Gooooood Saturday morning Santee. I have always had the utmost respect and admiration for the cowboy and his way of life, and your videos always remind me what a difficult life it was. This video, like all your others, gives you that kind of "you are there" vibe. Heck, I'm 72 now but your videos on Saturday morning turn me into the 8 year old, in front of the tv, mesmerized by six guns, shoot 'em ups, and galloping horses. Thanks pard.
My grandpa as a young man rounded up stray cattle on horseback. Back in 1991 I spent a weekend in Palm Springs with my parents. We were at Gene Autrys hotel for breakfast when he and his wife came walking in. My dad struck up a conversation with him and told him that his dad worked on the 6666 Ranch in Texas. Mr. Autry said he knew that family well. Thanks Santee, I always learn something new!
In the summer of 1972 I was 17 working as a "hayshaker/Cowboy" for the old Circle C ranch headquartered in New Medows, Idaho. At the time it was the oldest and biggest ranch most of the job was picking up or stacking hay on trucks only helping with cattle and horses occasionally. The ranch was over 100,000 acres scattered over a large chunk of West central Idaho. The hay was moved to wintering grounds. The crew stayed in line shacks and bunkhouses that had holes big enough to throw a cat through. Rattlesnakes and badgers came up through a couple badger holes in the floor. I woke up one morning put on my boots before I realized I had a HUGE bull snake under my bunk. The rattlesnakes were in there also but mostly in the rocks on the way to the outhouse. The outhouse was the place the Black Widow Spiders hung out. Yep working nature was wonderful.
Santee, Absolutely love it. The Old West content keeps getting better. You and Mrs Pew Pew have a beautiful and blessed weekend. LORD GOD Bless and stay vigilant. Happy New Year!!!
Santee, Great Video and Information Thanks for sharing. I remember seeing and looking inside a Line shack on the Rowe Ranch jut outside of Fort Sill, Oklahoma in 1983 . Thanks Again Sir. God Bless Y'all You and Mrs. Santee.
Always top notch productions and valuable historical info you usually don’t find anywhere else. If there was a TH-cam Award for Best Theme Music Your Production would be consistently #1 every year. Thank you Santee m, Mrs Santee and your entire support staff for all you have done preserving the history of an important part of Americana
Another great episode. Thanks for making my Saturday complete. I’ve been in a line shack of sorts here in Idaho. It’s called Frenchman’s Cabin. A landmark on the north side of the Big Southern Butte. A sign on the door welcomes anyone to spend the night or come in and warm up should you need to protect yourself from the elements. It’s a great experience, should anyone have a chance. Thanks Santee
I went through the Blizzard of 78. Five feet of snow in 3 days. Everything was closed for two weeks. Seeing this video and now thinking how much longer a Winter could last back in those days with nothing around you for miles? Just what you packed in and maybe some hunting ...it is a statement of just how hard it was and the caliber of the men that did the job. In my ancestry, I have a many times great uncle that froze to death (along with others) as a fur trapper for XY Company. Not enough supplies and little to no game, the Winter was that bad. His name was just a footnote in the Company's records. LOL and hooray for the Lone Ranger. My great grandmother used to listen to that show every week on the radio. When it came on the air, no one was allowed to make a peep; except her as she rooted for him to get the bad guys !!
Thanks for the information. I never really knew much about this subject. Thank you for the history. And happy 2025. Looking forward to more terrific topics of the West! 🤠🤠
Santee, I’m from Kingsville Texas, born and raised in. It’s the home of the King Ranch. I actually grew up on a ranch south of Kingsville, but my family also had diverse businesses in town and throughout South Texas. One of my best friends going up was Tommy Armstrong, whose father was a vice president of the King Ranch. Tommy and I grew up hunting together on the King Ranch, something that will run over $25K nowadays. Tommy died when he was 21, he had finished mowing the polo field for an upcoming weekend and was loading the tractor on the trailer and it flipped over and crushed him. He was his dad’s heir to his portion of the ranch, and since he died it went to his cousin Tio Kleberg.
