A drifting cowboy

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

Thursday, April 20, 2023

JOHN BATTERSON STETSON (1830-1906) THE INVENTOR OF THE COWBOY HAT

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For me this is a very cool discovery…   John Batterson Stetson (May 5, 1830 – February 18, 1906) was my 6th cousin 5X removed and, in the 18...
Saturday, August 13, 2022

Sporting Collectibles -- Canoes

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During the Golden Age of sports afield (1900-1940s) the canoe was romanticized by American illustrators like Carl Rungius (1869-1959), Frank...
Friday, April 2, 2021

MOLESWORTH INSPIRED FURNITURE by Jerry England (1989-2002)

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  Howdy! My name is Jerry England, in 1989 I saw a display of Thomas Molesworth's Cowboy High Style Furniture at the Buffalo Bill Museum...
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...
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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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