New The Abernathy Kids, Bud In Addition To Me

They were children from Oklahoma who, without adult supervision, took several cross-country trips. On i trip they rode on horseback from Oklahoma to Manhattan inwards 1910 when they were 10 as well as six years old.

Louis (sometimes styled Louie) Abernathy was born inwards Texas inwards 1899 as well as Temple Abernathy was born inwards 1904 inwards Tipton, Oklahoma.

Their manful individual raise was cowboy as well as States Marshal John Abernathy. Best known for catching wolves travel amongst his bare hands, John R. Abernathy (1876–1941) was born to Scottish ancestors inwards Texas. Raised inwards the burgeoning railroad town of Sweetwater, Abernathy considered himself a truthful boy of the Wild West. In his amazing life he worked equally a States marshal, sheriff, Secret Service agent, as well as wildcat crude oil driller. But it was the accidental uncovering of a bold agency of catching wolves travel that made Abernathy famous as well as drew the attending of President Theodore Roosevelt. By forcing his manus deep plenty into a wolf’s mouth, he could stun the beast long plenty to capture it, a service for which he was paid 50 dollars past times eager ranchers. This play tricks earned him the nickname “Catch 'em Alive Jack”.

In 1909 the Abernathy boys rode past times horseback from Frederick, Oklahoma, to Santa Fe, New Mexico, as well as back. Louis was nine, as well as Temple was five.

When the boys completed their Santa atomic let on 26 journey, they began planning a cross-country horseback ride to New York City, i time to a greater extent than past times themselves, to run across Theodore Roosevelt when he returned from his trip to Africa as well as Europe. They made that trip inwards 1910. They were greeted equally celebrities, as well as rode their horses inwards a ticker-tape parade simply behind the machine carrying Roosevelt. While inwards New York, the boys purchased a modest Brush Motor Car, which they drove, i time to a greater extent than past times themselves, dorsum to Oklahoma, transportation their horses dwelling past times train.

In 1911, they accepted a challenge to ride horseback from New York to San Francisco inwards threescore days or less. They agreed non to consume or slumber indoors at whatsoever quest of the journey. They would collect a $10,000 prize if they succeeded.

After a long trip, they arrived inwards San Francisco inwards 62 days, thereby losing the prize but setting a tape for the fourth dimension elapsed for the trip.

In 1913, the boys purchased an Indian motorcycle, as well as amongst their stepbrother, Anton, journeyed past times motorbike from Oklahoma to New York City. This was their terminal documented adventure.

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They were something rare, as well as their truthful even out has been written upward inwards the majority Bud as well as Me:

In the early on 1900's at that spot are exclusively 150 miles of paved route inwards the entire country. Fifty pct of Americans travel as well as hand farms. Radios as well as refrigerators are yet years away. Women are non allowed to vote yet as well as along came 2 adverturesome boys, Temple as well as Bud Abernathy who wanted to see it all.

 Raised past times their widowed father, the boys, ages 5 as well as 9, gear upward out on a serial of daring rides across America. First, solitary on horseback from Frederick, Oklahoma to Sante Fe, New United Mexican States as well as back. Then to New York City, solitary on horseback to run across their friend "Teddy" as well as dorsum to Oklahoma driving their ain "Brush" automobile.

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