Alamo Fast Draw

We are pleased to announce creation of the “Cowboy Six Shooter Historical Foundation”.
Bob Graham, Steve Letsinger and others have been working on this venture for several months. While our plan was to officially announce before the end of the year, recent Hall of Fame creation interest at the Gunfighter Zone prompts this timely broadcast. [...]

Fast Draw gunfight maybe not, but Alamo Fast Draw is not just about Fast Draw but Gunfighters and Gunfights.
On April 14, 1881 a posse of about 75 armed Mexicans road into El Paso looking for their 2 missing
vaqueros named  Juarique and Sanchez, who had been looking for 30 head of stolen cattle. Ben Schucter, mayor [...]

Alamo Fast Draw about John Chisum
John Chisum was born on 15th August, 1824 in Madison County. in 1837 the family moved to Texas were John Chisum found work as a building contractor. He also served as county clerk in Lamar County.
in 1854 Chisum began his career in the cattle business and was on the trial [...]

Now seriously, Would you quit drinking !

For those of you that our regular readers here at Alamo Fast Draw, you have probably noticed that I have been neglecting my gunfighter duties and have not put up any postings recently.  I hope to be correcting that this week.
My only excuse is that this gunfighter is also a fisherman and sence I [...]

Alamo Fast Draw Episode 28, Jimmy Stewart, Western Movie Star, and one of my favorite Gunfighter movie star’s.
Lledslinger: Tonight we’re talking about Jimmy Stewart guys.
Jim Martin: When we first got on I thought were on the air but we weren’t. I was recently reading an article I believe it was in the Rifleman or [...]

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Alamo Fast Draw Episode 27 History of Fast Draw
LLedslinger: The subject for tonight the origins of fast draw. The other night I was talking to Blackbird and I mentioned what I wanted to do on the show he made a comment I don’t really remember what the comment was exactly what [...]

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Alamo Fats Draw: The Rough Rider
LLedslinger: Hello Jim I heard you been doing some research.
Jim Martin: Yeah I’ve been kind of boning up my fault memory. You know most of the stuff I already know but then I’m a little hazy on dates and I have to go back and look [...]

Here is a little history lesson for  some of my fellow gunfighters. It may not help you with your fast draw but it may help you look like one. I hope you enjoy it.
One one crowning symbol of the wild west is the 10 gallon hat and the Stetson is the most famous.  There is [...]