Josh Taylor @joshfromtexas.bsky.social · 20/07/2025Thanks for the $75 discount @james.crid.land 🙏 020
Josh Taylor @joshfromtexas.bsky.social · 11/05/2025Hey @davidlambertart.bsky.social thought you might like number 14's shirt & jacket. The caption states: "Ed Hanschka (14) poses in the Beaded Buckskin and Beaver Hide Jacket with the rest of Seth Bullock’s Cowboys. 241
Reposted by Josh TaylorRobert Evans (the Only Robert Evans) @iwriteok.bsky.social · 30/04/2025if you disagree with me you're wrong and should feel bad 1884516
Reposted by Josh TaylorMegan Hayward 🌞 @meganhayward.bsky.social · 03/04/2025Some people criticise Black Mirror for being “too obvious” with its messaging yet here we are, living in a constant episode of it 041
Josh Taylor @joshfromtexas.bsky.social · 02/04/2025Periodic reminder that Val Kilmer said huckleberry, NOT huckle bearer. RIP youtu.be/Uob0u0_P3VA?...youtu.beHuckleberry or Hucklebearer?: Debunking the Myth!YouTube video by The Wild West Extravaganza 150
Josh Taylor @joshfromtexas.bsky.social · 11/03/2025Podcast idea: Mark Twain Never Said That. Each episode focuses on a misattributed Mark Twain quote and attempts to track down who originally said it. Yes, I’m listening to the new season of Embedded. 141
Josh Taylor @joshfromtexas.bsky.social · 11/03/2025My daughter named him Duke but I call him Dookie. 010
Reposted by Josh TaylorWesterns & the Old West @davidlambertart.bsky.social · 06/03/2025One of the lesser known outlaws of the Old West was Rufus Nephew, aka Climax Jim. That's unfortunate because the man's life was a never ending series of crimes, arrests, acquittals, convictions & daring escapes. Here's a sampling of some of his very stupid adventures... 🧵 819059
Reposted by Josh TaylorWesterns & the Old West @davidlambertart.bsky.social · 02/03/2025So this is easily the best DM I've ever received, but goddamn am I regretting drawing this digitally rn 2587
Josh Taylor @joshfromtexas.bsky.social · 27/02/2025Bose Ikard was born into slavery in the 1840s. Following emancipation, he worked cattle with Oliver Loving and former Texas Ranger Charles Goodnight. 111
Josh Taylor @joshfromtexas.bsky.social · 26/02/2025Before the James-Younger gang attacked Northfield, Minnesota, they made a pitstop in nearby St. Peter. 110
Josh Taylor @joshfromtexas.bsky.social · 25/02/2025What did the podcast industry complain about before YouTube? 200
Josh Taylor @joshfromtexas.bsky.social · 19/02/2025Yesterday, February 18th, marked the 147th anniversary of John Tunstal's murder. The Englishman's death sparked the Lincoln County War and helped turn Billy the Kid into one of the most famous outlaws of all time. Fun fact: Tunstall was only 24 years old when he was killed. 021
Reposted by Josh TaylorJosh Taylor @joshfromtexas.bsky.social · 01/01/2025This kindly looking gent is Josiah Scurlock. He spent the majority of his life teaching and studying philosophy. Before that, however, he was a hardened killer known as Doc. 231
Josh Taylor @joshfromtexas.bsky.social · 13/02/2025If y’all really want to piss the conservatives off just cast Kendrick Lamar as a Disney princess 000
Reposted by Josh TaylorJosh Taylor @joshfromtexas.bsky.social · 12/02/2025On the most recent episode of The Wild West Extravaganza, we examine the bitter war between the Pinkerton Detective Agency and outlaw Jesse James. 142
Josh Taylor @joshfromtexas.bsky.social · 12/02/2025On the most recent episode of The Wild West Extravaganza, we examine the bitter war between the Pinkerton Detective Agency and outlaw Jesse James. 142
Josh Taylor @joshfromtexas.bsky.social · 10/02/2025I’m on my 2nd reading of Jesse James by @tj-stiles.bsky.social and it’s quickly becoming one of my fav biographies. Yes, it’s about an Old West outlaw but the reconstruction politics, anger, & propaganda feel very similar to our present times. 030
Reposted by Josh TaylorJosh Taylor @joshfromtexas.bsky.social · 10/01/2025There's a new show on Netflix called American Primeval. One of the main characters is a real-life historical figure named Jim Bridger. He was also portrayed in The Revenant by Will Poulter and The Tall Tales of Jim Bridger by my buddy (we spoke once) Rib Hillis. THREAD 👇👇👇 162
Josh Taylor @joshfromtexas.bsky.social · 09/02/2025Big thanks to the talented @davidlambertart.bsky.social for sending me some artwork! 192
Reposted by Josh TaylorJosh Taylor @joshfromtexas.bsky.social · 05/02/2025Was the outlaw Jesse James a cross-dresser? Probably not but there is an interesting story of him dressing as a young lady on at least one occasion. 111
Josh Taylor @joshfromtexas.bsky.social · 05/02/2025Was the outlaw Jesse James a cross-dresser? Probably not but there is an interesting story of him dressing as a young lady on at least one occasion. 111
