The Knights of the Green Cloth

Evil Swede, Faro Dealer/Lawman
KGC #1, Founder
SASS 20352 Life/RO II, BCVC #38, BOLD #121
San Francisco's Barbary Coast 1849-1899
Hometown: Fremont, California
Home Clubs: Old West Shooting Society of Chabot & Richmond Roughriders (Range Officer)
Shooting Class: Duelist/Gunfighter & Plainsman
Website: Barbary Coast Vigilance Committee, Websmitty
Also, see my CASCITY Profile

Madame Wicked, Coffin Driver/Madame
KGC #2, Charter Member
SASS #40608/RO II, BCVC #97
San Francisco's Barbary Coast 1849-1899
Hometown: Grover, North Carolina
Home Clubs: Old West Shooting Society of Chabot & Richmond Roughriders
Shooting Class: Women's Traditional
Website: Barbary Coast Vigilance Committee

Jax Orebetter, Gambler
KGC #3, Charter Member
SASS #21699/RO II, WARTHOG, NCOWS #2258, SBSS #599
Hometown: Nixa, Missouri
Home Club: Southern Missouri Rangers.
Shooting Class: Frontier Cartridge Duelist
My Personal Website
Also, see my CASCITY profile

Micheal Fortune, Gambler/Barkeep
KGC #4, Charter Member
SASS #60159
Great Falls, Montana circa 1880's.
Hometown: Great Falls, Montana.
I am a proud member of the Sun River Rangers Shooting Society, which is a direct descendant of the "Sun River Rangers Protective Association," originally formed in August of 1876, following the Custer Massacre, to protect citizens & trade in the Sun River Valley.
My Personal Website
Also, see my CASCITY profile

Long Jim Handcock, Lawman & Gambler
KGC #5, Charter Member
SASS #47369, BOLD #322, SBSS #1212, ROCB #3 & WARTHOG
California Gold Country circa 1880's
Now residing in Oregon Territory
Home club: Saddle Butte O.O.W.S.S.
Affiliated clubs: Klamath Cowboys, Kanawha Valley Regulators, Siuslaw River Rangers & Umpqua Regulators.
Shooting Class: Frontier Cartridge Duelist & Frontier Cartridge
2004 State of Jefferson Championship (Klamath Annual), 2nd Place FCD
2004 Oregon State Championship, 3rd Place FCD
2004 Shootout at Saddle Butte (O.O.W.S.S. Annual), 3rd Place FCD
My Personal Website

Kid Cavalier, Gambler & Gunfighter
KGC #6, Charter Member
SASS #35602/RO I, SBSS #551 & DGB
Traveling Gambler of the Southwestern Frontier
Hometown: Palm Springs, California
Clubs: The Cowboys, Cajon Cowboys
Shooting Class: Gunfighter!
My Personal Website
Also, see my CASCITY Profile

Books O’Toole, Camp Dealer
KGC #7, Charter Member
NCOWS #2279
Celebrating the Scouts & Soldiers of the Santa Fe Trail Region (1846-1886)
Portraying a veteran of the 2nd Missouri Mounted Volunteers, 11th Kansas Cavalry & a Lieutenant in the 3rd US Infantry (1839-1851)
Hometown: Raytown, Missouri
Club Affiliations: Kansas Vigilance Committee, The Company of Military Historians, Frontier Army Living History Assn., Santa Fe Trail Assn.
Shooting Class: NCOWS Working Cowboy

Dr. Bob Butcher, Saloon Owner
KGC #8, Charter Member
NCOWS #2420, NRA Life, GAF #405
Former Santa Fe Trader, Army Surgeon & Monte Dealer
Traveling the plains in the late 1870's
Hometown: Independence, Missouri "on the Santa Fe Trail"
Home Club: Kansas Vigilance Committee
Shooting Class: NCOWS Working Cowboy
Motto: "Clean Mind - Clean Body - Take your pick!"
See my CASCITY Profile

William B. "Bat" Masterson, Lawman/Gambler/Buffalo Hunter
KGC #9, Charter Member
AFOWR #102, National Safety Officer
I have performed as "Bat" Masterson in Dallas/Ft. Worth area; Tombstone & Old Tucson, AZ; Dodge City, KS; Olethe, KS; Cheyenne, WY; Sand Springs & Ft. Smith, AR
Hometown: Roanoke, TX
Groups: Legends of Texas, Desperados, Sand Creek Cattle Company and the American Federation of Old West Reenactors

Frog, Cardsharp & Drifter
KGC #10, Charter Member
NCOWS #1829, SASS #51585, NRA
As the wind blows I bounce between the Mighty Mississippi & Missouri Rivers, traversing the central states, 1880's-1890's
Currently residing in Central Iowa
Home Club: Fort Des Moines Rangers
"As I travel around the in the late 1800's I enjoy life to it's fullest and desire the company of respectable women. But, I have learned not to be picky. Sometimes what is presented to you may be the best you will find, at least at that time and place! I enjoy "the game" in all aspects. Like a gold miner working his claim, with a turn of a card I want to see what riches I can pan from your pocket."
Shooting Class: NCOWS Working Cowboy
My Personal Website

