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2014-02 Gazette A Chronicle of the Plum Creek Shooting Society Agarita Ranch February 2014 Lockhart, Texas The Legend of Sam Bass by Long Juan Sam Bass was born in Indiana, it was his native home; And at the age of seventeen young Sam began to roam; Sam first came to Texas, a cowboy for to be - A kinder-hearted fellow you seldom ever see ... am Bass was born in 1851 on 1874, he bought a little sorrel Sa farm near Mitchell, Indiana. mare, Jenny, nicknamed “the Orphaned at the age of 10, he Denton Mare, the fastest horse in lived for the next several years Texas.” Sam soon “retired” to a with his siblings on a nearby life of horse racing, gambling and farm with an abusive uncle and saloon patronizing. In 1875, he his nine children. In 1869, Sam moved to San Antonio and never ran away. He traveled down the again held a permanent job, Mississippi River and worked for living instead on gambling and a year in Charles' Mill, where he eventually as an outlaw. learned how to handle a pistol Sam Bass n San Antonio, Sam hooked up and honed his card-playing skills. Sam Iwith Joel Collins, a young always wanted to be a cowboy. In 1870, he cowboy working as a bartender. For more moved to Denton, Texas, where he was than a year they traveled around the Texas employed by Sheriff W. F. "Dad" Eagan as a frontier race-track circuit. When they were farmhand. Sam curried horses, milked cows caught cheating, Sam told Collins, “The jig is and cut firewood. He also worked as a up in this country. I don’t believe we can do teamster, where he learned all the trails, anything.” But Collins had other ideas. He back roads and thickets that he would later was well known in the area and had no use to elude the Texas Rangers difficulty buying a herd of several hundred n Denton, Sam saved his earnings and cattle by signing notes to be paid after the Ideveloped an interest in horse racing. In cattle were sold. They drove the herd north, first to Dodge City and then to Ogallala in Book & Film ……………. 16 the South Platte Valley of Nebraska, where Find Delta Raider. …….. 8 the prices were higher. After selling the herd Jake’s Stories ………….. 8 and paying the hands, they had $8,000 in Match Report ………….. 9 their pockets. Instead of returning to Texas New Categories ………… 10 to pay off the notes, they squandered the Photos …………………… 11 President’s Word ……… 2 money gambling in Ogallala and in the Black Singletree ………………. 8 Continued on page 4 President - Dragon Hill Dave David Donaldson Austin, TX 512-626-8189 [email protected] Vice President - Joe Darter Tom Morris Seguin, TX 210-464-3969 [email protected] Few things are more satisfying for someone in Secretary & charge of a cowboy shoot than for absolutely everything Editor, Agarita Gazette - to go right. I was lucky to have one of those days for Long Juan our February shoot, and I have to give credit to a lot of John Soule people who made that happen. First to PT, who Austin, TX 512-750-3923 designed the stages and set up the targets not only for [email protected] the February shoot but in advance for the March shoot as well. Lucky Nickel was out at the same time as PT Treasurer - True Blue Cachoo and got all the targets painted, then arrived on Friday Nancy Forage Austin, TX 512-775-0699 before the shoot to get the range ready. You might have noticed how clean the firing line looked this time— Territorial Governor - Jake Lucky Nickel said he raked up a dumpster load of Paladin shotgun wads and trash. J.P. Forage Lightning McQueen helped with the setup and take Austin, TX 512-970-4990 down and, as always, Delta Raider had the signs out, [email protected] the coffee brewing, the lunch lined up, and all the big Range Marshal - Delta Raider and little details that make the Agarita Ranch so Chuck Leshikar inviting. Lockhart, TX 512-227-1389 I even remembered to get the words to the Texas [email protected] pledge out during the shooter’s meeting so we could all Range Deputy - Lightning remind ourselves of that promise again. Long Juan McQueen shot thru, did the scores, and handed out 20 (yes, 20 out of 47—no, I was not one of them) clean shooter Safety Marshal - Open pins along with the announcement of our category Stage Marshal - Open winners. We had plenty of folks step up to take on posse Flag Marshal - Artiman duties, possees moved smoothly, and we had no significant downrange calls. New shooters blended right in and found lots of helpful folks. The targets performed