4	3	5
Yukon Hootch	Sr	46.73	34	43.26	43	27.52	23	57.75	24	82.96	40	164	37	258.22	3	3	5
Rev Adam Jones	Sr	41.43	28	43.93	45	24.34	18	63.04	37	78.68	38	166	38	251.42	5	2	5
C Rider	M	37.51	21	40.82	40	43.00	48	63.53	38	67.78	28	175	39	252.64	4	2	5
Hombre Sin Nombre	Sr	37.29	20	33.49	32	43.73	49	66.44	40	85.54	43	184	40	266.49	0	5	5
Squire Shooter	49er	47.00	35	61.35	55	31.30	32	62.08	36	84.46	42	200	41	286.19	13	1	5
Fast Harley	D	62.93	51	39.02	36	42.03	47	55.51	21	97.17	50	205	42	296.66	12	1	5
John Daniel	T	58.75	47	46.56	47	27.88	24	69.36	43	85.94	45	206	43	288.49	9	2	5
Purly	49er	55.37	46	27.08	18	41.59	45	74.58	47	97.72	52	208	44	296.34	11	2	5
Last Kiss	F	73.65	54	40.35	38	33.46	36	82.10	48	80.94	39	215	45	310.50	9	1	5
Polecat Carl	D	52.70	44	39.56	37	40.31	44	70.20	44	95.45	49	218	46	298.22	7	1	5
TN Jake	Sr	49.72	40	49.19	50	39.01	41	71.59	45	93.06	47	223	47	302.57	7	2	5
Deadeye Daisy	F	67.18	53	40.85	41	80.35	57	71.82	46	73.36	34	231	48	333.56	11	1	5
Wildcat Wilkey	Sr	46.13	33	42.33	42	41.76	46	999.99	57	110.11	53	231	49	1240.3	8	1	5
Gracious Gringo	CL	59.20	48	59.02	54	34.53	37	96.77	54	87.56	46	239	50	337.08	17	1	5
Colonel Mortimer	49er	77.06	56	58.88	53	33.06	34	83.55	49	93.06	47	239	51	345.61	14	1	5
Shootin’ Sue	F	59.50	49	46.89	48	36.35	38	93.87	53	113.23	56	244	52	349.84	4	2	5
Deadfoot	CL	49.36	39	47.64	49	53.22	52	87.43	51	111.89	55	246	53	349.54	5	2	5
Dead Beat	BPC	50.59	41	58.43	52	71.02	55	83.98	50	111.88	54	252	54	375.90	9	1	5
Midnight Marauder	T	96.87	57	80.73	57	63.33	54	125.00	56	70.16	29	253	55	436.09	25	1	5
Tin Pot	T	74.82	55	56.12	51	45.75	51	91.83	52	97.46	51	260	56	365.98	14	1	5
Sunflower	F	63.55	52	62.09	56	56.21	53	99.22	55	115.96	57	273	57	397.03	7	2	5

T –  Traditional                                                                                          D – Duelist                                             49er – 49er M –  Modern  (adjustable pistol sights)                                                     F – Cowgirl Sr – Senior   (age 60 and above)                                                             BPC – Black Powder Cartridge             GF – Gunfighter ES – Elder Statesman  (age 70 and above)                                           

CL – Classic  (shoot duelist, costume requirements, traditional pistols caliber .44 & above, double shotgun external hammers, rifle no          Later model  than 1873)                                                                                        

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Volume 2, Issue No. 8                                                                                                                                      August  2004

  THE QUICK, THE ACCURATE AND THE CHEERFUL! 

