I was out most of the day today with a loved one in for surgery. Anyway, here is another seasonal post for the Frontierado Holiday, coming up this Friday, August 4th.
JIM LEAVY/ LEVY – This gunslinger’s last name shows up under both spellings at times. He was definitely from Ireland. Some accounts claim he was Jewish, but those sources may have jumped to conclusions if they were going by the Levy spelling.
Jim was born in 1842 and when he was 8 years old his family moved to America, arriving in New York Harbor on board the Huguenot on May 14th, 1850. By 1860 Jim was living in Sacramento, CA as either a miner or bartender.
In early 1868, a Silver Rush began to eastern Nevada and our subject moved there with hopes of striking it rich. Trying his luck here and there, Jim was eventually prospecting at Pioche, NV, one of the most underrated of the deadly boom towns of the old west.
Legend has it that Leavy fell in with fellow Irishman Morgan Courtney and his handful of gunslingers who were hired by the Ely-Raymond Mining Concern to take back their Washington & Creole Mine from hired gunmen who had seized it for the Newland Brothers. Continue reading
PRESIDENT TRUMP’S NATIONAL COUNCIL FOR THE AMERICAN WORKER – Read about it 
BOBBY HESLEY PRAISES TRUMP’S ACCOMPLISHMENTS FOR PEOPLE OF COLOR. 
THE WALKAWAY MOVEMENT: DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE FROM THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY – Yes, the #WALKAWAY movement has been around that long! 
RIVERBOAT (1959-1961) – We are less than a week away from Frontierado 2023, observed on Friday August 4th this year. For a combination Frontierado and Forgotten Television post Balladeer’s Blog takes a look at some of the best episodes of the old western series Riverboat. 
Grey Holden captained the Enterprise, but the more experienced Chief Pilot was Ben Frazer, played by the one and only Burt Reynolds. Riverboat was, for a television western, atypically set during the 1830s and 1840s. Some of my favorite episodes are historical fiction, featuring our heroes aiding Texas rebels during the Texas Revolution, clashing with river pirates, or encountering young Abraham Lincoln and a few other historical figures here and there. 
THE AVENGERS Vol 1 #119 (January 1974) 
The crazed, uncomprehending Loki is kept in custody at Avengers Mansion because this is set during a period when Odin had forbidden him to return to Asgard under any circumstances. Time passes, and at one point the Black Panther pursues with Mantis his wish to learn some of her other-worldly martial arts. T’Challa first got the idea when he saw how well 
COMANCHE JACK – Balladeer’s Blog presents another seasonal post for the upcoming Frontierado Holiday, observed Friday August 4th this year. Frontierado celebrates the myth of the old west, not the grinding reality. 
During that four-year period, he developed his marksmanship, as well as his scouting, Indian fighting and wilderness survival skills. In the snowy months, Comanche Jack rode with hunting parties along the Beaver, Canadian and Wolf Rivers. 
A roundup regarding current events from 
BETWEEN TIME AND TIMBUKTU – A SPACE FANTASY BY KURT VONNEGUT JR (March 13th) – Dated humor mars this generally well made 86-minute sci-fi story directed by Fred Barzyk and based on the writings of Kurt Vonnegut Jr. 
ROSEBUD ROB, BALTIMORE BESS AND CINNAMON CHIP – Here’s another seasonal post for the upcoming Frontierado holiday on Friday August 4th. As always, Frontierado is about the myth of the old west, not the grinding reality. 
ROSEBUD ROB … the KNIGHT OF THE GULCH (February 1879) – Rosebud Rob was a Wild West detective, like the real-life Charley Siringo (covered 
“THE PARTY” VS THE REST OF US – Around 100,000 more non-citizens were found on the voter rolls, this time in Pennsylvania during an attempt to combat vote fraud. AND REMEMBER, this was in June 2018. Also, privileged white one-percenter Nancy Pelosi defended MS13, whose motto is “Kill, Rape, Control.” (MS13’s motto, not The Party’s.) All that and more 
A REMINDER THAT “FAMILY SEPARATIONS” AND “KIDS IN CAGES” STARTED UNDER GEORGE W. BUSH AND BARACK OBAMA – Click 
JOURNALIST SHARYL ATTKISSON, THE 21st CENTURY IDA TARBELL, WROTE THIS 2018 PIECE REGARDING THE FBI’s ALREADY-EXPOSED MISDEEDS – It’s 
A TAKE OF MINE THAT UPSET SOME MEMBERS OF BOTH MAJOR POLITICAL PARTIES – Excerpt: “The Watergate and Vietnam War era forced some of the political right in America to face up to the flaws in their vision AND in their heroes. The political left in America are perpetual children who STILL refuse to ever face up to the flaws in THEIR vision and THEIR heroes.” And that’s even more relevant here in 2023. 
Balladeer's Blog 