What’s in a Name?

Some colorful monikers of the Old West.

Early Arizona mining towns were graced with a number of colorful characters with whimsical nicknames. There was Long-Necked Charlie Leisure; Shoot-Em-Up Dick; Long Hair Sprague; Red Jacket Almer; Lafayette Grime; Rattlesnake Bill; Johnny-Behind-the-Duece. Women also had unusual monikers like Wild Irish Rose, Nellie the Pig, the Waddling Duck, the Dancing Heifer, and the Galloping Cow. Madam Featherlegs earned her name and fame when she delighted the male citizens by galloping her horse down main street, wearing nothing but a pair of chaps flapping in the breeze.