FOLK COLLECTION 11: The Skaggs Foundation Cowboy Poetry Collection
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Poems of the Old West: A Rocky Mountain Anthology
Levette J. Davidson
FC 11 D-02
128
Joseph Mills Hanson
The Springfield Calibre Fifty
I was wrought of walnut blocks and rolled rod steel.
gun, Sitting Bull, Geronimo, arm, West
Poems of the Old West: A Rocky Mountain Anthology
Levette J. Davidson
FC 11 D-02
131
Pvt. W.H. Prather
The Indian Ghost Dance and War
The Red Skins left their Agency, the Soldiers left their post.
Messiah ghost, Bad Lands, Bigfoot, battle, Sioux, Short Bull, religion, Indians
Poems of the Old West: A Rocky Mountain Anthology
Levette J. Davidson
FC 11 D-02
133
Robert V. Carr
Remember the Promise, Dakotah
Remember the promise, Dakotah.
Messiah, belief, religion
Poems of the Old West: A Rocky Mountain Anthology
Levette J. Davidson
FC 11 D-02
134
Arthur Chapman
Beecher Island
All's peace today at Beecher Isle.
memories, battle, death
Poems of the Old West: A Rocky Mountain Anthology
Levette J. Davidson
FC 11 D-02
137
Eugene Field
The Pioneer
Fill up your glass, O comrade true.
toast, honor
Poems of the Old West: A Rocky Mountain Anthology
Levette J. Davidson
FC 11 D-02
138
Lyman H. Sproull
The Stationed Scout
High on the bold, gray granite shelf.
solitude, Ute, loner, pathfinder, trapper
Poems of the Old West: A Rocky Mountain Anthology
Levette J. Davidson
FC 11 D-02
140
Lyman H. Sproll
The Emigrant's Child
Far out in the hush of the mountain land.
grave, gold, grief
Poems of the Old West: A Rocky Mountain Anthology
Levette J. Davidson
FC 11 D-02
140
Floyd B. Small
Root Hog or Die
There was some jolly drivers on the Denver City Line.
oxen team, ox-drawn wagon, overland route, ox
Poems of the Old West: A Rocky Mountain Anthology
Levette J. Davidson
FC 11 D-02
142
anonymous
Baldy Green
Come listen to my ditty.
stage line, Ben Holladay, robbery, gold, shooting
Poems of the Old West: A Rocky Mountain Anthology
Levette J. Davidson
FC 11 D-02
143
anonymous
Old Balaam
Where great Pike's Peak his summit rears.
Great Plains, mule, trail, poet, Narrow Gauge, Rio Grande, train
Poems of the Old West: A Rocky Mountain Anthology
Levette J. Davidson
FC 11 D-02
150
James Barton Adams
A Tough Cuss from Bitter Creek
He'd take a human life as soon as he would take a drink.
Bitter Creek, tough, Colorado, reform, church
Poems of the Old West: A Rocky Mountain Anthology
Levette J. Davidson
FC 11 D-02
152
Anonymous
The Lay of the Vigilantes
Not a bark was heard, not a warning note.
hanging, vigilante
Poems of the Old West: A Rocky Mountain Anthology
Levette J. Davidson
FC 11 D-02
154
James Barton Adams
The Ruin of Bobtail Bend
In the early days in our own wild way we hurried the time along.
Colorado, settlement
Poems of the Old West: A Rocky Mountain Anthology
Levette J. Davidson
FC 11 D-02
155
Eugene Field
Casey's Table D'Hote
Oh, them days on Red Hoss Mountain, when the skies was fair `nd blue.
Rockies, gold camp, boarding house, restaurant, Miners' Hotel, Boulder County, Colorado, food, Rocky Mountains
Poems of the Old West: A Rocky Mountain Anthology
Levette J. Davidson
FC 11 D-02
147
John G. Neihardt
The Shooting of the Cup
They would have fought again.
Mike Fink, shooting, quarrel, gunfight
Poems of the Old West: A Rocky Mountain Anthology
Levette J. Davidson
FC 11 D-02
158
Cy Warman
Old Red Hoss Mountain
I've been to Red Hoss Mountain, where Field once dwelt and wrote.
Place de Casey, Gosh-all-Hemlock Mine, Martha's younket, death, sorrow
Poems of the Old West: A Rocky Mountain Anthology
Levette J. Davidson
FC 11 D-02
159
Jack Leahy
How We Built a Church at Ashcroft
Come all ye Irish gentlemen, a story I would tell.
St. Tim's Church, Deacon Perch, patron saint, Father Placid, argue, Pine Creek, Hunley's, quarrel
Poems of the Old West: A Rocky Mountain Anthology
Levette J. Davidson
FC 11 D-02
163
Lawrence N. Greenleaf
The Lodge Room Over Simpkin's Store
The plainest lodge room in the land was over Simpkin's store.
Friendship Lodge, Masons, help
Poems of the Old West: A Rocky Mountain Anthology
Levette J. Davidson
FC 11 D-02
165
anonymous
The Fight at Nevadaville
Nevadaville upon a hill.
dance, Russell, ball, booze
Poems of the Old West: A Rocky Mountain Anthology
Levette J. Davidson
FC 11 D-02
166
O. J. Goldrich
Grand Opening of the People's Theatre
Pike's Peakers! All! From whatsoever climes.
drama, stage, Dramatic Hall, pioneers, Fremont
Poems of the Old West: A Rocky Mountain Anthology
Levette J. Davidson
FC 11 D-02
169
anonymous
Carrier's Address
Dear Friends and Patrons of the Denver News!
carol, New Year's, secession, Union, soldiers, Lewis Ledyard Weld
Poems of the Old West: A Rocky Mountain Anthology
Levette J. Davidson
FC 11 D-02
172
anonymous
The Camels Have Come
"The Camels are coming," huzza, huzza!
camels, hoax
Poems of the Old West: A Rocky Mountain Anthology
Levette J. Davidson
FC 11 D-02
173
Cy Warman
Doing Railroads for the Rocky Mountain News
It was sometime in the P.M. of the fall of '92.
Creed Chronicle, Democrat, newspaper, Navajo, reporter
Poems of the Old West: A Rocky Mountain Anthology
Levette J. Davidson
FC 11 D-02
176
Jeane Milne Gower
The Curtain (Old Tabor Grand Opera House)
"So fleet the works of men, back to the earth again.
columns, ancient scenes
Poems of the Old West: A Rocky Mountain Anthology
Levette J. Davidson
FC 11 D-02
176
Clyde Robertson
The Woman in the Wagon
She stares from out the wagon as.
dreams, tortures, lover, love, adventure, sadness, tragedy, pain, grief, conquest, pride, respect, courage, pioneers