Medicine Parl Library Opening

Posted on 5/6/2012 at 7:42:23 PM

On May 5 the Marauders made the grand opening of the new Medicine Park Self-Serve Library. Madam Olga presided over the ceremonies since she had foreseen it all happening. The Law (Marshal Payne, Deputies Elmer Fudge & Pack Mule) came with the Marauder Comic Book. “The Great Stagecoach Holdup” for the first book. The Seth Wright Gang (Seth, Rattlesnake, Little Britches & Tex Critter) showed up with the Marauder Comic Book, “The Great Train Robbery.” The Law argued the Train Robbery was just a bunch of lies as it depicted the Gang getting away with the Gold. The Gang said the Stagecoach book was all wrong as they had never been caught doing anything wrong. While both side argued Little Britches tried to peddle fake library cards to unsuspecting citizens. Thing escalated into a gunfight. Madam Olga held both books while the bullets flew. Soon all were out of bullets and things were still not settled. Madam Olga declared it a draw and that both books would go into the new library at the same time. Tow of our fine ladies, Mrs Linda & Pistol Annie, wished everyone could just get along. That thought lead to a sing-along and we all joined in with the Possum Song lead by deputy Odie.

Little Britches fake library card.

Oklahoma Arts Council SHow

Posted on 4/20/2012 at 6:11:03 PM

The Oklahoma Arts Council rode into town on April 18^th fer a two day meeting and to have a look around our fine camp. On the 19^th they went a wanderin’ round scountin’ what the town had to offer. Seein’ how they’s a bunch of tenderfeet about this here parts the law decided twas best to go out a let them know about how wild it still was here. You never know when that Seth Gang, or some other wild cowboy, might decided to ride into town and cause trouble. Marshal Payne, Calamity Lee, Pack Mule and Cactus Jack set out to find they before the outlaws did.

Sure e-nuff the law no sooner started to warn them when Miz Linda and Pistol Annie came a running up shoutin’ fer the law. The Marshal settled them down so’s to figure out what they were so riled up about. Miz Linda related that she was accosted by some varmint and robbed of proceeds of her shop on her way to the bank. It happened right outside Pistol Anne’s shop as witnessed by Miz Annie herself. Nether one know the name of culprit, but both got a good look and could describe him.

The Marshal figured they best be getting a wanted poster out quick before that varmint could get out of the territory. The law needed one of them composite drawin’ done from the description those two fine ladies could give. The Marshal figurin’ there must be an artist in that crowd, asked, “Is there an ar-teest in the house?” Unexpectedly the notorious Little Britches step forward sayin’ she was a good quick drawer. Seth Wright was with her and the law was ready to arrest them, but both Miz Linda said it wern’t them that done it.

Seth agreed that Little Britches was a real good fast drawer. He said she could clear leather and sling lead faster then anyone he knowed. Little Britches said this time she was a talkin’ about a lead pencil, not hot lead. The Marshal figured this might be one the outlaw’s tricks and ask her were she’d learn to draw anything besides a six-gun.

Little Britches explained that when she was a youngin, “knee high to a grasshopper,” she found some of them dime novels stashed under her pappy’s mattress. (She taught herself to read usin’ them novels.) One time she found one with a coupon in the back fer learnin’ how to draw. She figured she could use some fancy gun work, sos she sent it off. Turned out to be a correspondence course fer drawing pictures but she took it anyway. She summed things up statin’ she was good at quick drawing in more ways then one.

Since she and Seth were cleared this time, the Marshal agreed to let her have a go at drawing up a picture of the culprit from Miz Linda & Pistol Annie’s description. When they described the villain as having long hair and a big hat, the Marshal spotted a woman in the Arts Council crowd that fit that description and pointed her out. She said it wasn’t her that done it, and the witnesses said it Weren’t her.

After a working on the drawin’ a bit Little Britches realized it was Rattlesnake, one of the Seth Gang and tried to hide the pictures from the law. Deputy Pack Mule was behind her and saw the drawing. He pointed out Rattlesnake who was trying to hide in the crowd. Rattlesnake quickly passed off the bank bag evidence to Miz Denise, who was local trail boss of the art herd, and an innocent by stander in this outlawin’.

The law quickly moved to arrest Rattlesnake. Seth stepped in sayin’, “You can’t arrest him. That’s not a legitimate wanted poster. That’s a poor-trait.” Every one agreed Rattlesnake has a lot of poor traits, but right now he was wanted fer stealin’ Miz Linda’s money. The law told seth they could arrest him too fer aidin’ & abettin’ a wanted man. Seth said; “Abettin’? I aint abettin’. I don’t even have a deck of cards.”

