Billy The Kid - Biography


      By most accounts, Billy the Kid was born Henry McCarty in New York City, NY November 23, 1859, his parents being Catherine and Patrick McCarty, although it is not known for sure.  Another view is that he was born William H. Bonney to Catherine and William McCarty Bonney.  Billy did sign letters as William H. Bonney, but this was after he fled the Arizona territory, wanted for murder, so many assume that William H. Bonney was just an alias to hide from the law and that's why he used it signing letters.  Another story has it as Billy being born as Henry McCarty to a Joseph McCarty of Cass County, IN.  However, in the 1880 census of Lincoln County, NM, the Kid listed his name as William H. Bonney and his state of birth as New York.

      One account of the family is that Billy's mother, Catherine, moved  west with her two boys Henry (Billy) and Joseph and William Antrim, settling in Wichita, KS. in 1870.  There Catherine ran a laundry business and invested in real estate.  After Wichita, the family moved to Coffeyville, KS. for a short time which is where Billy got into his first trouble with the law, arrested for stealing items from a local store.  Catherine then decided to move to the southwest with William Antrim and her boys, supposedly because she had tuberculosis and needed the drier climate.  She married William Antrim in Santa Fe, NM March 1, 1873, with her two boys present.

    The family then moved to Silver City, NM where Antrim worked as a miner and Catherine ran a boarding house.  Catherine had many health problems and on September 16, 1874 she died, leaving her two sons to live with their stepfather, William Antrim.  At the time Billy was 15 and had gotten into trouble in Silver City with the law, nothing major, petty theft and whatnot, but he and his stepfather never got along, Antrim thinking Billy was a troublemaker.  Billy did attend school and worked at odd jobs.  Billy and a friend, George "Sombrero Jack" Shaffer, as a prank, stole some clothes from a local laundry and were arrested.  Billy, not wanting to face his stern stepfather for this offense, left town and ventured to the Arizona territory and worked at odd jobs on ranches and in towns.

    During this period, not much is "recorded" of the Kid, although this is the time when Billy killed his first man.  This was 1877, when Billy was first called "Kid".  On August 17, 1877, a blacksmith, Frank P. Cahill, an Irishman, was in George Adkins' Saloon in Camp Grant, AZ.  Cahill was a huge man and had been drinking, he and Billy argued.  He called Billy a pimp and slapped him upside the head, which through Billy to the floor.  Billy, realizing that he was no match for Cahill, drew his gun and shot Cahill in the stomach, Cahill died the next day.  Billy was thrown into the camp guardhouse, but escaped and that's when he began running.

    The Kid then drifted back to the New Mexico territory, to Lincoln County, taking on the name William H. Bonney, this was late 1877. He found work as a hired hand for L.G. Murphy and J.J. Dolan, who owned huge cattle ranches in Lincoln County and had a monopoly on the cattle and merchant trade.  The Murphy-Dolan faction, also known as "The House", had one main competitor, Alexander McSween, a Lincoln attorney, and John Tunstall, a wealthy Englishman who were backed by the days biggest cattle baron, John Chisum.  This became known as the Lincoln County War.  Murphy-Dolan didn't particularly care for competition and were willing to do whatever they had to do to stop it.  There were also investors in Murphy-Dolan from Santa Fe, called the Sante Fe ring, which included, among others, the attorney general.

    The Kid spent most of his days rustling cattle for Murphy-Dolan from Chisum's Jinglebob Ranch.  Murphy-Dolan would then sell the cattle to Mexican and Indian buyers, who didn't really care who's brand was on them as long as the price was right.  By chance, the Kid met John Tunstall, the Murphy-Dolan chief rival, and they immediately hit it off.  Tunstall would become the father figure Billy never had, for a while anyway.  The Kid idolized Tunstall and left the Murphy-Dolan ranch and went to work for him.  The Kid emulated Tunstall in many ways, and Tunstall was quite impressed with Billy and was quoted as saying of the Kid "That's the finest lad I ever met.  He's a revelation to me everyday and would do anything to please me.  I'm going to make a man out of that boy yet".

