Yes, & Horn first served as deputy sheriff under Sheriff Glenn Reynolds of Gilda county AZ. When O'Neill enlisted as an officer in the Spanish American War Horn didn't want to enlist as a military man so he volunteered as a Wrangler & Packer but while preparing the animals for Troop A in Tampa, FL Horn came down with malaria & never made it to Cuba.
History certainly wasn't very flattering of Tom Horn...and a lot questions regarding his involvement for the murder of a 14 year old son of a Rancher still remain to this day.
I don't know about flattery or not. After running away from home at 14 it wasn't long before he started to make his living as a bronc buster & rodeo competitor. Somewhere along the line, maybe just being in AZ & around other rodeo competitors he became fluent in the Apache language & in Spanish; some say he was proficient in German. His abilities with animals, as a tracker, & in the languages got him hired by Al Sieber (who was German), who was Chief of Scouts for the Army. Horn served as Army Scout & Interpreter for Gen George F. Crook, Gen Nelson Miles, & Lt. Charles B. Gatewood during the Apache Wars.
Cool stuff!I've been watching 'The Rough Riders' on youtube. It showed in the movie that Roosevelt had his uniform custom made. Tom Horn was Buckey O'Neill's deputy? I didn't know that. Wow. What a deputy.
Teddy and his Rough Riders. There didn't seem to be a uniform requirement for how soldiers were supposed to crease their hats
Enjoying watching your progress on this one Terry.I was making an M1899 Campaign Hat conversion but I didn't like the serious taper in the crown, so with a little tweaking I recreased the crown to something of a Cattleman but still kept some of the campaign hat profile I was after.
I originally went for something like this but the crown was too tapered for my taste. This is a photo from the Spanish American War. It would only take me a minute to retweak the crown again to look like this, but, too much taper!
This is an actual Marine Gunnery Sergeant dressed in a replica Spanish American War era marine uniform
I went with a similar sideview profile on the crown but without the upflip on the back of the brim. This is closer to the hat's actual color and I also sewed on a matching colored 1/2 ribbon with a double pointed bow.
I found a few Spanish American War insignias like this one on eBay for this hat, as well as some braided cords.
I photoshopped this onto the hat.
Now those hats have some taper.
Thank you Blare!
Thank you buddy!
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2 and 4 are unknown. Valentine was one Bob got. I think it was from the same owner. Ding ding on the 3X
Haha. Oh no I did not get in on that one. It was all for you sir.^^^^^ The Valentine was in a separate lot that Joe didn't run me up too far to win.
THat's a beauty Bob.^^^^^ The Valentine was in a separate lot that Joe didn't run me up too far to win.
Great looking hat Greg! The crease is perfect for the hat.
Nice Greg. I’m really liking the extra dents and the curl. Real nice.