the Quick

Diamondback Dennis

August  – the month for shooters. And we had 64 of ‘em.  We had the quick, the accurate, and the cheerful.  What separates these kinds of shooters? Well, some shoot very fast and win.  Some shoot, not so fast, but the targets take a pounding from them, and some really enjoy playing the cowboy & cowgirl shooting game. Jaybird Daniel returned from …. Well, he must have fenced himself into some place, but he returned and placed 14th after not shooting for about a year. Tinker Chapley’s brother, Passing Through, was passing through and came out and played the game with ol’ Tinker. Summer Dove and Tucson Tuco were both sporting new sombreros and both looked nifty.  Unfortunately, Shadrack Jones is back in the hospital and couldn’t come and play with us.  We wish him a speedy recovery.

the Accurate

Hombre Sin Nombre

Competition is part of the cowboy shooting game, and some of us are more competitive than others.  For example, in the last year or so, both Ocoee Red and Marshal Too Tall have really improved their shooting.  Ocoee Red was overheard talking about a call he received from Too Tall a week or so ago.  Both had shot with the Knoxville cowboys on their home range, and Too Tall beat Ocoee Red.  When he got home, he called Red and said that maybe he (Red) was getting old & should give up cowboy shooting and take up shuffleboard.  That’s vicious. 

On the positive side, Cool Waters  (Saddle Bag Bullets) was very generous and donated 4 boxes of his bullets as door prizes, and 3 lucky cowboys and 1 lucky cowgirl went home with some first class shootin’ fodder for their guns.  Thanks, Cool Waters.

August’s Wranglers were Sheriff Jack Cooley, Tennessee Tombstone, Last Kiss, Red Neckerson, Purly, Moonshine Robert and the Rev. Adam Jones.  The Rev shot his 2nd consecutive match without a miss. He was joined in the perfect match crowd by Cruel Hand Luke, Hombre Sin Nombre, T-Bone Angus, R.I.P. Overland, and Owlhoot Hardin. 

Tabasco JOT conducted his pre-shoot side event, which Diamondback Dennis won.  Marshal Too Tall conducted the Buffalo shoot.  Tri placed 1st in the .22 cal. class and Pleasant placed

the Cheerful

Dead Beat

1st in the long range class.

How’d the match shooting go?  Well, Diamondback Dennis narrowly edged out Cruel Hand Luke as Top Gun.  Festus placed in the Top 10 shooters for the 1st time, placing 8th. Of course he cheated to achieve this accomplishment.  He has changed his alias, and he shot under a new name, Festus D. Deputy. (He used to be Festus Dirt Dobber.) And Bittercreek Jack and Tennessee Jake shot in a new class for the 1st time in August: they joined the seniors.

Out on the Range  –  The Neon Kid & The Senora

L – R: the Rev. Adam Jones, Summer Dove, Horseshoe John, Rawhide Rex, Whiskey River Nelson & Mesquite Millie.

IMAGINE …. You’re a cowboy target.  1 Friday each month, Linc comes to your bedroom, scrapes away the spider webs, chases away the wasps, and wakes you up.  Then he grabs you by the hat, takes you outside, sticks a bolt through your head, and hangs you up in the sun.  Later, Horseshoe John comes along, jiggles you a little, moves you a few inches, and then they all go away.  It gets boring, so you do what you do best; sleep. 

Next morning, a lot of noise wakes you up. You hear someone yell something about Tabasco JOT doing something to his side and striking a match?  Then, it gets quite again, and you doze off for another little nap.  Suddenly, something whams you in the chest.  You wake up and see a wildly dressed human woman in a big hat pointing something at you. Standing beside her, with a wild shirt and a big grin and a bigger hat is a little feller, not much bigger that you, saying, “Shoot the 1 on the left 1st.” Then wham something hits you again. Some old feller in a white shirt with a cross around his neck says, “This is fun.”  But you’re thinking, “Come down here and see how much fun it is”.  Well, maybe that ain’t what a target thinks. Maybe he has fun too.