The law moved in to make the arrest. Little Britches jump in to help her fellow gang member get away. Six-guns blazed and bullets flew. Once agin the Seth Gang made a get away as everyone ran out of bullets. When the gun smoke cleared it was seen that Miz Denise had the bank bag. Miz Linda was so grateful she told her to open the bag and help herself to a reward. When Miz Denise reach in she found that those evil outlaws had taken the money and put Wilber their pet rattlesnake in the bag. She tossed Wilber out and he just lay there posin’ fer some pictures.

Meanwhile the Law is still a lookin’ fer this culprit:

Have you seen this outlaw?

Back in the Saddle Again

Posted on 3/7/2012 at 10:04:31 PM

Ridin’ into the new year the Medicine Park Marauders already have a few show lined up. Hopefully the weather will cooperate this year. We did not do much in 2011 due to the heat. 110 degrees is hot hot for running around in those heavy cowboy outfits, and too hot for anyone to stand out and enjoy the show.

We will be gathering at the Park Stomp in Medicine Park on March 18 around 3:00 O’Clock. This will be to pay a tribute to one of our star performers, Larry Morefield, aka Slim. Slim rode off to that great range in the sky last year.

For some fun and a bit of gun slinging come on out the first annual Medicine Park  MPEDA Barbecue Cook-Off on June 15 and 16. We’ll have the old chuck wagon out and the Seth gang will surely try to take over. More details on this event coming soon. Check the Medicine Park website at www.medicinepark.com.

Last year we did a Train Robbery Show in Snyder, and the pesky Seth Gang will be trying to rob it again this year. The Snyder, OK event is the first saturday in October and, even if it is another hot summer, it will be cooled down by then.

Watch for more Medicine Park Marauder events posted here and on the Medicine Park website as they are scheduled.

Marauders Invade Snyder, OK

Posted on 10/10/2011 at 8:04:59 PM

Photo by Jeff Dixon, Lawton Constitution

On Saturday, October 1st, the Medicine Park Marauders had three performances at the Southern Kiowa County Fall Festival in Snyder, OK. The Law, consisting of Marshal Payne, Odie and Pack Mule, was after Miss Floozy Coozy who was wanted for impersonating a beauty queen without an impersonating permit. She was also wanted for embezzling money from the town of Minco where she was the dormer Town Treasurer. However the Medicine Park Law was not concerned with the embezzlement charges as Minco was out of their jurisdiction. Seth Wright and gang members; Rattlesnake Bill, the Crisco Kid and Cerveza de Vaca, were out with their usual mischief and mayhem. Also on hand was Madam Olga. Doozy Floozy and Miss Stacey (another floozy).

The Marauders open their performances with Madam Olga leading the the three floozies in the marauder song on the downtown stage. Cerveza de Vaca joined them providing sound effects. While they were warbling on stage the rest of the Seth Gang harassed the audience and took an onlooker, who was not giving the floozies their deserved attention, off behind the stage and shot him. The outlaws moved up in front of the stage to hassle the singers. Upon hearing the gunshot the law came in looking for the fugitive Floozy Coozy. The Marshal lead the deputies on a search of the audience checking the women’s forearms against the picture of Floozy Coozy’s forearms on the wanted poster. The identifying tattoos on her arms were the only way they could make sure they had the right person.

One of the onlookers pointed out that one of the singers on the stage had those tattoos and the law moved in for an arrest. Pack Mule went up and made the arrest. He spotted Cerveza de Vaca from an old wanted poster and arrested him too. As the Law started to haul them off the rest of the Seth Gang confronted them. A gunfight soon started and the outlaws escaped when the Law ran out of bullets. When the gun smoke cleared Cerveza de Vaca had made a get away with the rest of the gang, but Pack Mule still had Coozy Floozy in custody.

The Law, with their horses worn out from the hard ride to Snyder, decided to take the 12:45 train back. Somehow they forgot there is no train into Medicine park. With Floozy Coozy in irons they boarded the train. Madam Olga and Doozy Coozy also caught the same train. Doozy was sporting a fancy parasol with a strange looking long handle she claimed came all the way from Paris. She did not specify if it was Paris, France or Paris, Texas. While waiting to board the Marshal picked out few able looking young men to deputize and help watch out for the outlaw gang. Once on the train Pack Mule was left to guard Foozy while the Marshal and Odie settled in at the back of the train. Meanwhile madam Olga amazed the passengers with her ability to see future events correctly forecasting that the Seth Gang would stop the train.

