Kiskaddon, Bruce, 1878-1950

Bruce Kiskaddon, born in Pennsylvania in 1878, began his ranch life in 1898 in southern Colorado. Kiskaddon also worked at the Diamond Bar in Mohave County, Arizona, where he was encouraged to put his songs, verses and jingles into writing. Kiskaddon served in World War I in France with the cavalry. He was a buckaroo in Australia for a time before returning to Arizona. In 1920, Kiskaddon went to Hollywood to wrangle horses and play bit parts in the movies, but worked for a while as a hotel bellhop, instead. For the rest of his life he worked on his poetry. Kiskaddon published three books of cowboy poetry, and his work was published in Holaday & Hampton from 1933-1938, in calendars published by Los Angles Union Stockyards from 1939 through 1959, and was also published in the Western Livestock Journal.