tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3690176.post1958576080590452169..comments2024-03-25T10:03:00.731-07:00Comments on Bob Boze Bell's Big Bad Book of Bad Diary Entries: Daily Life On A Doomed Wagon Train Bob Boze Bellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10884865420067145231noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3690176.post-86885362197010533022018-02-18T10:35:13.663-07:002018-02-18T10:35:13.663-07:00This is interesting. The article, long delayed, fi...This is interesting. The article, long delayed, finally appeared in the March, 2018 issue.Bob Boze Bellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10884865420067145231noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3690176.post-17471493507662874262017-04-17T09:13:03.642-07:002017-04-17T09:13:03.642-07:00Yes, going to run in the September issue along wit...Yes, going to run in the September issue along with a feature on The Great Western, who was the nurse who received Olive when she arrived at Fort Yuma after five years of captivity. Bob Boze Bellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10884865420067145231noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3690176.post-74468222436063397752017-04-17T09:11:07.524-07:002017-04-17T09:11:07.524-07:00Yes, they were wary, but they were also tired afte...Yes, they were wary, but they were also tired after traveling for so long, without seeing anybody. They tried to cross the Gila the night before, but their oxen were so tired they couldn't make it across, so they camped on a spit of sand in the middle and the water kept rising and putting out their meager fire. I don't think they got much sleep. The next day, they successfully crossed theBob Boze Bellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10884865420067145231noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3690176.post-60585393975010956072017-04-16T14:14:29.491-07:002017-04-16T14:14:29.491-07:00I don't see how the Oatmans were not more wary...I don't see how the Oatmans were not more wary about letting strangers ,especially Indians get into their camp. This made me so dang ill that I was unable to finish the article.That rifle should have been within reach at all times.<br /> twodogshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10024558678599702842noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3690176.post-70592735524713648662017-04-16T11:40:31.482-07:002017-04-16T11:40:31.482-07:00Is this series appearing in "True West" ...Is this series appearing in "True West" - I'm a subscriber! Thanks.SophieBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12066294366841997679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3690176.post-29525061091839112572017-04-15T11:47:09.066-07:002017-04-15T11:47:09.066-07:00I believe they were adequately armed, especially i...I believe they were adequately armed, especially in the first part of the journey, but when Royce Oatman left the other two families at Maricopa Wells, to push on alone, he got careless and the Yavapais that came into his camp caught him off guard. He knew he couldn't leap for his rifle in the wagon and he thought he could negotiate his way out of the situation. He was wrong about that.<br />Bob Boze Bellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10884865420067145231noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3690176.post-17954040879777118222017-04-15T09:32:02.081-07:002017-04-15T09:32:02.081-07:00WOW, this is great. I need to get this book. Oatma...WOW, this is great. I need to get this book. Oatman is just up the road from me here in Bullhead City, AZ.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3690176.post-45577491196897444162017-04-15T08:16:50.186-07:002017-04-15T08:16:50.186-07:00We do wagon trains and I know we have so many mode...We do wagon trains and I know we have so many modern things that help keep us safe and comfortable. Nothing like what these folks experienced. But ever so often, sometimes at night, I think about the extreme isolation they must have felt. If they got in trouble it was up to them to get out of it. No cell phone, no tow trucks, no help except their own hands. They probably did not realize at the Mary Jo Steelenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3690176.post-66858905794590255332017-04-15T06:32:01.289-07:002017-04-15T06:32:01.289-07:00Thanks, Bob. This was great.
I wonder if they did...Thanks, Bob. This was great.<br /><br />I wonder if they did their Taxes before leaving town?Bob R.https://www.blogger.com/profile/12045256062970585404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3690176.post-14865402791533701122017-04-14T20:27:44.433-07:002017-04-14T20:27:44.433-07:00so why weren't they better armed?so why weren't they better armed?<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3690176.post-24761842759929643752017-04-14T19:23:37.224-07:002017-04-14T19:23:37.224-07:00So well written and fascinating.So well written and fascinating.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3690176.post-53102365687101523242017-04-14T17:10:20.973-07:002017-04-14T17:10:20.973-07:00enjoying this series
enjoying this series<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com