Back Trails and Tales of a Western Family

Mom's Family...

My Leber Family -- La Prairie, Quebec, Canada
http://a-drifting-cowboy.blogspot.com/2016/05/my-leber-family-la-prairie-quebec-canada.html

Cowboy Legacy -- Discovering Family Roots
http://a-drifting-cowboy.blogspot.com/2013/10/cowboy-legacy-discovering-family-roots.html

Cowboy Legacy -- A Million Ancestors in 20 Generations
http://a-drifting-cowboy.blogspot.com/2013/08/cowboy-legacy-million-ancestors-in-20.html

Cowboy Legacy -- Pistol Packin' Momma
http://a-drifting-cowboy.blogspot.com/2012/12/cowboy-legacy-pistol-packin-momma.html

Our Quaker heritage began with John Hallowell (1648-1706)
http://a-drifting-cowboy.blogspot.com/2016/04/our-quaker-heritage-john-hallowell-1648.html

Great Granddad Minted America's First Coins
http://a-drifting-cowboy.blogspot.com/2015/08/great-granddad-minted-americas-first.html

Great-Uncle Rene Was A Coureurs Des Bois
http://a-drifting-cowboy.blogspot.com/2015/08/great-uncle-rene-was-coureurs-des-bois.html

Great Granddad Was Murdered By Iroquois Indians
http://a-drifting-cowboy.blogspot.com/2015/08/great-granddad-was-murdered-by-iroquois.html

Great Grandma Was A French King's Daughter
http://a-drifting-cowboy.blogspot.com/2015/08/great-grandma-was-french-kings-daughter.html

Great Granddad Was a Threshing Machine Builder
http://a-drifting-cowboy.blogspot.com/2015/07/great-granddad-was-threshing-machine.html

Great Granddad Was The Village Blacksmith
http://a-drifting-cowboy.blogspot.com/2015/07/great-granddad-was-village-blacksmith.html

1908, Montana Schoolmarm Finds Romance
http://a-drifting-cowboy.blogspot.com/2015/05/1908-montana-schoolmarm-finds-romance.html

Thank Goodness For Traveling Photographers
http://a-drifting-cowboy.blogspot.com/2015/05/thank-goodness-for-traveling_87.html

Great Granddad at the Battle of New Orleans
http://a-drifting-cowboy.blogspot.com/2015/03/great-granddad-at-battle-of-new-orleans.html

Great Grandfather Died During the Civil War
http://a-drifting-cowboy.blogspot.com/2014/05/great-grandfather-died-during-civil-war.html

Great Granddad Died at Sea in 1847
http://a-drifting-cowboy.blogspot.com/2014/05/great-granddad-died-at-sea-in-1847.html

Great Granddad was a Cheesehead
http://a-drifting-cowboy.blogspot.com/2014/01/great-granddad-was-cheesehead.html

Was Cousin Daniel A Potawatomi Chief?
http://a-drifting-cowboy.blogspot.com/2013/10/was-cousin-daniel-potawatomi-chief.html

Great Granddad was a French Sharpshooter
http://a-drifting-cowboy.blogspot.com/2013/09/great-granddad-was-french-sharpshooter.html

Cowboy Legacy -- Great Granddad Was A Fur Trader
http://a-drifting-cowboy.blogspot.com/2013/08/cowboy-legacy-great-granddad-was-fur.html

Cowboy Legacy -- Neva Plympton (1870-1939) Montana Pioneer
http://a-drifting-cowboy.blogspot.com/2012/02/cowboy-legacy-neva-plympton-1870-1939.html

Cowboy Legacy -- Fight for Liberty
http://a-drifting-cowboy.blogspot.com/2012/02/cowboy-legacy-fight-for-liberty.html

Cowboy Legacy -- French connection
http://a-drifting-cowboy.blogspot.com/2011/10/cowboy-legacy-french-connection.html

Cowboy Legacy -- Founding father and independence
http://a-drifting-cowboy.blogspot.com/2012/02/cowboy-legacy-founding-father-and.html

Cowboy Legacy -- Peaceable folks and a rough rider
http://a-drifting-cowboy.blogspot.com/2012/02/cowboy-legacy-peaceable-folks-and-rough.html

Cowboy Legacy -- Great grandma was hanged for witchcraft
http://a-drifting-cowboy.blogspot.com/2012/02/cowboy-legacy-great-grandma-was-hanged.html

