COWBOY ACTION NEWS
The Monthly Publication of the Lone Star Frontier Shooting Club & Comanche Valley Vigilantes
The Ormsby Ranch, Cleburne, Texas
______________________________________October 2015
Oct 2015
Cowboy Action
Shooting Calendar
Saturday 3
th
Buck Creek Bandeleros
Saturday 10th & Sunday 11th
LSFSC Monthly Match
Begin Signup – 8:30 am
Safety Meeting - 9:15 am
Match Starts – 9:30 am
Sunday 18th
Trinity Valley Regulators
Saturday 17th & Sunday 18th
Buck Creek Bandeleros
Saturday 24th & Sunday 25th
CVV Monthly Match
Begin Signup – 8:00 am
Safety Meeting - 9:00 am
Match Starts – 9:30 am
FROM The
CVV President
FROM THE LSFSC
PRESIDENT
By Billy Bob Evans
SASS# 53658
By Rock Rotten
SASS # 90073
Hi all! I only have one item to go over
this month and it is an important
one, election of new officers. To start
with I will NOT rerun for president. I
have done it for around 9 years and I
am getting close to being burned out
and that would not be fair to the club
or all of our members. Also Red
Coniston has decided not to re run as
treasure, Sidewinder Sid is undecided
if he will rerun as VP or not. We still
have two positions that were never
filled from our last election Secretary
and Executive officer. We do have one
brave person who wants to throw his
name in for President and it is Shady
McClary (hope I spelled it correctly).
Also I would like to throw my name
in for the Executive officer position,
this is so I can represent Wild Bunch
and can spend more time growing
Wild Bunch. If you all have not
figured it out by now I really like
Wild Bunch, don’t misunderstand me
I still like to shoot Cowboy and have
no plans to stop shooting Cowboy. For
me Wild Bunch is a lot more
challenging and I like that.
Man this year is just flying by and
I’ve been to more big shoots than ever
before. It seems every time I turn
around I’m loading up the truck and
heading out for some major fun. I’m
readying things as I write this in
preparation for the SW Regional. OKC
Gun Club is one of my very favorite
places to shoot and I sure enjoy the
banquet at the Cowboy Hall of Fame.
Fortunately I have been steadily
improving and had three very good
performances in a row. It sure feels
good when everything works and
Rotten sits by and lets Rock shoot. I
suppose embracing my inner Rotten,
along with the new hat and Uncle Si
beard, have really helped. “Now look
here Jack……….. we gotta get dem
gators outta dere! “ I hope I can hold
it together once again. I’m sure
Rusty Remington won’t lie down for
me but I got ole Possum Skinner good
and sceert. While I’m tooting my own
horn I have to tell you I was inducted
into the Jedi Gunfighters at the
Hellfire match. Widdermaker Hill
and Possum Skinner inducted me, my
brother Stumpman, and Texas Jack
Daniels during the Saturday night
banquet.
Back to elections our bylaws do not
say how to do elections or when they
need to be (or how long a term is) so
what I would like to do is do
nominations this month and in
LSFSC CLUB OFFICERS
President
Rock Rotten
(a.k.a. Kevin Stump)
817-905-3122
kstump@bh.com
VICE PRESIDENT
Ben Scalped
(a.k.a. Charles Martin)
ceshirleymartin@aol.com
817-573-4478
SECRETARY Treasurer
Cowtown Jack
(a.k.a. Buddy Chapman)
(817) 774-5636
CVV CLUB OFFICERS
President
Billy Bob Evans
(a.k.a. William Evans)
214-356-6766
Billy.Bob.Evans@verizon.net
VICE PRESIDENT
Sidewinder Sid
(a.k.a. Mike Townsend)
townsend.m@att.net
817-475-6781
Secretary
Brazos Belle
(a.k.a. Karen Rice)
scorcher@flash.net
LSFSC Range Officer
Bent Star
(a.k.a. Grover Browning)
817-431-3957
817-832-9457
Treasurer
Red Coneston
(a.k.a. Robert Dawson)
817-444-4716
rdawson1955@msn.com
Web Master
Slowaz Molasses
(a.k.a. Bubba Gomez)
254-412-0904
agomez8@hot.rr.com
CVV Range Officer
Bent Star
(a.k.a. Grover Browning)
817-431-3957
817-832-9457
SASS Territorial Governor
Shady Mclarry
(a.k.a. Ricky Marsh)
rickeymarsh@charter.net
817-980-7206
Newsletter Editor
Willie Earp
(a.k.a. Keith Ciarlariello)
817-237-5956
MEMBERSHIP COORD
Rio Hondo Rob
(a.k.a. Rob Stewart)
214-632-5780
hondarob2003@yahoo.com
SASS Territorial Governor
Goatneck Clem
(a.k.a. Fred Bursey)
817 439-3185
fbursey@sbcglobal.net
BILLY BOB
CONTINUED
November so a second round of
nominations followed by elections.
Then we can use December as a
transition month with the new officer
will take over in January. So if you
are interested in any of the positions
let me or any of the current officers
know.
ROCK ROTTEN
CONTINUED
It sure was a surprise and an honor.
Congratulations to my brother and
TJD! I can now levitate from shelf to
shelf and curve bullet trajectories in
flight. I’m having a little trouble
corralling that shotgun pattern
though. My light saber is still at the
gunsmith’s getting all slicked up –
probably be a good year before I get it
back. There is no try, only do.