Sorry to hear about your friend. My cousin is a nun and lives on the “Kennedy Ranch” down by Sarina,Tx. She and I were born up here in Newfoundland Canada. I met Mrs Kennedy and spoke with her after Mass one Sunday. She was a very nice older lady. Small world huh!
Interesting subject. I think the small building on my property is an old line shack. It had a hole for a stove pipe in the roof before I covered it over and made the shack into a chicken coop.
@@ArizonaGhostriders My small parcel was cut out of a big ranch 30-40years ago. I think the shack was moved here but I'm sure it is from the nearby area. It shows in the back ground of some of my videos. I put an asphalt shingle roof on it, not period but I used brown shingles.
When I was researching chuck boxes, for a chuckwagon that I was planning, I saw a line shack with a chuckbox mounted on the wall. It could be taken down and placed in a wagon if they needed to. As always, I really enjoyed the video. Happy New Year, Santee!
The Truleson Ranch in Dolores, CO still has a line camp. My family held a summer BBQ and music show back 30 years ago. I still have pictures of the camp. My uncle help round up cattle during the summer and they sold 7,000 head of steers who had been there for several years. That's the way they fed them out then.
Love you videos so much and I can't click the mouse button fast enough to get them started! How does one offer up a topic question for a possible future video, though? Much obliged! Thanks for all you do!
Thank you Santee for sharing another great History Lesson. We here in Kansas are getting 8- 12 inches tomorrow. So I can relate to those snowed in Cowboys 🤠.
Another interesting video on line shacks. We just visited King Ranch this fall and it is a huge spread. They offered a driving tour with an older cowboy as the driver and we only saw a small part of it! Im glad of your clips from Monte Walsh. I think that movie showed the real flavor of it
Great Video Santee!! Men back then was definitely built different. Just imagine having to live like that today. There’s definitely some willing to try it, but most likely many would give up after a short while. See ya on down the trail and keep your powder dry!
I really enjoy your videos been watching them for a long time I'm 60 years old but I've always considered myself a cowboy never have wore a pair of sneakers always cowboy hats boots Jean's always loved the old west
My great grandfather thought about moving the family to Oklahoma in the 20's. Found it was a dugout farmstead and heavily populated by rattlesnakes. He noped it right back to Kentucky.
Enjoyed the video. It reminded me of one of my personal favourite Westerns: Will Penny (1967), starring Charlton Heston and Donald Pleasence. Happy New Year to you and your family from England. 😁
Here in Pacific northwest line shacks are still in use on open range during the summer many ranchers have a small cabins, campers adn travlel tralers in the Cascades Moutian and Eastern Oregon they use while watching over their cattle during the summers .
Great episodie thar, Pard. Ya had to show the rattlesnake getting whacked along with a recipe fer it. Ya know, this is the Year of the Snake. 🤣🐍 Ya ruined the whole thang with a tintype of that thar varmint hornswagglin' rapscallion feller Sarsaparilla Joe at the end. 🤣 Was great seeing you! Keep up the great work!
Somewhere out there, probably in the living room of a very wealthy man, is a painting called "The Line Shack". It was painted by the famous artist and illustrator Maguinnes, well known for his James Bond posters, but also his pulp fiction novel covers. I posed for this painting in my Tom Mix, and wearing a red wool jacket, while gripping my Marlin rifle, in 1975. At the time I had no idea how famous Maguinnes was, and I was 22 and full of myself. When he finished the painting he offered me one of a limited edition of prints made of it. I politely declined because I had no wall to hang it on. This, a decision I deeply regret to this day, as Mr. Maguinnes directly stated I would. Years later I contacted his son about the painting and prints. His father remembered the painting, but did not know who had it, and all the prints were gone. My self-recriminations knew no bounds. The painting depicts a dark and stormy night somewhere in the Rocky Mountains. A cowboy has stepped out of a line shack, warmth of a fire spilling into the darkness. He grips his trusty rifle, scanning the surroundings. At the other end of the panoramic scene, a puma can be seen hiding among the pines. If any one among your enthusiasts here has seen the painting, or might know of its location, I would greatly appreciate hearing about it.
