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Hell on Wheels MercantileEXCITINGSee section our NovemberNovemberNovember 2001 2001 2001 CowboyCowboyCowboy ChronicleChronicleChronicle(starting on PagepagePagePage 90) 111 The Cowboy Chronicle~ The Monthly Journal of the Single Action Shooting Society ® Vol. 21 No. 11 © Single Action Shooting Society, Inc. November 2008 . HELL ON WHEELS . THE SASS HIGH PLAINS REGIONAL By Captain George Baylor, SASS Life #24287 heyenne, Wyoming – The HIGHLIGHTS on pages 70-73 very name conjures up images of the Old West. chief surveyor for the Union Pacific C Wyoming is a very big state Railroad, surveyed a town site at with very few people in it. It has what would become Cheyenne, only 500,000 people in the entire Wyoming. He called it Cow Creek state, but about twice as many ante- Crossing. His friends, however, lope. A lady at Fort Laramie told me thought it would sound better as Cheyenne was nice “if you like big Cheyenne. Within days, speculators cities.” Cheyenne has 55,000 people. had bought lots for a $150 and sold A considerable amount of history them for $1500, and Hell on Wheels happened in Wyoming. For example, came over from Julesburg, Colorado— Fort Laramie was the resupply point the previous Hell on Wheels town. for travelers going west, settlers, and Soon, Cheyenne had a government, the army fighting the Indian wars. but not much law. A vigilance com- On the far west side of the state, mittee was formed and banishments, Buffalo Bill built his dream town in even lynchings, tamed the lawless- Cody, Wyoming. ness of the town to some extent. Cheyenne, in a way, really got its The railroad was always the cen- start when the South seceded from tral point of Cheyenne. The Union the nation. Then, without southern Pacific build a large shop in 1886, hindrance, the faction that wanted a and the depot in the center of town northern route for the railroads won. was, and is, a magnificent structure. President Lincoln signed the Pacific Long trains with two or three diesel Railroad Act in 1862 and construc- engines at each end still run through tion began on a railroad between and near Cheyenne, but a lot more Omaha, Nebraska, and Sacramento, Old West history occurred there. California. As the railroad went The shooting was enjoyable at the High Plains Regional. Alfred Packer, the only American west, a curious phenomenon en- The weather was beautiful, but one had to accommodate ever convicted of cannibalism sued—the Hell on Wheels towns. the 6000 foot+ altitude. The scenarios were straightforward and interesting, (though the official charge was mur- but the target distances required discipline and use of the front sight. Entrepreneurs, con-men, business For those who paid attention, all the targets were very hittable … der since cannibalism was not a for the rest of us, it was occasionally a bit humbling! crime), was apprehended north of Fort Laramie and was taken to jail SASS Cowboy Chronicle men, saloon keepers, and, of course, wagons, and some were buildings in Cheyenne, March 11, 1883. madams and soiled doves started easily taken down, transported on Cheyenne is where Tom Horn con- supplying the wants and needs of the wagons, and put back up. The term fessed. You can still see the office In This Issue railroad workers as they advanced. “Red Light District” may have gotten where that happened, and Cheyenne Since they were constantly moving, its start here due to railroad men’s is where he was tried, escaped, and 62 STALLION .45 these establishments had to move, lights hung outside the ladies’ tents. was recaptured (because he couldn’t AND FANNER FIFTY too. Some were tents, some were In 1867, General Grenville Dodge, (Continued on page 70) by The Capgun Kid 76 NEW MEXICO STATE CHAMPIONSHIP by Chico Cheech C h C REGON TATE 80 O S r o CHAMPIONSHIP o w by Sweetwater Jack n b i o 23255 La Palma Avenue c y 82 EUROPEAN Yorba Linda, California 92887 END OF TRAIL l www.sassnet.com by Alchimista e Page 2 Cowboy Chronicle November 2008 November 2008 Cowboy Chronicle Page 3 Page 4 Cowboy Chronicle November 2008 November 2008 Cowboy Chronicle Page 5 The Cowboy CCONTENTSONTENTS Chronicle 1 ON THE COVER Hell On Wheels (The SASS High Plains Regional) ... 6 FROM THE EDITOR It’s Time For A Change . Editorial Staff 8-14 NEWS From The Desk Of The General . Wild West Arts At The SASS Convention . Tex Editor-in-Chief 16 CAT’S CORNER Entering The Costume Contest . Cat Ballou Editor 18 COYOTE DROPPINGS SASS Convention (Better Than Ever) ... Coyote Calhoun Managing Editor & Marketing Director 20-26 LETTERS Comments From SASS Members . Adobe Illustrator 27 POLITICAL Patriots Will Stand United And Strong . Layout & Design Mac Daddy 29-38 ARTICLES Ruminations In A Cowboy’s Coffee Cup . Graphic Design Donna Oakley 40-51 GUNS & GEAR Winterize! . Molding Your Own . Wanted: Gunfighters! . Advertising Administrator Contributing Writers 52, 57 MOUNTED 8th Annual Revenge Of Montezuma . The Capgun Kid Rides . Blackjack Zak, Bob Boze Bell, Buckskin Dave, Capgun Kid, Capt. George Baylor, 54-56 SASS CONVENTION Sign Up Today! (The Old West, Las Vegas Style) ... Col. Dan, Cree Vicar Dave, Doc Nelson, Ima Darlin, Inspector, Jersey Kid, Joe Fasthorse Harrill, 58, 59 HISTORY I Shot The Sheriff (And A Deputy, Too) . Little Known Famous People . Justice Lily Kate, Lucky Bill Thorington, M. Lou Findley, Daisy Desperado . CZ Scout . Coppertop Kid . Miss Tabitha & Mad Mountain Mike, 61 PROFILES Oracle, Purdy Gear, Three Fingers Tequila, REVIEWS-PRODUCTS The Nichols Stallion .45 And Fanner Fifty . 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Have a competent gunsmith check The Headquarters is situated near Founders Ranch immediately your firearms before firing. adjacent to I-40 some three miles east of Edgewood, NM. of SASS is strictly prohibited. Page 6 Cowboy Chronicle November 2008 IT’S TIME FOR A CHANGE … By Blackjack Zak, SASS #26828 (below) for the first of perhaps sever- al changes to our shooting categories. Proposal Summary It’s time to think about the proposi- • Traditional and Modern categories to be COMBINED (not eliminated). tion and the possibilities, and if it • An age break at 35 and up is added, creating two age-based categories – 17 appears the changes are beneficial to and UP and 35 and UP. the game, especially in the long term, • All the age based categories, as is currently the case with 49er and above, we should give the proposal favor- are allowed to use modern or traditional revolvers, one or two-handed shoot- able consideration. … Tex.) ing styles, and any propellant, and the competitor can be either gender. Tex, SASS #4 Background – We have a • Names of the new categories are yet to be determined. ~SASS Hall of Fame Inductee~ large number of categories, but • Net sum gain of categories is “Zero.” they aren’t “fair” for our aging • This change also applies to the protected Lady Modern and Lady (From time to time it’s appropriate to membership. Traditional categories. provide editorial space to others, About a year ago after a major Possible Amendments especially when significant changes annual match where a few of us 30 • Should we also allow the use of the Gunfighter style in all age-based cate- are on the horizon. The Wild Bunch and 40 year olds were sitting around gories? put a framework together for Cowboy a campfire enjoying a few adult bev- • Should we allow the use of the Gunfighter style only in the 17 and up cate- Action Shooting™ over 25 years ago, erages.
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