It was the year 1873 and I found myself in Kansas City. I remember spending time at Potee’s Faro Number Three, owned by Bob Potee. It wasn’t much of a place to speak of but I liked it. I also could be found at the Senate & Marble Hall. This fine establishment was [...]

It’s late October and we ( Red, his son and I) have returned to Red’s ranch in Llano, Texas. There, I would spend two years working the ranch and driving cattle to the railheads in Kansas. One year we pushed two herds North. One to Abilene and the second on to Ogallala, Nebraska.
After the [...]

Riding all night I made it to Fort Worth and though I was dead tired and hungry I was full of energy as the lights of the town called out to me. I had never been to Fort Worth, or for that matter, any big town. There were people all about and music in the [...]