Happy New Year to you Santee! I wonder if that's we're the phrase"cabin fever" came from? A long winter all alone for a cowboy had to take it's toll on you! Thanks for all your hard work and time Sir.🤠🇺🇲
Hey there! Just wondering if you knew a fella named Dean Pettinger/Buck Pettinger. He was an artist, cowboy, and stuntman. He unfortunately passed away in 2008 but you know frank noel which was a friend of his. Love these educational videos man! Learned a lot from you! 👍
Hey Santee, I actually didn't know this until recently, but my friend Jazi actually works at Old Tucson! So cool to know someone who's met you, since I haven't been able to get to Old Tucson myself since I was little.
That's awesome! I am not sure I've met this person. If they work Yuletide we are ships passing in the night. Perhaps I'll get a good introduction at some point. Thanks!
A nod to those old line cabins, on many federal grazing permits the ranches holding those permits have an area set aside that can have a cabin on it, it's usually used in the summer when stock is on the permits then left as an emergency shelter for anyone who needs it the rest of the year, please refill the woodbox inside in case someone else needs it dry wood could be life or death in an emergency
A small portion from the rock foundation of a line shack still sits by a creek on my property. I've tried to preserve it as a reminder that I am far from being the first person to live on this piece of ground in Montana. On a separate note, which Tom Selleck movie was that clip taken from?
Loneliness was as much of a problem in isolated lighthouses. Especially if someone died. There is the story after a two man crew, one of whom died, and the only place to put the body was in a body bag hanging outside the main room window. The bag tore in a storm, freeing an arm...and causing the arm to tap on the window and seem to becon in the wind, driving the survivor insane with fear. When the supply boat arrived several weeks later, they found a corps and a mad man. Since then they used three man crews. Did anything similar happen?
Hey-lo Angelo! Summer in the Colorado Rocky Mtns freeze all night and sweat all day. that was better than a place I heard of, were two boys were supposed to guard feeder cattle on mountain pasture (Montana or Wash.) where grizzly bears outnumbered the cattle. That place was leased out, cheap, by the Park Dept. Yeah, might be some-buddy had to keep the bears fed. and, nope, no shooting at the bears. Last gentleman to lease it trucked in a few hundred head of mama cows, Longhorns, and bulls. When the cows started to calve the bears got busy. Did you know a Longhorn loves nothing better than a fuzzy medicine ball? By the time the snow flew, there were a lot fewer bears on the lease ground and a lot of very angry feds.
@@ArizonaGhostriders Just a small one in the great wild West. In Time Life Books the Western Series, the Cowboys, they mentioned two youngsters who helped tail a herd of Longhorn to Montana, They sat their horses on the top of a coulee watching a cow calve. She got the calf up and then they spotted a devil bear, a griz, walking up the coulee sniffing at the smell of blood. Nose in the air, smelling it, too, a bull charged up the coulee, flipped the bear out of way and ran right to Mama looking for some love. to thank her big brave hero, she clouted him on the face and walked away. Than gave a coy look over one shoulder. 9 months and 9 minutes, folks say of the retinta (founder of the Longhorn breed). 9 month to calving, 9 minutes before she's bulling. Keep up the good work!
Thanks Santee for another educated video that most cowboys or non but like the history of Old West hard way of living on ranches. I bet those shacks after riding all day winter or summer was welcomed. By the way Happy New Year to you and family rapscallion Santee-Kid Yuma
There was a dugout on John Tunstall's ranch, on the Rio Feliz in New Mexico, where his hired hands stayed. (Including one William H. Bonney.) It is often called a choza. Its remains still exist, though support for the roof collapsed over the past decade or two. Sad it wasn't maintained just for its historic value by the property owners.
