Wyoming Catholic Cowboys - raw and real: Trailing Yearlings

Wyoming Catholic Cowboys - raw and real: Trailing Yearlings: I'm always up for something new, like trailing yearlings. I've been around them plenty, but never to this degree. No better way to l...

Friday, June 18, 1915. Wanted, Horses. War expands in Mexico.

 

The prices were good too.

The Allies ceased offensive operations in the Battle of Artois.

Emiliano Zapata orders all of his senior officers to report for duty.

There were now effectively three armies in the field. One under Villa, which was contesting Obregon, who was allied to Carranza.  A second Carranza army under Pablo Gonzáles Garza that had just been formed by Carranza.  And, finally, the Zapatistas.  None of the leaders of these armies was the de jure head of the Mexican state.

The Motion Picture Directors Association was formed in Los Angeles.

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Thursday, June 17, 1915. Navy to Mexico, Bryan says chillax on war prep, French try to take Vimy Ridge.

Labels: 1910s, 1915, French Army, Mexican Revolution, Mexico, Second Battle of Artois, U.S. Navy, William Howard Taft, William Jennings Bryan, World War One

Sunday, June 13, 1915. Fighting in what became Poland, and is now part of Ukraine. There's a reason for Grape Nuts.

The Central Powers attacked Lemberg, which became Polish after the war as Lviv, and which is now part of Ukraine as Lvov.

A Polish squadron of 70 uhlans fighting for the Austro Hungarians charged Imperial Russian Army positions at Rokitna on this day, taking the positions, but sustaining heavy casualties.

Foreign powers were replying to notes and the British were buying horses.

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Friday, June 11, 1915. The murder of Christians at Mardin.

Labels: 1910s, 1915, Africa, Armenian Genocide, Cameroon, Christianity, French Army, German Empire, Ottoman Army, Ottoman Empire, Second Battle of Artois, Turkey, World War One

Sunday, June 6, 1915. Switzerland approves a war tax. The Great War comes to Wyoming.

The Allies reorganized at Gallipoli and beat back an Ottoman offensive.

The French Army captured the main road leading to Neuville-Saint-Vaast, France.

The Swiss population overwhelmingly approved a war tax, the first time which a Swiss referendum passed in every canton.

Today In Wyoming's History: June 6: 1915  British commissioners began to purchase remounts in Wyoming.  The purchase of horses for British service in World War One created a boom in horse ranching which would continue, fueled both by British and American service purchases, throughout the war, but which would be followed by a horse ranching crash after the war.

 U.S. Army Remounts, Camp Kearney California, 1917.

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Saturday, June 5, 1915. German forces retook Przemyśl.

Labels: 1910s, 1915, Art, boats and ships, Denmark, Gallipoli, German Army, German Kriegsmarine, Gorlice–Tarnów Offensive, Iceland, Royal Navy, Women, World War One

Friday, June 4, 1915. Bring Your Horses.

British, French, and Indian forces made a third and final attempt to capture Achi Baba on the Gallipoli peninsula but were repulsed.  Both side, sustained heavy casualties.

World War One was impacting Wyoming's economy:

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Thursday, June 3, 1915. Battle of León.

Beasts of Burden

Pack Animals - the 🇩🇪 German Mountain Infantry Brigade

Saturday, May 17, 1875. The First Kentucky Derby.

May 17, 1875: The 1st Kentucky Derby

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Friday. March 26, 1875. Violence in Texas.

Labels: 1870s, 1875, 1940s, 1948, 1960s, 1968, Hawaii, Korea, Korean War, Personalities, South Korea, The Cold War

Wyoming Catholic Cowboys - raw and real: Horse Shoeing

Wyoming Catholic Cowboys - raw and real: Horse Shoeing: Thankfully, Chief is not lame this spring like he was last fall. That was worrisome. To prevent it from happening again, I think we better s...

Monday, April 26, 1915. Leaving one Triple and joining another. French remounts travel through Laramie.

The secret Treaty of London was signed in which Italy agreed to abandon the Triple Alliance with Germany and Austro Hungaria and join the Triple Entente in exchange for Austro Hungarian territory.

Canadians attacked St. Julien again, but were once again forced back.

Horses in transit to the French Army travelled through Laramie.

German colonial forces attacked the South African-held town of Trekkopje in South West Africa but were repulsed by a unit of armored cars equipped with machine guns.

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Sunday, April 15, 1915. Gallipoli.

Labels: 1910s, 1915, ANZAC, British Army, Canadian Navy, French Army, Gallipoli, Ottoman Army, Ottoman Empire, The Second Battle of Ypres, Turkey, World War One

Wyoming Catholic Cowboys - raw and real: Back in the Saddle

Wyoming Catholic Cowboys - raw and real: Back in the Saddle: The day finally came for me to get literally back in the saddle.  I have hardly ridden a horse this summer. New responsibilities have played...

Sometimes the old ways work best. . .

