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POSSE ENJOYS

BREAK IN RAIN

After a week of sometimes heavy rain

the clouds parted long enough to

allow the Panhandle Cowboys to

enjoy a fine albeit hot and humid day

of shooting. The wind was not

cooperating very well with the black

powder shooters but there were no

complaints from the modern

smokeyless powder shooters.

Even with the higher temps we had a

solid turnout out with 31 shooters.

We had two new shooters, Kansas

City Kid and Anita Newman it would

appear they enjoyed their selves as

they were smiling when they left.

The expanded shooting categories

combined with the switch to new

ribbon awards were very well

received. Jeb says that we may see

some refinements of the categories in

the future. Remember this is a work

in progress, like all new ideas it just

takes a little time to get the bugs

worked out.

As always a big “THANK YOU” to all

the folks who set up, take down, run

the sign ups and keep it all running

smoothly. Without everyone working

together shooting would not be

possible. See page 3 for match

results.

September panhandlecowboys.org 2016

Contents

Page 2 What’s the Call? Page 3 Match Results

Page 3 Dispatches Page 4 Bloody Bill

Page 7 Deadwood Page 9 Meeting Minutes

Page 10 Mystery Cowboy Page 11 Parting Shot

DONATIONS NEEDED FOR ANNUAL

TOYS FOR TOTS RAFFLE

December is right around the corner. We are in

need of donations for the Toys for Tots Raffle. If

anyone has something they wish to donate or know

an individual or a business that might be willing to

donate, now is the time for action! (Any donation is a

Good donation)

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WHAT’S THE CALL

By Dal Sackett

As CAS shooters, it is incumbent upon us to know

the rules and when spotting, to “”call them as we

see them.” This column will reacquaint us with

some basic rules as they apply to unusual

situations. All situations have been widely

discussed on the SASS Wire and “ruled upon” by

the venerable RO Committee member, Pale Wolf

Brunell.

SCENERIO

The stage has three rifle targets, three pistol

targets and four shotgun knock down targets.

Shooting sequence is pistol – rifle – shotgun.

Stage, for both rifle and pistol, calls for a sweep,

from the left, double tapping the center target. P1

– P2 – P2- P3- P2- P2- P1 – P2 – P2 –P3. The first

pistol malfunctions as the shooter is engaging the

fourth shot (P3) and is declared broken. Shooter

continues with the second pistol. When finished,

the shooter has shot the 10 pistol targets in the

following order: P1 –P2- P2- X- X- P2- P1- P2- P2-

P3. (The “Xs” are the two shots not fired from the

“malfunctioning pistol). Has the shooter earned a

penalty?

Shooter’s Choice, written by Pale Wolf Brunelle,

gives us the answer.

1) Re-engage same target: then reload at the

end of the string for the last target(s) = NO

PENALTY

2) Re-engage same target w/ NO reload =

MISS for each unfired round(s)

3) Skip to the next target w/NO reload(s) =

MISS for each unfired round(s)

4) Skip to next target, reload at end of string

and re-engage skipped targets =

PROCEDURAL

In the above scenario, the correct call is YES. 2

MISSES and NO P

The difference between choice 2 and choice 3 is

that in choice 2 shooter has option to reload at

end of string without penalty, and in option 3

shooter forfeits option to reload at end of string

without penalty

Editors Correction of last month’s “What’s the Call”

answers they should have been as follows.

Answers to these questions are: no, yes, no, no, no

If you would like to download a copy of the Shooters

handbook here is a link SASS Shooters Handbook

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PANHANDLE COWBOYS WINNERS

August 14, 2016

Top Hand (Top Overall Score) Desperado Dale

Shootist (Fastest Clean Sweep) Dead Eye Blue

Cowboy 1. El Camino Kid 2. Stonewall Jason

Duelist 1. Stitch

Elder Statesman 1. Cody Breaker 2. Tulsa Herder

Elder Statesman FC 1. Jeb Stuart

Forty-Niner 1. Kid Whiskey

Gunfighter 1. Alabama Shootist

Senior Gunfighter 1. Easy Tres

Frontier Cartridge 1. Navajo Kid 2. Hollifer A.

Dollar 3. Mudslide Mike

Range Boss 1. Billy Diablo

Silver Senior Frontier Cartridge Duelist 1. Dal

Sackett

Senior Duelist 1. Major McGillicutty

Silver Senior Frontier Cartridge Gunfighter 1.

