FOLK COLLECTION 11: The Skaggs Foundation Cowboy Poetry Collection

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Time Not Measured by a Clock: Cowboy Poetry from the life of a Cowboy Wife

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Dan Jarvis

That Bunch-Quittin' Old Heifer

We brought the cows off the mountain to the valley below.

snow, peaks, herd, puncher, maverick, heifer, hoolihan

Time Not Measured by a Clock: Cowboy Poetry from the life of a Cowboy Wife

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181

Carole Jarvis

When the Time Comes to Leave

For numerous reasons, the time came to move on, to leave the homeplace.

Time Not Measured by a Clock: Cowboy Poetry from the life of a Cowboy Wife

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183

Carole Jarvis

Leaving the Homeplace

Tomorrow we leave; it's our last night in this house.

empty, packed, hollow, stranger, memories, shadows, space

Arizona Herstory: Tales from Her Storied Past

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Dee Strickland Johnson

The Naming of Arizona

Arizona: An arid zone.

historians, Spaniards, springs, small, aleh-shona, Indians

Arizona Herstory: Tales from Her Storied Past

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Dee Strickland Johnson

Red Stone Face

We were traveling down the highway.

Colorado, Arizona, New Mexico, Indians, vermilion, sandstone, desert, pit house, antelope, cliff dwellings, flint, corn, beans, pious clerics, graves, soldiers, warriors, Dineh, rails, roads, Mother Earth, Father Sky

Arizona Herstory: Tales from Her Storied Past

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Dee Strickland Johnson

Rim of the Mogollon

The ancient ones walked softly.

canyon, walls, obsidian, bowl, civilization, flint, arrowhead, buffalo, shard, cultures, raiders, invaders, pottery

Arizona Herstory: Tales from Her Storied Past

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Dee Strickland Johnson

Pioneer Padre on Horseback: Father Kino in the New World: 1686-1711

Wilderness winds have sifted and shifted.

sand, walls, missions, cattle, horses, goats, sheep, explored, Jesus Society, Spain, crown, Eusebio Francis Chino, Tyrol, Europe, New Spain, Pimas, Apache, slave, Father Salvatierra, cowboys, brand, rope, Christ, king, robe

Arizona Herstory: Tales from Her Storied Past

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Dee Strickland Johnson

Kino's Object Lesson

Father Kino diligently tried to teach the concept of resurrection.

flies, translator, taught

Arizona Herstory: Tales from Her Storied Past

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Dee Strickland Johnson

If Anza Had Remained

America's colonization, so the history books attest.

English, French, trappers, furs, leathers, Spanish, gold, God, Juan Bautista De Anza, soldier, Apache, renegados, Indians, Sonora, California, Camino del Diablo, Colorado, soldiers, Yuma, Quechan, San Gabriel, New Mexico, San Francisco, Comanches, Spain

Arizona Herstory: Tales from Her Storied Past

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Dee Strickland Johnson

The Battle of Picacho Pass: April 1862

On the Arizona desert stands a grim and silent peak.

mystery, battle, wars, springs, native, Spanish, plan, Confederate, Major Sibley, Jefferson Davis, gold, silver, seaports, New Mexico Territory, Rebel, England, Apaches, Tucson, Santa Fe, California Column, Ammi's Mill, Ammi White, Confederacy, Pima, James Barrett, Civil War, Comanches, mesquite, gamma grass

Arizona Herstory: Tales from Her Storied Past

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Dee Strickland Johnson

The Gold and Fleece

In eighteen hundred and seventy five.

Widow Jane, Casners, stock, sheep, Clancey, brothers, money, gold, greed, cash, robbery, Mormons, wagons, carts, Utah, Arizona, plateau, flock, Locy Rogers

Arizona Herstory: Tales from Her Storied Past

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Dee Strickland Johnson

Unluckiest Cuss

You've probably heard of the Lucky Cuss.

Ed Schieffelin, Tombstone, miner, gold, claims, prospecting, George Warren, race, Copper Queen, G.W. Atkins, insane, asylum

Arizona Herstory: Tales from Her Storied Past

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Dee Strickland Johnson

What Goes Around

I've heard life's a circle and what a man sows, surely, that shall he also reap.

