Order of the Golden West

Spinof of the Order of the Wrinkling Lid founded on July 4, 1976 by Cornelius P. Buttercup, a notorious huckster, bean-counter and scal-a-wag from the Bronx.

Purpose: Celebration of cowboy lore and by proxy, Western Civilization itself.

Three grades were known to exist: Dude aka Greenhorn, Cowpoke, aka Cowpunch, and True Cowboy. Ritual garb included chaps and Stetson hats; ritual activity included roping nude women and consuming enormous quantities of steak and/or BBQ.

Although he officially denied it, Louis L'Amour was said to be a particularly ardent underground member especially adept at twirling pistols on his hand/index fingers.

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