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When I saw the title I pictured a 1895 rifle "Big Medicine" 405 Win.
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Did you see it sold for $1,466,250!
RIA said last weekend's auction set a new all-time gun auction sales record of over $22M in 3 days.
They sold the one I wanted for $37,375. With buyer's premium that's $42,981.25 before shipping and two tax stamps! I was cleanly outbid.
RIA said last weekend's auction set a new all-time gun auction sales record of over $22M in 3 days.
They sold the one I wanted for $37,375. With buyer's premium that's $42,981.25 before shipping and two tax stamps! I was cleanly outbid.
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Teddy Roosevelt's Wild Chase After Boat Thieves
In 1886, Teddy Roosevelt was still a decade or so from the presidency. He ranched in the Dakotas, and one day that spring, he took his boat down the Little Missouri River for a bit, then stopped because he thought it might be fun to hunt some mountain lions. After the first day's cougar search turned up no immediate results, he returned to the river and found the boat was gone. The probable thieves: a gang of accused castle rustlers, led by a redhead named Finnigan. The hunt for mountain lions had ended. The hunt for boat thieves had begun.
Roosevelt and the two cowboys with him built themselves a new boat, and they piled into it and headed after the scoundrels. They sailed for three days. The makeshift vessel didn't offer a ton of shelter, and temperatures dropped to around zero. But they did have blankets, as well as enough bacon and coffee to sustain themselves, and really, that's all a man needs.
Oh, and did we mention Teddy brought a camera to document the arrest?
On day three, they caught up to where the thieves had moored the boat. They crept up on one of the three thieves and nabbed him alone. Then they found the others, and Teddy ordered them to drop their weapons else risk being shot. Apparently, frontier law in those days said that Roosevelt could hang all of them on the spot. Instead, he decided to take them all back with him as his prisoners. He couldn't tie them up, because their arms and legs would quickly freeze up that way, killing them. He did take their boots, though. That would keep them from fleeing, because you can't get far without boots in cactus country.
Their feet didn't freeze. We guess they wore warm socks.
They sailed back upriver together, Roosevelt passing the time by reading Tolstoy. They were just about out of supplies by the time they went ashore, then Teddy went ahead and fetched a wagon, piled the thieves up in it, and followed behind pointing his gun at them. They traveled 36 hours this way without sleep. Then they were in the Dakota Territory, and Roosevelt dropped them off at the sheriff's office -- because Teddy Roosevelt happened to be deputy sheriff.
He got paid 50 dollars for bringing the men in (more than a grand in today's money), which was one reason not to have simply executed the thieves on the spot. Whatever his motive, the thieves were grateful to have been spared. One of them wrote to Roosevelt from prison later, saying he'd been reading appreciatively about the man's life, and the next time he was in town again, he should stop by the prison for a visit.
Okay, now that we write that out, it sounds kind of like a threat. But what sounds like a threat to an ordinary person of course came off to Theodore Roosevelt as just friendly good cheer.
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In 1886, Teddy Roosevelt was still a decade or so from the presidency. He ranched in the Dakotas, and one day that spring, he took his boat down the Little Missouri River for a bit, then stopped because he thought it might be fun to hunt some mountain lions. After the first day's cougar search turned up no immediate results, he returned to the river and found the boat was gone. The probable thieves: a gang of accused castle rustlers, led by a redhead named Finnigan. The hunt for mountain lions had ended. The hunt for boat thieves had begun.
Roosevelt and the two cowboys with him built themselves a new boat, and they piled into it and headed after the scoundrels. They sailed for three days. The makeshift vessel didn't offer a ton of shelter, and temperatures dropped to around zero. But they did have blankets, as well as enough bacon and coffee to sustain themselves, and really, that's all a man needs.
Oh, and did we mention Teddy brought a camera to document the arrest?
On day three, they caught up to where the thieves had moored the boat. They crept up on one of the three thieves and nabbed him alone. Then they found the others, and Teddy ordered them to drop their weapons else risk being shot. Apparently, frontier law in those days said that Roosevelt could hang all of them on the spot. Instead, he decided to take them all back with him as his prisoners. He couldn't tie them up, because their arms and legs would quickly freeze up that way, killing them. He did take their boots, though. That would keep them from fleeing, because you can't get far without boots in cactus country.
Their feet didn't freeze. We guess they wore warm socks.
They sailed back upriver together, Roosevelt passing the time by reading Tolstoy. They were just about out of supplies by the time they went ashore, then Teddy went ahead and fetched a wagon, piled the thieves up in it, and followed behind pointing his gun at them. They traveled 36 hours this way without sleep. Then they were in the Dakota Territory, and Roosevelt dropped them off at the sheriff's office -- because Teddy Roosevelt happened to be deputy sheriff.
He got paid 50 dollars for bringing the men in (more than a grand in today's money), which was one reason not to have simply executed the thieves on the spot. Whatever his motive, the thieves were grateful to have been spared. One of them wrote to Roosevelt from prison later, saying he'd been reading appreciatively about the man's life, and the next time he was in town again, he should stop by the prison for a visit.
Okay, now that we write that out, it sounds kind of like a threat. But what sounds like a threat to an ordinary person of course came off to Theodore Roosevelt as just friendly good cheer.
5 Ridiculous Side Stories Starring Famous Historical Figures
If we had our way, the following stories would be page one of each of these guy's biographies.