Cowboy Legacy -- Pioneer trails Westward 1800 - 1935
http://a-drifting-cowboy.blogspot.com/2012/01/cowboy-legacy-pioneer-trails-westward.html

Cowboy Legacy -- Puritan New England 1638 to Iowa Territory 1845
http://a-drifting-cowboy.blogspot.com/2012/01/cowboy-legacy-puritan-new-england-1638.html

Cowboy Legacy -- Wheat farming in Idaho
http://a-drifting-cowboy.blogspot.com/2011/11/cowboy-legacy-wheat-farming-in-idaho.html

Cowboy Legacy -- Lewiston Orchards and the Great Depression
http://a-drifting-cowboy.blogspot.com/2011/12/cowboy-legacy-lewiston-orchards-and.html

Cowboy Legacy -- The short, tragic life of Marcus Pierce
http://a-drifting-cowboy.blogspot.com/2011/11/cowboy-legacy-short-tragic-life-of.html

Cowboy Legacy -- Grandpa Brown's barn
http://a-drifting-cowboy.blogspot.com/2011/10/cowboy-legacy-grandpa-browns-barn.html

Cowboy Legacy -- Nebraska 1869 to Idaho 1903
http://a-drifting-cowboy.blogspot.com/2011/10/cowboy-legacy-nebraska-1869-to-idaho.html

Cowboy Legacy -- Kendrick, Idaho 1903 - 1928
http://a-drifting-cowboy.blogspot.com/2011/11/cowboy-legacy-kendrick-idaho-1903-1928.html

Cowboy Legacy -- Mountain Brook homestead
http://a-drifting-cowboy.blogspot.com/2011/11/cowboy-legacy-mountain-brook-homestead.html

Great granddad was burned at the stake
http://a-drifting-cowboy.blogspot.com/2012/07/great-granddad-was-burned-at-stake.html

3rd Iowa Cavalry
http://a-drifting-cowboy.blogspot.com/2011/11/3rd-iowa-cavalry.html

Cowboy Legacy -- Montana stump ranch 1912
http://a-drifting-cowboy.blogspot.com/2011/11/cowboy-legacy-montana-stump-ranch-1912.html

WWI Montana Military Mystery
http://a-drifting-cowboy.blogspot.com/2012/07/wwi-montana-military-mystery.html

Cowboy Legacy -- Bailey cowgirls
http://a-drifting-cowboy.blogspot.com/2011/11/cowboy-legacy-bailey-cowgirls.html

Cowboy Legacy -- Early Montana schools
http://a-drifting-cowboy.blogspot.com/2011/11/cowboy-legacy-early-montana-schools.html

Cowboy Legacy -- Belgian horses
http://a-drifting-cowboy.blogspot.com/2011/11/cowboy-legacy-belgian-horses.html

Cowboy Legacy -- Discovering family photos
http://a-drifting-cowboy.blogspot.com/2011/11/cowboy-legacy-discovering-family-photos.html

Cowboy Legacy -- Saskatchewan homesteader
http://a-drifting-cowboy.blogspot.com/2011/11/cowboy-legacy-saskatchewan-homesteader.html

Cowboy Legacy -- Iowa Territory 1845 to Nebraska 1869
http://a-drifting-cowboy.blogspot.com/2011/10/cowboy-legacy-iowa-territory-1845-to.html

Cowboy Legacy -- Montana record elk
http://a-drifting-cowboy.blogspot.com/2011/10/cowboy-legacy-montana-record-elk.html

Was Great Grandma A Marranos of Portugal
http://a-drifting-cowboy.blogspot.com/2014/12/was-great-grandma-one-of-marranos-of.html

Dad's Family...

Was Great Granddad A Viking King?
http://a-drifting-cowboy.blogspot.com/2014/03/was-great-granddad-viking-king.html

Great Grandfather was a foreman at Woolwich Dockyard
http://a-drifting-cowboy.blogspot.com/2015/06/great-grandfather-was-foreman-at.html

Great Granddad Was An Ironmonger
http://a-drifting-cowboy.blogspot.com/2014/11/great-granddad-was-ironmonger.html

Great Granddad Was A Great Lakes Sailor
http://a-drifting-cowboy.blogspot.com/2014/10/great-granddad-was-great-lakes-sailor.html

DNA Links Great Grandmother To Scotland
http://a-drifting-cowboy.blogspot.com/2014/09/dna-links-grandma-to-scotland.html

