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A logbook of my many journeys and explorations riding aboard Paladin2, this hopes to be an homage to the men who opened vistas of the American West 150 years ago... cowboys, settlers, lawmen and outlaws alike. Today I can only experience this through the windshield of my bus, Paladin2, yet the scenery and vast landscapes spread out before us are still breathtaking in its scope and majesty.

Another interesting read from our new friends at Texas Jack Omohundro ..
02/11/2024

Another interesting read from our new friends at Texas Jack Omohundro ..

Think you know the story of the American West? You don’t know Jack.

Before there was the TV phenomenon Yellowstone—before there was Clint Eastwood, John Wayne, or Tom Mix—before there were traveling Wild West shows and rodeos—there was Texas Jack. For lovers of lore and curators of the quintessential American saga, the panorama of the West is incomplete without the extraordinary tale of a man who embodied the grit, the glamour, and the grandeur of the frontier. The annals of the Wild West echo with names that stir the soul, but there is one legend waiting to ride again into the forefront of our imaginations: Texas Jack Omohundro, the original cowboy who left his indelible boot prints on the dusty trails of time.

Before the silver screen turned cowboys into American icons, before Gunsmoke, Rawhide, and Bonanza made cowboys a daily part of American life, and before dime novels spun yarns of the daring men of the West, there was Texas Jack. His life reads like the most thrilling western ever written, but the stakes were real, the bullets were live, and the heroism was genuine. This was a man who, before his untimely death at 33, galloped through life with the velocity of a mustang.

Jack’s story is the enthralling narrative of a Civil War spy who bore witness to General Robert E. Lee’s surrender at Appomattox, only to reinvent himself as a trailblazing cowboy of the Lone Star State. Picture a figure so central to the Wild West that he stood as the most illustrious cowboy the world had ever seen, riding alongside legends like Wild Bill Hickok and Buffalo Bill Cody. His life was a testament to the West that once was—untamed, unforgiving, and unforgettable.

Texas Jack's life was not merely a tale of escapades and entertainment. It was a love story, too, as fierce and wild as the West. When his path crossed with the enchanting Giuseppina Morlacchi, the Italian prima ballerina, it was a union of two stars, each from wildly different heavens, shining together in a shared sky. They were Cowboy and Ballerina, Spurs and Slippers, Buckskin and Satin.

Through the lens of Texas Jack's exploits, we witness the dawn of the American Western—its birth on the stage, the thrum of audience excitement as Jack unfurled a lasso, spinning it with a showman's flair, his cowboy persona crystallizing into the archetype that would define a nation's mythology. But beyond the glitter of fame was the grit of reality: a government scout hunting alongside the Pawnee tribe, a hero rescuing imperiled tourists in the wilds of Yellowstone, a man who would risk his neck to save the life of a friend.

Today, we remember Texas Jack as the first famous cowboy in American history and the foundation of truth upon which all cowboy legends were built. If the idealized American man is the frontier cowboy, then the genesis of the cowboy in popular culture is Texas Jack Omohundro.

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https://www.dimelibrary.com/post/you-don-t-know-jack-texas-jack

Texas Jack's story has never been fully told. Until now. Texas Jack: America's First Cowboy Star by Matthew Kerns tells the true story of the Virginia boy who became a Texas cattleman, of the Confederate spy who scouted for the US Army, of the cowboy who became a star. Julia Bricklin, author of The Notorious Life of Ned Buntline, calls it a "groundbreaking work [that] brings to light a lesser-known but vitally important figure in any history of American pop culture...Kerns meticulously reconstructs the fascinating—if sadly shortened—life of Texas Jack Omohundro. What emerges is the story of the man who actually was the driving force behind Buffalo Bill's decision to go into show business and perhaps was too authentic to shine as brightly as Cody through the ages. Until now."

Texas Jack: America's First Cowboy Star by Spur and Wrangler Award-winning author Matthew Kerns is available at:
https://amzn.to/3MMGPIr

Signed and inscribed first edition copies of the book and Wild West merchandise are available at:
https://www.dimelibrary.com/shop

On This Day in Western Music History..
02/11/2024

On This Day in Western Music History..

December, 1964...... #1 U.S. Billboard Hot 100, #1 U.S. Cash Box Top 100, #1 CanadaOriginal video edited and AI remastered with HQ stereo sound."Ringo" is a p...