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The Reel West, The Real West & The West Of Our Imagination

The Reel West  – Marie Windsor

Marie Windsor was a gal of the west.  Born in Utah, she studied drama at Brigham Young University and became Miss Utah, before leaving home to go to Hollywood to “become a star”.  During her career, she was in 75 feature films, more than 100 TV appearances, and appeared on stage, on and off Broadway, in about 2-dozen stage shows.  But who cares about that.  The question is, did she make Westerns?  And the answer is:  you bet your boots she did.

Marie appeared in movies with Wild Bill Elliott (Shadrack Jones’ hero – Elliott sometimes played Shadrack Jones.), Forest Tucker, James Garner, and a host of other Reel West cowboys, including John Wayne.  Some of her film credits include Support Your Local Gunfighter, with Garner, Hellfire and Showdown, with Elliott, and Cahill: US Marshall, with John Wayne. (A cowboy doesn’t abbreviate John Wayne’s name.)  Marie also appeared a number of times on the original Maverick TV series with Garner, and appeared on many other shows as well.

Marie Windsor

In whatever roles she played, Marie usually played tough gals who could defend themselves or even prey on others. Playing good gals and western cowgirl bandits like Doll Brown and Belle Starr, she wore dresses and pants with belted six-guns.  And she looked much better than the real Belle Starr in dresses or pants, on or off a horse.

Marie joined the cowboy & cowgirl posse in the sky in 2000.  She was 78.

Hoppalong Cassidy

The West of our imagination  ….  Sunflower

Sunflower.  Has a ring to it, doesn’t it?  Well, this cowgirl thought so.  When selecting her alias, she chose something that she’d always liked.  She liked sunflowers so much that she covered her kitchen with them.  But that’s just part of her story.  She learned to shoot from her dad, as a teenager. The old gentleman must have predicted her future, because the 1st gun he taught her to shoot was a pistol.  Then later, when she and her other (not better) half,

C. Rider got hitched, he bought her a .38.  And when she started cowgirl shooting, what did she choose to shoot?  Yeah, .38’s. 

Sunflower

Turning back the pages of history, Sunflower’s mom says that when she was a little girl, she asked for a “cowboy suit” for Christmas one year.  Christmas morning arrived, and she had a …. “cowgirl suit”.  And she was really disappointed.  But shucks, she grew up to be a very nifty cowgirl.  She always liked cowboys.  That’s why she wanted the “cowboy” duds.  Who was her cowboy hero?  It was ….  Hoppalong Cassidy.  Ole Hoppy was a hero to lots of little cowboys and cowgirls.

Belle Starr

The Real west  … Belle Starr

Her name was Myra Maybelle Shirley, and although she was neither attractive to look at nor did she accomplish anything notable, she became a mythic character of the Wild West.  People who watch Western movies still sometimes hear her name. She is known by her  married name …. well, 1 of her several married names.  Myra became known as Belle Starr, Bandit Queen of the Oklahoma Territory.

During her lifetime, she was prosecuted several times as a horse thief, although convicted only once.  And she was wife to and companion of horse thieves and robbers, although there is no proof that she was ever a robber.  And she had her picture made with Blue Duck, a notorious badman, when he was in the custody of the law and pending trial.  That was their only contact, but from that photo sprang another yarn that she was ol’ Blue Duck’s mistress.

There were a lot of stories told about Myra, stories that appeared so spectacular that folks

accepted them as true, especially after the pulp fiction writers made her famous as a bandit queen.  Shucks, the most notable photo of her shows her mounted on her horse and wearing a big S&W pistol. And to top it off, she was shot down from ambush on the road when riding home on horseback.  The killer was never identified or apprehended, and that mystery further fuelled the myth. So, all the ingredients were there for a legendary tale.  And in the telling, her outlaw deeds grew to rival those of Jesse James.  She became beautiful to look at.  And her daughter became the illegitimate daughter of Cole Younger, not just 1 of Myra’s worthless husbands.

