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Black Jack’s Crossing
Earlier in the season we did a post about General Black Jack Pershing. . Here’s the rest of the story: In January 1914, Gen. John Pershing was assigned to command the Army’s 8th Cavalry Regiment in Fort Bliss, Texas, responsible for security along the U.S.-Mexico border. . . Pancho Villa was banking on American support [...]
Our Junk Gypsies on HGTV!!
Our friends over at Junk Gypsy have a HUGE Sunday tomorrow! The pilot of their HGTV series will air at 7/6CST!! Check out THIS great article that DishTV did about the girls and their acclaimed series. . > Jolie and Amy have been Double D gals for years and have included a couple of Double [...]
Editors are Forecasting: Navajo
Urban Outfitters is doing it. . Ralph Lauren is doing it. . . . . . . . . . . . . Gwen Stephani’s L.A.M.B. is doing it. . Double D has been doing it! > Navajo / Pendleton printed blankets, towels, jackets, even window treatments have been on trend for quite some time. [...]
A Little History on Pershing, Pancho, & the Rio Grande Rattler
QUICK HISTORY LESSON: EVENT: It’s 1916 and President Woodrow Wilson orders a “Punitive Expedition” of 4,800 men commanded by General John J. Pershing into Mexico to capture the rebel and bandit leader Francisco “Pancho” Villa. Villa has been ducking in and out of US borders and raiding American towns and small communities. However, despite Pershing’s [...]
Feature: Badlands Peacoat
Last October we did a post asking you to send in design ideas. . We got some incredibly well-thought-out, fun, innovative and creative suggestions! . One of my favorite bloggers, Cathryn, over at Farmer’s Trophy Wife, proposed a classic peacoat and it got me to thinking…. Since Cathryn is known for fashionably sloshing around in [...]
Childhood Sweethearts by Bonnie Paul
Bonnie Paul has sweet, melodic country songs but her style is pure “DARING”! . .. Catch Bonnie in our Land of the Free jacket and a few others at her website. . Also, here’s her latest music video about childhood sweethearts. How many of you are “stuck” with your childhood sweetheart!?!?! It’s a very real [...]
Beau Garrett…Revlon, Cosmo, Guess, & DDR Girl!
It’s not often that you get a Google Alert with the name of your company within degrees of separation with some of Hollywood’s a-list actresses. We don’t mind when it does happen though! . Meet Beau Garrett. . . She’s been a model for Guess since the 90s and is presently the spokes model for [...]
Here she is….!
Physical fitness, Swimsuit, Spirit of Texas, and most important: Spirit of Double D Ranch! . Those are just a few of the prized titles of Clarin Gniffke Miss Weatherford College at The Miss Texas Pagent earlier this Summer. . . She has quite the story to tell from being home-schooled through high school where she [...]
Photo Clues Week 2!
Today starts our 2nd week of announcing three photo clues and we can’t wait to see what you all can show us! . Again, brush up on our Summer Photo Treasure Hunt rules by visiting THIS blog post. Catch up if you had a super busy week last week by getting the first 3 photo [...]
Ride Captain Ride
This just reminds me of my youth and has such iconic 70′s imagery. surf scenes long hair faded denim shirts over rock band tees bongos! .
