Editor: Pasture Patti Cajon Cowboy Monthly September Jackson Turner s Band to play at Legends

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1 Editor: Pasture Patti Cajon Cowboy Monthly September 2007 Jackson Turner s Band to play at Legends Hi all first off, I want to apologize For not publishing a newsletter for awhile. Bojack has been sick and in the hospital which has kept me pretty busy. He is getting better and hopes to be out on the range very soon. This has been a long battle but I think he is winning. We are getting ready for our annual Legends of the West shoot at the end of September which will honor the great Jack Elam. Jackson Turner aka Mason Dixon came to the shoot on Sat. and confirmed that he will be our entertainment for Saturday night!!! He is going to bring his band and they will surely play some great music. We are not going to have the usual auction this year but will have a big raffle to benefit Happy Trails Children s Foundation. We have some really great donations: Lever Action Shotgun Sheriff Sniff 2. Gun Cart Durde Dugan 3. Hand Made Afghan and Bedspread Suzie Hooker s Mom 4. Case of once used shotgun shells- Cliff Hanger, Pinon Jones and Fan Chula 5. Butt Cover Wylee One 6. Ruger 45 cal.-colt Colton; Action Job-Owen Muny; Engraved grips Calamity Candy. 7. Colt Scout-Happy Trails Children s Foundation 8. Hand beaded headband and Medicine Pouch Chekahsah Joe free shoot cards for: 4 Cajon Cowboys; 4 Plunge Creek; 4 West End. 10. Koko Peli Weather Vane Henry s Hussy We are also having a garage sale so bring your unwanted treasures. All proceeds will go to Happy Trails Children s Foundation. Friday night bingo is always fun. Bring a lantern if you have one. I want to thank every one of you for your prayers for Bojack. They are really working. Pasture Patti History of the Cajon Pass I am re-publishing the History of the Cajon Pass because it is not only interesting but we have many new members who may not have read it. Evidence exists that the Cajon Pass was inhabited for thousands of years by the early man and the Ute Indians. The earliest documented passage of the Pass was by a Catholic priest from a northern California mission, Farther Garces, who was taking an inland route on a trip to the south when he discovered the Pass as a viable route in March of Another priest Father Zalvidea followed the trail down through the Pass in 1806 on an exploration from Santa Barbara to San Gabriel, looking for inland mission sites. Then in 1827 Kit Carson scouted and mapped the Pass for use by Jedediah Smith the Trapper. Smith was on a mission in the West to map a route for the Mormons to follow in their movement into the San Bernardino valley area. For the first several decades of its use the Pass was known for the presence of marauding Ute s, under Chief Walkera, Hawk of the Mountains and for Anglo and Mexican horse thieves. The arrival of the Mormons and others helped stabilize the Cajon area which remained at the edge of civilization.

2 The Coming of the Railroad In 1879, there was fierce competition between railroads seeking access from the east to Southern California and its seaports. The Southern Pacific had maneuvered to buy up a proposed route through Cajon Pass to block competition with its monopoly on the line through San Grogonio Pass, but in by-passing San Bernardino aroused opposition there. When officials of the California Southern Pacific (now Santa Fe) appeared in the area looking for an alternate route to rival the Southern Pacific, a young San Bernardino engineer named Fred T. Perris showed them the route of the Old Spanish Trail. The account of this expedition sounds like detective fiction, the Perris party, aware of being followed by Southern Pacific spies started their survey in San Gorgonio and on to Morongo, this led the Southern Pacific followers to assume their quarry was headed towards Blythe, away from the Pass and they turned back. The clever Parris, however, led the officials around the north side of the San Bernardino Mountains and into Horse Thief Canyon, topping the ridge where the old road came through, and suggested a wide curve to ease the grade down into Cajon Canyon. The present tracks owned by Santa Fe still follow his suggestion to the railroad officials. Ironically, Southern Pacific built a line thru the Pass parallel to Santa Fe in At the entrance to Glen Helen Park there is California History Landmark #573, the Sycamore Grove Monument. In pioneer times, the sheltered coves were well known camp sites. The Mormon colonists camped at Sycamore Grove in1851 while their leaders negotiated with the Lugos, owners of a Spanish land grant for the purchase of Rancho San Bernardino. In the late 1800 s travelers headed for Cucamonga, Chino and the Los Angeles area camped there. In 1850 George Martin and his family established a way station there on what was called Cajon Pass Road, which at the time ran on the west side of the creek. The Martin s, a well know stop for some 30 years served as the first stop from Cucamonga or San Bernardino. There travelers could rest and water their horses before continuing up the rugged terrain of the Pass. Also, in 1858 a temporary military camp was set up by Col. William Hoffman while on a scouting mission for proposed fort sites along the government road across the Mojave Desert. In 1864 Nicholas Earp, a former Justice of the Peace, led a caravan of 40 wagons and 150 emigrants from Council Bluffs, Iowa down the Cajon Pass into Redlands after camping at Sycamore Grove for several days. Wyatt, then 16 years old, was in charge of the Earp wagons and stock. Virgil then 22 years old, was still enlisted in the 83rd Illinois Infantry, Morgan was not mentioned in this account. In 1880 the Earps moved to Colton where Nicholas carved out a living as a cattle rancher boasting approximately 500 hear of cattle. (continued next month)