Myra, oops, make that Belle Starr, has been portrayed in Western movies by Jane Russell, Marie Windsor, Jean Tierney, and several other reel west cowgirls.  And they all had 1 thing in common:  they all were much better looking than Myra was.  But what the heck.  The nature of myth is to inspire and entertain and to celebrate our history, because after all, history is myth that we accept as fact.  And what’s wrong with making that impressive, especially in our world of make believe cowboys & cowgirls.

EDITORS:

       Newsletter – Deadman & Mesquite Millie        Website – Obadiah King

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  WRANGLERS & SHOOT RESULTS  (continued from page 1)

Sheriff Jack Cooley	TN Tombstone		Last Kiss		Purly	Rev Adam Jones
Moonshine Robert		Red Neckerson		Shooting results – August TOP GUN – Diamondback Dennis TOP 10 SHOOTERS:  1.  Diamondback Dennis 2.       Cruel Hand Luke    3.  Marshal Too Tall    4.  Carolina Gem 5.       Dustin Clays    6.  Baby Bull 7.  Ocoee Red    8.  Festus D. Deputy    9.  Whiskey River Nelson 10.  Keystone

Traditional 1. Diamondback Dennis 2. Cruel Hand Luke 3. Festus D. Deputy

Cowgirl 1. Carolina Gem 2. Summer Dove 3. Deadeye Daisy

Modern 1. Limp Along Charlie 2. Awful Close 3. Rev Adam Jones

Senior 1. Dustin Clays 2. Sheriff Donald 3. Tennessee Jake

49er 1. Marshal Too Tall 2. Baby Bull 3. Ocoee Red

Gunfighter 1. Keystone 2. Pleasant 3. El Carrera

Black Powder 1. T-Bone Angus 2.  Coffee Joe

Duelist 1. RIP Overland 2. Ranger Roger 3. Owlhoot Hardin

Buffalo Shoot .22 cal – Tri Long Range – Pleasant

Tabasco JOT’s Side Match Diamondback Dennis

Classic 1.  Cherokee Mad Dog

THANKS TO:  Link and Tucson Tuco for setting up the range.  When Horseshoe arrived, he only had to do final target adjustment. T-Bone (writing scenarios), Tabasco JOT (conducting pre-shoot side match), Marshal Too Tall (conducting Buffalo Shoot) & everyone who attended.

TUCSON TUCO’S POSSE Kneeling L – R: Ocoee Red, Jaybird Daniel, Tarheel   Standing Front Row  L – R: Baby Bull, Carolina Gem, Tucson Tuco, Purly   Standing Back Row L – R: Linc, Sheriff Jack Cooley, Limp Along Charlie, Diamondback Dennis, Coffee Joe.

Why is this posse featured? Well, when the photographer was prowling around, Tuco said, “Hey! Do you want a picture of a good lookin’ posse?”  So, here you have it:  TUCO’S PRETTY POSSE.

