Mike Armstrong
Hunter
I was raised on a cattle ranch and if the Old West was much like that, what it was REALLY like was a lot of work and dirt and cow crap and never quite knowing if you were going to have two nickels of your own to bang together at the end of the sale.
Did I mention losing half of your kids to disease, half your wives to childbirth, and half your limbs to crazy livestock? And often losing your life to a septic splinter from the corral rails or a bad tooth?
I have studied the Old West seriously and while I'm glad men and women were willing and able to sacrifice to win the land for us, I'm also very glad we didn't have to make those sacrifices ourselves.
Don't mean to be a downer, but I guess I'll leave my time machine up on blocks in the garage.... The West was won by grueling hard labor, not gunfights.
Did I mention losing half of your kids to disease, half your wives to childbirth, and half your limbs to crazy livestock? And often losing your life to a septic splinter from the corral rails or a bad tooth?
I have studied the Old West seriously and while I'm glad men and women were willing and able to sacrifice to win the land for us, I'm also very glad we didn't have to make those sacrifices ourselves.
Don't mean to be a downer, but I guess I'll leave my time machine up on blocks in the garage.... The West was won by grueling hard labor, not gunfights.