Mad Dane

Silver Senior 1. Coffin Carpenter 2. Silver Blade

Tracker

Senior 1. Dead Eye Blue 2. Tirador 3. Smoky

Ernie

Ladies Frontier Cartridge 1. Kay Sadeeya

Ladies Frontier Cartridge Duelist 1. Lady

Banderas

Ladies Senior 1. Buckskin Barb

Ladies Senior Frontier Cartridge 1. Sammy Jo 2.

Cassidy Jane

CLEAN SWEEPS (in order of fastest time)

Tirador/Major McGillicutty

FREE SHOOT Coffin Carpenter

Summer Dress in Effect Due to the heat we will remain with 4 stages

for the September match but will go back to 6

stages starting in October. We will also go

back to standard cowboy/cowgirl attire with

the October match.

The Alabama State Championship

“Ambush at Cavern Cove” has moved to

September 2 thru 4. This used to be in

October.

Club Dues are Due in September

Panhandle Cowboys membership dues are due

at the September shoot. Dues are still only

$10.00

Mudslide Hits Pig Mudslide Mike hit a pig on the way to the

Chipley match Saturday. He was in his truck

so no damage to him or the truck-can’t say the

same for the pig. Well, he did not stop, but it

was bothering him all day-so he looked for the

pig on the way back without any luck. He had

no more than got home, and a Fl. State

Trooper was knocking on the door. Well, –---it

turns out the pig squealed on him. (This fairly honest report submitted by Mad Dane)

DISPATCHES

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Born in Kentucky in 1839 before moving

to Missouri and eventually living in Kansas when

the Civil War started, Bill Anderson soon earned

the non de plume "Bloody Bill."

An unusual event made a guerrilla out of William

Anderson. His family had been living in Council

Grove, Territory of Kansas at the start of the war.

After William Quantrill’s raid on Aubry,Kansas on

March 7, 1862 a Federal company from Olathe,

Kansas sent a patrol from Company D, Eighth

Kansas Jayhawker Regiment to investigate.

Southern sympathizers living nearby were sought

out and accused of aiding the raiders. William

Anderson’s father and uncle were named as such.

When the Jayhawker company arrived at the

Anderson farm on March 11th, William and his

younger brother Jim were delivering 15 head of

cattle to the U.S. commissary agent at Fort

Leavenworth. When the brothers returned to their

farm they found their father and uncle hanged in

retaliation, their home burned to the ground and

all their possessions stolen.

Two days later Bill and his brother Jim were both

riding with William Quantrill. Anderson removed

for a year they lived at various places stopping

finally with the Mundy family on

the Missouri side of the line near Little Santa

Fe. When asked why he joined Quantrill

Anderson replied by saying, “I have chosen

guerrilla warfare to revenge myself for wrongs

that I could not honorable revenge otherwise. I

lived in Kansas when this war commenced.

Because I would not fight the people of Missouri,

my native State, the Yankees sought my life, but

failed to get me. [They] revenged themselves by

murdering my father, [and] destroying all my

property.”

By 1863, all Bill had left was a brother and two

sisters that miraculously survived the August

13 Union jail collapse in Kansas City

when Union guards from the 9th

Kansas Jayhawker Regiment, serving as provost

guards in town, intentionally collapsed a three

story brick building on a number of young

Southern female prisoners. Fourteen-year-old

Josephine Anderson was killed in the collapse.

Bill's ten-year-old sister Martha’s legs were

horribly crushed crippling her for life while his

sixteen-year-old sister Molly suffered serious

back injuries and facial lacerations. Both girls

would carry their battered bodies and emotional

scars for years to come.

Anderson soon rose to the rank of captain in

Quantrill's command. He is often accused of

brutality and atrocities towards his

Union enemies but, Anderson's own words belie

that mistaken belief. In 1864 when Anderson

rode east toward Boonville, Missouri to meet

General Sterling Price as he was making his last

raid into Missouri, Anderson split up his

command in order to seek food and shelter from

sympathizing farmers in the area. Union Major

Austin King of the 6th Regiment, Missouri State

Militia stationed in Fayette reported that his

men, on September 12th killed five of Anderson’s

men and captured seven horses and twelve

pistols. One was 17 year-old Al Carter, who had

moved his family to Howard County from Kansas

City because of General Ewing's General Order

No. 11. The other was 17 year-old Buck Collins,

who was foraging for food with Carter when they

were cut off and surrounded at a farmhouse by

twenty-five Federals looking for Anderson.

