The Frontierado Holiday falls on Friday, August 1st this year. As regular readers know, Frontierado celebrates the myth of the old west, not the grinding reality. Here’s a seasonal post.
BIG STEVE LONG – Like many gunslingers of the American West, Steve Long served in the Civil War, in his case on the Confederate side. After the war, Long gravitated westward as a gunman for hire, temporary lawman and bounty hunter.
In 1866, now known as Big Steve, Long settled in Laramie, WY where he befriended Ace and Con Moyer, two members of one of the Laramie founding families. Big Steve, Ace and Con established a tent saloon that they called Keystone Hall. Continue reading
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