Robert ... thanks again ... will have to dig out [at least] my Ben Daniels book and delve further ... and then factor in seemingly contemporary misspellings ... I managed to find William Bowles in Shillingberg ... and he's definitely the same bloke ... Adams appears to be pedantic but often mistaken on these sample pages ... will need at least three cents ... as usual, take care
Gobs, Ramon Adams gave his two cents on Bolds vs. Bowles. https://books.google.com/books?id=GlH9AqkCu0oC&pg=PA190&dq=george+bowles+dodge+city+ks&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&source=gb_mobile_sear... more
I remember the excitement I felt at age 8 or 9 when I first read ACROSS THE CIMARRON and George Bolds' supposed memories of Wyatt and Bat. I believe it was within a couple of years that I read something... more
Bob ... found the Daniels book at the bottom of the piles upstairs and spotted one more tome ... there's a George Bolds, George W. Bolds and even "Tom Bold, noted desperado" from a NY paper in one of the... more
Bob ... jaded and cynical by the age of 11? ... I have the booklet but I found the same coverage in Lee Silva with his chapter on the Buntline ... meanwhile Miller & Snell call him William (Bill) Bowles... more
Cimarron George Bolds...In the 1880 census, George W. Bolds was still living with his parents in Indiana. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/64188141/george-w-bolds
Robert ... thanks ... the 1863-1954 dates seem to fit ... I've read somewhere that Bolds was maybe a pseudonym used by Horan for the purpose of writing his story ... Bolds in the video was in Dodge in... more