Chief Bacon Rind (1860-1932)

An Osage political leader of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, Bacon Rind (Wah-she-hah, Star-That-Travels) was probably born in Kansas and came to present Osage County, Oklahoma, the former Osage Nation, Indian Territory, during the Osage removal from Kansas in the 1870s. He was an Osage tribal councilman, served as assistant chief in 1904–05, and was elected principal chief in 1912. (Oklahoma Historical Society)

October 1926 issue of The American Indian featuring Chief Bacon Rind on the cover

Tubb’s Green Hornet

(Image used on front of 1997 post card)

The Green Hornet

Tour bus of Ernst Tubb  and the Texas Troubadours from 1970-1979. The 1964 Silver Eagle was originally purchsed by Mr. Tubb in 1970 from Trailways Bus Company. It was used by Mr. Tubb and the Texas Troubadours for travel purposes only. During its years of service over three million miles were logged. It traveled to all 48 Continental states as well as Canada. Mr. Tubb retired the bus in 1979 and donated it to the Ernest Tubb Record Shop for public viewing. In 1995 it was restored to its original state and was put on permanent display in the Ernest Tubb Record Shop, Music Valley Village in Nashville. Admission is free. (From back of post card)

 

Copyright 1997 Richard Southern