MAYOBARD SASS #13025L Posted January 14, 2020 Share Posted January 14, 2020 I was a Deputy Sheriff for 32 years. So, I would either do that or ride shotgun on a stage coach. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Birdgun Quail, SASS #63663 Posted January 14, 2020 Share Posted January 14, 2020 Railroad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Riot Posted January 14, 2020 Share Posted January 14, 2020 44 minutes ago, MAYOBARD SASS #13025L said: I was a Deputy Sheriff for 32 years. So, I would either do that or ride shotgun on a stage coach. Hey Mayo, with you riding shotgun I would definitely take the job of stagecoach driver. Of course, I would insist on keeping my Winchester handy for those shotgun pellet dodging scalliwags... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tex Wilson Posted January 14, 2020 Share Posted January 14, 2020 I would be a gunfighter/bounty hunter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dantankerous Posted January 14, 2020 Share Posted January 14, 2020 My great granddad was a freighter out of La Junta, Co. Who knows if I'd find my way into that line of work. My other greats were farmers... no interest in farming. Just can't really say. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J. Mark Flint #31954 LIFE Posted January 14, 2020 Share Posted January 14, 2020 Yes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Father Kit Cool Gun Garth Posted January 14, 2020 Share Posted January 14, 2020 My SASS Avatar and character is a preacher out to revenge the killing of his wife and their child. If I lived in 1873, I would be a bounty hunter...the Old West version of 007 with a license to kill. (emphasis on dead) I would still be a preacher in a small town in a remote area of the west who periodically takes sabbaticals in which I would hunt and receive the rewards for wanted outlaws, and giving it back to the community. My choice of firearms, Sharps New Model 1859 .50-70 Infantry Carbine Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sawhorse Kid Posted January 14, 2020 Share Posted January 14, 2020 16 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alpo Posted January 14, 2020 Share Posted January 14, 2020 1 hour ago, Sawhorse Kid said: 16 When I read this post - IF YOU LIVED IN 1873, WHAT WOULD YOU BE? --- 16 16 in 1873? That would make him 163 in 2020. And still playing the game? Daaammmn. Then my mind switched tracks -- oh, NUMBER 16. Outlaw. Okay. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Birdgun Quail, SASS #63663 Posted January 14, 2020 Share Posted January 14, 2020 My family history from 1873 told of one of my great-grandfathers, Chamberlain (Cham) Gray who lived in Magnum, Texas, later in the 1890's. Cham was a bronc buster who somehow along the line lost an eye. Cham always carried his Bible with him and was also an itinerant preacher. So I might have been a preacher in 1873; Baptist of course!! PS: Isn't "Cham Gray" a great western name? If I'd know about Grandpa Gray before I got into SASS, I would have made my SASS alias, Cham Gray. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stogie Posted January 14, 2020 Share Posted January 14, 2020 Probably a blacksmith or what I am now. A machinist only without electric motors on them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rye Miles #13621 Posted January 14, 2020 Share Posted January 14, 2020 1 hour ago, Birdgun Quail, SASS #63663 said: My family history from 1873 told of one of my great-grandfathers, Chamberlain (Cham) Gray who lived in Magnum, Texas, later in the 1890's. Cham was a bronc buster who somehow along the line lost an eye. Cham always carried his Bible with him and was also an itinerant preacher. So I might have been a preacher in 1873; Baptist of course!! PS: Isn't "Cham Gray" a great western name? If I'd know about Grandpa Gray before I got into SASS, I would have made my SASS alias, Cham Gray. So send SASS $10.00 and change your alias!! Cham Gray is a great name! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Birdgun Quail, SASS #63663 Posted January 14, 2020 Share Posted January 14, 2020 1 hour ago, Rye Miles #13621 said: So send SASS $10.00 and change your alias!! Cham Gray is a great name! Thanks, Rye. But I've been Birdgun for so long, I'm not changing. I'll stay, Birdgun Quail. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cypress Sun Posted January 14, 2020 Share Posted January 14, 2020 If any of us lived in 1873......we'd all be dead. See, being a mortician would have paid off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jabez Cowboy,SASS # 50129 Posted January 14, 2020 Share Posted January 14, 2020 2, 14 and 1 in that order .... Or 14, 2 & 3 like my Dads' Dad ,,,, Or 10 & 1 like Moms' Dad .... Jabez Cowboy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Bullweed Posted January 15, 2020 Share Posted January 15, 2020 Been doing metal work since 1989 and leather work for a couple of years. Probably a blacksmith or cobbler. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rooster Ron Wayne Posted January 15, 2020 Share Posted January 15, 2020 I would be a Gunsmith. Working on all them Winchester 1892's they used in 1873. Like all the Cowboys used In the Civil war Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Capt. R. Hugh Kidnme Posted January 15, 2020 Share Posted January 15, 2020 14 (b) civilian cavalry scout Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dead Eye Jake Posted January 15, 2020 Share Posted January 15, 2020 Just amazing how those 92's showed up everywhere. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sixgun Sheridan Posted January 15, 2020 Author Share Posted January 15, 2020 10 minutes ago, Dead Eye Jake said: Just amazing how those 92's showed up everywhere. Same with ladies' 1950's hairstyles... in 1873. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jailhouse Jim, SASS #13104 Posted January 15, 2020 Share Posted January 15, 2020 In my early life, I was a farmer/rancher. Unexpected circumstances pulled me away from the ranch and into spending 30+ years my later life as a guard at the Territorial Prison. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sgt. C.J. Sabre, SASS #46770 Posted January 16, 2020 Share Posted January 16, 2020 My alias, Sgt. C.J. Sabre joined The U.S. Marines early in the Civil War. After the War, he was transferred to Arizona where he eventually became a Bullwhacker driving a supply wagon. Around the turn of the Century, he joined The Arizona Rangers. I'd probably have been a Bullwhacker since today I drive a truck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sixgun Sheridan Posted January 16, 2020 Author Share Posted January 16, 2020 Well if we're assuming our 1873 identity closely matched that of our real ones, then I guess I probably would've ended up running my own general store since I worked in retail for many years. I can't think of any 19th Century correlation to my current job in information technology, except maybe running the Pony Express or telegraph service. . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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