well and we had significantly fewer splatter problems. And I am real sure that a lot of people had FUN. A good day for the Plum Creek Shooting Society. In that vein, we need some volunteers to help us with the post-game cleanup. Our deal with Agarita Ranch is that we get to use the place for Cowboy Action Shooting, but it is also an event venue as well as having livestock around. We have to tend to our own items like targets and shotgun ropes, but we also have to close the barn doors and windows, close the gates, and do general cleanup to put it back like it was. We have been lucky to have PT, Lucky Nickel, Lightning McQueen, Long Juan, Lincoln Drifter and others help get us setup. Continued next page. Page 2 Contnued from previous page We need a crew who will take the The 20 knockdown targets were a big hit, so responsibility of take down—putting the we thought we would bring them back for blankets, counter sticks, pickers, clipboards folks who shot it to test out their “What-I- and shotgun target ropes back in the stage should-have-done” plan and for those who boxes, taking down the temporary tables in haven’t tried it yet to learn what the rest of the saloon/hotel, putting away the coffee us are talking about. Shooters pay half price pots and closing up the gates and doors on ($5) to stay around and enjoy the Texas the range. If we can get one or two Independence Day festivities. volunteers per month to help, that would While we were shooting our monthly really make a difference. match on February 1, Fort Parker was Speaking of volunteers, we are starting to hosting a Texas State Rifle Association make our volunteer list for the Battle of Cowboy Match set up by my good friend and Plum Creek. We already have some folks who fellow Classic Cowboy and Magnificent 7 have stepped up to help, but we need more. member Texas Ghost. They had 79 shooters We particularly need some folks helping with come out to support the TSRA. Several of our side matches Thursday all day and Friday Plum Creek shooters attended and acquitted afternoon. Long range and the speed stages themselves very well. Our own Matt Black will need folks to help move the shooters took overall honors and his dad Colt Faro through. It won’t require an all day came in second overall and was the top commitment—just an hour or two will be Wrangler. Tres Equis was the top Cowboy, fine as long as we get enough folks. and Spur Broke won Cowgirl and was the Volunteering won’t interfere with shooting second lady overall. Kit Carson was the 2d the side matches or the main match. Contact Gunfighter and Czexican Dave was the top Long Juan, Delta Raider, Joe Darter or Senior. The Adobe Kid came in 2d in Cattle Dragon Hill Dave by email if you would like Baron and Boosey Babe came in as the first to help. Cattle Baroness. Yuma Jack was the top Let’s get back to talking about shooting! If Frontier Gunfighter (I bet that was fun to you haven’t already registered for the Battle watch, especially as it got darker.) of Plum Creek, get after it! May will be here Congratulations to all of them, and we thank before you know it. Forms are on the PCCSS them for supporting the TSRA. website. On a personal note, thank you to the Next month we will have our Texas members who have elected me for a third Independence Day shoot. The big event that term as president. I am honored to serve in a weekend is the Texas Independence Day club and venue whose reputation as a great festival that Agarita Ranch is hosting. To place to shoot builds every month. See ya’ at finish up in time for that to start, we are only the Agarita! shooting 5 stages. We will shoot Stages 1-4, and then repeat Stage 7, the Bath House. Page 3 Continued from page 1 Hills town of Deadwood, South Dakota. and his gang. During the They bought a saloon, sold it, bought a gold next four months, the mine and promptly went broke. Finally, they gang became legend. recruited a gang and held up several They were the object of a stagecoaches without making much money. manhunt by the Texas On September 27, 1877, Sam and five others Rangers and Pinkertons. held up a Union Pacific train at Fort Bend, Relying on a thorough Nebraska. They netted $60,000 worth of knowledge of the back freshly minted $20 gold pieces being shipped trails and thickets from the San Francisco Mint to an Eastern learned during Sam’s days as a teamster, they led the their pursuers on long chases, making many narrow escapes.
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