Californiaman Posted May 22, 2010 Share Posted May 22, 2010 and there were two huge cow bells tied to the door. Thought right away 'bout my old friend KSG_Standard. How you been mon? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Murph Posted May 22, 2010 Share Posted May 22, 2010 The man from South Texas. I miss him too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Californiaman Posted May 22, 2010 Author Share Posted May 22, 2010 The man from South Texas. I miss him too. He was here. I saw him. Before I could finish the post, he was gone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
milod Posted May 22, 2010 Share Posted May 22, 2010 Hmmmmm..... Dunno... But I just got done processing some high school rodeo pix... The bull "cowbells" were attached to bulls. The boys sometimes were - and sometimes weren't. <grin> The girl who's the local high school graduating class "student body president," btw, has a nice rodeo scholarship in Oklahoma for rodeoing. She's also a letter winner in basketball and way more than half cute. Four-time world champion bareback bronc rider Marvin Garrett's "little girl" also graduated from high school today. Sheesh. I tease her that I'm old 'nuff to be her grandpa. Problem is that I'm right. Her dad and older brother Weston both are guitar pickers as well as good hands at anything needing done. Hmmmm. Maybe KSG is watching rodeo... <chuckle> m Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tazzboy Posted May 22, 2010 Share Posted May 22, 2010 He post over at My Les Paul Forum. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Californiaman Posted May 22, 2010 Author Share Posted May 22, 2010 Hmmmmm..... Dunno... But I just got done processing some high school rodeo pix... The bull "cowbells" were attached to bulls. The boys sometimes were - and sometimes weren't. <grin> The girl who's the local high school graduating class "student body president' date='" btw, has a nice rodeo scholarship in Oklahoma for rodeoing. She's also a letter winner in basketball and way more than half cute. Four-time world champion bareback bronc rider Marvin Garrett's "little girl" also graduated from high school today. Sheesh. I tease her that I'm old 'nuff to be her grandpa. Problem is that I'm right. Her dad and older brother Weston both are guitar pickers as well as good hands at anything needing done. Hmmmm. Maybe KSG is watching rodeo... <chuckle> m [/quote'] Milod, some of the last stories I did for the Santa Maria Times and The Adobe Press were high school rodeo stories, that and the county fair. We've got real cowboys and cowgirls here on the Central Coast of California. Some good ropers and riders. You might of heard of some of them. State champions too. Traveling to the Nationals is always hard when you have to go from California to the Dakotas or where ever they were. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KSG_Standard Posted May 22, 2010 Share Posted May 22, 2010 What's up guys? I hope that y'all are doing well. I lurk sometimes, but lately I haven't been able to as the lounge is invisible unless you're logged in...that's new? I logged in earlier, but we had a storm and the power went out for a while. <--- This cowbell will never wear out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
milod Posted May 22, 2010 Share Posted May 22, 2010 KSG... Hi!!!! Yeah, Cali has had some good cowboy country. A couple of the young kids out there were used in the John Wayne movie "The Cowboys" that had a story line leading to the major railhead of the day that just happened to be <chortle> guess where? We've had several of 'em come out here to visit. May have one or more decide to retire here, given that they ain't quite "kids" any more. I still email one or two occasionally. Ever run into a deputy sheriff named Al Barker out there? He and a cupla other kids from the rodeo circuit were recruited for "The Cowboys." I've met a couple. m Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Californiaman Posted May 23, 2010 Author Share Posted May 23, 2010 Milod, I can honestly say I've never heard of Deputy Sheriff Barker, but if I do, I'll bring it up. KSG so good to see you around again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TommyK Posted May 23, 2010 Share Posted May 23, 2010 ...A couple of the young kids out there were used in the John Wayne movie "The Cowboys" that had a story line leading to the major railhead of the day that just happened to be <chortle> guess where? m. That would be Bell Foosh, or properly spellt; Belle Fourche. One of my favorite John Wayne movies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
milod Posted May 23, 2010 Share Posted May 23, 2010 tommy... Yupper... They didn't make the movie here, though. The time-setting of the movie is a bit cockeyed too but as the saying goes, "it's only a movie." I've tried to figure what would be 400 miles as the crow flies for the ranch. Best I can figure it'd have been more likely they'd have gone to Miles City... Maybe 250-300 miles after 1892 or 3... But I don't recall any gold rushes then. But it's a great story. <grin> m Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KSG_Standard Posted May 23, 2010 Share Posted May 23, 2010 I've never been to Belle Fourche, but I've spent a lot of time in Gillette Wyoming, which isn't very far away. I love that part of the country. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TommyK Posted May 24, 2010 Share Posted May 24, 2010 If memory serves me, and now-a-days it don't, there may have been a silver rush about that time frame. Interesting bit of trivia. As common as cattle are world wide and as important as cattle has been through-out the history of man, there is non-gender specific term for a single animal culled out of a herd of cattle. Cow - Female which has had at least one calf Heifer - young female Steer - emasculated male Bull - adult male Bull Calf - young male Calf - young individual of either gender. Cattle - a herd of the above animals of the genus Bos. ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
milod Posted May 24, 2010 Share Posted May 24, 2010 Actually... There are a lot of non gender-specific terms for a single bovine. I just can't write 'em here. <chortle> It's branding season, btw. One's likely to hear that sort of term quite a bit out in the country. KSG - Yeah, a lot of commonality between Gillette and Belle. The closer you get to the South Dakota line, though, the greener stuff tends to get in spring... the Black Hills and Bear Lodge... then back to high plains... m Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Californiaman Posted May 24, 2010 Author Share Posted May 24, 2010 There are a lot of non gender-specific terms for a single bovine. I just can't write 'em here. I always liked Maverick. Young bull, right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
milod Posted May 24, 2010 Share Posted May 24, 2010 Technically a maverick is not gender specific, but is a critter of any age that ain't been branded. Usually in the open range days it would be a calf that had not been branded. They'd be rounded up and branded regardless of the brand on a mama cow. That sorta thing helped bring on the Johnson County Cattle War in Wyoming. m Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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