A drifting cowboy

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

Thursday, March 11, 2021

COGGESHALL — FROM JOLLY OL’ ENGLAND TO WILD WEST MONTANA

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  JOHN COGGESHALL (1599–1647) OUR 10TH GREAT-GRANDFATHER BIRTH 2 DEC 1599 • Halstead, Essex, England DEATH 27 NOV 1647 • Newport, Newport, R...
Monday, March 8, 2021

A WEE BIT OF SCOTTISH RELIGIOUS HISTORY

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SCOTTISH COVENANTERS WERE MEMBERS OF A 17TH-CENTURY SCOTTISH RELIGIOUS AND POLITICAL MOVEMENT, who supported a Presbyterian Church of Scotla...
Wednesday, February 10, 2021

GREAT-GRANDDAD WAS AN OUTLAW WITH A BOUNTY OF 50 GOLD PIECES ON HIS HEAD

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  Well, at least that’s the way Hollywood presents his story… SEE: ' OUTLAW KING'  (Official Netflix Trailer), THE STORY OF ROBERT T...
Wednesday, January 13, 2021

My Scottish Roots Became Even Deeper in 2020

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  Download map to see full size For the past decade I had focused my Family History research on my French-Canadian Ancestors, and their invo...
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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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