If a man needs to be humbled, there’s nothin’ like a winter night on the prairie. Just lookin’ up at all the stars reminds you we’re all just a small part of something bigger.”                     –A.K. Vyas  (Dodge City)        “In these last days…

The coffee was strong, the bacon was crisp, and I savored every morsel and drop knowing I couldn’t take anything as frivolous as a coffee pot or skillet.”                      –Lou Bradshaw  (Abe)   Come on in, Pard.  Let me tell yuh from the git-go, I figured…

You’re going to need this, there’s plenty of varmints on the road.”                     –Frank Baugher  (Preacher’s Corner)        “The highways are deserted, no travelers are on the roads. The treaty is broken, its witnesses are despised, no one is respected.”         …

By his example, he taught me more than anyone else the value of cheerfulness in the face of adversity.”                    –E.B. Sledge  (With the Old Breed)        “For though we live in the world, we do not wage war as the world does.”     …