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lTeddy Roosevelt's Wild Chase After Boat Thieves
In 1886, Teddy Roosevelt was still a decade or so from the presidency. He ranched in the Dakotas, and one day that spring, he took his boat down the Little Missouri River for a bit, then stopped because he thought it might be fun to hunt some mountain lions. After the first day's cougar search turned up no immediate results, he returned to the river and found the boat was gone. The probable thieves: a gang of accused castle rustlers, led by a redhead named Finnigan. The hunt for mountain lions had ended. The hunt for boat thieves had begun.
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Roosevelt and the two cowboys with him built themselves a new boat, and they piled into it and headed after the scoundrels. They sailed for three days. The makeshift vessel didn't offer a ton of shelter, and temperatures dropped to around zero. But they did have blankets, as well as enough bacon and coffee to sustain themselves, and really, that's all a man needs.
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Oh, and did we mention Teddy brought a camera to document the arrest?
On day three, they caught up to where the thieves had moored the boat. They crept up on one of the three thieves and nabbed him alone. Then they found the others, and Teddy ordered them to drop their weapons else risk being shot. Apparently, frontier law in those days said that Roosevelt could hang all of them on the spot. Instead, he decided to take them all back with him as his prisoners. He couldn't tie them up, because their arms and legs would quickly freeze up that way, killing them. He did take their boots, though. That would keep them from fleeing, because you can't get far without boots in cactus country.
View attachment 789252
Their feet didn't freeze. We guess they wore warm socks.
They sailed back upriver together, Roosevelt passing the time by reading Tolstoy. They were just about out of supplies by the time they went ashore, then Teddy went ahead and fetched a wagon, piled the thieves up in it, and followed behind pointing his gun at them. They traveled 36 hours this way without sleep. Then they were in the Dakota Territory, and Roosevelt dropped them off at the sheriff's office -- because Teddy Roosevelt happened to be deputy sheriff.
He got paid 50 dollars for bringing the men in (more than a grand in today's money), which was one reason not to have simply executed the thieves on the spot. Whatever his motive, the thieves were grateful to have been spared. One of them wrote to Roosevelt from prison later, saying he'd been reading appreciatively about the man's life, and the next time he was in town again, he should stop by the prison for a visit.
Okay, now that we write that out, it sounds kind of like a threat. But what sounds like a threat to an ordinary person of course came off to Theodore Roosevelt as just friendly good cheer.
5 Ridiculous Side Stories Starring Famous Historical Figures
If we had our way, the following stories would be page one of each of these guy's biographies.
Mike Rowe did a podcast about this story. It a good listen if you have some time. I like his whole series if you are into podcasts.
The Way I Heard It with Mike Rowe: Episode 148: A Book to Pass the Time
Because you need something to break the boredom of marching 300 miles in 10 degree weather to bring three boat thieves to justice... or so I'm told.
thewayiheardit.rsvmedia.com
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I can't help but wonder - what is a castle rustler?Teddy Roosevelt's Wild Chase After Boat Thieves
In 1886, Teddy Roosevelt was still a decade or so from the presidency. He ranched in the Dakotas, and one day that spring, he took his boat down the Little Missouri River for a bit, then stopped because he thought it might be fun to hunt some mountain lions. After the first day's cougar search turned up no immediate results, he returned to the river and found the boat was gone. The probable thieves: a gang of accused castle rustlers, led by a redhead named Finnigan. The hunt for mountain lions had ended. The hunt for boat thieves had begun.
View attachment 789250
Roosevelt and the two cowboys with him built themselves a new boat, and they piled into it and headed after the scoundrels. They sailed for three days. The makeshift vessel didn't offer a ton of shelter, and temperatures dropped to around zero. But they did have blankets, as well as enough bacon and coffee to sustain themselves, and really, that's all a man needs.
View attachment 789251
Oh, and did we mention Teddy brought a camera to document the arrest?
On day three, they caught up to where the thieves had moored the boat. They crept up on one of the three thieves and nabbed him alone. Then they found the others, and Teddy ordered them to drop their weapons else risk being shot. Apparently, frontier law in those days said that Roosevelt could hang all of them on the spot. Instead, he decided to take them all back with him as his prisoners. He couldn't tie them up, because their arms and legs would quickly freeze up that way, killing them. He did take their boots, though. That would keep them from fleeing, because you can't get far without boots in cactus country.
View attachment 789252
Their feet didn't freeze. We guess they wore warm socks.
They sailed back upriver together, Roosevelt passing the time by reading Tolstoy. They were just about out of supplies by the time they went ashore, then Teddy went ahead and fetched a wagon, piled the thieves up in it, and followed behind pointing his gun at them. They traveled 36 hours this way without sleep. Then they were in the Dakota Territory, and Roosevelt dropped them off at the sheriff's office -- because Teddy Roosevelt happened to be deputy sheriff.
He got paid 50 dollars for bringing the men in (more than a grand in today's money), which was one reason not to have simply executed the thieves on the spot. Whatever his motive, the thieves were grateful to have been spared. One of them wrote to Roosevelt from prison later, saying he'd been reading appreciatively about the man's life, and the next time he was in town again, he should stop by the prison for a visit.
Okay, now that we write that out, it sounds kind of like a threat. But what sounds like a threat to an ordinary person of course came off to Theodore Roosevelt as just friendly good cheer.
5 Ridiculous Side Stories Starring Famous Historical Figures
If we had our way, the following stories would be page one of each of these guy's biographies.
Also, if we're doing the Roosevelt boat story we gotta do the pinball story.
Back In The Day, Pinball Was The Most Dangerous Game In America
At one point in American history, nothing was as rebellious as, uh, pinball?
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