I like the kid with attitude on the left
Sunday, March 26, 2023
In late 1887, Calamity Jane Canary and cowboy Teddy Blue Abbott, wearing each other’s hats, shared drinks at a saloon in Gilt Edge, Montana, where she was living for the winter. Teddy Blue, who lived nearby on his Three Deuce Ranch, had come to town to repay her 50 cents, which he had borrowed in Miles City in 1883.
Ol' Calamity Jane was also a friend of Wild Bill Hickock, and if I'm not mistaken she was buried next to him in Mount Moriah Cemetary in Deadwood. Calamity led quite the life for woman of those days.
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50 cents back then was like $15 today; according to Google, anyway
ReplyDeleteI agree. A silver dollar is worth what today? Take half of that and it's about right. A one ounce of silver round goes for $28.+
DeleteCool photo, not included in Teddy's biography that I just finished reading and wherein he describes this interaction. "We Pointed Them North", by Helena H Smith. Wonderful first person recollections of the heyday of the trail cowboy.
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hunted the area.
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I hunted in the vicinity for years, on one occasion my B-I-L arranged a buffao hunt adjunct to our usual agenda. Our guide was a woman (Glenda) of elevated age, diminutive, scrawny, and tough as barbed wire. My B-I-L got the buffalo, Glenda hung it in the air from the scoop on a tractor, and butchered it with a De Walt sawzall. She had a worn-grey snubnose .38 Colt on her belt the while. I asked her why she walked around carrying that bitty pistol and she replied, "in case wunna you assholes breaks an ankle."
Remember David Canary, who played 'Candy' on Bonanza after Hoss passed away? He was a great-great nephew of Calamity Jane.
ReplyDeleteDavid was also the bad guy who Paul Newman rifle butted in the face in the movie 'Hombre'. Hombre later shot him in the face three times while killing him.
Hombre was a great flick. And I always enjoyed David Canary's acting, whether he played a good or a bad guy.
Cameron Mitchell graced the screen, too.
Deletebest line, Richard Boone: "I wonder what hell's gonna look like."
It's a great movie, start to finish. And Cameron Mitchell is one of my all-time favorites. He pretty much just winged his lines and it always came out sounding great. Quite a guy.
DeleteThe library has it.
DeleteThis line was pretty good too. Russell: "Before you leave, put money on the bar for mescal."
Delete...and don't forget, Richard Boone was a great-great-grandson of Daniel Boone's brother, Squire Boone.
DeleteI went a-looking for Gilt Edge, Montana but couldn't find it. There's a Gilt Edge Stage Road northwest just outside of Lewiston.
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