(continued page 5)

The True Account of William

"Bloody Bill" Anderson

By Paul R. Petersen, author of Quantrill of Missouri

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The Federals shot the two men from their

saddles. After killing Carter, the soldiers shot out

his eyes then scalped him. Carter had long black

curly hair, and the Federals believed they had

killed Anderson. The atrocity only showed the

deep hatred of the Union troops toward the

guerrillas and the brutal deeds of which they

were capable.

On September 27th, Anderson was camped

outside Centralia, Missouri. He took part of his

company into town to search for much needed

supplies. A westbound train loaded with 25

Federal soldiers came into view. The guerrillas

surrounded the cars. Eyewitnesses at the scene

described how the soldiers on board with rifles

crowded the windows and the platforms and fired

briskly at the guerrillas. Before the firing

stopped, Anderson’s men overran the train. The

25 soldiers, most of whom were on furlough

from General William T. Sherman's army, were

taken from the train and lined up alongside the

platform. Anderson questioned the soldiers and

told them how Union troops had recently killed

and scalped a number of men from his command.

Anderson, still reeling from the recent loss of his

closest men, announced, “You Federals have just

killed six of my men, scalped them, and left them

on the prairie. I will show you that I can kill men

with as much skill and rapidity as anybody. From

this time on I ask no quarter and give none.”

When the soldiers protested, Anderson replied,

“You are Federals, and Federals scalped my men,

and carry their scalps at their saddle bows. I

have never allowed my men to do such things.”

One sergeant was singled out and spared for an

exchange for one of Anderson’s men recently

captured.

Anderson has often been accused of having

Federal scalps attached to his saddle bows.

Research has discovered the truth behind this

fabrication. When Anderson rode into Boonville

to meet with General Price, another guerrilla

leader, John Pringle, with his own group of

partisans, accompanied Anderson into town

Pringle and some of his men reportedly

had Federal scalps hanging from their horses’

bridle bits. Price ordered the scalps removed

before he would talk to the guerrilla leaders.

Afterward Price received Anderson’s report of

his summer activities along the Missouri

River and in reply stated that if he had fifty

thousand men such as Anderson he could

hold Missouri for the South indefinitely. One

month later, on October 26, Anderson was

killed near Orrick, Missouri leading a charge

against 300 Federals led by Major Samuel P.

Cox of the 1st Regiment, Missouri State

Militia. Cox's soldiers cut off Anderson's finger

in order to steal his wedding ring. After

photographing his dead body they cut off his

head and mounted it on top of a telegraph pole

in town. Later Anderson's body was buried in

the Old City Cemetery of Richmond, Missouri.

Jayhawker Colonel Charles Jennison's soldiers

from Kansas stopped at the cemetery within a

week after Anderson was buried. Southern

sympathizers among the local women had

carried flowers to decorate the grave.

The Jayhawkers seeing the flowers alighted

from their horses and proceeded to stamp the

bouquets into the ground, kicking the soft

mound and stamping it down to an even level,

resulting in the difficulty in later years as to

its location. Other accounts report that

the Jayhawkers relieved themselves over

Anderson's grave in an act of shear depravity.

The true explanations surrounding the

horrible acts directed towards William "Bloody

Bill" Anderson are much more interesting than

the irresponsible sensationalized accounts of

his actions that his detractors have tried to

perpetuate since his death.

© Paul R. Petersen, March, 2012

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JAPANESE HACK WEBSITE

If you went to the Panhandle Cowboys website

last month and saw some not so cowboy Japanese

shoes had taken over worry not Jeb Stuart has

taken care of the problem. The website is back in

action and has all of your favorite cowboy info. If

you did order some shoes well……

"Before a standing army can rule, the

people must be disarmed, as they are

in almost every country in Europe. The

supreme power in America cannot

enforce unjust laws by the sword;

because the whole body of the people

are armed, and constitute a force

superior to any band of regular troops."

- Noah Webster,

An Examination of the Leading

Principles of the Federal Constitution,

October 10, 1787

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In 1874, under the command of General George A.

Custer, a government- sponsored expedition

confirmed the presence of gold in the Black Hills.

The U.S. government tried to conceal the

discovery from the general public in order to honor

the 1868 Treaty of Fort Laramie, which forever

ceded the Black Hills to the Lakota-Sioux. The

government also dispatched several military units

to forts in the surrounding area to keep people

from entering the Hills. However, people illegally

entered the area anyway, searching for gold or

adventure. Despite the efforts of the military and

federal government, the American populace

learned about the discovery of gold in the Black

Hills. Influenced by dreams and greed, the 1876

gold rush was on in the Black Hills. Once

Deadwood was established, the mining camp was

soon swarming with thousands of prospectors

searching for an easy way to get rich. Such luck

happened to fall upon Fred and Moses Manuel,

who claimed the Homestake Mine, which proved

to be the most profitable in the area. Although the

Manuels had been lucky, others were not so

fortunate.

