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Gang Friends, Associates and Places of Interest
Here's some links for Friends, Associates and just plain places we think you might enjoy as much as we do!
Friends and Associates
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Florida Gulf Coast Railroad Museum
Keeping the memories of the Great Railroad adventures alive. This fine group of volunteers is located in Parrish Florida on US 301 just north of State Road 62. This is a "rolling stock" museum. You actually get to ride in a real train and restored railway cars. You might run into an Old West train robber, a WWII GI or Wehrmacht Unit on maneuvers or a Civil War unit on a mission. Click on the link to get the story and an update of upcoming events!!
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Flagg#75 Steam Engine
This is a hobby out of control. In 1991 Byron Gramling and his father John, acting as individuals, purchased #75 and began its restoration. In their farm shop near Ashley, IN, they have restored 3 Steam Engines. Both #75 and Engine #25 have been restored to running condition and they have nearly completed the restoration of Engine #126.
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Eagle Documentaries
Eagle Documentaries is the production company that is making the Pelican Island documentary you saw on our "Gang Upcoming Events" page. They're a professional group of creative and experienced people that throw themselves into a project. If you have an idea for something you believe they might be interested in, let 'em know.
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Chuckwagon Bar-B-Que
Try on some rip roarin', lip smackin' and belly pleasin' BBQ from one of our favorite places. You gotta go to East Tennessee to get 'em, but the ribs melt in your mouth and everything is just as good! Located at 249 E Andrew Johnson Hwy (11E) in Greeneville, Tennessee. Owned and Operated by past Hole-in-the-Head Gang/OWLHOOTS members Allen and Vicki Crooks and Mike Allee. They have great food and outstanding sauces! Look for Chuckwagon Bar-B-Que Rub and Sauces, 12 Pepper and Sweet & Smoky, in local stores. Oh, and they'll soon be available in your area Whole Foods Store! Oh Man, I can taste them ribs!! Check them OUT!!
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Cracker Creek Gun & Leather Works
Located in Sarasota, Florida is this one-man operation that can do minor gun repairs and outfit you with basic leather needs. Contact Rick Holgate AKA Sixgun Sam McRill SASS 4708 via this websites email or the link above.
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Frontier Saddle
Our Pard Gabe Libraty says if you're looking for leather goods, especially replica Old West or 1800's Military saddle, call him and tell him what you're looking for. Gabes saddles are of high quality, reasonably priced and all hand-made. Gabe's website is part of ours, but you need to call him to discuss what you want and the arrangements for purchase and shipping. He's not set up for internet sales right now.
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Laying J Custom Leather
Met this gentleman, Jeff Hedge, in Galax, Virginia. Jeff hand makes leather goods including holsters, belts, scabards, harness goods and custom leatherwork. He also repairs and finishes leather. If you're from his neck of the woods, give him a call or email him. He's one of the good folks!
Cowboy Sites We Recommend
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Reenactment Guild of America
The Premier Sanctioning Body of 19th Century Historical Presentation. Our Mission Statement is We are an organization of Living Historians, Educators, Entertainers and Reenactors dedicated to the preservation of and education regarding the History of America's 19th Century, primarily ut not restricted to the American Old West.
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Shadows of the Past
Visit "Black Bart" and his great website. Full of information about the Old West, History, Characters and Legends, Reenactors and State groups, Old West clothing and equipment and his personal Viking relatives!! A wealth of information and fun!
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Old West Renactors Webring
This site provides links to other Old West Reenactment groups all over the Country. If you're looking for folks that can provide the feeling of the Old West for your event, look here! See ya 'round the campfire!!
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Florida Reenactors
Florida reenactor site that links Civil War, Cowboy and 1800's history sites all together in one place. Sutlers, Suppliers, References etc. are listed here. Visit soon for events and groups in your area!
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Bob Criswell - Poetry
This site was Bob Criswell's Poetry site dedicated to Cowboys and the Cowboy life. Bob is gone now, but his site and his award winning poetry lives on. Visit and see for yourself!
Cowboy Action Shooting Events
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SASS/Single Action Shooting Society
SASS is the foremost authority and Organization in Cowboy Action Shooting today! Join SASS to engage in the most "funnest" shooting sport you can imagine! Dress the part, shoot the guns and emulate the Cowboys, Lawdogs, Townsfolk, Soiled Doves, School Marms and all the other denizens of the Old West! The site has links to educate, inform, supply and entertain you, so go there today!!
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Miakka Misfits
Miakka Misfits is local to the Sarasota-Bradenton area. Check their website for the scheduled Cowboy shoots held at the Manatee Rifle and Pistol Club off State Road 64 and Logue Rd. Fun shoot and great people. Several of the Gang are members and shoot there regularly. Matches are on the third Sunday of the Month. Bring the Family and make a day of it!
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Doodle Hill Regulators
Located in Ruskin, Florida, this Wild Bunch is more fun than a barrel of monkeys!! Usually has 6 stages, Lunch and Lots-a-Fun. Good bunch of people and fun is had by all..even the scorers!! Join them on the fourth Sunday of each month. Summer matches are posted on the website.
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Last Stand
Fun annual shoot held at the Central Florida Rifle & Pistol Club in Orlando. Held in January, It's a fun shoot with targets large and close. Yup, we miss 'em often! Check out the site for details on The Last Stand 2008!
Organizations and Gun-Friendly sites
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National Rifle Association
While widely recognized today as a major political force and as America's foremost defender of Second Amendment rights, the NRA has, since its inception, been the premier firearms education organization in the world. But our successes would not be possible without the tireless efforts and countless hours of service our nearly three million members have given to champion Second Amendment rights and support NRA programs. As former Clinton spokesman George Stephanopoulos said, "Let me make one small vote for the NRA. They're good citizens. They call their Congressmen. They write. They vote. They contribute. And they get what they want over time."
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Second Amendment Sisters
"Self-defense is a basic human right. The Second Amendment is the Constitution’s self-defense. We must honor it. We must uphold it. We, too, must be prepared to sacrifice for it. Our nation was conceived in liberty. It can long endure."
SECOND AMENDMENT SISTERS Inc. was founded in 1999 by five women who got together on the internet. Deb Altrath of New Jersey, Juli Bednarzyk of Illinois, Dianne Sawyer of South Carolina, Marinelle Thompson of Texas, and Kim Watson of Florida discovered they had something in common - that they didn't want the anti-rights Million Mom March to speak for them. For five months these women, along with a small but dedicated group of volunteers, planned a rally of their own, using the internet to pull all the pieces together. None of them had ever planned such an event before, but the combination of their personal skills and the "must-do" attitude of their supporters enabled them to make a powerful statement on May 12, 2000 - that there were women to whom the Second Amendment meant something, and to whom “gun control” was a false promise.
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