Howdy pard,

Golly gee doesn’t time fly! Grab my jaw and pick it up off the floor, I’ve got so much to share. Leave your horse outside and push your way through the crowd the bar – first drink is on me.

Today I’m going to expand your mind further than those far-off Rocky Mountains with great stories (including westerns) that will tease your imagination, while leaving your money roll untouched! I’ve also found a wonderful eyewitness account of Old West-era justice as told by Wyatt Earp’s very own nephew, and I’ve got a great recipe for Wild West dog biscuits to spoil your pooch, as shared by cowboy cooking legend Kent Rollins.

I’ll rustle up some chairs, you grab that free table by the pianola. Let’s catch up!

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Cowboy Dog Biscuits

You won’t go wrong with a good horse, but everyone knows that dogs are a man’s best friend. Hard worker, loyal companion, fierce defender, dogs earned their place in Wild West folklore – and there was nothing they liked more than a good hand-made cowboy treat.

Cowboy cooking legend Kent Rollins knows how to treat his dogs just right – watch him cook up a mess of dog treats so good they barely make it out of the pan before his hounds wolf them down.

Let Kent show you how to cook cowboy treats for your dogs in this excellent video he has published on that youtube whats-a-ma-thingee: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JyoGyvGbU5I

Did you know?

One of the most notorious criminals in the Wild West was James “Killer” Miller, a paid assassin and gunslinger. He was known to have killed at least 14 people, but according to legend, the number could have been as high as 50. He was also known as “Deacon Jim” because he didn’t’ smoke or drink, and frequently went to church. He was eventually caught and jailed in Oklahoma, where he was killed by a lynch mob who stormed the prison and hung him in a barn.

Texan Cattle Drive

Whether you were a settler, a cowboy, a miner, or an outlaw, everyone had to eat. And if you could get it, beef was just about of the staple foods of choice. The West would not have been the West without the longhorn. And where did longhorns come from? Texas, by way of the cattle drive.

The Old West cattle drive era is an integral part of American history. Hollywood has its way of telling the story and history diverges sharply from that story. To get the real facts, check out this great video which takes you through the fascinating history of the Texas Cattle Drive, from its birth just after the Civil War to its decline in the 1880's.

Enjoy - it’s a good one!: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MDhuQqx6wlY

Wyatt Earp was my uncle

There are few more storied names in Western folklore than Wyatt Earp. So much has been written about this officer of the law he has become more myth than man. Unless, of course, you knew him personally. Who better to share firsthand memories of Wyatt Earp than the man’s own nephew, Virgil Earp!

The Wild West was one of the first eras of history to be widely documented in word and by photograph. We know the frontier was full of swaggering cowboys, sly outlaws, ruthless cattle barons and determined settlers because we can see the black and white photographs for ourselves.

All those people are long gone, but amazingly, their actual words and memories live on. In this interview, recorded in 1958, Virgil Earp relates his memories of the Wild West – of his uncle Wyatt Earp, and of he himself becoming the Sheriff of Paradise Valley, Nevada, at the tender age of 18.

It’s an amazing series of Wild West memories – see them for yourself: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cR7EBBXcQUg

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Happy trails,

Nick