How'd you come by your Alias? Is there a story behind it? ** Photos Added **

[Two Flints]

Hello SSS,

I know this has been posted before on other forums, but am hoping that some of you will be willing to share your story on how you came by the CAS alias you now use.

In my case, my alias carried over from my Mountain Man-Fur Trade Era persona.  On my 3" mountain man belt, in addition to my throwing tomahawk, I usually carried two very large flint blade knives each with a buffalo bone handle. 

While attending a historical society get-together in my home town some years ago, someone took notice of my knives and asked to take a closer look at them.  When I drew the knives from their sheaths, the comment was, "wow, two flints".  Honest, that's how I came by my alias.

Here are the photos of my Two Flint Knives.





Two Flints

[Goatlips]

"Wyatt Earp" was taken.

Goatlips

[Bead Swinger]

Them thar are TWO FLINTs for sure

I picked my handle as it's the only nickname that ever stuck - even a little.
I spent many (20+) years doing Civil War reenacting, and one of my pards was a dyed-in-the-wool atheist, which led to all sorts of interesting conversations. Needless to say, whenever he'd try to get my goat, he'd always call me 'a beadswinger', in true, 19th C. anti-Catholic, Know-Nothing WASP tone-of-voice .  I took it as a badge of honor . Don't worry - we're still good pards.

Of course, if you'd ever see me try to shoot 50' groups with a sidearm, you might give me the same name for different reasons!

[Mason Stillwell]

Grandmaw on my Mom's side was a Mason. Grandmaw on my Dads side was a Stillwell

I decided to use Mason Stillwell for mine.

Mason

[Cannon Fodder]

When the War between the States started, I was in Atlanta Ga even though I had been born  north of the Ohio River. This Southern Artillery crew readily accepted me even with my "yankee " accent and carpet bag! I had a 4 year training program and my job description was a "cannon fodder."  I didnt know what this meant, but I figured if it had the word cannon in it,  it had to be important! My job was to take a red flag out to 100,300, and 500 yards before the battle started,so my artillery crew could get the range. I was about  to graduate and be allowed to touch the cannon when the War ended!

Good Night!

CF

[Captain John Jarrett]

Gents,

The original Captain John Jarrett rode with Quantrill during the War for Southern Independence, after the War rode with the James Gang. He helped rob the bank in Russellville, KY in 1868-I was born in Louisville, KY in 1968, His name was John-Mine Also, he fought for the South-I reenact/living history for them. Most of all I wanted the persona of an historical person and he seemed the perfect fit.

A little historyof the good Captain follows:

A good photo of Jarrette is  available in Brant's "Outlaw Youngers"

John Jarrette from Cole Younger's autobiography,

"John Jarrett who looked more like an everyday farmer than a soldier, had the implicit confidence of Quantrill, and when he had extra work to be done, called on John Jarrett to take the lead." --Jim Cummins

Liberty, Missouri, bank, 1866 

Lexington, Missouri, bank, 1866

Savannah, Missouri, bank, 1867

Richmond, Missouri, bank, 1867

Russellville, Kentucky, bank, 1868

"He never knew fear" --Cole Younger

"...an old hand at killing helpless men..." --from Croy

"John Jarrett... one of the most daring, desperate and shrewd of the gang, died in the Frisco Mountains of California in 1891..." --Jim Cummins. 

Cummins also said Jarrette was arrested for a stage robbery in California and that his daughter testified against him. Jim Cummins is not a totally reliable source, however, but the info does possibly fit with Edwards saying Jarrette was still alive at the time of "Noted Guerrillas," 1877. A statement by George Sheperd places Jarrette alive in Louisiana in 1872. Cummins, Edwards, and Sheperd all knew Jarrette quite well. Jarrette's children in Missouri by Josie Younger say they did not see him again after 1868, yet it seems likely that Jarrette did, indeed, survive after 1868, though his wife must have died then.

[Tuolumne Lawman]

Howdy to the camp

I got my alias in 1994 when I started CAS.  I was a Tuolumne Co. Sheriff's Deputy at that time.  Tuolumne Co. has a history back to 1849 and the Gold Rush.  At the time, I was capt, of the SO pistol team and did action pistol matches with my duty gun (Glock 10mm with full bore loads).  I was not happy with the cut throat aspects of the action pistol word (gamers, ugh!).  I also did DCM (now Civilian Marksmanship Program)matches with a mouse gun, but was not competitive, especially past 100 yards (too much coffee and too much graveyard shift!).

Also at that time, I was on a 3 year rotation as a Sheriff's Investigator (Detective).  My Investigative Specialty was sexual assault, though I rotated on call for homocide, suicide, and robbery also.  Then they made me the back up child molest investigator.  60% of my cases were child victim sexual assaults and molestation.  My file drawers became my drawers of horrors. After the first year of dealing with pedophiles and victimized children, , I had to get drunk to go to sleep every night.  I needed a "Disneyland for my head"

Then I found CAS!  I was saved (almost).  As I was a Tuolumne Lawman, it seemed a good alias.

I retired medically in 1997/98 after blowing up three disks in my back fighting a tweeker on PCP.  I had surgery, that failed, and they retired.  I went back to school for 3 1/2 years to finish my degree and get my teaching credential.  I have been teaching secondary school history for three years, now.  Only have occasional nightmares from the past now.

