HAPPY FRONTIERADO! The first Friday of every August marks this holiday devoted to the myth of the old west rather than the grinding reality. For some of us the celebration kicks off Thursday night, for others they wait until the actual day of Frontierado to hold their festivities. Enjoy your buffalo steaks, rattlesnake fried rice, corn on the cob, tumbleweed pizza, cactus salad and more today and tonight, and enjoy the leftovers on Saturday and Sunday.
Kid Russell’s painting of Long Henry, seen at left
LONG HENRY – Henry Thompson aka Henry Pell was born in 1866 in the Texas Panhandle. His mother was Cherokee, and his father was a white soldier or, by some accounts, a freight driver. Long Henry referred to his mother having to use a bread board for his cradle because of how poor their family was.
Of his father, the gunslinger stated that the man fought Native Americans and outlaws, but no details have come down to us. In his teens, Long Henry joined up with the Henry Starr Gang, taking part in rustling and armed robberies of banks, trains, post offices, and general stores. Continue reading
THE DENVER DOLL – The annual Frontierado Holiday will be tomorrow, Friday August 4th. Here is yet another seasonal post while there is still time. 
DENVER DOLL, THE DETECTIVE QUEEN; or YANKEE EISLER’S BIG SURROUND (November 14th, 1882) – In this debut appearance, the Denver Doll’s two fisted, gunslinging, card playing, crimefighting nature is established, along with her mysterious past. The heroine’s secrets aren’t revealed until her fourth and final tale. 
On the surgery front, my family member is doing even better so far today, so I had a few minutes to compile this latest roundup from 
YAAAWN. Another purely political, nonsense indictment against Trump by the Kleptocrat-in-Chief Joe Biden, this time over the mass-trespassing incident on January 6th, 2021. I’ve said all I need to say about this idiocy 
SOME GREAT PIECES ABOUT THE UGLY WAR ON TRUMP BY THE BIDEN REGIME – Read them 
BUT TURNING TO THINGS THAT HAVE ACTUAL EVIDENCE, 
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. 
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. 
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. 