Augustus Robert Maximillion, AKA: Professor Auggie Bob, Faro Dealer & Saloon Proprietor
KGC #11, Charter Member
NCOWS #2330
Mississippi and Missouri Rivers 1880's-1890's
"I run a floating den of inequity with my brother Frog (KGC #10). I would rank as one of those ne'er do wells that your mother warned you about as a babe. I have tried my hand at farming, shop keeping, preaching, banking & prospecting, all to no avail. Nothing worthwhile seems to stick, & I always find myself in the comfort of the green felt... breathing the smoke, drinking the liquor... I am proud to say that even at my lowest moments I have not resorted to crime, I can still hold my head up about that. Judge me not lest ye be judged... Ahh, 'tis a sad story & it belongs to no one but me."
Shooting Class: NCOWS Working Cowboy

Texas Jack Vermillion, AKA: Yankee Jack Vermillion, Faro Dealer & Sporting Gentleman
KGC #12, Charter Member
Southwest Circuit 1870- 1890
Hometown: Copperas Cove, TX
Home Club: The Town of Marrow Bone Springs, TX
Owner of Key West Cigar Shop, Marrow Bone Springs, TX
Member of the Marrow Bone Springs Businessmen's Assn.
Ladder Chief, Marrow Bone Springs Volunteer Fire Department.

Soapy Smith, Saloon Proprietor & Game Operator
KGC #13, Charter Member
Southwestern US, circa 1880-1898.
I am Jefferson Randolph Smith, my enemies call me "Soapy".
"I am an upstanding businessman and auctioneer, a successful saloon proprietor and renowned gambler. I am reputed to have been an underworld bunco boss and many have referred to me as the "King of the Frontier Con Men," a notorious swindler and a scalawag, all accusations I vehemently deny!"

I am Jeff Smith, the great grandson of "Soapy" Smith.
My website is www.SoapySmith.net

Three Eyed Willy, Dealer & Shell Game Operator
KGC #14, Charter Member
SASS #22949, M.I.M.C., AAFOUF #84
San Antonio & Austin, Texas, circa 1870's.
Professional gambler, semi-retired professional magician and banjo player.
Hometown: Houston, TX
Home Club: Tejas Pistoleros.

My website is www.ThreeEyedWilly.com

Membership

We are currently accepting charter memberships. This includes a free lifetime membership with no dues, ever.

If your character is that of a professional gambler (what was commonly referred to as a "black leg") or a gambling business is (or was) the primary income of your chosen old west or Civil War character or persona, we want you as a member! Please keep in mind, we are not looking for casual or even serious players, we are the shifty saloon and riverboat dealers and operators that run the gambling games, banks and concessions. By and large, we are not cowboys and cowgirls, but are townspeople; generally drifters and carpetbaggers or other itinerant folks.

Our Membership is open to men and women, most particularly those participating in Cowboy Action Shooting, Old West re-enacting, Civil War Reenacting and other living history pursuits! No dues, no mandatory meetings, no secret handshake.. well, maybe a secret handshake!

All we ask is that you provide the following (see member examples above):
1. A photo (approx. 200 x 300 pixels in .jpg format) of you "in character"*.
2. Your basic persona information, including; your character name or alias, your persona's chosen career (saloon or riverboat gambler, faro dealer, lawman/gambler, cardsharp, gambler/magician, gambler/salesman, etc..), any associated memberships and membership numbers (if applicable), any RO certifications, the time period (1849 through 1899) or war(s) and unit(s) or region(s) you are re-enacting, performing or celebrating.
3. Your actual location, region or hometown.
4. Your home club(s) or re-enactment group(s) (with website URL, if applicable).
5. (Optional) Any particular information or other comments you feel are appropriate. Personal motto, Championship awards, or other special achievements. You are also welcome to provide a website link (such as a link to a personal website and/or your free CASCITY profile or another profile) elsewhere on the 'net.

Once we receive your necessary information and an appropriate photo, it will be posted here with your personal Knights of the Green Cloth (KGC) number. Please display it proudly in your correspondence. We hope to have some sort of identifying item (not a badge) in the near future. Maybe a stick pin, lapel pin or button cover. If you have any ideas, please be sure to pass them on.

Please note: We reserve the right to edit or abridge the information provided. Please let us know if you object to an edit to your profile or if you wish to have any changes made down the line.

* Larger pictures are better than smaller as we can crop and reduce images to fit neatly. We prefer to post pictures of our members in their period gambling costuming, dealing or playing their game of choice. If you don't have an appropriate gambling photo, any properly period costumed photo will do until you can update later. Thanks!

Your Pard,
~ Evil Swede, Old West Faro Dealer
Knight of the Green Cloth, KGC #1
Vigilante, BCVC #38
Lawdawg, BOLD #121
Gunfighter, SASS #20352 Life

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