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Readers and interviewers often ask about what got me interested in writing western romances. Well, there's a reason my logo features a wagon wheel. It all started with a wagon train. The early seeds were planted with Laura Ingalls and Little House on the Prairie, both the books and the television series. But it wasn't until the late 80's when I was a senior in high school that the love affair truly began. I can still recall standing in a bookstore during one of those high school band trip time killers - you know, the ones where the bus pulls up to the local mall and lets the kids loose on the food court and shops with the only perameter being, "Meet back here by 5:30." Well, where else would I spend time but in a bookstore? Besides, I needed something to read on the bus ride home.

I sat staring at the shelves, picking up book after book but not realy finding anything I liked. Then a friend (a boy, no less!) suggested I try Dana Fuller Ross's Wagon's West Series. Apparently his sister liked them. I picked up Independence!, the first in the series, and was instantly hooked. I can't remember how many I ended up reading, but I think I read at least the first 8, up through Nevada! There were 24 total in the series. Now that my appetite for romance and adventure on the western trail had been whetted, I sought more. Imagine my delight when I stumbled across Saturday reruns of the old westerns from the 50's and 60's. Bonanza. The Big Valley. The Rifleman. I loved them all.

Yet when I saw a promo for Wagon Train, teenage heart palpitations nearly sent me into a swoon. I'd thought Pernell Roberts was to-die-for as Adam Cartwright, but when I caught a glimpse of Robert Fuller as the trail scout, Cooper Smith, I was in love. And the fact that the channel only showed Wagon Train for a short time before discontinuing it, only made my heart grow fonder. We were star-crossed lovers, Cooper and I, held apart by a tragic whim of fate. About this same time, my best friend got me hooked on old movies. We'd go to the video store and try out everything from Audrey Hepburn to Fred Astaire. I started watching the classic movie channel on TV as well. And that's where I found it. My favorite western movie of all time. Westward the Women. Never heard of it? Don't feel bad. Most haven't. It doesn't star John Wayne or Gary Cooper. In fact, nearly the entire cast is female. Odd for a western, right? But that's part of the reason I loved it. That and the fact that it all takes place on a . . . you guessed it . . . wagon train. In the story, a land developer arranges for the transport of moral, able-bodied women to travel from Chicago to his settlement in California to become wives to the frontiersmen there. The women have a variety of motivations for joining the train. Some are in financial straits. Some have lost husbands and

have no where else to go. Some are simply looking to make a new start. The wagon master has serious doubts about their ability to cope with the arduous demands of the journey and tries to convince the land developer to give up on the scheme. The women prove tougher than he expects, though, and with a little training on firearms and team driving, they set out. As the wagon master's respect for the women in his care grows so do the women's respect for themselves. The film destroys sterotypes of women as the weaker sex. And the central love story between the wagon master and the French saloon dancer who is looking to leave her past behind demonstrates that love really does conquor all. Westward the Women came out in 1951 and was based on a concept idealized by Hollywood legend, Frank Capra, after he read an article in a 1940's magazine about a group of South American women who crossed the Isthmus to become brides for a group of male settlers. It was filmed the Utah mountains and California desert and all the actresses were given extensive training in handling frontier weapons, bullwhip cracking, blacksmithing, horseback riding, mule driving, and assembling and disassembling covered wagons. My writer's research heart is drooling in envy. Alas, Netflix doesn't carry it, so I might have to find a copy I can purchase. Because even though I haven't seen it in probably 20 years or more, I still remember it in vivid detail. I still want to be like those women--tough, determined, and ready to take on any challenge this journey of life throws at me. So what about you? What got you started on western romances? Books, movies, television, growing up on a ranch? I'd love to hear your story!

Published at November 30th, 2010 in category Covered Wagons, Folklore/Myths/Legends, Texas History

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Traveling the trail everyday carrying minimal baggage in hot, uncomfortable weather was tough on a cowboy. In 1866, Charles saw his opportunity and began on his new invention – the chuckwagon. He basically redesigned a Studebaker wagon to fit a cowboy’s needs. The Studebaker was a tough Army surplus wagon that could last months of hard driving on the trails. Goodnight designed his very own chuck box, buy Zestril from canada, containing a number of shelves and drawers. He fitted this to the back of the wagon and it served to keep the cook’s things in order. The box had a hinged lid, Online buy Zestril without a prescription, and when the cook (nicknamed “cookie”) shut it, he would have a perfect surface to fix meals on. A water barrel holding a two days’ water supply was also attached to the wagon alongside a row of hooks, boxes, buy Zestril no prescription, brackets, Where can i buy cheapest Zestril online, and a coffee grinder. Goodnight also hung hammock-style canvas under the wagon to carry wood and kindling, which was scarce on the prairies. An additional wagon box was used to carry the cowboys’ bedrolls, personal items, buy cheap Zestril no rx, and food supplies. Goodnight’s genius invention is used in cattle drives to this day. Order Zestril online c.o.d, By 1880, Studebaker had created a model called the “Round – Up” wagon.

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I couldn’t talk about Charles Goodnight without showing you all a picture of his gravesite as it is today. Some of my writer friends, and my coauthors, never miss an opportunity to visit his grave when we’re near it. The Goodnight Cemetery is on the edge of the Caprock about five miles off the beaten track. It overlooks what was his land and it’s truly one of the most beautiful sights one could imagine. You’d really have to know what you’re looking for to find it.

On a visit about two years ago, we discovered that there were bandanas tied all over the fence surrounding his grave. All kinds, some we could recognize by the markings; commemorative bandanas and organizations, but most were just plain everyday bandanas like those worn by cowboys for centuries, so those who have gone there to tie a bandana to honor the “Father of the Texas Panhandle” didn’t drop in by accident. I’ve tried to research how the practice got started, but could find little about who started it, but thank them.

Do you have any traditions that you’ve observed, but don’t know its origin? I’d love to have you share them with everyone. When the day is done, I’ll pick a reader to receive a copy of our latest anthology, “Give Me a Texas Ranger”.

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Published at August 18th, 2010 in category Covered Wagons, Horses, Western Re-enactments

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Published at May 21st, 2010 in category Covered Wagons

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MANY WOMEN wrote in their diaries that relationships with Indians were mostly peaceful and mutually helpful. Does that mean Indian troubles were exaggerated as some historians now claim?

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Although remarkably impersonal, women’s diaries offer a fascinating look into daily life on a wagon train. Keeping up with the wash was pure drudgery but not for Mrs. Hampton who wrote in her diary in 1888 that when her wagon train reached Cheyenne, Wyoming, she sent their company’s dirty clothes to the laundry. Now that’s my kind of woman.

It’s a relief to know that most of what I learned about overland journeys from those old westerns was true. Though, as far as I can tell, no wagon train ever rolled out of camp to the tune of Westward Ho, The Wagons.

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Published at October 15th, 2009 in category Covered Wagons, Personal Glimpses

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Published at September 24th, 2009 in category Cooking/Kitchens, Covered Wagons, Personal Glimpses

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Published at September 10th, 2009 in category Covered Wagons, History - General, Wild West Research

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