Most of the early population was in Deadwood to

mine for gold, but the lawless region naturally

attracted a crowd of rough and shady characters.

These particular individuals made the early days

of Deadwood rough and wild. A mostly male

population eagerly patronized the many saloons,

gambling establishments, dance halls, and

brothels. These establishments were considered

legitimate businesses and were well known

throughout the area.

By 1877, Deadwood was evolving from a primitive

mining camp to a community with a sense of

order. The crude tents and shanties that had

housed the early miners quickly gave way to wood

and brick buildings. The community organized a

town government that relied on Sheriff Seth

Bullock to keep law and order. The gradual

transition of Deadwood from a mining camp to a

civilized community nearly came to an abrupt

end. On Sept. 26, 1879, a fire started at a bakery

on Sherman Street and rapidly spread to the

business district of Deadwood. The fire damaged

the business district of the town, but rather than

give up, the community rebuilt itself.

(continued page 8)

DEADWOOD

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The fire made clear the need for regulations

preventing another fire. The local government

enacted laws that would permit only certain

building materials for building construction. After

the fire, Deadwood rebuilt itself in brick and stone

rather than in lumber.

In 1890, the railroad connected the town to the

outside world. The Fremont, Elkhorn, and

Missouri Valley Railroad helped bring the

community together as a civic entity. The railroad

also brought people to the area from various ethnic

groups. Chinese immigrants were among those

building the railroad. Hundreds of Chinese came

to the Black Hills looking for work in mines or

commerce. Many settled in Deadwood, where they

sought work in restaurants, laundries and stores.

By the end of the 1880s, Deadwood had

a Chinatown, which was at the northern end of

present-day Main Street. The Chinese managed to

establish a district and a fire department for

themselves, but struggled in nearly every part of

society. Often denied equality in a dominantly

Caucasian community, the members

of Chinatown strived for recognition as citizens of

Deadwood. All too often they were subjected to the

suspicion and hostility of whites.

Deadwood gradually evolved from a wild frontier

town to a prosperous commercial center, due, in

part, to the construction of the railroad. Although

the community primarily focused on its gold

mining industry, Deadwood became the place

where people traveled in the Black Hillsto conduct

their business. Despite an 1883 flood, and another

fire in 1894, Deadwood prevailed through many

hardships. In March 1878, Paul Rewman

established Western South Dakota's first

telephone exchange in Deadwood. Dakota

Territory became the states of North and South

Dakota on November 2, 1889 (Dakota

Territory also included areas that encompassed

present day Montana and most of Wyoming)

Deadwood moved forward into the twentieth

century, but the image of the wild West town has

lingered,.

due to past events and the individuals responsible

for making the town into a legend. Figures

like Wild Bill Hickokand Calamity Jane each left

their mark. Hickok, a legendary figure even in his

own lifetime, was shot in the back of the head by

Jack McCall, while playing poker at the No. 10

Saloon onAugust 2, 1876. Calamity Jane was

renowned for her excellent marksmanship,

preference for men's clothing, and bawdy behavior.

Although Deadwood had its tough individuals,

others were gentler in nature, such as Rev. Henry

W. Smith. Preacher Smith was the first Methodist

minister to come to the Black Hills. Smith was

mysteriously murdered on Sunday, August 20,

1876, while walking to CrookCity to deliver a

sermon. These individuals are just a few of the

many notables buried in Mt.MoriahCemetery,

which was established in 1877 or 1878.

“Deadwood has been known the world round for

over half a century. It is the smallest

‘metropolitan’ city in the world, with paving and

public and other buildings such as are seldom

found in cities less than several times its size.”

John S. McClintock

Pioneer Days in the Black Hills, 1939

(except from “Deadwood: An Entire American City

Named a National Historic Landmark!”

http://www.cityofdeadwood.com/index.asp?Type=B

_BASIC&SEC=269A8C80-9F36-4D72-A17D-

DF18E23E10FF)

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MATCH MEETING MINUTES

July 10, 2016

Pledge of Allegiance: Match Director, Mad

Dane, gathered the posse at 8:45 for the Pledge

of Allegiance.

