Black hats and white hats, saloon girls, spurs and puffs of smoke emerging from gun barrels – the Old West visited Damascus for three days last weekend as cowboys from 13 states gathered to do battle.
Thunder Valley Days, held Friday to Sunday at the Izaak Walton League Wildlife Achievement Chapter on Mullinix Mill Road, was the 10th Maryland state championship of the Single Action Shooting Society Cowboy Action Shooting held at the site.