Great Granddad Was A Prince Edward Island Fisherman
http://a-drifting-cowboy.blogspot.com/2014/08/great-granddad-was-prince-edward-island.html

Great Granddad was a Victorian Coachman
http://a-drifting-cowboy.blogspot.com/2014/01/great-granddad-was-victorian-coachman.html

British Legacy -- Zeppelin raid over Plumstead, England
http://a-drifting-cowboy.blogspot.com/2012/01/british-legacy-zeppelin-raid-over.html

British Legacy -- Seeking the American dream
http://a-drifting-cowboy.blogspot.com/2011/12/british-legacy-seeking-american-dream.html

British Legacy -- British Royal Artillery, West Indies 1795
http://a-drifting-cowboy.blogspot.com/2011/12/british-legacy-british-royal-artillery.html

Cowboy Legacy -- Looking north to Canada
http://a-drifting-cowboy.blogspot.com/2011/11/cowboy-legacy-looking-north-to-canada.html

British Legacy -- Born 1826 in Newfoundland
http://a-drifting-cowboy.blogspot.com/2011/11/british-legacy-born-1826-in.html

British Legacy -- Four generations of wood workers
http://a-drifting-cowboy.blogspot.com/2011/11/british-legacy-four-generations-of-wood.html

Cowboy Legacy -- Itchy feet and Oakhurst
http://a-drifting-cowboy.blogspot.com/2011/11/cowboy-legacy-itchy-feet-and-oakhurst.html

British Legacy -- Woolwich Arsenal Retirement 1917
http://a-drifting-cowboy.blogspot.com/2016/01/british-legacy-woolwich-arsenal.html

British Legacy -- Collecting woodworking tools
http://a-drifting-cowboy.blogspot.com/search?q=British+Legacy+--+Collecting+woodworking+tools

Cowboy Granddad...

Life and Times of Cowboy Granddad
http://a-drifting-cowboy.blogspot.com/2016/04/the-life-and-times-of-cowboy-granddad.html

Cowboy Culture -- Recollections of Mountain Living
http://a-drifting-cowboy.blogspot.com/2013/07/cowboy-culture-recollections-of-1950s.html

Cowboy Legacy -- First Deer Hunt
http://a-drifting-cowboy.blogspot.com/2012/11/cowboy-legacy-first-deer-hunt.html

Cowboy Culture -- A boy, a river, and a fox in a box
http://a-drifting-cowboy.blogspot.com/2011/11/cowboy-culture-boy-river-and-fox-in-box.html

Cowboy Legacy -- Be all you can
http://a-drifting-cowboy.blogspot.com/2011/11/cowboy-legacy-be-all-you-can.html

California Home Builder -- 1956 apprentice carpenter to building contractor
http://a-drifting-cowboy.blogspot.com/2012/01/california-home-builder-1956-apprentice.html

California Home Builder -- 1969 production home builder
http://a-drifting-cowboy.blogspot.com/2012/01/california-home-builder-1969-production.html

California Home Builder -- 1972 construction manager
http://a-drifting-cowboy.blogspot.com/2012/01/california-home-builder-1972.html

California Home Builder -- 1984 home building company manager
http://a-drifting-cowboy.blogspot.com/2012/01/california-home-builder-1984-home.html

California Home Builder -- 2011 end of a 55 year career
http://a-drifting-cowboy.blogspot.com/2012/01/california-home-builder-2011-end-of-55.html

Cowgirls love jet pilots -- especially when they call you mom
http://a-drifting-cowboy.blogspot.com/2011/12/cowgirls-love-jet-pilots-especially.html

Father and son Western history adventure
http://a-drifting-cowboy.blogspot.com/2011/10/father-and-son-western-history.html

What does a Chemical Neurobiologist and an old Cowboy have in common?
http://a-drifting-cowboy.blogspot.com/2011/10/what-does-chemical-neurobiologist-and.html

Growing up cowboy -- in the San Fernando Valley
http://a-drifting-cowboy.blogspot.com/2011/10/growing-up-cowboy-in-san-fernando.html

Cowboy Legacy -- Great-grandsons of the West
http://a-drifting-cowboy.blogspot.com/2011/11/cowboy-legacy-great-grandsons-of-west.html

Happy Independence Day [2012]
http://a-drifting-cowboy.blogspot.com/2012/07/happy-independence-day.html

Cowboy Legacy, Family & Ancestry
http://a-drifting-cowboy.blogspot.com/2012/12/cowboy-legacy-family-ancestry.html