how time gets away. Labor Day 1964 my Mom loaded all 9 (the oldest 15 the youngest 18 months old) of her children on the N&W train in Williamson West Va moving us to Gunnison CO. 3 days and 2 nights later we were blessed to be back together as a family as Daddy had come ahead of us to find a place for us.
Our new home would be on the Esty Ranch. My first day on the place was to explore, no snakes and mountains right in the yard! Mrs Esty was the first cowboy we met and she made a big difference in all our lives. So many firsts of the western lifestyle began there like going to the sale barn, moving cows, riding a horse,playing in the pond (later to discover it was the stock pond, no wonder it smelled so bad) and so many other adventures. We all missed our family back in Forest Hills, Kentucky but I have never wanted to leave the West, this is my home and I am so thankful for this blessed life I live.
Thank you my friends for sharing your lives with me.
9-1-19 CowTrail Playlist
When The Work’s All Done This Fall Marty Robbins Under Western Skies [Disc 2]
The Gather Jim Reader 1880’s Cowboy
The Gather Wylie & The Wild West Live! At the Tractor
Gather Round Cowboys David John And The Comstock Cowboy Gather Round Cowboys
Spanish Is The Loving Tongue Carolyn Martin Wild West Texas Wind
T-Bone Steak And Spanish Wine Tom Russell October In The Railroad Earth
Sweet Sarah Ron Christopher Into The West
Catclaw Rose And Herbert Grady Lee Texas Sunset
The Loan Lynn Anderson Cowgirl II
Crime And Ranchin’ Craig Chambers Goin’ To Town
Slow Falling Rain Mike Blakely Ride The River
Tonight Cowboy Your’e Mine Joey and Rory
Coyotes Are Howlin’ Joe Ely Panhandle Rambler
Saddle Up And Ride Doug Figgs – Mikki Daniel Thinkin Of You
A Cowboys Romance Abe Zacharia I Still Wanna Be A Cowboy
Woman Of The Wind Paul Hendel Writes & Co-Writes Vol I
Silver Tongued Devil Chris LeDoux Sing Me A Song, Mr. Rodeo Man
Red Velvet Slippers Juni Fisher Tumbleweed Letters
The Ballad Of Joaquin Murrieta Sons Of San Joaquin Way Out Yonder
A Cowboy Tune Dennis Jay Western Country
Cowgirls Make The Rules Terry Brown It’s A Cowboy Thang
Ponies Royal Wade Kimes Cowboy Cool
Another Mule Gary Allegretto Blues On The Trail
Lonesome Cajun Song Michael Hurwitz And The Aimless Drifters Bunkhouse Blues
In Care Of The Old Blue Moon J Parson The Outlaw Trail
Sweet Summer Hay Joni Harms Lucky 13
Lovin’ Arms Bill Barwick Sons Of The Tumbleweed
Valley Of The Song Dave Miller Beauty Path
Black Coffee And Peanut M&M’s Averill Lovely Someday
My Little Red Wagon Carlos Washington’s Steel Horse Swing Little Bit Of Texas
Crazy Blue Eyes Dawn Anita The Dawn of Old Country
Desperado Love Conway Twitty Silver Anniversary Collection
Sad Songs and Waltzes Waylon Jennings Goin’ Down Rockin’ : The Last Recordings
Rita Ballou Guy Clark Old No. 1
Magnolia Wind Jim Wilson West Of Somewhere
Homeless Shawn Camp from Guy Clark’s 70th Birthday Concert
Old Five and Dimers Shaver Victory
Cigarettes And Coffee Blues Lefty Frizzell Lefty’s 20 Golden Hits
Silver Wings Merle Haggard 16 Biggest Hits
One More Song To Write Willie Nelson Ride Me Back Home
Tennessee Waltz Lacy J. Dalton Greatest Hits
Readin Riting, Rt 23 Dwight Yoakam
Blue Yodel (T for Texas) – Jimmy Rodgers Jimmy Rogers Jimmy Rogers
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