OT-What is different in this old Photo? Added full shot.

[rangerider7]

[Dave James]

To me it looks as if that first Ole boy is carrying a Remington 58 and maybe an early Trap door conversion

[TxHunter]

Do you mean the bull on the left ?

[FWiedner]

That physical attribute does catch the eye doesn't it?

These fellows appear to be wearing some sort of "uniform". Rangers?

That scout looks about half wild.

[Chuck 100 yd]

Guy riding a bull on the left.

[Bogie35]

Man! He sure is riding a bull! That's kinda cool.

bogie

[rangerider7]

I didn't believe it at first but here you go. Makes me wonder about those boys from Arkansas.

[C. Cash]

A dime will get you a dollar that those boys are brothers.

[Lobo]

Hi All,

The guy in the middle seems to have some bullet holes in his shirt....just about the belt buckle.

[O.S.O.K.]

The "indian" has a mustache too... that's a weird pic.

[Don McDowell]

Kinda hard to tell , but it almost looks like the guy riding the bull/ox, is also carrying a Hotchkiss rifle.

[Mutt]

Their heads and the hats look as if they don't belong s Maybe some one altered a few things . Sure looks to me like it isn't right . At first I didn't catch the bull either. Was looking at the guns then the hats , and other things. Yep. Very strange photo.

[rjohns94]

and a turkey hanging upside down? pretty kewl relic

[kimwcook]

Quite the picture. Neither guy has a holster for his sidearm and riding that bull is something else.

[bdhold]

Forget that, Mongo's back.

[Tom Richardson]

rangerider7,

It is not the old boy from Arkansas but tourist from the north that are posing here in McLode's photos.

Check out this address.

http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~armpg ... hollow.htm

[gamekeeper]

rangerider7,

It is not the old boy from Arkansas but tourist from the north that are posing here in McLode's photos.

Check out this address.

http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~armpg ... hollow.htm

Fascinating link. Interesting seeing the same props used again and again.

[Tom Richardson]

game keeper,

Hot springs has been a resort area and now a National Park.
It has been a gathering area since the discovery of the hot springs by who. I don't know.
In the thirty's Hot Springs was a safe area for all the gangs and mafia folks from the north.
No one bothered anyone. Wide open casino gambling, numbere, prostitution, and a good family atmosphere in most parts of the small town.
Bath house row was at one time a booming concern. Now only a few of the legendary spas are in operation.
Fun can still be had in Hot Springs. The spring race meet is about to close with some big purse thoroughbred racesing.

[gamekeeper]

Sure sounds like a fun place back in the old days.

[rangerider7]

Good to know.

[Tom Richardson]

Hot Springs, Arkansas has an interesting history.
Was sort of wide open up through the early fifties.
Oaklawn Park and Thoroughbred racing has been the big draw for a long time.

[Buck Elliott]

After due deliberation, and considering the area in which the photo was taken, I have determined that the pony, the bull, and the guy in the middle are brothers...