    Tunstall's plans for the Kid were never realized.  On February 18, 1878, Tunstall was killed in cold blood by men deputized by Sheriff William Brady, who was appointed to his position by Murphy-Dolan.  These men, including Frank Baker, Jesse Evans, Jim McDaniel and Billy Morton, among others, who were at one time friends of the Kid's when he worked for Murphy-Dolan, stopped Tunstall on a road and informed him that they were taking part of his cattle herd, stating that the cattle belonged to Murphy-Dolan.  Tunstall of course spoke out, saying that the cattle were his and to look at the brands to see he was telling the truth.  The men drew their guns, ordering Tunstall to surrender.  Tunstall climbed out of his buckboard and handed over his gun, stating "I don't want any bloodshed".  As Tunstall was handing over his gun to Jesse Evans, Evans shot the unarmed man and he fell to the ground.  Billy Morton then fired a second round, into Tunstall's head, killing him instantly.

    When the Kid got word of the killing of Tunstall, he said "He was the only man that ever treated me kindly, like I was free born and white".  Billy then said in a rage "I'll get every son of a bitch who helped kill John if it's the last thing I ever do".  Word got to the Murphy-Dolan boys of the Kid's vendetta, which left them very apprehensive, given the fact that they knew Billy as a single minded man that would ride out of his way to confront his enemies.  They also know Billy was quick at the draw and an expert marksman.  The Kid wasn't that impressive to look at, reports show his height between 5'8" and 5'10", he had a receding chin and large teeth, some said he was bucktooth, but he just had a pronounced overbite.  His eyes were like blue ice and some said he could look right through you.  Make no doubt about it, the Kid was clever and proved to be an unconventional adversary.

    The Kid heard that Richard M. "Dick" Brewer was sworn in as a special constable to arrest the killers of Tunstall and quickly joined the group, known as "The Regulators", and was sworn in as a deputy.  On March 6, 1878, after several days of searching, Brewer's posse came across a group of riders about 6 miles from the Rio Pecos.  The group of riders rode off, breaking up into small groups and Brewer's posse was in pursuit.  The Kid went after Billy Morton and Frank Baker, firing at them with his pistol and rifle as he rode.  Billy caught up with the pair after their horses went down and took them prisoner, but vowed he would kill them both.  The posse took Morton and Baker to the Chisum ranch.  On March 9, 1878, The Regulators, including the Kid, were moving the two prisoners to Lincoln, but stopped in Roswell first so Morton could mail a letter.  M.A. Upson, the postmaster, said that Morton told him to let his family know if anything happened to him, when Upson asked Morton if he thought harm would come to him at the hands of the posse, Morton replied that the posse had given John Chisum their word that the prisoners would be delivered safely to Lincoln and he trusted their word.  William McCloskey, a former hand with Murphy-Dolan, now a Regulator, overheard Upson and Morton talking and said "Billy, if harm comes to you two, they will have to kill me first".

    The posse, with prisoners in tow, rode off to Lincoln.  The Kid and Charlie Bowdre leading, some distance from the posse, on the lookout for Murphy-Dolan men who might try to free Morton and Baker.  Then there was Morton and Baker with William McCloskey and John Middleton behind them.  Following them were Dick Brewer, Frank McNab, J.G. "Doc" Skurlock, Henry Brown, Fred Wayt, Jim French and Sam Smith.  The party would never make it to Lincoln.

    On March 11, 1878, McNab rode into Roswell and reported that Morton and Baker had tried to escape and killed McCloskey in the process, and in turn, were killed themselves by the posse.  This was later proven to be a lie.  The posse, not including McCloskey, had decided to kill the two prisoners before they reached Lincoln.  It is not known if the Kid and Bowdre knew of their plans, since they were riding out front, and the posse decided this as they rode in the rear.  After leaving Roswell, near Black Water Holes, also called Steel Springs, McNab put a six-gun to the head of McCloskey and said "You are the son of a bitch who's got to die before harm can come to these fellows, are you?"  McNab fired, blowing McCloskey's brains out and McCloskey fell from his horse.  Seeing this, Morton and Baker fled, knowing they would be next.  The Kid turned, seeing them flee and took out after them, overtook them and fired two shots, killing them both.  The posse left their bodies where they fell, including McCloskey, whom they believed to be in cahoots with the prisoners, they were buried by Mexican sheepherders.