HOWDY SANTEE ! LINE SHACKS ARE STILL IN USE TODAY .. MOSTLY FOR THE GUYS TO HIDE OUT IN WHEN THE WIFE IS ON HER MOON CYCLE .. ANOTHER GOOD ONE ALL AROUND.. YOU AND THE FAMILY HAVE A GOOD WEEKEND ..ADIOS SANTEE
Interesting vid, Santee! I have now reached an age where I THINK I may have seen certain movies, but they no longer come to mind like I'd like... lol! I'd love to watch (or re-watch, maybe) the ones you referenced, but I didn't see any titles in the end credits. Any chance I can get those? (Especially the one with Charlton Heston-- a reminder of when Hollywood was worth watching.) Thanks, either way. Edited to say: love your hat. It seems to be 'training' very well...🤠
Gooooood Saturday morning Santee. I have always had the utmost respect and admiration for the cowboy and his way of life, and your videos always remind me what a difficult life it was. This video, like all your others, gives you that kind of "you are there" vibe. Heck, I'm 72 now but your videos on Saturday morning turn me into the 8 year old, in front of the tv, mesmerized by six guns, shoot 'em ups, and galloping horses. Thanks pard.
You're welcome.
Great one, Santee! Keep 'em comin', Pard!
Thank You!
Thanks Santee for revealing to us another real piece of American history!
Glad you liked it.
My grandpa as a young man rounded up stray cattle on horseback. Back in 1991 I spent a weekend in Palm Springs with my parents. We were at Gene Autrys hotel for breakfast when he and his wife came walking in. My dad struck up a conversation with him and told him that his dad worked on the 6666 Ranch in Texas. Mr. Autry said he knew that family well. Thanks Santee, I always learn something new!
So cooL!! Nice family history.
A cowboy thought he had 100 cows, but when he counted them, there were only 97.
So he rounded them up.
HAHAH! That is udderly funny.
This was so enjoyable and very informative. You always make these videos so entertaining... FANTASTIC 🤠👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
Good! Glad you liked it! 🤠
Another great one Mr. Santee.
Much appreciated, Tony.
Very interesting Santee thanks for sharing this.
My pleasure!
I cannot get enough of cowboy stuff. You need a whole video of just cowboy facts you couldn't fit in other videos
You bet! I'll put it on the list for upcoming videos.
Hooray! @@ArizonaGhostriders
Thanks for the video
You're welcome
In the summer of 1972 I was 17 working as a "hayshaker/Cowboy" for the old Circle C ranch headquartered in New Medows, Idaho. At the time it was the oldest and biggest ranch most of the job was picking up or stacking hay on trucks only helping with cattle and horses occasionally. The ranch was over 100,000 acres scattered over a large chunk of West central Idaho. The hay was moved to wintering grounds. The crew stayed in line shacks and bunkhouses that had holes big enough to throw a cat through. Rattlesnakes and badgers came up through a couple badger holes in the floor. I woke up one morning put on my boots before I realized I had a HUGE bull snake under my bunk. The rattlesnakes were in there also but mostly in the rocks on the way to the outhouse. The outhouse was the place the Black Widow Spiders hung out. Yep working nature was wonderful.
Pretty much everything could bite you, stab you, or sting you there. Wow!
Interesting and nicely done. Thanks!
You're welcome.
These reviews are so amazing. Life was beyond tough back then.
It was tough livin'
Santee, Absolutely love it. The Old West content keeps getting better. You and Mrs Pew Pew have a beautiful and blessed weekend. LORD GOD Bless and stay vigilant. Happy New Year!!!
Much appreciated.
Great one, Santee! Tidbits like this are always good to see!
Thank You!
Them fellers were tougher than shoe leather! I'm pretty fond of modern insulation, but what amazing bunch of folks back then. Very cool video Santee!
Thanks!
Santee, Great Video and Information Thanks for sharing. I remember seeing and looking inside a Line shack on the Rowe Ranch jut outside of Fort Sill, Oklahoma in 1983 . Thanks Again Sir. God Bless Y'all You and Mrs. Santee.
Very cooL!
I am so hooked on this channel. Thanks for great teaching content.
Thanks, I'm happy to do it.
A very tough and rough life does cowboys have back then! Have great 2025 Santee and family thanks for sharing!
Thanks! You too!
Would definitely prefer one of those shacks over a apartment unit , preferably located in the forest or a mountain
OK!
