A drifting cowboy

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

Saturday, September 26, 2015

Genealogy Acts of Kindness

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A genealogy act of kindness is sending a photo or document to a researcher without asking for anything in return. This week I recei...
Tuesday, September 15, 2015

Cowboy Collectibles -- Rare Fishing Watch Fob

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c. 1910 Big Pine, Cal - Home of the Trout watch fob Fishing and angling themed watch fobs are rare to begin with, so when you find o...

Cowboy Collectibles -- More Horse Themed Watch Fobs

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Stewart's Horse Clipping Machine circa 1905 In an earlier post about Cowboy Collectible watch fobs I explained it gives me a goo...
Monday, August 24, 2015

Reel Mounties in the Santa Susanas

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It's hard to picture boulder strewn Santa Susana Pass movie locations as the ideal place to shoot a film based on the Royal Canadian...
Tuesday, August 18, 2015

Reel Cowboys of the Santa Susanas -- Robert Taylor

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Robert Taylor (1911 – 1969) was an American film and television actor who was one of the most popular leading men of his time. While...
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Great Granddad Minted America's First Coins

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Joseph Jenks (Jenckes) -- my 11th great grandfather -- was born 26 Aug 1599 in Buckingham, Buckinghamshire, England; and died 16 M...
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Saturday, August 8, 2015

Great-Uncle Rene Was A Coureurs Des Bois

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By 1697, the fortification at LaPrairie, Quebec, Canada had enclosed 120 persons, among them were Jacques Deneau [our 7th great grand...
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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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