So the Russian bear is restless. I’d be
very wary of the bear. I hear lots of
comments commending Putin for
going after ISIS and I must say it’s
about time someone did but this could
get ugly. Very ugly and this is
definitely not about fighting ISIS.
Obama is poking that bear make no
mistake. We have that worthless
commander in chief to thank for all
this turmoil and now he wants to resettle how many Syrian refugees in
the US? And Angela Merkle? That
hag is asking for trouble. Germany
can no more handle a million refugees
that I can eat one of those Amarillo
steaks. I feel for the everyday
German. They will pay and pay
dearly. Pick your conspiracy theory. I
think they all fit. So they think they
can round up 300 million guns but
they say you can’t round up 10
million illegal aliens. Don’t you just
love the common core math this
administration uses? It’s the same
math they use to calculate the
unemployment numbers no doubt.
ROCK ROTTEN
CONTINUED
So how about Boehner finally deciding
to get the hell out of the way and
resigning as speaker of the house?
And Kevin McCarthy backing down
from the nomination? Whew! Dodged
a bullet there. Can we please elect a
conservative, a real conservative to
this post? Someone who will not
capitulate to the liberal commie
democrats. Someone who will do what
we elected all these conservative to
do. I think the American people are
screaming “We are tired of your
political crap! We are tired of a
lawless government! Do your job and
obey the constitution! Get off your
gun control high horse. We WILL
NEVER give them up!”
Now that’s got me good and ready to
sling some iron and throw some lead
downrange. Paint some jihadi’s on the
targets and watch me go under 10
seconds! I’m using my 2nd
Amendment right! Southwest
Regional, here I come!
Texas Ranger victory against a
superior force of Comanche warriors in
December of 1860. As the story goes,
so singular a victory had never been
gained over the fearsome Comanche.
As a result, the great Comanche
Confederacy was broken forever.
Supposedly, the Comanche village
contained between 500 and 600
Indians, of which 150 to 200 were
warriors.
The story goes that Rangers
attacked and chased fleeing Indians
12 miles; by the end of the chase they
counted 70 Comanche on horseback
carrying 32 dead or wounded
companions. Returning from the
chase, the Rangers carried seven
Comanche scalps. We are to believe
that the Texas Rangers, on tired and
worn out horses, chased 109 Indians
for 12 miles, inflicting 39 casualties,
while at the same time suffering no
losses of their own. Many different
versions of the “battle” keep floating
around. History is written by the
winners, and recorded by the
publishers. Capt. Ross and his Texas
Rangers reportedly recaptured
Cynthia Ann Parker.
By German Jack Fordern
SASS# 101556
So, what really happened?
Sul Ross led 47 Texas Rangers, but
there were also 23 U.S. Army troops.
A third group included 70 or more
militiamen. Charles Goodnight was a
scout for Sul Ross. Half the Ranger
horses (and all of those used by the
militiamen) were in poor condition. As
a result, the citizens and at least
half of the Rangers fell behind. By
the time of the raid on the Comanche
camp, they were four or five miles
behind, and did not participate in the
attack.
We have all read many stories about
the recapturing of Cynthia Ann
Parker. The story is one of the most
well known and oft-repeated accounts
in the frontier history of northwest
Texas. As the story goes, Texas
Ranger Captain L.S. “Sul” Ross led a
So the Battle of Pease River wasn’t
really a fight between a company of
Texas Rangers and a band of
Comanche warriors. This was a swift,
early December morning attack by
federal troops and a few Texas
Rangers on a small Comanche
_________________________
The Recapture of
Cynthia Ann Parker
What Really Happened
hunting camp—one populated by
women and children. In reality, just
off the Pease River along Mule creek,
not more than 23 federal troops
surprised a small Comanche hunting
camp. There were about 15 of them in
all, mostly women and children. The
fight was over in 20 minutes. The
Texas Rangers and federal troops
killed seven Comanche, four women
and three men. The U.S. cavalrymen
captured two Comanche, Cynthia Ann
Parker and her infant daughter;
about six Comanche got away. The
Texas Rangers had not captured
Cynthia Ann Parker at all. Charles
Goodnight said later that none of the
Rangers killed any of the women or
children.
The Truth: One Texas Ranger from
1928 was quoted as saying, “I was
in the Pease River fight, but I’m not
very proud of it. There was no battle,
but just the killing of women and
children.”
Sul Ross served in the Confederate
Army as a general. In 1886, he was
trying to get elected governor. By
then, the legend was spread that so
singular a victory had never been
gained over the fearsome Comanche.
According to the legend, the Battle of
the Pease River was what broke the
great Comanche Confederacy. While
totally untrue, such stories made Sul
Ross famous. He was able to become
Governor of Texas, and an early
President of the Agricultural &
Mechanical College of Texas, now
Texas A&M University.
__________________________
German Jack Fordern (a.k.a. Johnny
Baker Jr.) is a historian from Dallas,
TX. His historical novel, Burnt Alive
in Gumption Junction, is available on
Amazon in both paperback and Kindle
by following the link:
http://www.amazon.com/Burnt-AliveGumption-JunctionJohnny/dp/0692206116
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