On This Day in Western History..  :€
02/11/2024

On This Day in Western History.. :€

☞Today in History -- On today’s date 284 years ago, Saturday, November 2, 1734, famous coonskin-cap-wearing frontier Folk hero Daniel Boone (1734-1820) was born in a log cabin in the Oley Valley of Berks County in the Province of Pennsylvania.

☞During his lifetime, Daniel Boone became one of the most well-known of American pioneers -- a legend in his own time who remains a beloved Folk hero of the American people. At various times the famed frontiersman was a longhunter, trapper, fur trader, Indian fighter, explorer, teamster, surveyor, tavern keeper, horse trader, land speculator, judge, a Virginia assemblyman, a militiaman during the French & Indian War, & a militia officer during the Revolutionary War.

☞Although Daniel Boone’s birthday is usually celebrated on November 2, he was actually born on October 22. How can that be? During Boone’s lifetime in 1752, Great Britain & Colonial America switched from the Julian to the Gregorian calendar (something most of Europe had done in 1582). As a result of this calendar reform, people born before 1752 were told to add 11 days to their birth dates. Those born between January 1 & March 25, as George Washington was, also had to add one year to be in sync with the new calendar. Unlike Washington, who changed his date of birth from February 11, 1731 to February 22, 1732, Daniel Boone resisted the change & throughout his lifetime he continued to use his original birth date of October 22, 1734.

☞The photograph depicts a sketch of Daniel Boone from an 1895 book entitled “The History of Kentucky: From its Earliest Discovery & Settlement, to the Present Date” by noted American historian & author Zachariah Frederick Smith (1827-1911).

02/11/2024

Looks like the OSUMB is getting geared up for Tomorrow's Adventure.. as are we Drivers of MTR Western..! :€

On This Day in Western Movie History (redux)..  :€
02/11/2024

On This Day in Western Movie History (redux).. :€

Remembering actor and filmmaker BURT LANCASTER (1913 -1994), who was born on November 2nd. His Western film credits include Vera Cruz, Apache, Gunfight at the O.K. Corral, The Unforgiven, The Professionals, Valdez is Coming and Ulzana’s Raid. Burt was nominated four times for Academy Awards and won once for his work in Elmer Gantry in 1960. He also won a Golden Globe for that performance and BAFTA Awards for The Birdman of Alcatraz (1962) and Atlantic City (1980). His production company, Hecht-Hill-Lancaster, was the most successful and innovative star-driven independent production company in Hollywood in the 1950s, making movies such as Marty (1955), Trapeze (1956), Sweet Smell of Success (1957), and Separate Tables (1958). In 1953, Lancaster played one of his best remembered roles with Deborah Kerr in From Here to Eternity.

On This Day in Western Movie History..  :€
02/11/2024

On This Day in Western Movie History.. :€

Born on this day in 1913, Burton Stephen "Burt" Lancaster (November 2, 1913 – October 20, 1994) was an American film actor noted for his athletic physique, blue eyes, and distinctive smile (which he called "The Grin"). After initially building his career in "tough guy" roles, Lancaster abandoned his all-American image in the late 1950s in favor of more complex and challenging roles, and came to be regarded as one of the best motion picture actors in history.
Lancaster was nominated four times for Academy Awards and won once for his work in Elmer Gantry in 1960. He also won a Golden Globe for that performance and BAFTA Awards for The Birdman of Alcatraz (1962) and Atlantic City (1980). His production company, Hecht-Hill-Lancaster, was the most successful and innovative star-driven independent production companies in Hollywood in the 1950s, making movies such as Marty (1955), Trapeze (1956), Sweet Smell of Success (1957), and Separate Tables (1958).
In 1999, the American Film Institute named Lancaster 19th among the greatest male star of classic Hollywood cinema

Wow.. mines a combination of 'rock star - trucker - undercover brother'.. seems I can't commit to just one!  :€
02/11/2024

Wow.. mines a combination of 'rock star - trucker - undercover brother'.. seems I can't commit to just one! :€

The moustache maketh the man, which style will make you this ?

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A logbook of my many journeys and explorations riding aboard Paladin2, this hopes to be an homage to the men who opened vistas of the American West 150 years ago... cowboys, settlers, lawmen and outlaws alike. Today I can only experience this through the windshield of my bus, Paladin2, yet the scenery and vast landscapes spread out before us are still breathtaking in its scope and majesty. If you have been on a tour with Paladin2 and I, please feel free to post your thoughts, pics or videos of our time together. It would be greatly appreciated!