3 JOIN US ON SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 2007 Buy ~ Sell ~ Trade ~ Visit at our now famous COWBOY SWAP MEET [9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. in our back parking lot] You never know what you re going to find Seller Spaces Now Available contact Nasty Nick at Walker 47 (714) to reserve your space and for more information DINGS AND DENTS FIREARMS SALE EMF continues to clean out is warehouse and will be in the store with more dings and dents Great Westerns, Lever Actions and Shotguns all at reduced prices... there will certainly be some great deals [Cash and checks preferred for this sale - but if you must, credit card sales charged an extra 3%] WHERE A MAN S WORD IS HIS BOND! 95 E. Orangethorpe, Anaheim ; info@walker47.com (714)

4 CAJON COWBOYS SHOOTING SCHEDULE 2007 January 13 th Practice Shoot-Shooters Clinics January 27 th -Open Shoot-Cowboy Swap Meet February10th-Practice Shoot-Shooters Clinics February 24 th -Open Shoot March 10 th -Practice Shoot-R.O. I Class-Shooters Clinics- Pot Luck Lunch March 24 th -Open Shoot March 30, 31 & April 1 ~ little Larry Memorial Shoot April 14th-Practice Shoot-Shooters Clinics April 28 th - Open Shoot May 12 th -Practice Shoot-RO II Class-Shooters Clinics May 26th-Open Shoot-Sin Killers Cowboy Church June 9 th -Practice Shoot-Swap Meet-Shooters Clinics June 23 rd -Open Shoot July 14 th -Practice Shoot-RO I Class-Shooters Clinics July 28 th -Open Shoot August 11 th -Practice Shoot-Shooters Clinics- August 25 th -Open Shoot September 8 th -Practice Shoot-Shooters Clinics September 22 nd - Side Match Extravaganza Awards-Brown Bag Lunch September 28 th -30 th -Annual Shoot-Legends Of The West October 13 th -Practice Shoot-Shooters Clinics-Pot Luck Lunch October 27 th -Open Shoot Cowboy Swap Meet 2007 Clean Shooters Congratulations Alias # Baja Bandit 2 Calamity Candy 1 Chekahsah Joe 2 Cobalt Blue 1 Cracker 5 Dead Eye Maverick 5 Dixie Bell 3 Doc Valentine 1 Durde Dugan 4 Highgrade 1 Lickety Split 1 M.C. Ryder 1 M.T. Banks 1 Medicine Woman Wiki 1 Nebraska Dan 1 Running Bare 2 Solomon Star 1 Top Notch 2 November 10 th -Practice Shoot-ROII Class-Shooters Clinics November 24 th -Open Shoot-Sin Killers Cowboy Church December 8 th -Practice Shoot-Shooters Clinics December 15th-Christmas Member Appreciation Open Shoot- Free Lunch to all Shooters December 29 th -8 Stage New Years Shoot-Brown Bag Lunch All Practice Shoots are 6 Stages-Snacks and Drinks available for Purchase, No Lunches. All Open Shoots are 8 Stages-Lunch and Drinks available for purchase except where designated as a Brown Bag or Pot Luck Lunch.

5 The Chuck Wagon was invented in 1866 by Col. Charles Goodnight so that he could feed his cowboys on the long trail drives to the railheads. Temple But Not Shirley In the opening sequence of Once Upon a Time in the West, Jack Elam captures a fly in his gun barrel. The scene took two days to film and the fly only became cooperative after director Sergio Leone thought of smearing Elam s face with watermelon If you ve hot a recipe from Jack Elam, take my advice: Don t eat it. Gene Evans 3 parts Cutty Sark 1 part Water Ice Cubes Mix. If not satisfied, repeat the same, again and again. Add a few Salted peanuts for food value. Makes 1 serving. Jack Elam, actor