[Fox Creek Kid]

I grew up a mile or so from a creek named, you guessed it: Fox Creek. I use to go there as a kid to shoot and to get away from all the girls who were trying to kiss me as I was an exceptionally handsome child. 

[Tubac]

Tubac was established as a Spanish Presidio in 1752 to protect the settlers on the fringes of New Spain from the Apaches. It's 45 miles south of Tucson and when the Pesidio and garrison were moved to Tucson,
it became a ranching, cowboy area with some mining. Tubac stayed this way through the 19th and most of the 20th Centuries. Now, unfortunately, it has become a nursing home for Yankee retirees, like the rest of the state. I adopted the name to remind myself of when Arizona was a great place to live.
Tubac

[Major 2]

Some thirty eight years ago , our Uncle Sam offered me a job to be "all I could Be" ...I guess Major was all about it 

about ten years later, I got into Mounted Cavalry Reenacting (WBTS) Started a Cavalry Unit and went from Trooper to Command ( up the ranks as the unit grew ) re-tired from active eventing in 2002 as a Col. - Chief Of Cavalry - Florida , the Battle of Olustee and several others.
But preferred to ride as a Major.

My present horse is  (Major Expenditure) AKA  Major... so my SASS Alias is Major Rider. The 2  (too) was added because they already had  a Major on this BB.

[matt45]

I ordered the spencer before I thought about a name- I figure I'll change it to something better sometime soon.
                                                       matt45

[Frenchie]

Not much of an alias and not much of a story. Frenchie (or Frenchy) was my dad's nickname in the Navy (but his best friend called him Pepé Le Pew). It stuck to me when I joined Uncle Sam's Canoe Club. I never came up with a better one, so there it is.

[Backstrap Bill]

Well,

Mine wasn't so hard.  I've taught a lot of people to hunt and dress game over the years.  When the pilgrims get wild with the knifes around them backstraps, I'd hollar, "Watch out for the backstraps!"

Backstrap Bill was applied to me long before I discovered cowboy shooting.

[Marshal Will Wingam]

Well, there really isn't a good story behind mine. I just wanted one that would bring a smile now and then. It does.

[Snapshot]

Mine has stuck for a few years. "Snapshot", you all see I am a profesional photographer and I snapshoot my shot gun on ocations. Many are those who have tried to pin another nick to me, and I take it as a good thing. Here are some of the sugestions: Znapzchizen (I like the German Znapz), Snakeshit, Capt John (I am a Army Capt.), the Sheriff, mr. turncoat.
In addition I re-enact a soldier of the 7th. Texas vol Inf. "Mr. Christian Olsen Strand" he came from my neck of the woods in Norway fought for the Confederacy and after been taken as a prisoner for the second time he signed on with the 58 Illinois Inf.
My guess is he rather fight than be imprisoned. He moved back to Waco Texas after the CW, and lived to be an old well respected man, he got to have had some guts?  This gives me the oportunity to create some odd wawes around camp!
And yes of course I have the grey, the blue , even a green uniform of the CW + all the Cowboy/Scout acoutrements.
(I think the color of the uniforms came in a priority order?)

["Houston 1852"]

Well, I'm a huge history buff with a special emphasis on the civil war.  I've traveled the country visiting historic sites.  This summer I took a roadtrip along the Oregon Trail.  I stopped at a place in Wyoming called Register Cliff.  Thousands of emigrants carved their names in the side of it in the 1850s.  One signature stood out, "Houston 1852"

My name is Ryan Houston.

[Harve Curry]

Back in the '80's when I first started CAS/SASS I needed an alias. A friend said I look like Kid Curry and that I had grips on my SAA like Kid Curry had on his, reverse taper stag. So thats it. Years later I started to shoot SASS again and the Kid Curry moniker was taken, so I had to regroup and study. I came up with another of his aliases was Harve Curry. He was a Wild Bunch outlaw and died that way.Z

Howdy Mason Stillwell,
I was going through my Dad's old trunk and there is some photo's with the last name Stillwell/Weddle from his side of the family, Ohio, Illinois, Pennsylvannia & NY areas. Stillwell's go way back in American history

[Mossyrock]

WAAAAAY back in the old days, right after Al Gore invented the internet, I was part of one of the earliest muzzleloader message boards, and I needed an alias.  Lots of folks have suggested that "Mossyrock" has something to do with a miss-step in wet moccasins, but that ain't quite the case....  It is actually the name of the little logging town in Western Washington where my dad was raised, and near the family homestead that was established on Salmon Creek in 1885.  I suppose I should change my alias to "The Salmon Creek Kid" or "Salmon Creek Slim".

[Uncle Eph]

Uncle Eph was my great Uncle/step g-grandfather (that's another story), he passed long before I was born but my father knew him well and he always claimed that me and the old reprobate had a lot in common.  That is Uncle Eph in the left hand corner.

for years among BPCR shooters I am known as the Mystic Rifleman because of my zen style of shooting.

[Mick Archer]

 Howdy Pards!

   For a number of years, my SASS alias was "Buffalo Springfield."
   Partly, because I was a buffalo hunter and used a Springfield rifle.  Partly for the rock group's lyrics.

   My evil twin brother was "Faux Cowchild,"  named after a particular nasty rant on the SASS WIRE Once Upon a Time- something about our not supporting a march and attack on Washington D.C. with our cowboy guns.

   Then I got involved in the Federal Reenactor Protection and Relocation Program...  (Not that the two were/are related.)
      

     Mick Archer