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2jakes

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Jake, first row on the right holding the guitar. Looks like him, that and his real name was Leonard so, I'm guessing "Len" is a clue.

Yep!
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Leonard Slye

It's probably not him but I always imagined
Roy singing this tune when I was a kid. ;)
 
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2jakes

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^^^^^
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Wm. F. Cody, "Buffalo Bill" wearing a
fringe buckskin jacket.

Ever since I saw "Little Big Man" (1970)
I wanted a buckskin jacket with fringes just like the one actor Richard Mulligan wore as General Custer in that specific color.
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I found one in my size and in that color.
A year later whatever chemicals were used to achieve that light color... the jacket literally deteriorated to shreds.
And that was the end of my buckskin jacket craze in that color. :(
 
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I wanted a buckskin jacket with fringes...
Jake, great minds travel in parallel & all that...I bought my jacket after seeing "Easy Rider" on opening weekend in 1969. It opened my eyes & had a tremendous effect on me at the time. The jacket has served me well thru my hippy yrs, some of the Urban Cowboy yrs, & on into my historical phase. It still fits me & I wear it to special events mostly. The color is called Pipestone. Besides the fringe I love the Buck stitching. I used to have a carved pipestone pipe which is now long gone. I need to buy another one before the clock starts ticking, I guess.

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I've been to the museum a couple of times. I hope you toured the other museums while there, especially the Winchester Museum.

I really enjoyed it. We had just spent a week camping in the Tetons and Yellowstone. We were planning on only spending 2 hours there but think we spent more like 4, including a talk by the bird handlers. The Native American part was very good and if you mean the firearms part of the museum, I did go through that. Very informative and comprehensive; they have a LeMat revolver which is pretty awesome (I have an 1873 Lefaucheux inherited from a relative who used it during the War (he was a resistant), but not as impressive as the LeMat!).


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I really enjoyed it. We had just spent a week camping in the Tetons and Yellowstone. We were planning on only spending 2 hours there but think we spent more like 4, including a talk by the bird handlers. The Native American part was very good and if you mean the firearms part of the museum, I did go through that. Very informative and comprehensive; they have a LeMat revolver which is pretty awesome (I have an 1873 Lefaucheux inherited from a relative who used it during the War (he was a resistant), but not as impressive as the LeMat!).


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Sounds like a great trip!
 

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Reminds me of Richard Wetherill (1858-1910), the first man to see Cliff Palace in Mesa Verde, CO ~800 yrs after abandoned by the Anasazi.

The Wetherill brothers: Al, Winslow, Richard, Clayton and John

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800 years... pffff, long time. I went there 2 years ago, another special place. National Parks are really great, my kids also learn a lot with the Junior Ranger programs (and so do I, reading over their shoulders :)).


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800 years... pffff, long time. I went there 2 years ago, another special place. National Parks are really great, my kids also learn a lot with the Junior Ranger programs (and so do I, reading over their shoulders :)).


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You're right about it being a special place. If you don't feel it in your chest there's something wrong with you. The Anasazi lived there 700 yrs & they left food on the table, grass mat rugs on the floors, art on the walls, & corn in the cribs. They have now been gone 800 yrs & we still don't know where they went or why.
 

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