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The Old West: When Men Were Men and Women Knew Their Place
The Washington Times ^
| Wednesday, June 26, 2013
| Paul Mountjoy
Posted on 06/26/2013 7:25:55 PM PDT by DogByte6RER
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To: hinckley buzzard
Yes. The violence of the West has always been distorted by movies and the media. Sure, there was danger. But, it mostly came from the climate, bad water, etc.
Though, I still think of the Apache and other tribes. Some say some Apache were still running around doing what Apache do in the mid 30's in Mexico. Pretty amazing.
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posted on
06/26/2013 8:37:42 PM PDT
by
Theoria
To: DogByte6RER
Calamity Jane comes to mind.....women in the west knew their place all right....it was hunting and shooting and fishing and farming and doing what it took to keep family going....
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posted on
06/26/2013 8:40:11 PM PDT
by
Nifster
To: DogByte6RER
How many times have we heard men declare of the days of the old West, men were men and women stayed at home and knew their place?Including this article, once.
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posted on
06/26/2013 8:43:19 PM PDT
by
eclecticEel
(Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness: 7/4/1776 - 3/21/2010)
To: hinckley buzzard
I think the gunfight next to the OK Corral probably became legendary because Earp lived long enough to try to get a movie made about his life.
He left AZ because he knew it would be best for him if he did. When a LEO is paid for each arrest you just have to know there were some trumped up charges and lots of enemies made.
To: eclecticEel
Exactly. The first place that women had the vote was Wyoming, well before it became a political enthusiasm back East. The reason was simple: they earned it.
To: Theoria
***Some say some Apache were still running around doing what Apache do in the mid 30’s in Mexico.***
Earl Stanley Gardner, who invented Perry Mason, loved to roam the deserts of the US and Mexico.
In one of his books, he said the last Apache raid took place in Mexico back in 1939. Yes, 1939. The Apaches were tracked down and killed out by Vaqueros after the Apaches raided a ranchero.
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posted on
06/26/2013 9:14:30 PM PDT
by
Ruy Dias de Bivar
(Sometimes you need 7+ more ammo. LOTS MORE.)
To: Ciexyz
The 1951 movie Westward the Women is an interesting portrayal of the strength and determination some women had to make a new life in the West.
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posted on
06/26/2013 9:22:25 PM PDT
by
skr
(May God confound the enemy)
To: DogByte6RER
How many times have we heard men declare of the days of the old West, men were men and women stayed at home and knew their place? Uh...never?
In fact the stories out of my family made it plain that no one messed with granny. She might have looked sweet but you threaten her family and you might as well just dig a hole pull it in after you.
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posted on
06/26/2013 9:30:58 PM PDT
by
Harmless Teddy Bear
(Revenge is a dish best served with pinto beans and muffins)
To: Kirkwood
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posted on
06/26/2013 9:45:08 PM PDT
by
united1000
(You cannot help the poor by destroying the rich- Abraham Lincpoln)
To: DogByte6RER
Best epitaph ever...
To: bigbob
don’t forget the men who are women.
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posted on
06/26/2013 10:16:20 PM PDT
by
ponygirl
(Be Breitbart.)
To: DogByte6RER
Graveside in Colorado ... "Eaten By Mountain Rats In The Year 1876"Just OUCH!
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posted on
06/26/2013 11:43:09 PM PDT
by
GOP Poet
To: DogByte6RER
My mother said when she was a little girl growing up in the Bronx, her grandmother told her she remembered crossing the plains in a covered wagon when she had been a little girl.
This photo makes me think there may be some truth to my great-grandmother's claim.
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posted on
06/27/2013 3:49:31 AM PDT
by
Oratam
To: morphing libertarian
I am familiar with the circumstances of Mr. Hitchcocks death.
He died in his sleep of renal failure back in 1980.......Oh, you mean't "Hickok", sorry
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posted on
06/27/2013 4:01:41 AM PDT
by
Hot Tabasco
(This space for rent)
To: Hot Tabasco
To: Oratam
Eli Meaker (the Oregon Hops King) eventually retraced the Oregon Trail, marking it for posterity.
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posted on
09/23/2013 3:58:23 PM PDT
by
donmeaker
(Youth is wasted on the young.)
To: donmeaker
Oops, Ezra Meeker, not Eli Meaker.
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posted on
09/23/2013 4:10:38 PM PDT
by
donmeaker
(Youth is wasted on the young.)
To: Billthedrill
definitely not the way to go!
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posted on
09/23/2013 4:14:30 PM PDT
by
GeronL
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