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Tommy Moore

January 28, 2011, 07:22:33 PM
Curious. At the end of a trail drive how would a typical cowhand get back?  Would he purchase a remuda horse, ride back in a group, take a stage?  Also, what about their gear.  Would a wagon make the trip back.  I've read a few references but nothing concrete.  Working on this as part of a persona.  Thanks for any thoughts. :-\

Delmonico

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January 28, 2011, 07:36:44 PM
Quote from: Tommy Moore on January 28, 2011, 07:22:33 PM
Curious. At the end of a trail drive how would a typical cowhand get back?  Would he purchase a remuda horse, ride back in a group, take a stage?  Also, what about their gear.  Would a wagon make the trip back.  I've read a few references but nothing concrete.  Working on this as part of a persona.  Thanks for any thoughts. :-\

All of the above, plus sometimes part by RR, part by steam boat.  Most often they just rode together and used a horse each out of the remuda if it was sold.  Not all remudas were sold, some went back.  Of course some got up north and decided not to go back.  Lots of folks in Kansas, Nebraska, Wyoming and Montana have Texas roots.
Mongrel Historian


Always get the water for the coffee upstream from the herd.

Ab Ovo Usque ad Mala

The time has passed so quick, the years all run together now.

GunClick Rick

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January 28, 2011, 10:17:41 PM
I have a book here titled "With Spurs" about competing cattle drives,i wonder if they talk about that in it,have not read it yet..
Bunch a ole scudders!

Fox Creek Kid

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January 29, 2011, 02:59:13 AM
You forgot to add those that had MONEY after the drive.  ;D :D ;)

Delmonico

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January 29, 2011, 09:01:44 AM
Quote from: Fox Creek Kid on January 29, 2011, 02:59:13 AM
You forgot to add those that had MONEY after the drive.  ;D :D ;)

Who, the general store owner, the barkeep and the ladies of the evening? ;)
Mongrel Historian


Always get the water for the coffee upstream from the herd.

Ab Ovo Usque ad Mala

The time has passed so quick, the years all run together now.

WaddWatsonEllis

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February 09, 2011, 11:00:45 AM
Delmonico,

It' funny how things stay the same .... your comment about the 'general store owner, the barkeep and the ladies of the evening'

Out here on the left coast, our reenactor's group and the museum constantly  mention that very fwe miners made enough money to take home ... the real people who struck it rich were ther people who 'mined the miners' ... exactly the group that you just mentioned ... but then add in the restaurant/laundry/saloon owners and card sharps ... and on top of them were the Huntingtons, Crockers, Harringtons and Stanfords ...
My moniker is my great grandfather's name. He served with the 2nd Florida Mounted Regiment in the Civil War. Afterward, he came home, packed his wife into a wagon, and was one of the first NorteAmericanos on the Frio River southwest of San Antonio ..... Kinda where present day Dilley is ...

"Courage is being scared to death and saddling up anyway." John Wayne
NCOWS #3403

Delmonico

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February 09, 2011, 12:14:28 PM
The miners came in 49
The Whores came in 51
Together they produced the native son.
Mongrel Historian


Always get the water for the coffee upstream from the herd.

Ab Ovo Usque ad Mala

The time has passed so quick, the years all run together now.

WaddWatsonEllis

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February 10, 2011, 08:14:32 AM
Makes sense to me ....*S*
My moniker is my great grandfather's name. He served with the 2nd Florida Mounted Regiment in the Civil War. Afterward, he came home, packed his wife into a wagon, and was one of the first NorteAmericanos on the Frio River southwest of San Antonio ..... Kinda where present day Dilley is ...

"Courage is being scared to death and saddling up anyway." John Wayne
NCOWS #3403
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