Mountain Mule Packer Ranch is packing supplies into Weaverville tomorrow. Reach out to 910-885-1402 if you know of specific needs and areas where they can get their mule strings in to help.

Sunday, September 11, 1774. Delivering the Suffolk Resolves.

Paul Revere rode to Milton, Massachusetts, to pick up the Suffolk Resolves.  He took them to the First Continental Congress in Philadelphia.

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Saturday, September 10, 1774. Edenton Tea Party.

Labels: 1770s, 1774, American Revolution, Colonial North America, North Carolina, Taxes, Women

Friday Farming: At 84, Lander horseman still makes hay the old-fashioned way

 

At 84, Lander horseman still makes hay the old-fashioned way

Blog Mirror: Historical Photo: Horses

 

Historical Photo: Horses

I would not have guessed that being a Federal mule packer requires a person to have a Commercial Drivers License.

But it does.

I guess that makes sense, maybe

Or not.

At least at one time, to drive a commercial sized truck for the Federal Government you didn't need a CDL, as the Federal Government issued its own drivers licenses.

Saturday, July 26, 1924. Other around the world flights.

Argentinian pilot Pedro Zanni and mechanic Felipe Beltrame began their rather belated attempt to fly around the world.

Larry Estridge became the last person to win the World Colored Middleweight Championship, defeating title holder Panama Joe Gans in a 10-round bout at Yankee Stadium.  Segregation of titles by race would thereafter rightfully be abandoned.

The KKK held a rally in Issaquah, Washington that drew at least 13,000 people.

The weekly magazines were out.

The Saturday Evening Post with a girl who had a scouting uniform of some type, or perhaps was wearing an oddly colored representation of  Navy white shirt, with red instead of blue.

Country Gentleman had a classic of a draft team.

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Friday, July 25, 1924. Speeding the game up.

Labels: 1920s, 1924, Albania, Armenia, baseball, Cheyenne, Ethnicities, Greece, Kosovo, Rodeo

Wednesday, July 12, 1944. The death of Theodore Roosevelt, Jr.

Theodore Roosevelt, Jr., age 56, veteran of World War One and Two, politician, notable businessman, and son of the President by the same name, the only U.S. general to land with the first wave of U.S. troops during Operation Overlord, died of a heart attack.

Roosevelt in Normandy.  He was severely arthritic by this point in the war.

His actions  on D-Day were critical, for which he would win a Congressional Medal of Honor.

For gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of his life above and beyond the call of duty on 6 June 1944, in France. After two verbal requests to accompany the leading assault elements in the Normandy invasion had been denied, Brig. Gen. Roosevelt's written request for this mission was approved and he landed with the first wave of the forces assaulting the enemy-held beaches. He repeatedly led groups from the beach, over the seawall and established them inland. His valor, courage, and presence in the very front of the attack and his complete unconcern at being under heavy fire inspired the troops to heights of enthusiasm and self-sacrifice. Although the enemy had the beach under constant direct fire, Brig. Gen. Roosevelt moved from one locality to another, rallying men around him, directed and personally led them against the enemy. Under his seasoned, precise, calm, and unfaltering leadership, assault troops reduced beach strong points and rapidly moved inland with minimum casualties. He thus contributed substantially to the successful establishment of the beachhead in France.

The U.S. 88th Division took Lajatico, Italy

Japanese-American soldier of 522nd Field Artillery, US 442nd Regimental Combat Team with a soldier of the Italian 11th Pack Mule Company, Castellina Sector, 12 July 1944.

The Red Army took Idritsa.

Japanese POW broadcasting in an effort to bring Japanese troops in caves out to surrender, July 12, 1944.

Rosie, captured Japanese army dog, Saipan.  July 12, 1944.

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Tuesday, July 11, 1944. Von Stauffenberg's first attempt, Tiger II's first use.

Labels: 1940s, 1944, Adolf Hitler, Caen France, Charles de Gaulle, Claus von Stauffenberg, Franklin Roosevelt, German Resistance Movements, Heroes, July 20 Plot, New Guinea, Operation Overlord, World War Two

Wednesday, April 23, 1924. Debutants drill team

Debutants drill team, April 23, 1914.

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Tuesday, April 22, 1924. Silent Cal.

1940s, 1944, Afghan tribal revolts of 1944–1947, Afghanistan, Battle of Hollandia, China, Hollandia, New Guinea, Operation Ichi-Go, Operation Persecution, Operation Reckless, World War Two

Tuesday, April 15, 1924. Opening day.

Baseball didn't make the front page on this day in 1924.  The House passing the Japanese Exclusion Act did.

But it was opening day.

The silent one shook the hand of Bucky Harris.

Other athletic endeavors were going on as well.

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Sunday, April 13, 1924. Greeks decline a king.

1920s, 1924, Aircraft, Alaska, First Around The World Flight, Greece, Monarchy, United States Air Force