A drifting cowboy

An old cowboy's thoughts about horses, canoes, fishing, art, movies, family, and the American West

Monday, February 23, 2026

Genealogy Act of Kindness: Enjoy my Free Book about La Prairie's Fur Trade

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  "The River's Blood: The La Prairie Voyageur Legacy," --  it's free click below and enjoy. Google drive link…   https://d...
Thursday, February 12, 2026

America 250, Caleb Sweet: An Original Member of the Society of the Cincinnati

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1790, George Washington wearing the Society of the Cincinnati medal Caleb Godfrey Sweet, born on October 12, 1732, in Kingston, Washington C...
Friday, February 6, 2026

America 250, GEORGE MASON: WHO WAS INFLUENTIAL IN PENNING THE BILL OF RIGHTS

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  George Mason (1725–1792)—our 2nd cousin 8× removed—stands as one of the most brilliant yet overlooked architects of American liberty. A we...
Thursday, February 5, 2026

America 250, Oliver Ellsworth: A Most Underrated Founding Father

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  Oliver Ellsworth and Abigail Wolcott Ellsworth by Ralph Earl, 1792 Oliver Ellsworth is widely considered one of the most underrated Foundi...

America 250, Ichabod Hawes: Colonial-era Gunsmith

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  Ichabod Hawes (born September 18, 1719, in Wrentham, Massachusetts Bay Colony; died December 18, 1777, in Medway, Norfolk County, Massachu...
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My goal in writing this blog is to answer to the questions I wish I had asked my granddad... I am a horseman, a canoeist, a Western movie historian, a genealogist, and a folk artist. My cowboy and voyageur legacy can be back-trailed for more than twelve generations in North America.
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