6 Pards, what s the most wonderful gift you ve ever been given? A silver-mounted saddle? A brace of ivory-gripped Colts? A 100X beaver hat? Those are mighty fine things, but Sin Killer knows of the greatest gift you ve ever been given life. That is our Bible word this month. Yeah, we re alive, up and walking around, but the Good Book also has other things in mind when speaking of life. It means the way you live your life. You have a choice. You can live in false pride, or you can live in honest humility. Some folks go around as full of wind as a bull in corn time. An that ain t life. The Bible says life is not our own, it belongs to God, and is not ours to dispose of. Some hombres think they can play God and pull just about anybody s picket pin, even their own. An that ain t life. God means this gift of life is to be enjoyed and our whole physical, emotional, and intellectual life comes from God. Some dull- Cajon Cowboys Shooting Association, Inc. Club Contacts President Bojack Cell Vice President Luke Warmwater Cell Secretary/Treasurer Pasture Patti Cell SASS Territorial Governor Asphalt Cowboy Cell Webmaster Calamity Candy ards think life is to be lived like tea time at the Methodist parsonage. An that ain t life. Life is so important that Jesus went about healing the sick, and the dying, or even bringing stone cold dead folks back to life! Some idjits put much store in walking around with their tongue hanging out a foot an forty inches and runnin from the sawbones. An that ain t life. Jesus even died on the cross to prove the power of his divine life over death. And life in Christ means putting on the white hat and fighting for the right, and helping out the helpless. That s about the whole shebang of life, except for the biggest part of life eternal life. This wonderful life that God has given us will if we accept the free gift from the hand of Jesus never ends. We will pick up life in the new heaven and the new earth. That life to come will be as clean and shiny as a new penny full of adventure and, well, life! Life is so wonderful and precious that you don t dare become a murderer and deprive the innocent of their life up to and including life in the womb, or elderly life that is past it s prime. God wants us to value life so much that if we catch a murderer God authorizes us to drag that miscreant to the tallest oak and hang im and watch him (or her) swing, and call in the whole county to observe same, so that the sin of murder will be eradicated from the land. And that s life. Now go careful.

7 The Trading Post Advertise Free Your add will run for 3 months contact Pasture Patti to renew ad For Sale Rinco 99 Shotgun, near new condition, worked on by Texas Jack including removal of cross bolt safety, hammers cock together with one thumb. $200. Solomon Star lewholzman@earthlink.net (310) Wanted 12 or 20 gauge shotgun for bird hunting Heck Know For Sale Singer Trendle Sewing Machine Delux cab. With all attachments exc. cond. $500. Dakota Sioux For Sale Gun Cart 4 gun cart built by Durde Dugan $ Cracker cascracker@aol.com For Sale 2006 Aljo Lt 250 Trailer 26 long well equipped $16, Cracker cascracker@aol.com For Sale 1987 Jeep Grand Wagoneer, Mechanical new body and paint fair to good, upholstery fair $2500 obo Izzie Bored For Sale Stainless Rossi Winchester '92,.45 Colt. Only 2000 of these made. $ Stainless Ruger Redhawk, 5 1/2 inch barrel,.44 Magnum. $ or trade for solid frame '97. Prof. Bullspit, cliffhanger@dslextreme.com Congratulations TOP GUNS ~ July 2007 Duelist ~ Prof. Fuller Bullspit Classic Cowboy ~ Rico Elder Statesman ~ Choctaw Frontier Cart. Duelist ~ Desert Dawg Gunfighter ~ Red Haymaker Junior Buckaroo Boy ~ Here Comes Trouble Ladies 49er ~ Irish Eyes Ladies Duelist ~ Bank Robbin Robin Ladies B Western ~ Diamond JAy Ladies Gunfighter ~ Prairie Weet Ladies Modern ~ Sweetwater Ladies Senior ~ Calamity Candy Ladies Silver Senior ~ Stagecoach Sally Ladies Traditional ~ Polly Pennybright Men s 49er ~ Cross Creek Men s B Western ~ Wasatch Kid Senior ~ T. L. Senior Duelist ~ High Country Traditional ~ Honest Henry

8 WESTERN LEATHER CO. Cell Phone Phone & FAX Welcome New Members Gilly the Kid Rock Portwell Skunk River Cross Creek Dr. John 12 ga. Shot Shell Holder Special $ 27.95

9 FR CAT ALIAS Cat ST 1 R ST 2 R ST 3 R ST 4 R ST 5 R ST 6 R ST 7 R ST 8 R TS TR Men's 49er 1 1 CROSS CREEK M $ J.J. JOHNSON M $ ROB BANKS M $ DEAD EYE MAVERICK M $ TOP NOTCH M $ REV. BARRY M. DEEP M $ AL B. DANGED M $ Men's B Western 37 1 WASATCH KID MBW $ Classic Cowboy 19 1 RICO CC $ Duelist 12 1 PROF. FULLER BULLSPIT D $ Elderstatesman 7 1 CHOCTAW ES $ DR. GEORGE ES $ JESSE JIM ES $ CRACKER ES $ DAKOTA HIPSHOT ES $ CLEAN TOP ES $ Frontier Cartridge Duelist 35 1 DESERT DAWG FCD $ Gunfighter 10 1 RED HAYMAKER GF $ GUY WOLF GF $ J.W. IRONS GF $ DIAMONDBACK JACK GF $ SAILOR MIKE GF $ VARMIT VIC GF $ GITMO GUS GF $ JACOB PILSCH GF $ COYOTE 2 EARS GF $ Junior Buckaroo Boy 62 1 HERE COMES TROUBLE JBB $ GILLY THE KID JBB ###### Ladies 49er 14 1 IRISH EYES L $ CHOCTAW GAL L $ MAVERICK MADDY L $ Ladies B Western 41 1 DIAMOND JAY LBW $ Ladies Duelist 47 1 ANNIE MOSSIDY LD $