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Alias	CL	S-1	R-1	S-2	R-2	S-3	R-3	S-4	R-4	S-5	R-5	OS	OR	OT	Miss	CS	Stgs
Diamondback Dennis	T	28.75	3	26.10	1	30.05	6	24.33	1	28.11	3	14	1	137.34	3	3	5
Cruel Hand Luke	T	32.53	7	26.67	2	24.58	1	31.80	4	24.89	1	15	2	140.47	0	5	5
Marshal Too Tall	49er	26.60	2	28.96	4	25.14	2	29.71	3	35.08	6	17	3	145.49	1	4	5
Carolina Gem	F	25.70	1	31.54	5	28.08	3	33.10	6	37.50	9	24	4	155.92	1	4	5
Dustin Clays	Sr	47.89	29	26.79	3	28.90	4	27.44	2	27.29	2	40	5	158.31	2	3	5
Baby Bull	49er	31.23	4	46.53	22	29.76	5	36.98	8	29.22	4	43	6	173.72	2	3	5
Ocoee Red	49er	32.05	6	40.58	13	36.93	13	32.99	5	38.54	11	48	7	181.09	6	1	5
Festus D. Deputy	T	39.73	14	34.73	7	37.09	14	35.13	7	37.75	10	52	8	184.43	2	3	5
Whiskey River Nelson	T	50.64	34	35.42	8	36.62	11	40.79	10	32.84	5	68	9	196.31	2	3	5
Keystone	GF	39.37	13	34.64	6	38.12	15	45.36	15	47.44	33	82	10	204.93	4	1	5
Pleasant	GF	34.49	10	44.09	17	45.09	25	48.65	22	37.25	8	82	11	209.57	3	2	5
El Carrera	GF	41.28	17	49.52	29	34.07	7	47.39	20	39.28	13	86	12	211.54	5	1	5
Jaybird Daniel	49er	33.91	8	67.67	52	34.21	8	44.99	14	35.32	7	89	13	216.10	6	3	5
Lightning McCoy	49er	42.43	23	39.22	10	35.07	9	52.64	30	42.86	23	95	14	212.22	2	3	5
Limp Along Charlie	M	41.48	18	44.80	18	42.43	22	46.79	19	40.50	18	95	15	216.00	2	3	5
R.I.P. Overland	D	38.07	12	52.98	38	40.86	19	44.57	13	39.33	14	96	16	215.81	0	5	5
Ranger Roger	D	40.96	16	39.78	11	39.51	17	59.93	36	39.97	16	96	17	220.15	3	3	5
Owlhoot Hardin	D	43.62	25	45.70	19	36.52	10	51.23	28	41.05	19	101	18	218.12	0	5	5
T-Bone Angus	BPC	41.93	21	40.02	12	52.43	35	50.52	25	40.34	17	110	19	225.24	0	5	5
Tri	D	34.30	9	49.50	28	45.46	26	41.98	11	49.13	38	112	20	220.37	1	4	5
Horseshoe John	D	58.65	44	47.58	23	36.87	12	51.96	29	38.89	12	120	21	233.95	5	3	5
Rawhide Rex	D	41.92	20	42.44	14	40.17	18	37.62	9	999.99	64	125	22	1162.1	4	2	5
Cherokee Mad Dog	CL	49.51	32	39.08	9	49.75	32	45.65	17	48.87	37	127	23	232.86	7	1	5
Red Neckerson	T	40.10	15	50.92	33	38.92	16	59.34	35	46.31	30	129	24	235.59	7	1	5
Tarheel	T	31.51	5	46.12	20	52.43	35	66.88	46	43.18	24	130	25	240.12	5	1	5
Devil Dog	49er	53.41	39	51.55	37	42.37	21	45.40	16	46.57	31	144	26	239.30	9	1	5
Deadman	T	59.97	45	43.43	16	53.90	40	47.91	21	43.99	27	149	27	249.2	2	3	5
Tucson Tuco	D	49.92	33	48.56	25	44.20	24	67.53	47	42.56	22	151	28	252.77	6	1	5
Tellico	T	53.10	37	50.26	30	45.47	27	50.93	27	46.78	32	153	29	246.54	3	2	5
TN Tombstone	D	37.91	11	48.26	24	64.19	51	46.35	18	62.60	52	156	30	259.31	14	0	5
Awful Close	M	44.23	26	72.04	55	65.17	53	43.07	12	39.35	15	161	31	263.86	7	3	5
Bronco Ed	T	44.59	27	43.41	15	53.05	38	68.72	49	48.09	35	164	32	257.86	5	2	5