    The posse split up and McNab returned to the Chisum ranch, where he worked and the rest of the posse went off to other destinations.  The Kid went to Lincoln to work for McSween.  The Kid heard that Andrew L. "Buckshot" Roberts, who was working for Murphy-Dolan, was hunting him and the others for the killing of Morton and Baker.  In April of 1878, Brewer and the Regulators, including the Kid, went after Roberts, tracking him down to Blazer's Saw Mill, which was about 40 miles south of Lincoln.  As the Regulators rode into the area, Roberts saw them and charged them on his horse and guns blazing.  Roberts was one tough character, a veteran of the war (although, it has been reported that he may have been a deserter) and of many gunfights and he didn't scare off easy.  One of the bullets Roberts fired from his Winchester came close to the Kid's head, Billy jumped from his horse and fired at Roberts, hitting him in the abdomen, but the rough old gunfighter climbed down from his horse, with guns in hand, took refuge in an outhouse.  The Regulators sprayed the outhouse with dozens of shots and it appeared that they got their adversary.  Brewer stood up and walked towards the outhouse, Roberts was laying in wait, he stuck his Winchester through a hole in the outhouse and blew the top of Brewer's head off.  Roberts's Winchester fired again, this time seriously wounding Charley Bowdre in the side, but luckily for Bowdre, his cartridge belt deflected the shot and saved his life.  The Regulators again fired on the outhouse in a flurry of shots, hitting Roberts several times.  Roberts was dead, with his Winchester in hand.

    With Dick Brewer dead, the Kid vowed to continue the pursuit of those responsible for John Tunstall's death.  Billy and the Regulators went after Sheriff William Brady and deputies J.B. Matthews and George Hindman.  Billy and J.B. Matthews had had a run in before, on the streets of Lincoln, but to avoid a gunfight with the Kid, Matthews slipped away and hid in a building.  On April 1, 1878, the Kid and 5 others quietly rode into Lincoln, unseen.  They hid behind an adobe wall and made holes to put their guns through and waited.  Sheriff Brady, Matthews and Hindman came walking down the street, guns in hand.  As soon as they were in firing range, the Kid and his companions opened fire, Brady was shot several times and fell dead, next to him Hindman fell, mortally wounded, Matthews was able to get away and hid in a building.  The Kid then went to the body of Sheriff Brady, to take his guns.  When he picked up the rifle, it was shot out of his hands my Matthews, the Kid ran back to the wall and he and the group mounted their horses and rode out of town.  The Kid lost support from some of the town because of the brutal ambush of Brady, saying it was a cowardly act, but some say Brady and Hindman got their just reward for the cold blooded killing of the helpless and unarmed John Tunstall.

    Depending on whose count you listened to, some say the dead left in Billy's wake after Brady and Hindman, was at 17, although some say 3 at that point.

    After Brady's murder, George "Dad" Peppin became the new Sheriff of Lincoln county, another Muphy-Dolan man.  Peppin put a large force together to bring the Kid in, and the Kid being the Kid, made it easy for him.  Billy, and 14 of his companions, visited Alexander McSween at his mansion in Lincoln and barricaded themselves inside, the mansion was immediately surrounded by Peppin's posse, about 40 strong of the roughest gunfighters in the territory.  A Roswell merchant, by the name of Marion Turner, who was once on the side of McSween-Tunstall, was now with the Murphy-Dolan faction and had control of the Peppin posse and ordered them to open fire on the McSween mansion, this was on July 15, 1878.  The battle raged for 5 days solid before a truce was finally called.