10 Ladies Gunfighter 36 1 PRAIRIE WEET LGF $ NELLIE BELL PATHFINDER LGF $ Ladies Modern 2 1 SWEETWATER LM $ Ladies Senior 24 1 CALAMITY CANDY LS $ NURSE BOBBI LS $ LICKETY SPLIT LS $ Ladies Silver Senior 39 1 STAGECOACH SALLY LSS $ Ladies Traditional 38 1 POLLY PENNYBRIGHT LT $ CALAMITY DAME LT $ MARTHA EDWARDS LT $ MOLLY MC RUGER LT $ SUSIE HOOKER LT $ Senior 8 1 T.L. S $ LOOSE LATIGO S $ COOT GIBSON S $ TEHACHAPI HORNN S $ SKUNKRIVER KID S $ JOHNNY T S $ ONE BUM S $ Senior Duelist 26 1 HIGH COUNTRY SD $ CHEKAHSAH JOE SD $ BLACK JACK FLAGG SS $ BAJA BANDIT SS $ O.T. HUTCH SS $ L.C. STAR SS $ CALIFORNIA DUTCHMAN SS $ NAILS SS $ Traditional 5 1 HONEST HENRY T $ GRUBSTER T $ J.D. BULL T $ CHICKAMONGA CHARLIE T $ DAKOTA SOUTH T $ R.J. MC RUGER T $ WARTHOG RED T $ NEBRASKA DAN T $ DUSTY PATHFINDER T $ HENRY HOOKER T $ JOHN CRAZY T $

11 Cajon Cowboys~11th Anniversary Devore, CA ~ Presents Legends Of The West A Tribute to Legendary Film Actor Jack Elam September 28th thru 30th, 2007 ~ SASS Rules Apply (No DQ forward) Friday ~ Ladies & Men s side matches, Cajon 18 Round Shotgun Challenge. Evening ~ Cowboy Bingo & complimentary refreshments for Bingo participants. Sat/Sun ~ 12 Main Match Stages (8 Sat., 4 Sun.). Fri-Sunday ~ Happy Trails Children s Foundation Raffles. Entertainment is our own western entertainer Mason Dixon and his band aka Jackson Turner. Working Costume & Gun Cart Contests ~ Clean Shoot Awards Sunday ~ Walker 47 Top 16 Men s and Woman s Shoot Offs. Charter Member Appreciation Drawing. Awards Ceremony. Shooter entry includes: Friday Side matches, Lunches on Sat/Sun, and Dinner Sat. evening Catered by the award winning Cujo s Big Smoke Barbecue Co. Shooters Mtgs - 9AM Fri. 8AM Sat/Sun. Special Prizes for the 11th person to sign up as well as 11th overall winner. Legends Of The West Entry Form First 100 Entries are Entered into Drawing for $100. Walker 47 Gift Certificate (Pre Registration Required for a Shooters Package) All SASS Classes awards and Legends buckles thru 5th place-1 Shooter is a class. Name: Alias: CL Sig. Other: Alias: CL Junior: Alias: CL Jr. Address: Phone Match Fees: Main shooter $79 Sig. Other $69 Junior Member $20 Charter Mem. $69 Total Enclosed: Free Camping/No Hookups~ or Best Western Hotel Cajon Pass. For Reservations Phone BWCAJON Mention Cajon Cowboys to receive a discount-5 miles from range Make Check Payable/Mail to: Cajon Cowboys P.O. Box , Phelan, CA Or you can obtain a registration form and pay for the shoot with credit card at: More info call Bojack/Pasture Patti at

12 Owen Muny Gunsmithing This is a full time gunsmith company specializing in, but not limited to, all of the guns used in Cowboy Action Shooting. I will furnish you with the slick, accurate, and reliable equipment you need to take the game as far as you want to. I use only the finest quality replacement parts available, and manufacture everything else in-house. Every firearm is range tested for proper operation prior to delivery. Your fault, my fault, nobodies fault all my workmanship is guaranteed for life. That means until I die. Hooper Manufacturing 9385 Appleton Street Phelan, California P.O. Box Phelan, California (760) Web john@hoopermfg.com Two Time California State Champion Spendy Muny Cajon Cowboys P.O. Box Phelan, CA