About three miles outside of Snyder the Seth Gang struck. As the train stopped Doozy Coozy reveled herself to be Floozy’s twin sister and an accomplice of the Seth Gang. That fancy parasol she was toting turned out to have a 12 gauge shotgun for a handle which she quickly whipped out and got the drop on the law as the outlaws boarded the train. The gang relieved the law of Floozy and along with her sister Doozy they all got off the train from the front. While they were getting off the law, along with madam Olga, grabbed their guns and headed to the rear of the train where they jumped down and the gunfight was on. When the law ran out of bullets and the smoke cleared the outlaws had fled. With no extra horses Floozy and Doozy got left behind where the law quickly nabbed them.

With the two Coozy sisters in irons the law got back on the train for a return to Snyder. On the train ride back the law rewarded the temporary deputies with wooden Marauder Bucks and Madam Olga astounded the passengers with her ability to read the future. But Madam Olga missed foretelling which side of a Marauder Buck would come up when a young man flipped it. The Marshal, knowing her normal, unfailing accuracy figured it must have been due to the Marauder Buck being mad of wood which does not transmit energy like a silver or gold coin.

The Marauders were scheduled to do a third show on the 2:45 train with a robbery of a strongbox guarded by the law planned. But the train ride was changed to 2:00 without the Marauders being informed. Being as quick on ad libbing as they are are on the trigger, the Marauders went off via a van to “head ‘em off at the pass.” The train had gone by when we got to the normal stop, but it had to come back to Snyder. With all of the Marauders outside the approaching train we decided to all be outlaws and rob the train. The law removed their badges and we boarded the train. Passing back through grabbing hats, a bag of cookie crumbs and other small items the Marauders filled the loot bag. Off the train the quickly revised plot called for an argument over the loot  to lead into the inevitable gunfight, but Cerveza de Vaca grabbed the bag and took off. As he ran a zig-zag course across the field the rest of the Marauders drew their guns and fired at him until they ran out of bullets again. Cerveza de Vaca dropped the bag of loot which was retrieved by Madam Olga. She and the Coozy sisters got on the train for the return to Snyder. On the way back they decided, with these hard times, they had to return the stolen loot to the rightful owners.

Great fun was had by all even with the last train time mix up. We hope to ride to Snyder again for next year’s Fall Festival.

Rattlesnake Bill with Doozy & Floozy Coozy.

Goodby To a Good Pard.

Posted on 7/16/2011 at 8:26:13 PM

Larry Morefield, aka Slim, a good friend and fellow Marauder’s last ride.

Slim

Posted on 7/12/2011 at 7:26:08 PM

In loving memory of Slim (Larry Morefield). He was the heart of the Medicine park marauders and will be greatly missed.

“Its not what you put on your head and feet that makes you a cowboy…
Its what’s in your heart.”

Marauder Pulp Cover #4

Posted on 6/23/2011 at 2:44:21 PM

Medicine park Marauder Pulp Magazine Cover number 4. This is the Nov. 1947 issue of Exciting Western. Scanned into the computer then cleaned up & modified using Photoshop. This is the Nov. 12, 1938 issue of Wild West Weekly. I took out the Western street scene in the background and added the Medicine Park Shops where we usually hold our shootout shows. By Michael Fahrion (a.k.a. Marshal Payne)

Matauder Pulp Cover #3

Posted on 6/20/2011 at 3:36:43 PM

The third Pulp Magazine Cover reworked into a Medicine Park Marauder Pulp Cover. This is the Nov. 1947 issue of Exciting Western. Scanned into the computer then cleaned up & modified using Photoshop. This was originally a claim jump scene. The figure was holding a map and the sign said “Mining Claim.” I also removed a pack mule loaded with mining tools from the background and added the marshal’s badge. By Michael Fahrion (a.k.a. Marshal Payne)

Marauder Pulp Cover 2

Posted on 6/18/2011 at 2:38:14 PM

The second Pulp Magazine Cover reworked into a Medicine Park Marauder Pulp Cover. This is the Nov. 1929 issue of Quick-Trigger Western. Scanned into the computer then cleaned up & modified using Photoshop. By Michael Fahrion (a.k.a. Marshal Payne)

Marauder Plup Cover 1

Posted on 6/16/2011 at 7:47:27 PM

First is a series of old pulp magazine covers redone for the Medicine Park Marauders. By Michael Fahrion (a.k.a Marshal Payne) Original pulp western magazine covers scanned in then cleaned up & modified using Photoshop.