New Shooters: President, Jeb Stuart introduced

2 new shooters today: Anita Newman and

Kansas City Kid. Both are new to Cowboy

Action Shooting! Welcome and have fun!

Announcements: Jeb reminded everyone that

water and Gatorade are available and to stay

hydrated.

Jeb reported that our website was apparently

hacked and was showing up as an

advertisement in Japanese for shoes! He has

fixed it and encouraged everyone to check it out.

Membership fees will be due next month, it is

still $10 for the year.

We will continue with summer dress next

month but will go back to regulation Cowboy

dress in October. We will most likely shoot 6

stages in October and possibly in September,

depending on the weather.

Hollifer A. Dollar announced that the Florida

State Championship match is scheduled for

January 5-8th, 2017. Entry forms will be

available next month. The Panhandle Cattle

Company in Chipley, FL shoots the 4th

Saturday of the month. They will be in summer

dress this month and will most likely be

shooting 6 stages, weather permitting.

The Alabama State Championship was moved

to the 1st weekend in September. There is still

time to register for it.

Alabama Shootist announced that the BPCR

match is the 4th Sunday of the month. There is

still time to buy that long-range rifle and join

them this month!

Cassidy Jane reported that we need donations and

ideas for raffle items for the Christmas

Party/Charity Raffle to raise money for Toys 4

Tots. If you wish to donate something or have a

suggestion, please contact Dal Sackett.

Awards: Jeb announced that we will begin

awarding ribbons at today's match. The categories

have been expanded and there are new signup

sheets. Please be patient while bugs are being

worked out of the new system.

Safety Brief: Mad Dane stated we would be

shooting 2 stages, taking a quick break, and

shooting 2 more stages today. He then conducted

the mandatory safety briefing. Respectfully

submitted,

Sammy Jo

Secretary, Panhandle Cowboys

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SEPTEMBER COWBOY

Trained in stage acting, which he enjoyed

doing most, he became "one of the greatest

'character actors' ever to appear on stage and

screen" states TCM, with over 90 film credits.

He initially studied method acting under

Sanford Meisner, and later became a

founding member of the Actors Studio, where

he studied under Lee Strasberg. His

versatility gave him the ability to play a wide

variety of different roles throughout his

career, primarily as a supporting actor.

For his debut screen performance in Baby

Doll, he won a BAFTA Award for Best

Newcomer and a Golden Globe Award

nomination. Among his other most famous

roles are Calvera in The Magnificent

Seven (1960), Guido in The Misfits (1961),

and Tuco ("The Ugly") in The Good, the Bad

and the Ugly (1966). Other notable portrayals

include outlaw Charlie Gant in How The

West Was Won (1962), Don Altobello in The

Godfather Part III, Cotton Weinberger in The

Two Jakes (both 1990), and Arthur Abbott

in The Holiday (2006). One of America's most

prolific screen actors, He remained active well

into his nineties, with roles as recently as

2010 in Wall Street: Money Never

Sleeps and The Ghost Writer.

.Be the first to guess correctly and win Great

Fame as the 1st person to answer correctly.

Email your answer to

panhandlegaz@gmail.com (don’t forget to include

your alias with your answer)

Last Month’s Cowgirl was Angie Dickenson

answered first and correctly by Hollifer A.

Dollar

AUGUST WINNER

“I never dreamed I would do Westerns.”

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UPCOMING EVENTS

Sept 11 Monthly Shoot Panhandle Cowboys

Sept 24 Monthly Shoot Panhandle Cattle Co

MATCH INFORMATION

WHERE – Escambia River Gun Club

NEXT MATCH –August 14th

MATCH SET-UP –7:30 –8:00AM

MATCH SIGN-UP –8:00 –8:45AM

MANDATORY SAFETY BRIEFING –9:30AM

MATCH FEE -$15.00

MORNING WADDIE MATCH FEE -$10.00

More info @ Panhandle Cowboys Info and Map

PANHANDLE COWBOYS CONTACTS

President –Jeb Stewart ~ bob15621@aol.com

Vice President –Navajo Kid –randypippin@cox.net

Secretary –Sammy Jo – s.pitkin@att.net

Treasurer –Cassidy Jane – bob15621@aol.com

Match Director –Mad Dane – dlangley@gulftel.com

Territorial Governor – Alabama Shootist –

apippin357@aol.com

Webmaster –Jeb Stuart –bob15621@aol.com

Gazette Editor-Cholla Bob- panhandlegaz@gmail.com

PARTING SHOT

“When nothing is going right,

go left.” ~ Anonymous