American Torero

This is a place for me to enjoy the Spanish bullfight from afar, in a very non-bullfighting country.

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This would be me had I lived in the 1800′s.

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I really like this new Garth Brooks song (and I’ve never been much of a Garth Brooks fan)

https://youtu.be/pFv3AYOSW28

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Lincoln County, New Mexico

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Yellowstone National Park by David Wessels

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Billy the Kid and the Regulators, 1878

Chavez County, New Mexico

4″x5″ Tintype

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[nachrubel]

Fist full of dollars study.

[anintelligentoctopus]

The Man With No Name

[almeriamovies]

Almeria in Comics: Clint Eastwood in Los Albaricoques as in  “A Fistful Of Dollars” & “For a Few Dollars More“

Artwork by DimestoreKult  

[chickenshitcowboy-deactivated20]

Young Guns - William H. Bonney (aka Billy the Kid) - 🌟

[roses-dont-last-forever]

It was widely assumed during most of the 20th century that Billy the Kid was left-handed. There was even a movie made about him, staring Paul Newman. It was called “The Left Handed Gun”. This belief stemmed from the fact that the only known photographs (shown above) showed him with a Winchester rifle in his right hand and his gun on his left side. However, after experts took a good look at the photograph, it was confirmed that the outlaw’s photo was reversed and that Kid was actually right handed. A closer look shows that the buttons on Kids vest are on the left side (Men’s clothes have buttons on the right). Also, gun experts noticed that the Winchester spring plate (where the cartridges are loaded) was on the left side. Winchester produced firearms with spring plates only on the right side.

[39adamstrand]

Robert Ford shot and killed Jesse James on 3 April 1882, with his brother Charlie watching. The brothers immediately turned themselves into the law and were charged with the murder of Jesse James, plead guilty, were sentenced to be hanged and then pardoned by Missouri Governor Thomas Crittenden (all on the same day). 

Crittenden had made capturing Jesse James a priority, but was barred by law from offering a large reward. Sources indicate that he made a deal with Robert Ford to pay him $10,000 (about $250,000 in today’s money) to bring in the outlaw (Charlie Ford was already a member of the James Gang). The brothers claimed they were ever only paid a small fraction of the bounty.

After the killing of Jesse James, Charlie and Robert Ford toured from stage to stage re-enacting the killing in a show titled, The Brother’s Vow; or, the Bandit’s Revenge, which they performed hundreds of times for more than 2 years. Charlie played the role of Jesse James and became depressed from pretending to be shot night after night.

Charlie Ford developed an addiction to morphine, was in financial trouble, and diagnosed with tuberculosis when he took his own life on 4 May 1884 (newspaper accounts cite 6 May, but his grave is marked as the fourth).

[julieschulerart]

Jesse James once sought shelter at a lonely farmhouse of a poor widow. She said the debt collector was coming for $1400. James gave her the money, then hid outside. When the debt collector came out of the house, looking pleased, Jesse James robbed him, He took back his $1400 and rode off.

[krispytin]

“I’m your huckleberry.”

[tombstonetourism]

John Peter Ringgold (3 May 1850–13 July 1882), Johnny Ringo State Historical Landmark, Cochise County, Arizona. He was buried near the spot where he died.

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[krispytin]

“Behold a pale horse: and his name that sat on him was Death, and Hell followed with him.”