    Marion Turner called out to the Kid and told him he had warrants for him and his men for the murders of Brady and Hindman.  It was silent for a moment, then the Kid shouted back, saying "We too, have warrants for you and all your gang which we will serve on you hot from the muzzle of our guns!"  The firing again commenced.  The posse outside was aided by a company of U.S. Infantry troops commanded by Lieutenant Colonel Nathan Augustus Monroe Dudley. The mansion was a shambles, riddled with bullets, but the men inside kept up their fire, wounding many a men outside, many were wounded inside too.  Colonel Dudley threatened the men in the house that if they didn't surrender, he would open fire with his two cannons, reducing the house to rubble and them along with it.

     One of the men inside the McSween house, who worked for McSween, had had enough of this battle.  He called out to the posse outside and said that they had enough, they will surrender.  Hearing this, the Kid ran to this man, knocking him out with his gun.  Outside, this call was heard.  Robert Beckwith and John Jones approached the house, the back of the house at the kitchen door.  Beckwith stood in the doorway and called out to McSween, the Kid immediately put a bullet into Beckwith's head, killing him and wounding Jones.  The Kid then yelled "come on" to the others, with guns blazing, the Kid and his men jumped over Beckwith's body in a mass escape from the bullet riddled mansion.  Somehow, through the hundreds of bullets being fired, the Kid made it to the river behind the house, crossed it and disappeared in the high reeds on the other side.  His men followed, many being wounded.  McSween refused to run from his own house.  He stepped out in the yard, unarmed, and was quickly shot to death, being hit 9 times.

    The Lincoln County War had gained national attention and was an embarrassment for President Rutherford B. Hayes.  Hayes replaced the New Mexico Territorial Governor Axtell with Lew Wallace.  Wallace was bound and determined to put an end to the war, whatever it would take to do it.  He figured the best way to go about this was to offer an amnesty to all involved in the war if they lay down their guns, unless they were charged with murder, as Billy was.  Billy heard of the offering, but also knew there was a warrant for his arrest for the murder of Sheriff Brady and Deputy Hindman.  The Kid witnessed the murder of Huston Chapman, who had been an attorney of McSween.  Chapman was murdered in cold blood by William Campbell, James Dolan and William Matthews, the Kid saw them kill Chapman, but didn't pull his gun.  His idea was to testify against the killers in exchange for a full pardon.

    A meeting was set between the Kid and Gov. Wallace and took place on March 17, 1879 in the home of a John Wilson.  Billy showed up with his Winchester and six shooter and asked if Wallace was there.  Wallace immediately stood up and was surprised that Billy was the Billy that everyone feared, given the Kid's appearance.  Wallace proposed to Billy that if he surrendered and testified against the killers of the attorney Chapman, he would grant him a full pardon.  Although, Billy had a problem with the word "surrender", he thought it would make him sound weak.  So Wallace proposed that Billy be "captured" instead, and the Kid agreed.

    Part of the deal with Wallace was that the Kid would stand trial for the murder of Brady and Hindman, but Wallace promised Billy that he would do no time.  As Billy was waiting for the court date, he grew impatient and decided to escape from his loosely guarded cell in the back of a store and took off for Fort Sumner.  There the Kid ran into a Texan by the name of Joe Grant.  Grant was boasting how he would be famous by being the man who shot down Billy the Kid, the Kid had heard about this before.  Billy asked Grant to see his fine six gun, and Grant handed it to him.  While the Kid had it and out of Grant's view, he pulled out 3 bullets and set the hammer on an empty chamber.  The Kid handed Grant back his pistol.  Billy informed Grant as to who he was and they squared off, both pulling their weapons, but of course Grant's didn't fire and Billy killed him on the spot.

    Some time later, a posse was on the trail of the Kid and his gang and had them surrounded in a ranch house close to Fort Sumner.  The Kid asked for a truce, a man by the name of Jimmy Carlyle stepped out to talk, but the Kid shot him where he stood and killed him.  The rest of the posse fled.

