Tough times in old Cheyenne

[george minze]

George,

That had to be the Mayflower. The whole division of Highway Patrolmen in Laramie including me got called out at 3AM to beat feet to Cheyenne and help rescue the PD and supress the rowdies at the Mayflower on night.

Talked to a Greyhound bus driver that got passed by all those patrol cars goin' flat out and he figgered one of the Minuteman Missiles must have exploded or something.

Dave, Come on out, you can help me dig a ditch!!

Ah the Mayflower that was it...What a place.....I was staying at the old hitching Post then. The HP was a gathering place for the entered cowboys due to the buffet and the band from Sacramento "Ricky and the Red-streaks" The really knock down drag em out was at the Mayflower...I was contracted to hire extra security for the HP by the PRCA...Hell of a off duty job!!! Worked there for 7 years along with Reno, Huston, and Denver....Good money but some shaky incidents....My PRCA contractors card got me into the events, behind the chutes where I quickly learned that pain is a way of life for those guys especially the rough stock guys......Mahan was just about ready to semi-retire and Bobby Brown and Hawk-eye along with Donnie Gay were usually on top. that year the Thunderbird crashed was a dozy from start to finish....Getting old but some great memories of things past.....Only thing I can figure was worse than being a Cheyenne Cop during Frontier days was maybe in Rock Springs...Now that is another story.. I'll admit I had some strange on and off-duty jobs....I was crazy then I guess. I guess you have rode some strange fences your self over the years..

 

[BE Mike]

I used to work with a fellow that had a house directly under the flight pattern for Laughlin AFB, a flight training center near Del Rio, TX. When I first talked to him and found that out, I told him that it must really be annoying. His response was, "No, not really, it is the sound of freedom!"

 

[DeadAye]

I used to work with a fellow that had a house directly under the flight pattern for Laughlin AFB, a flight training center near Del Rio, TX. When I first talked to him and found that out, I told him that it must really be annoying. His response was, "No, not really, it is the sound of freedom!"

I would have thought his response would have been "WHAT?"

 

[keith44spl]

Dave, Come on out, you can help me dig a ditch!!

On my way!

I'll sharpen up a pick 'er two....Bet the frost line's about what, five foot deep ?


Su Amigo,

 

[ditrina]

I'm not too far away in Ft. Collins, CO these days .... even this far away the place has been a mad house. Seems like everyone and their brother shows up for frontier days!!

Yup, Sasaberanger asked me where was a good place to eat in Cheyenne this week and I told him Ft. Collins.

It is always amazing how relatives you never heard of in your life want to come visit and renew old family ties this week...

Good Lord... Yer Kin to SASABERANGER..
You best skeeddadle outta town NOW!!.. Fore he drops in an. ets ya outta house and homestead.... and lock up yer shootin' irons..

 

[Iggy]

Good Lord... Yer Kin to SASABERANGER..
You best skeeddadle outta town NOW!!.. Fore he drops in an. ets ya outta house and homestead.... and lock up yer shootin' irons..

Nah we're not kinfolks, just friends. Friends is better than kin as you can choose your friends and you cain't choose your kin.

Met with Thom and Debbie this afternoon for some show and tell. That feller always has sumthin' on the burner.

You have to step lively if your gonna beat that pair on doin' nice things for folks. I ain't managed to get ahead of them yet.