The nation of which we are all so proud was built on this very title...this sentiment. It is a strong one. First off, during our formative years, a gun was mandatory for your survival both as protection and as a way to forage for food. Guns were part of the family and treated accordingly...
MY HORSE IS A GOOD LISTENER AND PULLS HIS WEIGHT and mine..
As far as horses go, there is nothing to compare with in regards to you and your horse traversing over hill and dale in every weather known. Both of you share hunger, cold, and pain as you go from point A to Point B. A bond is formed and both benefit from it deeply. One takes care of the other and together they do well
NOT FOR SISSIES...that came later
The wild westerner was a rugged life and not for the tenderfoot either. I watched an excellent PBS documentary on Wyatt Earp. It is the best and thorough one I have ever seen. I did a report on him in college a few years back, but this special is the mother of all subjects in regards to Earp offering insights on wild west life too .
GOT TO HAVE WOMEN......
Woman were tough as nails and came in all sizes, shapes and wants....Unfortunately, the trade that supplied pleasure to rich miners prospered very well. On the other hand, ranchers came out with their wives and or families and made a go from scratch. Woman were the glue that held it all together while the men were the sustenance
NO FAST FOOD OR MINI MARKETS
When you examine 100 to 150 years ago, you see not only how primitive we were, but how only the hard and the tough survived. It was later on that the sophisticated class of people came out to settle bringing with them all the modern conveniences. Of course, they became landowners along with the ranchers and thus ruled powerfully forming committees and then electing sheriffs, Marshall's and even Governors..
GO WEST.....ITS THE BEST
Fortunes were to be made and very little questions to be asked. Accountability, responsibility, justice, fairness, rules, regs and procedures followed so that those that had rights, could keep them. You see without a system in place, then we have survival of the fittest taking over. That had to stop...
SIGN HERE.......even if you cannot read English
The Indians got a raw deal. At first they ruled and as the White man encroached, they heard yarns and stories not like ever before. Of course without the proper representation, how were they to know what to ask for..? Keep in mind that Indians could not fathom the concept of owning a river, a mountain or a tree as there is no words or reason for it. They usually had two camps...One for the winter and one for the summer. That together with game and natural harvest met their needs...today, the casinos do all that....
Back then, if a man got the hankering to move on, to explore, to seek adventure and mystery all he had to do was get a gun, a good pony and .......the world was truly yours........if you can take it
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