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Judging by the saddle style, this unidentified cowboy
was working in the late 1870s or 1880s. In his holster, he carries a
Colt model 1873 single action revolver with hard rubber grips, and he
has looped his left arm around a Winchester model 1873 carbine in a
saddle scabbard. On the back of this photo is the light pencil
inscription "Indian fighter."
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Snow Tunnel ~ On the Ouray and Silverton
Toll Rd ~ Colorado ~ 1888.
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1899 Concord, Michigan "Buggy & Wagon Shop"
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Thankful someone took the time to photograph this type of beauty - April
1937. Buttermilk Junction, Martin County, IN.
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1887 - West Center Street, Anaheim, California. Now we have Disneyland
here!
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Guns, Banjos, and Mules at the Livery stable in East Tennessee around
1890.
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In 1906, a massive magnitude 7.9 earthquake ruptured the
entire San Andreas Fault in Northern California. That is a huge running
crack in the ground. Now they are building houses right on the line as
fast as the material can be delivered. Hmmm...
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This is what real cowboys looked like in 1887. Not as fancy as on TV,
eh!
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Some of the toughest, bravest people we know of. They gave it their all
to go west and start a new life. This wagon train is in eastern Colorado
in 1880.
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This 'moose team' belonged to W.R. (Billy-Buffalo Bill)
Day. They were found as new-borns by a metis near Baptiste Lake in 1910
and were reared by bottle and broken to drive by Mr. Day at Athabasca
Landing during the winter of 1910. Mr. Day and the moose team hauled
mail and supplies.
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In the American Civil War, soldiers were required to
have at least four opposing front teeth, so that they could open a
gunpowder pouch. Some draftees had their front teeth removed to avoid
service. In our day they just jumped the border into Canada.
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Here we have a tired old prospector during the Klondike Gold Rush.
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Lulu Parr -- Her skill with the gun caught the
attention of Pawnee Bill, who signed her to his show in 1903. She left
that show but came back in 1911. By that time, Pawnee Bill had joined
Buffalo Bill's show. Buffalo Bill was so in awe of Lulu's willingness to
ride unbroken ponies that he presented her with an ivory-handled Colt
single-action revolver, engraved with "Buffalo Bill Cody to Lulu
Parr~1911" KIND OF PARR FOR THE COARSE??
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View from the driver's seat of a 40 mule team. These
rigs were used to haul Borax out of Boron, CA and then loaded onto
railroads for manufacturing. All this so you could do the laundry! Holy
smokes, that's a lot of horses!
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Hoops had to be removed before taking your seat in a carriage and then
they were hooked onto the back of the carriage.
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Omaha Board of Trade in Mountains near Deadwood, SD
April 26, 1889. It was created in 1889 by Grabill, John C. H.,
photographer. The picture presents procession of stagecoaches loaded
with passengers coming down a mountain road.
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This is a stunning photograph from 1862. The image shows a horse-drawn
Civil War ambulance crew removing the wounded from a battlefield.
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