Going Home: The West Family History
Day 2: A look at my mom's side of the family...
West is my mom’s maiden name and her father – my grandfather – was Cecil West and that’s him looking like the guest of honor at a hanging.
The day this picture was taken Cecil was 16 years old and had just won a Wild Bronc riding contest at Buffalo Bill Cody’s Ranch in Nebraska and is clearly elated about it.
Apparently Calamity Jane made the first “duck…