Cap Gun Set

Stagecoach Double Cap Gun & Holster Set from Cowboy Toys & More, one of the Internet's leading Cowboy-Themed Toy Stores. This metal cap gun set includes two cap guns, two holsters, and a holster belt.

These good quality cap guns fire rolled ammo caps and will insure hours of imagination driven play for your child or grandchild. This cap gun set is best for children older than five.

Wild West Music Fest in Des Moines, Iowa

Des Moines, Iowa is one of my favorite towns. Great Midwestern feel, loads of sunshine, and home to one of my favorite pastors, Chris Magnell (who is in Iraq serving as an army chaplain). But this Fourth of July weekend, Des Moines will also host a Wild West Music Fest at festival park.

I undercovered information about this western-themed party in the Des Moines Register. According to that fine publication, "Guns and country music will be the theme of the first event." Although the event's homepage includes "rock, etc" as alternatives.

Tentative Details (from the 3/24 merchant meeting):
Proposed hours: 11-9 on Saturday, 11-6 on Sunday.
Headliner band to perform Saturday starting at 8pm. Regional touring acts on both days, and one "local" stage both days.
Fireworks planned for Saturday night.
Free admission for police, firemen and military, and we are discussing donating a percentage of gate.
12 and under free. Other tickets: $20 for weekend pass, $15 for Saturday only, and $10 for Sunday only. Discount tickets will be available in advance.
We are looking for rendezvous/civil war/pow wow and other exhibits/reenactors.
Music will include country, rock and other genres.
We are looking for crafters to occupy spaces on main street and in the guild hall. There will also be some merchant buildings available for sublease for this event. If you have a product line you'd like to sell, contact us and we'll get you in touch with a building owner to negotiate.
We are looking for sponsors for the event, or specific parts of it. For instance, "Fireworks sponsored by..." Premium sponsors can be included in advertising (media, posters, etc.).
More details to be posted. Mailing list for merchant/participants coming soon.

Cap Guns make great gifts for hours of fun

Cap guns make great gifts for little cowboys. That is why folks have made Cowboy Toys & More one of the internet's leading retailers for quality cap gun gifts. One of the most popular toy guns the store offers is the Cowboy Double Cap Gun and Holster Set. It is well worth checking out, if you are interested in the wild west.

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Gene Autry Rode Straight Up

The Investors Business Daily, one of America's leading business and investing publications, gave a real nice nod to famed Cowboy Gene Autry in its April 4, 2007 issue.

The article, which Curt Schleier wrote, described Autry as "The Singing Cowboy [who] galloped from poverty to superstardom."

"Gene Autry felt a sense of responsibility to his millions of kid fans," Schleier wrote, "being a role model is 'a tough job sometimes. There are times when you fell like doing something, but you can't because you feel you must live up to your reputation. And the reputation I have for being a pretty square-shootin' guy, I wouldn't trade for anything. It gives me a lot of pleasure that young Americans look up to me as an example for their lives."

Gene Autry is the kind of hero many people wish as around today. I would highly recommend checking out the IBD article and, perhaps, even droping the IBD folks a thank you email for looking to a cowboy hero every once in a while as a great example of and American leader and success.