Reposted by Josh TaylorJosh Taylor @joshfromtexas.bsky.social · 15/11/2024York - despite being a slave - enjoyed an unprecedented amount of freedom during the Lewis & Clark expedition. He carried a rifle, hunted game, traded with the Indigenous, and helped to make critical decisions. Sadly, this freedom wouldn't last. 132
Reposted by Josh TaylorWesterns & the Old West @davidlambertart.bsky.social · 18/01/2025Billy the Kid movies often try to evoke history by not only replicating the Dedrick Tintype (the only authenticated photo of the Kid) but also by literally showing Billy posing for it Clips from: The Left-Handed Gun (1958) Young Guns (1988) Gore Vidal's Billy the Kid (1989) 1213
Reposted by Josh TaylorLost Under the Couch Barbie. @wstafrican.blacksky.app · 01/02/2025Happy Black History Month! Here is my favorite story about a Black American you may not know about: Robert Smalls. He commandeered a confederate ship and sailed himself, his family, and the other enslaved crew and their families to freedom. THROUGH waters controlled by the Confederacy. 622267084642
Reposted by Josh TaylorJosh Taylor @joshfromtexas.bsky.social · 04/12/2024Did the legendary black lawman Bass Reeves inspire the Lone Ranger? I think the answer may surprise you. THREAD 👇👇👇 154
Josh Taylor @joshfromtexas.bsky.social · 31/01/2025On the most recent episode of The Wild West Extravaganza I mentioned that Jesse James robbed a bank in Russellville, Ky. Well, not only does the building still stand but it’s for sale. Anyone got $790,000 I can borrow? 130
Josh Taylor @joshfromtexas.bsky.social · 29/01/2025Powerful image of Native Americans circa 1890 performing a Ghost Dance. The caption states, "Indian ghost dance before battle at Wounded Knee 1891." Full disclosure: I'm not entirely sure of the accuracy of the caption as the Wounded Knee massacre occured on December 29, 1890. 052
Josh Taylor @joshfromtexas.bsky.social · 28/01/2025Late-19th-century Canadian Blackfoot warrior. I can't tell for sure, but it appears his necklace/breastplate is made from the side plates of several old trade rifles. 020
Reposted by Josh TaylorRefusing to Forget @refusing2forget.bsky.social · 28/01/2025#OTD on January 28, 1918, Texas Rangers massacred fifteen men and boys at the village of Porvenir, Texas, in what is perhaps the single most notorious and consequential event in the history of the Ranger Force. /1 21915
Josh Taylor @joshfromtexas.bsky.social · 28/01/2025It’s 2038. President-for-life Musk just publicly executed the mens wear guy for “being a lolcow.” Aid ships have arrived in the Gulf of ‘Merica but are turned away by starving Texans due to woke. The Goebells and the Pol Pots are facing off for superbowl LXXII. Kevin Sorbo is the highest paid actor 000
Josh Taylor @joshfromtexas.bsky.social · 28/01/2025I wonder if this is how racist people felt when they changed Aunt Jemima to Pearl Milling? 110
Reposted by Josh TaylorJosh Taylor @joshfromtexas.bsky.social · 25/01/2025According to many, Jesse James was a hero. A freedom fighter who continued resisting Northern aggression long after the Civil War ended. But to his victims, Jesse was nothing more than a cold-blooded killer, one who used the war as an excuse to lead a life of violence. THREAD 👇👇👇 131
Josh Taylor @joshfromtexas.bsky.social · 25/01/2025According to many, Jesse James was a hero. A freedom fighter who continued resisting Northern aggression long after the Civil War ended. But to his victims, Jesse was nothing more than a cold-blooded killer, one who used the war as an excuse to lead a life of violence. THREAD 👇👇👇 131
Josh Taylor @joshfromtexas.bsky.social · 24/01/2025I was 40 years old before I realized it was cirque du soleil and not circus olé. 000
Reposted by Josh TaylorWesterns & the Old West @davidlambertart.bsky.social · 04/12/2024Prohibition agent Two Gun Hart left New York as a teen, joined a traveling circus & patterned himself on Silent Western star William S. Hart (going so far as to change his last name). Hart chased Pancho Villa with Pershing, fought in WWI & worked as an Indian agent. He was also Al Capone's brother 🧵 1397
Reposted by Josh TaylorJosh Taylor @joshfromtexas.bsky.social · 08/01/2025The outlaw Tom “Black Jack” Ketchum goes down in history as the only man executed for ATTEMPTING to rob a train. THREAD 👇👇👇 232
Josh Taylor @joshfromtexas.bsky.social · 21/01/2025I’m often asked what I consider to be the greatest Western of all time. Now you know. 120
Josh Taylor @joshfromtexas.bsky.social · 21/01/2025Frantically googling how to build a snow man before my daughter wakes up 010
Josh Taylor @joshfromtexas.bsky.social · 16/01/2025Started listening to this a few days ago. Not bad as far as post apocalyptic fiction goes. The narrator, R.C. Bray, is phenomenal! 000
Josh Taylor @joshfromtexas.bsky.social · 15/01/2025This is Dave Poole, a Missouri bushwhacker and trusted Lieutenant of William Quantrill. As you can see, Dave has a total of five pistols: one in his hand and four more on his belt. 331
