Post by Deleted on Dec 2, 2019 22:52:20 GMT -5
I been kicking around a bit on the Rough Riders, and Brushy's claims of being in both Buffalo Bill Cody's and Pawnee Bill's Wild West Shows.
I came across an interesting picture among the collection of Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show, from the museum & grave exhibit in Nebraska.
In the back row of "Rough Riders" there are two men who look very interesting. One looks like young pictures of a clean shaven Brushy Bill Roberts, and the other man looks like Billy The Kid if he had a mustache, lol.
Not to say the picture is proof of anything, but hear me out a bit. Among Brushy's affects was a medal that was identified as one given to the veterans of San Juan Hill.
Now, Buffalo Bill from 1900-1908 in fact did recreations of this particular battle on his Wild West Show. Some of the men involved were veterans of that campaign, whereas others were merely horsemen playing the part of veterans.
This leads me to believe one of two things, either Brushy Bill Roberts really was a veteran or he was one of the horsemen playing a veteran. The medal is either the real thing, or a very intricate fabrication (prop) because after all Buffalo Bill Cody was a stickler for details.
That would indeed explain why Brushy had that particular medal in his possession even IF he was Oliver Pleasant Roberts, because if he was born in 1868 as his original tombstone reads then he'd of been anywhere from 32 to 40 years old during the Wild West Show production of the recreated battle of San Juan Hill. Certainly old enough to have been involved and fully capable of being a marksman and rider.
Jesus bless you all 😊
I came across an interesting picture among the collection of Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show, from the museum & grave exhibit in Nebraska.
In the back row of "Rough Riders" there are two men who look very interesting. One looks like young pictures of a clean shaven Brushy Bill Roberts, and the other man looks like Billy The Kid if he had a mustache, lol.
Not to say the picture is proof of anything, but hear me out a bit. Among Brushy's affects was a medal that was identified as one given to the veterans of San Juan Hill.
Now, Buffalo Bill from 1900-1908 in fact did recreations of this particular battle on his Wild West Show. Some of the men involved were veterans of that campaign, whereas others were merely horsemen playing the part of veterans.
This leads me to believe one of two things, either Brushy Bill Roberts really was a veteran or he was one of the horsemen playing a veteran. The medal is either the real thing, or a very intricate fabrication (prop) because after all Buffalo Bill Cody was a stickler for details.
That would indeed explain why Brushy had that particular medal in his possession even IF he was Oliver Pleasant Roberts, because if he was born in 1868 as his original tombstone reads then he'd of been anywhere from 32 to 40 years old during the Wild West Show production of the recreated battle of San Juan Hill. Certainly old enough to have been involved and fully capable of being a marksman and rider.
Jesus bless you all 😊