Maybe this has been asked before, how did you come up with your alias's

[Lightnin Rick]

When I was a kid and played cowboys and Indians I went by Kiowa Johnson. But when I grew up and got a Job Installing graphics(decals) on Semi trailers, walls and gas pumps it changed to lightnin.
 I was decalling some gas pumps in the St Louis area about 19 yrs ago and a homeless man that saw how fast I was doing the job, compaired to the other 2 guys, came up to me and said " Hey lightnin can you spare some change?"

[RattlesnakeJack]

Based on a historical character in these parts, who Scouted for the North West Mounted Police during the 1870's and also was one of three Scouts on the roster of the Rocky Mountain Rangers (a mounted provisional militia unit made up mainly of ranchers and cowboys during the 1885 North West Rebellion) two Troops of which were stationed here at Medicine Hat.  My full original CAS moniker is actually an "alias within an alias" - "John M. 'Rattlesnake Jack' Robson"  - which is the full recorded name and nickname of this character.  When registering with SASS (back when they were still "furriner friendly"  ) I came up against their "alias length restriction".   So, on their records, I'm "Rattlesnake Jack Robson" (which barely made it under the wire), 'cause there was already a plain ol'  "Rattlesnake Jack" registered in SASS ....

Details (more than you likely care to know) may be found in my CAS City profile, and on my website (link in signature line and on profile page ....)

[Scattered Thumbs]

What do you mean? Alias? 

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[Camille Eonich]

I'm a bit like a chameleon in that I can change to fit just about any social situation so I am chameleonic.

[Silver Creek Slim]

The Silver Creek is about 50 yards from our place and also runs through my in-laws place. And, I'z slimmer than some.

Slim

PS. Did I ever show ya me brand? 

[B. Butch Cavendish]

 It's my name, and the name of the first radio, and t.v. ranger bad guy. The one that shot the rangers from ambush, and killed john reid brother starting the story. The role ws played by b movie actor glenn strange on t.v. He also played frankenstien and is used as the model for the toy, not Karloff. He also played Sam the Bartender on gunsmoke.  In the movie he was played by christopher lyod of taxi and back to the furture fame. I like the glenn strange b movie bad guy best. And have an autograph phot of him on my den wall.

[Derby Younger]

Our house sits on what was the Younger family farm in Jackson County Missouri. If you're interested in Civil War history, the Younger name and the County will be familiar.

Also, had an original English derby. So, we have Derby Younger.

Now the story of Cousin Fetid Pyle SASS #34089 is something else entirely.

[Grapeshot]

As a retired Army Officer that served in the Ordnance Corps, and who fixxed everything from BB guns to 8 inch Howitzers, I decided to portray an Artillery Officer and chose the most formidable round at the time to be my alias, which was Grapeshot. 

Out of a 12 pounder Napoleon it would break up massed infantry and cavalry charges with bloody efficiency. 

And I am Efficient if nothing else.

Oh yeah, there's a legend that states that General Zachory Taylor instructed an Artillery Captain by the Name of Bragg to fire "a little more grape" into charging Mexican forces during the Mexican-American War.

[DArchangel]

stole it from a used car dealer in ft. wayne in.

[Missouri Marshal]

I'm old.  Don't remember.



..

Here's a reminder Cuz, R.C.S.

I am originally from Missouri, my family still lives there. I did a 22 year hitch in the Navy and when I retired I was offered a  job with the VA Beach Sheriff's Office, that and my kids all live here so I just stayed. I like it here but I will always be from Missouri, I miss the Mississippi River and the Missouri Ozarks. When I was trying to figure out my alias I figured it had to be some kind of lawman since I was in law enforcement for 17 of my 22 years in the Navy and I am a Deputy Sheriff now. The Missouri part was just my way of maintaining my ties with my home state.

[PWDFR POSSE]

Well, my alias has always been "Walker" U.S. Marshal (long before the TV show), but the alias was not available thru SASS.  Bein' a lover of the old badlands & the stories I've heard over the years, I decided to change my alias to Badlands Walker.  It had a cool ring to it at the time & lots a folks loved the name, so it stuck! 

That's my story & I'm stickin' to it!

[Slim Silver]

I am of Slender build with silver hair.  On the other hand...I ain't exactly rich either bein' of the workin' man class.  Slim Silver just kinda fit either way.  Musta been appropriate because not long after I took the name other folks not associated with CAS started usin' it.

[Twnkltoz Katie]

I teach ballroom dancing in real life.  I've been "twnkltoz" for 10 years on the internet, ever since IRC!  I came up with a couple other ideas, all of which were taken, and I just kept coming back to twnkltoz.  Katie just seemed like a good name to go with it.

[Spanish Marshal]

 Hi:
  I´m Spanish and I live in Spain. I have always wanted to think that in the Old West there were also Spanish people and that maybe some of them, in some place, could be law man. I found Spanish in www.texasranger.org in Texas Ranger Hall of Fame,  "Manuel Trazazas Gonzaullas" .

   "Spanish Ranger" I didn´t like me and the word " Marshal " remembered the old western movies with those that so much enjoyed when I was a boy. And my name of " SASS " was born this way

    Spanish Marshal

[Curley Cole]

Well, I wanted to be Sourdough T, but that was took, so my real last name is Cole, and my family has been calling me Curley most of my life, so I just hooked them up. I actually had one of them Knotts Berry Farm wanted posters made a bunch of years ago, and it seemed to have a nice ring to it....looked pretty good on the wanted poster I made for meself too...so it stuck.
Curley

[Coop Trawlaine]

Well when I was first introduced to SASS, the feller that gave me the introduce was Cave Wyatt and he suggested that since I write western fiction that it would be a good Idee that I use one of my characters.  That was the way Coop Trawlaine was born to Cowboy Shooting.   Coop Trawlaine is a real American, His grandmother was a Cherokee Princess and his Grandfather an Irish born American Frontiersman that came across the Cumberland Gap  as part of  Dan'l Boone's mapping party in 1775,  Coop's Ma was Elena Alvarez a dark haired, dark eyed beauty who was the daughter of Don Diego Alavrez of Santa Fe, New Mexico.   Cooper "Coop" Trawlaine a man with the true American Bloodline.

[Toccoa Kate]

Decided that I wanted an Indian name. My family's from the mountains of Georgia, Toccoa, Georgia that is!!!  Toccoa Karen didn't sound good so I borrowed my youngest daughter Katie's name and thus Toccoa Kate was born!!  I get called everything from Taco to Tacoma though!!!  In case you're wondering, Toccoa is not too far from Mule Camp!!!

[Mustang Gregg]

I was named MUSTANG GREGG back in maybe 1975 or so by the neighbors. 
We always had a yard & shop fulla various Mustangs, Fairlanes & Torinos. 
I would keep them up late makin' noise workin' on them cars.

Still got the fever, too.
The current stable has 2 in it.
The '83 coupe is Winchester Wade's 5.0 HO project.
My current money pit is a '72 Mach1 with 460 w/CJ gear.
Gotta get it road-worthy soon, too.  We got a SASS cowboy wedding in Tucson in April 2007 to get to. 


Mustang Gregg

[Marshal harpoluke]

Who wants ta know?

Couldn't get Shotgun Luke, an Ah do play the Celtic Harp, Ah mostly weres da white hat. So there it is.

[Rascal Ralph]

My ex-wife and I had a horse farm a few years back, it was called the Rocking Horse Ranch. I made up my charecter for SASS, I own the stage coach stop in town, and breed horses for the stage companys and draft outfits. I also take money under the table to do away with people we don't need in town! Otherwise a real nice guy. RHR.