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23 Oct 09 - 01:17 PM (#2751154) Subject: Happy Chisholm Trail Day (Oct. 23) From: Cool Beans Go rope a dogie or something. I started up the trail October 23rd, I started up the trail with the 2-U herd... |
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23 Oct 09 - 04:46 PM (#2751319) Subject: RE: Happy Chisholm Trail Day (Oct. 23) From: open mike Come-a ti yi yippy, yippy yi, yippy yay. Come-a ti yi yippy, yippy yay! The trail stretched from South Texas across the Red River, and on to the railhead of the Kansas Pacific Railway in Abilene, Kansas... The trail is named for Jesse Chisholm who had built several trading posts in what is now western Oklahoma before the American Civil War. He died in 1868, too soon to ever drive cattle on the trail.... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chisholm_Trail There is a statue & museum commemorating the Chisholm Trail in Duncan, OK http://www.onthechisholmtrail.com/ |
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23 Oct 09 - 05:56 PM (#2751353) Subject: RE: Happy Chisholm Trail Day (Oct. 23) From: Q (Frank Staplin) 'Twas in the year of '67 the first herd left Texas. I remember it well. Ole O. W. Wheeler, the 'Kernel,' led the herd, headed for McCoy's in Abilene. 'Twarnt no gals er fancy saloons that first year; nuthn' to do but cadge a drink and maybe get some chuck at the stage stop. Anythin' was better than what our coose turned out. O. W. had already cleaned out the boys on the way up so cards wasn't of much interest.... Anyone have any biographical material on Col. Wheeler? I may have libeled a non-gambler. Don't have McCoy's writings handy; he may have said something about him. |
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23 Oct 09 - 06:12 PM (#2751365) Subject: RE: Happy Chisholm Trail Day (Oct. 23) From: open mike i heard that "chuck wagon" was named after Charles Goodnight, who along with Oliver Loving had the goodnight-loving trail named after them. |
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23 Oct 09 - 07:22 PM (#2751422) Subject: RE: Happy Chisholm Trail Day (Oct. 23) From: Art Thieme ...and when Loving died, Charlie Goodnight took his body all the way back to Texas in a wagon for burial. Sound at all familiar??!! It was a basis for Lonesome Dove. Art |
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23 Oct 09 - 10:15 PM (#2751468) Subject: RE: Happy Chisholm Trail Day (Oct. 23) From: GUEST,Fred (Beetle) Bailey Charles Goodnight (cattleman) laid out several trails -- Jesse Chisholm (trader) laid out one. |
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23 Oct 09 - 10:54 PM (#2751472) Subject: RE: Happy Chisholm Trail Day (Oct. 23) From: semi-submersible My favourite verse: I woke one morning on the Old Chisholm Trail With a rope in my hand and a cow by the tail... |
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24 Oct 09 - 05:03 AM (#2751543) Subject: RE: Happy Chisholm Trail Day (Oct. 23) From: Jim McLean If you listen to 'Rock Around the Closck', does it not remind you of the Old Chisholm Trail? 'One for the money, two for the show, three to get ready now go man go'. I always associate them in my head. |
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24 Oct 09 - 09:43 AM (#2751651) Subject: RE: Happy Chisholm Trail Day (Oct. 23) From: Lighter Agreed. There's a melodic difference but there's a lot of similarity too - at least in the stanzas. |
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24 Oct 09 - 05:36 PM (#2751971) Subject: RE: Happy Chisholm Trail Day (Oct. 23) From: Cool Beans A similarity, too, with the song that actually begins with "Well, it's one for the money," namely, "Blue Suede Shoes." |
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25 Oct 09 - 05:48 AM (#2752218) Subject: RE: Happy Chisholm Trail Day (Oct. 23) From: Jim McLean Ah, Cool Beans, my ignorance of rock titles is very apparent. I almost said the song I was thinking of was 'Blue Suede Shoes' but then I changed my mind. |
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23 Oct 11 - 05:56 PM (#3243669) Subject: RE: Happy Chisholm Trail Day (Oct. 23) From: Cool Beans refresh |
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23 Oct 11 - 11:46 PM (#3243766) Subject: RE: Happy Chisholm Trail Day (Oct. 23) From: open mike http://mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=67126 the lyrics of the song |