ROSEBUD ROB, BALTIMORE BESS AND CINNAMON CHIP – Here’s another seasonal post for the upcoming Frontierado holiday on Friday August 4th. As always, Frontierado is about the myth of the old west, not the grinding reality.

Recently, here at Balladeer’s Blog, I examined Edward L. Wheeler’s 1877 Dime Novel heroine Hurricane Nell, one of his gun-toting ladies of the old west. You can find that blog post HERE. This time I’m looking at three more of Wheeler’s Dime Novel characters from four of his works.

ROSEBUD ROB … the KNIGHT OF THE GULCH (February 1879) – Rosebud Rob was a Wild West detective, like the real-life Charley Siringo (covered HERE). Rob received his nickname in a bit of action he referred to as his «Black Hills Baptism» as the Black Hills Gold Rush raged.

Rosebud Rob’s hat and boots may look like the kind worn by pirates, but…