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Earnest Tubb and his band, 1962. A lot of tall taco hats going on at that time!
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Darn it!!!!!!!!! Now I want tacos again!!!!!!!!

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Hearing of the earthquake in Mexico yesterday & not knowing where the epicenter might be, brought back thoughts of the New Virginia Colony founded by Commodore Matthew Fontaine Maury at the end of the Civil War. Maury was a long-time friend of Emperor Maximilian & was given a land grant for the colony between Mexico City & Veracruz. Price, Shelby, General Edmund Kirby Smith, Major General John B. Magruder, Major General Thomas C. Hindman, Major Alexander W. Terrell, & a couple thousand of their men chose to settle in the colony rather than surrender.

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Michael Roach was so young when he enlisted with CSA Major General Sterling Price at the beginning of the war. Price used Roach as a messenger carrying communications between Brigadier General Joseph O. "JO" Shelby, Major Samuel S. Hildebrandt, Quantrill, Gordon, Marchbank, etc. By late 1864 & Price's Raid thru Arkansas, Missouri & Kansas, Roach was listed as a Private. At wars end Michael Roach chose to surrender rather than go to Mexico to the New Virginia Colony.
Not much is known about his life after that.
 

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Hearing of the earthquake in Mexico yesterday & not knowing where the epicenter might be, brought back thoughts of the New Virginia Colony founded by Commodore Matthew Fontaine Maury at the end of the Civil War. Maury was a long-time friend of Emperor Maximilian & was given a land grant for the colony between Mexico City & Veracruz. Price, Shelby, General Edmund Kirby Smith, Major General John B. Magruder, Major General Thomas C. Hindman, Major Alexander W. Terrell, & a couple thousand of their men chose to settle in the colony rather than surrender.


Michael Roach was so young when he enlisted with CSA Major General Sterling Price at the beginning of the war. Price used Roach as a messenger carrying communications between Brigadier General Joseph O. "JO" Shelby, Major Samuel S. Hildebrandt, Quantrill, Gordon, Marchbank, etc. By late 1864 & Price's Raid thru Arkansas, Missouri & Kansas, Roach was listed as a Private. At wars end Michael Roach chose to surrender rather than go to Mexico to the New Virginia Colony.
Not much is known about his life after that.
I am pretty sure that the earthquake was in Oaxaca, the birthplace of Benito Juarez, the guy who invited the folks from New Virginia Colony to leave Mexico. According to a painting by Manet, they let Maximilian keep his hat on.
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I am pretty sure that the earthquake was in Oaxaca, the birthplace of Benito Juarez, the guy who invited the folks from New Virginia Colony to leave Mexico. According to a painting by Manet, they let Maximilian keep his hat on.
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The two other fellows in this pic are his Generals Miramon and Mejia.
I am pretty sure that the earthquake was in Oaxaca, the birthplace of Benito Juarez, the guy who invited the folks from New Virginia Colony to leave Mexico. According to a painting by Manet, they let Maximilian keep his hat on.
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The two fellows on either side are Generals Miramon and Mejia.
 
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Circa 1900 or so.....trimmed :eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek: cabinet card. I hate when people do this.....often removes the photographers information as it did here.....:(:(
Unusual with such an up-sweep of the brim at this time.....looks like a 1980's hat!:eek:o_O;)
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I wonder if he always wore his hat so far back on his head or it that was just for the photo? It doesn’t look like it would stay on well.
 
I wonder if he always wore his hat so far back on his head or it that was just for the photo? It doesn’t look like it would stay on well.

Yes, I am sure it was just for the photo's as with MOST movies the hats are worn high to see the movies stars faces.....ever since photography began it has warped how people think hats are really worn....I still remember many a time, being told (sometimes asked) to push my hat back by a damn photographer who wanted my image!!!!:eek::eek::eek::rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes:o_Oo_Oo_O;););)
PS I have seen some awesome Film Noir movies that got hat wearing right!!!!
And in those movies, it WAS/IS hard to see the faces sometimes!!!! JUST AS IT SHOULD BE if a hat is worn right and not just as a fashion accessory/statement...
 
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I wonder if he always wore his hat so far back on his head or it that was just for the photo? It doesn’t look like it would stay on well.
Oh, I don't know...the right hat placed just right on the head...

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Granted, he favored wider brims and the moment he stepped out of the plane the wind would likely blow that hat right off, but it is possible. :D
 
I just had to pick up this Circa 1900 photo from Wisconsin......
While I DO like differant creases for my fedoras.........o_O
I cannot EVER remember seeing a fedora creased like this, in what was then a popular crease for a working western hat.:eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::rolleyes:;):)
I think I vote against it on a fedora......though it IS indeed differant than the "other guys" hats I am sure..........
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