Real Cowboys on Sputtering Model T Cars

The defining moment of the American "Wild West" to many people is the brief 30 second shootout in 1881 that came to be known as "The Gunfight at the OK Corral". 

How long did the lawless days West of the Mississippi actually last? The surprise answer is that they endured into the 1920s.  Forty years after the feud between the Earps and Clantons, cowboys on  sputtering Model T cars instead of fiery steeds were fighting gun battles on a daily basis in a town called Whiz Bang City.

"Gunsmoke" by Charles M. Russell

The shootouts in Whiz Bang, Oklahoma lasted a whole lot longer than a half-minute and they were far bloodier than the more famous confrontations in Arizona.

The real life Whiz Bang Sheriff of the 1920s makes Wyatt Earp, Doc Holliday, and even the Clanton brothers look like choirboys!

It's true.  You could look it up in Wikipedia.  Or, you could get the enhanced version of the story from a new E-book called "The Last Wild West Town - Whiz Bang City".

Based on the real life city and the horrific events that took place during the Oklahoma oil boom of the 1920s, the book transports you  back to the 'glory' days of the town through the eyes of a 21st century soldier from Fort Sill who investigates the present day 'Ghost Town' of Whiz Bang and uncovers its grisly secrets.

The Last Wild West Town - Whiz Bang City, by Bill Russo is available from Amazon and from Smashwords.  Google the title to be taken to the e-book.  If you're a fan of William Johnstone, Zane Grey, or Louis Lamour, you'll enjoy this title.  

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What History Reveals About Separating Children From Their Parents

The Little Soldier from Nazi Germany

A Wikipedia Photograph

The boy was only ten years old when they came and took him, over the objection of his parents. They offered him food and a free uniform and he was part of the fabulous Hitler Youth Movement. He enjoyed the company of his new friends and found the marching, exercising, and even the rifle training to be great fun.

He didn't really understand why some people were inferior and had to be eliminated and that only he and his people were members of the Master Race. Like five million others his age, he was silent as the monstrous sickness of Nazi-ism overspread his land and nearly overtook the world.

But for the U.S. and its allies; most Americans over the age of 70 most likely wouldn't have made it to 25 before being reaped by the monster and his robots.

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They took him from his parents. History show us that nothing good ever comes from separating children from their families.

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The greatest teacher of all is not some quaint, bearded Harvard professor feeding pigeons on Boston Common, nor a stolid acetic in a cave subsisting on dried apricots and the bark of an old tree.  The greatest teacher of all is HISTORY ITSELF.

COPYRIGHT 2018 BY BILL RUSSO, CAPE COD, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

In the Beginning...There was Coffee

In the beginning…. there was coffee,
in red beans on trees green and leafy.
Man toasted the bean... and found
it tasty, if boiled after being ground.

Woman tested and bested the creation
by adding Hazlenuts and cinnamon
Man desired one more add-on. To hike
the flavor he added whiskey for a spike.

History tells us this one sure thing
Man’s find made a better morning.
Woman for hers blended a spicy fix up.
but of his - man had too much and threw up.