Great episode Santee! Those cowboys had hard winters. Thanks for sharing. Have a great weekend! Cheers!
You bet! You too.
Always top notch productions and valuable historical info you usually don’t find anywhere else.
If there was a TH-cam Award for Best Theme Music Your Production would be consistently #1 every year.
Thank you Santee m, Mrs Santee and your entire support staff for all you have done preserving the history of an important part of Americana
Thank you very much for the kind words.
good rundown on these old shacks. I have seen them all over the west when I was younger and would adventure out with my dad on horseback.
Very cool!
Another great episode. Thanks for making my Saturday complete. I’ve been in a line shack of sorts here in Idaho. It’s called Frenchman’s Cabin. A landmark on the north side of the Big Southern Butte. A sign on the door welcomes anyone to spend the night or come in and warm up should you need to protect yourself from the elements. It’s a great experience, should anyone have a chance. Thanks Santee
Sounds like a great place.
I went through the Blizzard of 78. Five feet of snow in 3 days. Everything was closed for two weeks. Seeing this video and now thinking how much longer a Winter could last back in those days with nothing around you for miles? Just what you packed in and maybe some hunting ...it is a statement of just how hard it was and the caliber of the men that did the job.
In my ancestry, I have a many times great uncle that froze to death (along with others) as a fur trapper for XY Company.
Not enough supplies and little to no game, the Winter was that bad. His name was just a footnote in the Company's records.
LOL and hooray for the Lone Ranger. My great grandmother used to listen to that show every week on the radio. When it came on the air, no one was allowed to make a peep; except her as she rooted for him to get the bad guys !!
Those were tough men, indeed!
Another awesome video Santee! Thanks
You're welcome.
Thank you Santee for the information 😎👍
Any time!
Always enjoy your videos
@@glennevitt5250 I appreciate that.
Thank you for showing the old west and cattle 🤠👍👍
My pleasure! 🤠
Thanks for another great video!
You're welcome.
Interesting video. Thanks.
You're welcome
Thank you for the wonderful information.....CG
There ya are! Glad you are still watching.
Great video as usual.
Much appreciated.
It must have absolutely sucked to have to live in one of those shacks during the winter. Those cowboys were hard men back then. 🤠
They were.
Haha! I was reading about line shacks. Looks like the telepathic telegraph is working. Great video.
Glad you enjoyed it.
Thanks for the information. I never really knew much about this subject. Thank you for the history. And happy 2025. Looking forward to more terrific topics of the West! 🤠🤠
Glad you enjoyed it!
Another great video Santee! Thanks for keeping the Old West alive.
Always!
Love the content Santee. Hope to see you in some more movies.
Thank You!
Awesome Video Thanks For Sharing 👍
You're welcome.
Great episode Santee, something I never really thought of
Many of us don't.
Santee, I’m from Kingsville Texas, born and raised in. It’s the home of the King Ranch. I actually grew up on a ranch south of Kingsville, but my family also had diverse businesses in town and throughout South Texas. One of my best friends going up was Tommy Armstrong, whose father was a vice president of the King Ranch. Tommy and I grew up hunting together on the King Ranch, something that will run over $25K nowadays. Tommy died when he was 21, he had finished mowing the polo field for an upcoming weekend and was loading the tractor on the trailer and it flipped over and crushed him. He was his dad’s heir to his portion of the ranch, and since he died it went to his cousin Tio Kleberg.
Wow, what a story, sorry to hear about your friend.
Sorry to hear about your friend.
My cousin is a nun and lives on the “Kennedy Ranch” down by Sarina,Tx.
She and I were born up here in Newfoundland Canada.
I met Mrs Kennedy and spoke with her after Mass one Sunday.
She was a very nice older lady.
Small world huh!
Our cabin outside of Payson started as a line shack, it was built in 1871 and built on since.
Wonderful!!
Interesting subject. I think the small building on my property is an old line shack. It had a hole for a stove pipe in the roof before I covered it over and made the shack into a chicken coop.
That's pretty cool. Was your land an historic ranch?