Atkins, Pridham, guardian, George Warren, Indian, Apaches, Fort Bowie, Iron Spring, Jack Dunn, Mule Mountains, Rucker, Byrne, silver, claims, prospecting, army, drunk

Arizona Herstory: Tales from Her Storied Past

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Dee Strickland Johnson

George Warren: Background

George lost his mother when he was a child.

Apaches, Indian, slave, attack, prospector, sugar, whites, army

Arizona Herstory: Tales from Her Storied Past

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Dee Strickland Johnson

Johnny Behind the Deuce

The protagonist of this story wasn't named Johnny at all.

Michael O'Rourke, card, bet, luck, Charleston, Henry Schneider, Irish, gambler, Tombstone Mining and Milling, miners, blood, Wyatt Earp, lynching, mob, Dick Gird, Ben Sippy, Tucson, jail

Arizona Herstory: Tales from Her Storied Past

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Dee Strickland Johnson

Buckskin Frank

Frank Leslie put his arm about her shoulders.

romantic, Mike Killeen, gambled, fight, gunshots, wife, May Killeen, Tombstone, Earps, bartender, prospector, rancher, scout, Johnny Ringo, Bill Claibourne, E.T. Bradshaw, Blonde Molly, Yuma, Bott Hill graveyard

Arizona Herstory: Tales from Her Storied Past

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Dee Strickland Johnson

Saturday Night in Tombstone

The riders were all ridin' into Tombstone.

shooters, Wyatt Earp, Doc Holliday, Morgan Earp, miners, slicks, cowboys, gamblers, boozers, floozies, gold, Endicott Peabody, Johnny Ringo, Frank Leslie

Arizona Herstory: Tales from Her Storied Past

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Dee Strickland Johnson

The Tarantula of Arizona: "Baron James Addison Peralta-Reavis"

Strange stories are told of men who sought gold.

Mexican, land, U.S., claims, deceit, Tom Weeden, wealth, extortion, fraud, miners, ranchers, documents, cheat

Arizona Herstory: Tales from Her Storied Past

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Dee Strickland Johnson

Vigilante Coming!

What a strange and tangled tale is told.

Florence, sheriff, mob, prisoners, Mike Rice, Dave Gibson, Richard Sloan, Pauline Cushman, Brash, Emerson, Dozier, Dunn, Joe White

Arizona Herstory: Tales from Her Storied Past

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Dee Strickland Johnson

The Rhyming Robber

McNeil was called "Red the Rooster."

W.R. "Red" McNeil, Holbrook, Aztec cow outfit, Hash Knife, longhorns, bulldogger, buckaroo, A. and B. Schuster's, French Ranch, robber, steal, horse, Perry Owens, thief, charming

Arizona Herstory: Tales from Her Storied Past

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Dee Strickland Johnson

Red the Rooster

Young Red was a cowhand who uster.

rob, A. and B. Schuster

Arizona Herstory: Tales from Her Storied Past

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Dee Strickland Johnson

The Hangin' Tree

There's a pine that stands high on the rim.

Mogollon, mob, cowboys, James Stott, Jim Scott, Jeff Wilson, claim, land, crimes, tortured, sheep

Arizona Herstory: Tales from Her Storied Past

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Dee Strickland Johnson

Climax Jim: My Favorite Outlaw

Jim entered the cattle business.

ranch, running iron, brand, lock pick, jail, Arizona Ranger, sheriff

Arizona Herstory: Tales from Her Storied Past

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Dee Strickland Johnson

The Blundering Bungling Bandits

'Twas on January the thirtieth in eighteen ninety five.

Wilcox, robbers, train, Grant Wheeler, Joe George, bandits, Wells Fargo, safe, silver, express car

Arizona Herstory: Tales from Her Storied Past

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Dee Strickland Johnson

Torch Light Christmas Eve

At the foot of San Francisco Peaks one bleak December day.

topographic engineers, eggnog, Amiel Whipple, Mexico, Navajos, Indian, dance, Antoine Leroux