Sheriff Donald	Sr	42.12	22	53.11	39	57.59	44	65.36	41	41.11	20	166	33	259.29	7	1	5
Sheriff Jack Cooley	D	61.62	48	59.92	46	45.85	28	52.86	32	41.97	21	175	34	262.22	3	2	5
Badlands Beck	CL	43.26	24	51.51	36	61.09	47	65.01	40	44.07	28	175	35	264.94	6	3	5
Saw Bones	D	46.81	28	54.58	43	50.34	33	62.29	37	48.37	36	177	36	262.39	3	2	5
Rev Adam Jones	M	63.52	49	50.63	32	52.89	37	64.94	38	43.37	25	181	37	275.35	0	5	5
Moonshine Robert	M	60.21	46	49.27	26	55.02	42	65.77	42	43.77	26	182	38	274.04	5	2	5
Ricochet Richard	D	53.21	38	50.54	31	63.58	50	48.86	23	55.15	42	184	39	271.34	10	1	5
Purly	49er	48.96	30	60.01	47	69.24	54	52.66	31	44.61	29	191	40	275.48	0	8	1
TN Ted	49er	55.86	41	63.59	51	53.56	39	50.91	26	50.10	39	196	41	274.02	4	2	5
Slater	T	53.56	40	53.18	40	48.24	30	73.10	53	55.89	43	206	42	283.97	11	0	5
Anvil	T	49.02	31	46.12	20	77.29	58	66.06	43	66.62	55	207	43	305.11	1	4	5
TN Jake	Sr	60.52	47	49.37	27	57.99	45	67.86	48	51.61	41	208	44	287.35	1	4	5
Grey Rider	T	52.79	36	51.03	34	59.26	46	82.94	58	50.12	40	214	45	296.14	7	1	5
Hombre Sin Nombre	Sr	57.45	42	51.13	35	55.01	41	69.82	50	58.10	47	215	46	291.51	0	5	5
Widowmaker	GF	57.89	43	60.21	48	43.29	23	66.42	45	67.31	56	215	47	295.12	7	1	5
Tinker Chapley	D	63.95	51	74.48	58	50.89	34	49.33	24	59.89	50	217	48	298.54	10	1	5
Bittercreek Jack	Sr	52.02	35	61.00	49	49.46	31	78.90	56	57.40	46	217	49	298.78	8	1	5
Sundance McNeyman	M	41.60	19	54.80	44	64.68	52	66.10	44	75.50	59	218	50	302.68	9	2	5
Fast Harley	D	90.69	60	61.41	50	45.97	29	59.07	34	58.58	49	222	51	315.72	17	0	5
Coffee Joe	BPC	69.89	54	56.12	45	61.58	48	70.19	51	47.44	33	231	52	305.22	5	1	5
Squire Shooter	49er	83.83	57	54.31	42	76.55	57	56.73	33	56.28	45	234	53	327.70	9	2	5
Linc	D	82.34	56	73.59	57	41.29	20	82.75	57	56.27	44	234	54	336.24	11	0	5
Badhand Callahan	D	65.75	52	53.86	41	62.02	49	73.21	54	58.33	48	244	55	313.17	7	1	5
Colonel Mortimer	49er	75.08	55	68.54	53	56.23	43	70.83	52	69.83	58	261	56	340.51	13	1	5
Summer Dove	F	63.75	50	81.62	60	81.39	60	64.98	39	66.57	54	263	57	358.31	11	1	5
Dead Beat	BPC	96.80	62	72.84	56	75.75	56	83.12	59	61.13	51	284	58	389.64	9	1	5
Deadeye Daisy	F	88.68	59	75.42	59	84.83	62	78.30	55	75.66	60	295	59	402.89	13	0	5
Passing Through	M	67.50	53	84.50	62	80.72	59	85.64	60	92.01	62	296	60	410.37	1	4	5
Last Kiss	F	111.74	63	87.14	63	74.68	55	106.58	63	64.41	53	297	61	444.55	23	0	5
Ben Shot	Sr	84.23	58	83.77	61	94.69	63	92.14	61	69.63	57	300	62	424.46	10	0	5
Two Dogs Runin’	F	125.05	64	71.24	54	83.61	61	102.51	62	81.25	61	302	63	463.66	14	1	5
Yogo Blue	F	95.50	61	88.82	64	162.10	64	167.21	64	109.60	63	316	64	623.23	3	3	5