@@ArizonaGhostriders My small parcel was cut out of a big ranch 30-40years ago. I think the shack was moved here but I'm sure it is from the nearby area. It shows in the back ground of some of my videos. I put an asphalt shingle roof on it, not period but I used brown shingles.
Still amazing!
When I was researching chuck boxes, for a chuckwagon that I was planning, I saw a line shack with a chuckbox mounted on the wall. It could be taken down and placed in a wagon if they needed to. As always, I really enjoyed the video. Happy New Year, Santee!
That’s a great idea!
The Truleson Ranch in Dolores, CO still has a line camp. My family held a summer BBQ and music show back 30 years ago. I still have pictures of the camp. My uncle help round up cattle during the summer and they sold 7,000 head of steers who had been there for several years. That's the way they fed them out then.
Wow, that is so cool!!!
Great video 😁
Appreciate it.
Thank you !!!
You're welcome.
Love you videos so much and I can't click the mouse button fast enough to get them started! How does one offer up a topic question for a possible future video, though? Much obliged! Thanks for all you do!
Just post a comment or use the email in the channel page.
great insight 😀😀
Thanks! Glad you enjoyed it.
Thanks for the video!
You're welcome.
Thank you for the fried rattlesnake recipe. Sounds yummy. :)
It ain't bad at all!!!
Nice! Happy New Year!
You too!
Thank you Santee for sharing another great History Lesson. We here in Kansas are getting 8- 12 inches tomorrow. So I can relate to those snowed in Cowboys 🤠.
Yikes! Stay warm.
@@ArizonaGhostriders Thank you 😊
And another good rootin tootin good job pard. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ This old cowboy appreciates ya. 🙏👍🏼Happy durn good new year.
Why thanks!
Another great one san tee.. your the greatest san tee .. thank you..
I appreciate that!
Didn’t know these existed, but it makes sense
Appreciate ya!
@ no problem
Thanks for posting. When I eventually get home to Utah, I'll have to swing down to Arizona. I miss the West.
Come on down. The coffee's always hot.
Another interesting video on line shacks. We just visited King Ranch this fall and it is a huge spread. They offered a driving tour with an older cowboy as the driver and we only saw a small part of it! Im glad of your clips from Monte Walsh. I think that movie showed the real flavor of it
Very cool!
Great video Santee
Glad you enjoyed it
Your awesome be safe out there
Thank You!
@@ArizonaGhostriders your welcome have awesome day
Great Video Santee!! Men back then was definitely built different. Just imagine having to live like that today. There’s definitely some willing to try it, but most likely many would give up after a short while. See ya on down the trail and keep your powder dry!
Appreciated.
My uncle at one time spent time in a line shack in Colorado as I recall. One year we went on vacation and went to that ranch in Rifle, CO.
Wow! So cool.
This was a great video. I had no idea these existed.
Glad you enjoyed and learned.
I really enjoy your videos been watching them for a long time I'm 60 years old but I've always considered myself a cowboy never have wore a pair of sneakers always cowboy hats boots Jean's always loved the old west
Thanks for watching!
That was so interesting! Wanted a longer vid
Glad you enjoyed it!
My great grandfather thought about moving the family to Oklahoma in the 20's. Found it was a dugout farmstead and heavily populated by rattlesnakes. He noped it right back to Kentucky.
Well, that life ain't for everyone.
Enjoyed the video. It reminded me of one of my personal favourite Westerns: Will Penny (1967), starring Charlton Heston and Donald Pleasence. Happy New Year to you and your family from England. 😁
It should have reminded you since there are two clips in there from it. One of Heston's better westerns.
Another great episode Santee.
Happy New Year to You, Mrs. Santee, and all the Arizona Ghost Riders.
JT
Appreciate it
Hope you had a good Christmas and New year 😊
I did. You?
Here in Pacific northwest line shacks are still in use on open range during the summer many ranchers have a small cabins, campers adn travlel tralers in the Cascades Moutian and Eastern Oregon they use while watching over their cattle during the summers .
Great to hear.
