THE OLD WEST WAS THE BEGINING OF IT ALL,CATTLE BARONS,LONG AND DIRTY CATTLE DRIVES,OWNERSHIP OF LARGE AMOUNTS OF LAND WHERE CATTLE AND HORSES ALIKE GRAZED FREELY.  LOSS OF LIFE AT AN EARLY AGE. BATTLES WITH INDIANS OVER US TAKING THERE LAND,OUR ANCESTORS UNFAIR TREATY PRACTICES WHICH LEAD TO MANY WARS.

THE WEST WAS MADE UP OF ENGLISH,IRISH,SWEDISH, AND AMERICANS. ALL OF WHOM WANTED A PEICE OF THIS VAST LAND, TO BUILD HOMES AND MAKE THEIR FOURTUNES. NOT WERE LUCKY, MANY WOULD FAIL AND OTHERS WOULD DO WELL. AND NOT ALWAYS BY THE JUST AND RIGHTFUL WAY. BUT IT WAS THROUGH THEIR BLOOD, SWEAT AND TEARS THAT WE HAVE THE WEST OF YESTERDAY TO REMEMBER TODAY.

THE RISE OF FAMOUS OUTLAWS AND LAWMEN THE SUCH OF BILLY THE KID,JESSE JAMES,THE DALTON GANG.LAWMEN LIKE WYATT EARP,THE PINKERTONS,BAT MASTERSON,VIRGIL EARP.

OUT OF ALL OF THIS COMES THE LOVE OF THE WEST AND ALL THAT GOES WITH IT. THE WAY OF LIFE,THE FREEDOM TO RIDE IN WIDE OPEN SPACES,OWNING HUGE ACRES OF LAND FOR AS FAR AS ONE COULD SEE. FREE GRAZING NO BARBED WIRE FENCING.

WE NEED TO KEEP OUR HERITAGE ALIVE AND WELL, BECAUSE LITTLE BY LITTLE IT WILL DISAPPEAR. 

                                       

           OLD WEST OF YESTERDAY  

                                                        

  

                   GROUP OF TEXAS RANGERS          

                                  

                                           

 

 

 

 

 

                            

                   FAMOUS ACES AND EIGHTS                                                                                                                                                                                      

                      

                                                                                                     NEVADA COWBOY

                                                                                                

 

 

                                                                              

                                                        DODGE CITY KANSAS AND THE FAMOUS LONG BRANCH SALOON

 

 

                                                                                                                          

                                                                                                       BIRD CAGE SALOON

 

 

 

 

                                                                                                                        

                                                                                    DEADWOOD STAGE COACH

                                                                                                     

 

                                                                               COWBOYS TAKING A BREAK ON A CATTLE DRIVE

 

                                                                                                                                  

                                                              CATTLE DRIVES WERE DANGEROUS  HARD AND DIRTY WORK

 

                                                                                                                    

                                                                                   BRANDING OUT ON THE WYOMING RANGE

 

                                                                                                                         

                                                                              GETTING READY FOR THE DRIVE WYOMING

 

                                                                                                                         

                                                                               ROUND UP BUFFALO WYOMING

 

                                                                                                                                                                              

                                                                         ROUND UP CREW GETTING READY FOR THE BIG DRIVE

 

 

                                                                                                                

                                                                                     DODGE CITY  KANSAS 1882

 

                                                                                                                    

                                                                                          TOMBSTONE ARIZON 1884

 

 

                                                                                                            

                                                                                                CHEYENNE WYO. CATTLE DRIVE

 

 

 

 

                                                                                            

 

                                                             GROUP OF COWBOYS GATHERED FOR A MOMENTO PHOTO

 

                                             

                                                                                                              

                                                                                      HERD OF WILD BUFFALO

 

                                                                                                            

                       WHAT WOULD THE WEST HAVE BEEN WITHOUT IT'S BROTHELS THIS ONE IN MESCAL  ARIZONA

 

 

 

                                                                                                                     

                                                                               OLD  WEST RANCH HOUSE AND FAMILY

 

                                                                                                                                                                                       BELLY UP TO THE BAR BOYS TASCOSA TEXAS

 

                                                                                                                               

                                                      NOT JUST THE MEN RODE AND WORE A SIX GUN THIS A REAL COWGIRL

 

                                                                                                               

                                                                                      RAISIN TEXAS THE SCHNIEDER FAMILY

 

                                                                                                                   

                                                                 LAKOTA INDIANS WINTER CAMP IN  SOUTH DAKOTA 1891

 

                                                                                                                     

                                                                                            FORT LARAMIE WYOMING

 

                                                                                                                     

                                   EMMA BALDWIN DAUGHTER OF CAPT. THEODORE BALDWIN WITH HER HORSE

                                                                                                             

                                                                                INSIDE THE FAMOUS LONG BRANCH SALOON                                                             

                                                                                                               

                                                                                                                          

                                                                           GERANIMO  FAR RIGH   AND SOME OD HIS BRAVES

                                                                                                                

                                                                            LAKOTA CAMP SOUTH DAKOTA FALL OF 1891

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    

                                                                                                      1890 COWBOY                       

                                                

 CATHAY WILLIAMS FIRST FEMALE BUFFALO SOLDIER,SHE CHANGED HER NAME TO WILLIAM CATHAY  AND BEING THAT THERE WAS NO PHYSICAL EXAM BACK THEN SHE  WAS  ABLE TO GET IN WITHOUT DETECTION.

 

 

 

 

 

 

                   

                                                                                                                          

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

                                                                                                                                               

                                               GRUARDSMAN OF THE PALINS