Great episodie thar, Pard. Ya had to show the rattlesnake getting whacked along with a recipe fer it. Ya know, this is the Year of the Snake. 🤣🐍 Ya ruined the whole thang with a tintype of that thar varmint hornswagglin' rapscallion feller Sarsaparilla Joe at the end. 🤣 Was great seeing you! Keep up the great work!
Thanks, you malfeasant!
'my collection of silver'
little did anyone know santee has a collection of horse parts nailed to his walls like trophies
It's awkward for folks to see a hoof on a mounting plaque.
Somewhere out there, probably in the living room of a very wealthy man, is a painting called "The Line Shack". It was painted by the famous artist and illustrator Maguinnes, well known for his James Bond posters, but also his pulp fiction novel covers. I posed for this painting in my Tom Mix, and wearing a red wool jacket, while gripping my Marlin rifle, in 1975. At the time I had no idea how famous Maguinnes was, and I was 22 and full of myself. When he finished the painting he offered me one of a limited edition of prints made of it. I politely declined because I had no wall to hang it on. This, a decision I deeply regret to this day, as Mr. Maguinnes directly stated I would. Years later I contacted his son about the painting and prints. His father remembered the painting, but did not know who had it, and all the prints were gone. My self-recriminations knew no bounds. The painting depicts a dark and stormy night somewhere in the Rocky Mountains. A cowboy has stepped out of a line shack, warmth of a fire spilling into the darkness. He grips his trusty rifle, scanning the surroundings. At the other end of the panoramic scene, a puma can be seen hiding among the pines. If any one among your enthusiasts here has seen the painting, or might know of its location, I would greatly appreciate hearing about it.
Interesting!! Great personal experience.
Happy New year Santee .
Happy new year!
Happy New Year to you Santee! I wonder if that's we're the phrase"cabin fever" came from? A long winter all alone for a cowboy had to take it's toll on you! Thanks for all your hard work and time Sir.🤠🇺🇲
Yeah, about that time frame.
As soon as I saw “Lineshacks”, I knew Will Penny was going to be involved! Very good western
Thank You!
That opening clip and the Flatiron range clip were from the movie Will Penny. Worth watching.
One of Heston's better westerns.
Well done pard
Thank You!
Can't feel to sorry for the old cowboys, that sounds like a nice way to spend the winter.
Unless it was the winter of '86 and you didn't have enough firewood to keep you warm.
I can remember lineshacks on the old ranch i grew up on and it was over 100,000 acres
Pretty amazing.
Reach for the sky Santee ! 💥🔫🤠
OK!
I never expected a youtube channel about the old west, guns, and such to be so wholesome
Glad you enjoy it.
Cool
Thank You!
I like your hat!
Thank You!
👍👍👍👍👍From🇸🇪
Thank You!
Hey there! Just wondering if you knew a fella named Dean Pettinger/Buck Pettinger. He was an artist, cowboy, and stuntman. He unfortunately passed away in 2008 but you know frank noel which was a friend of his. Love these educational videos man! Learned a lot from you! 👍
Didn't know him personally, but the name is very familiar.
Hi santee. What’s the movie clips you have scattered throughout this video? Especially the ones of the cowboys in snow
Monte Walsh and Will Penny.
@ thank you!
I finally got around to watching Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid recently and I definitely want to run away to Bolivia.
Cool! Learn the language, first.
Hey Santee, I actually didn't know this until recently, but my friend Jazi actually works at Old Tucson! So cool to know someone who's met you, since I haven't been able to get to Old Tucson myself since I was little.
That's awesome! I am not sure I've met this person. If they work Yuletide we are ships passing in the night. Perhaps I'll get a good introduction at some point. Thanks!
A nod to those old line cabins, on many federal grazing permits the ranches holding those permits have an area set aside that can have a cabin on it, it's usually used in the summer when stock is on the permits then left as an emergency shelter for anyone who needs it the rest of the year, please refill the woodbox inside in case someone else needs it dry wood could be life or death in an emergency
Makes sense!
this could work as a setting for a horror movie, maybe a group of cowboys being hunted by a wendigo that's a pretty classic winter monster.
Perhaps!
A small portion from the rock foundation of a line shack still sits by a creek on my property. I've tried to preserve it as a reminder that I am far from being the first person to live on this piece of ground in Montana. On a separate note, which Tom Selleck movie was that clip taken from?
Monte Walsh
@@ArizonaGhostriders Thanks.
Loneliness was as much of a problem in isolated lighthouses. Especially if someone died. There is the story after a two man crew, one of whom died, and the only place to put the body was in a body bag hanging outside the main room window. The bag tore in a storm, freeing an arm...and causing the arm to tap on the window and seem to becon in the wind, driving the survivor insane with fear. When the supply boat arrived several weeks later, they found a corps and a mad man. Since then they used three man crews. Did anything similar happen?
Sad stories.
Hey-lo Angelo! Summer in the Colorado Rocky Mtns freeze all night and sweat all day. that was better than a place I heard of, were two boys were supposed to guard feeder cattle on mountain pasture (Montana or Wash.) where grizzly bears outnumbered the cattle. That place was leased out, cheap, by the Park Dept. Yeah, might be some-buddy had to keep the bears fed. and, nope, no shooting at the bears. Last gentleman to lease it trucked in a few hundred head of mama cows, Longhorns, and bulls. When the cows started to calve the bears got busy. Did you know a Longhorn loves nothing better than a fuzzy medicine ball? By the time the snow flew, there were a lot fewer bears on the lease ground and a lot of very angry feds.
That’s a heck of a story!
@@ArizonaGhostriders Just a small one in the great wild West. In Time Life Books the Western Series, the Cowboys, they mentioned two youngsters who helped tail a herd of Longhorn to Montana, They sat their horses on the top of a coulee watching a cow calve. She got the calf up and then they spotted a devil bear, a griz, walking up the coulee sniffing at the smell of blood. Nose in the air, smelling it, too, a bull charged up the coulee, flipped the bear out of way and ran right to Mama looking for some love. to thank her big brave hero, she clouted him on the face and walked away. Than gave a coy look over one shoulder. 9 months and 9 minutes, folks say of the retinta (founder of the Longhorn breed). 9 month to calving, 9 minutes before she's bulling. Keep up the good work!
Thanks Santee for another educated video that most cowboys or non but like the history of Old West hard way of living on ranches. I bet those shacks after riding all day winter or summer was welcomed. By the way Happy New Year to you and family rapscallion Santee-Kid Yuma
Thanks for the kind words!
@ glad too Santee.
There was a dugout on John Tunstall's ranch, on the Rio Feliz in New Mexico, where his hired hands stayed. (Including one William H. Bonney.) It is often called a choza. Its remains still exist, though support for the roof collapsed over the past decade or two. Sad it wasn't maintained just for its historic value by the property owners.
Too bad, but I see this in a lack of preservation in a few historic places.
HOWDY SANTEE ! LINE SHACKS ARE STILL IN USE TODAY .. MOSTLY FOR THE GUYS TO HIDE OUT IN WHEN THE WIFE IS ON HER MOON CYCLE .. ANOTHER GOOD ONE ALL AROUND.. YOU AND THE FAMILY HAVE A GOOD WEEKEND ..ADIOS SANTEE
Thanks, Thomas. Happy New Year!
You can find Will James (Smoky the Cowhorse fame) illustrations in line shacks in Montana
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The good ole days
Yes.
Interesting vid, Santee! I have now reached an age where I THINK I may have seen certain movies, but they no longer come to mind like I'd like... lol!
I'd love to watch (or re-watch, maybe) the ones you referenced, but I didn't see any titles in the end credits. Any chance I can get those? (Especially the one with Charlton Heston-- a reminder of when Hollywood was worth watching.) Thanks, either way.
Edited to say: love your hat. It seems to be 'training' very well...🤠
Monte Walsh and Will Penny in this one.
@ArizonaGhostriders Thank you. I've seen Monte Walsh. Sad but good movie, imo. Will Penny I haven't seen, but I'll correct that oversight very soon
2:17 is that Charlie Sheen? *Joking
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