    In 1880, Pat Garrett was made sheriff of Lincoln County.  Some say that Pat and the Kid were close friends, working together on the Maxwell ranch and drinking together.  Others say they barely knew each other.  Anyway, with Gov. Wallace putting a $500 reward on Billy's head, for breaking his promise to him for not standing trial on murder charges, Garrett wasted no time in forming a posse.  On December 18, 1880, Garrett got a tip that the Kid and his gang would be riding into Fort Sumner.  Garrett waited with a posse of 12 men.  Garrett and his men saw Tom O'Folliard riding towards him, O'Folliard was riding point for the gang.  Garrett's posse opened fire, striking O'Folliard in the chest.  O'Folliard then rode towards Garrett and said "don't shoot again, I'm killed".  Garrett ordered him off of his horse, but O'Folliard said he couldn't get down on his own.  O'Folliard died a short time later and the Kid and his gang fled.

    The Kid and his gang were on the run again and Garrett pursued them like there was no tomorrow.  On December 21, 1880, Garrett had the gang cornered in an abandoned house near Stinking Springs.  Inside the house were the Kid, Charlie Bowdre, Tom Pickett, Billy Wilson and Dave Rudabaugh, Billy's closest friends.  Garrett called for the gang to surrender, but was answered with only gunfire from the gang, which was answered back by Garrett and his 20 men.  I've seen several accounts as to how Charlie Bowdre was shot.  One is that he was outside tending the horses when the posse rode up, saw him and shot him in the chest.  The other is, when the initial shots were exchanged after Garrett ordered the gang's surrender, Bowdre was shot while crossing in front of a window.  I've also seen an account that the one room building they were in had no windows, but one way or the other, Bowdre was shot in the chest.  I believe he was shot while in the room, because the story goes that after he was shot, he said to Billy: "I'm killed Billy, they killed me".  Then Billy stood Bowdre up and pushed him to the door, telling him: "They have murdered you Charlie, but you can get revenge.  Go out there and kill some of them sonsabitches before you go".  Billy shoved Bowdre out of the door, but Bowdre didn't even have the strength to hold up his six gun and was shot several more times and fell face down.  His body lay rotting for the two days the standoff lasted.  With no food or water and out of ammo, the Kid and his gang finally surrendered.  Garrett and his posse took them to Santa Fe.  This is where the Kid wrote a letter to Gov. Wallace, reminding him of his promised pardon.  Wallace refused to answer the Kid, saying he reneged on his promise to stand trial and that there would be no pardon.

    There are a couple, if not more, of versions as to what happened next, this is the one I think happened.  The Kid was taken to Mesilla, NM to stand trial for the murder of Andrew "Buckshot" Roberts.  He was found guilty and Judge Bristol sentenced Billy to death, telling the Kid that he would hang "until you are dead, dead, dead!"  They say the Kid laughingly said back to the stern judge that "you can go to hell, hell, hell!"  While waiting for his execution date, Billy gave interviews to eager newsman, telling them "I expect to be lynched.  It's wrong that I should be the only one to suffer the extreme penalties of law".  The story goes that he also told the reporters that he was being singled out for punishment even though there were many many other more deserving of the hangman's noose.  He was moved to Lincoln County to await execution by two of Garrett's deputies, Bob Ollinger and J.W. Bell.  Ollinger, was at one time a gun for the Murphy-Dolan faction and hated the Kid with a passion.  Once the Kid was locked up in the jail, Ollinger harass the kid, poking him with the butt of his shotgun, daring the kid to escape so he could shoot him in the back "just like you did Brady".  Billy did nothing and kept his temper in check, for now.  On many occasions, Bell urged Ollinger to stop tormenting the Kid, as Bell was known to be a kind man.

    On April 28, 1881, Ollinger left the jail to have a bite to eat, leaving Bell to guard the Kid.  There are more than a couple versions as to what happened next.  One is that Billy told Bell he needed to use the outhouse and at the top of the stairs, Billy used his shoulder to know Bell down the stairs, then ran into Garrett's gun room and grabbed a pistol and shot Bell dead, who was at the bottom of the stairs.  Another version is that after asking Bell to take him to the latrine, that someone had left a pistol there for Billy, and after returning to the courthouse, shot Bell, either way, Bell was dead.  After shooting Bell, Billy went upstairs and waited by the window, with the same shotgun that Ollinger was poking him with, the Kid knew that Ollinger would come running after hearing the shot.  As Ollinger was running across the street, the Kid said "Hello, Bob", and fired both barrels, nearly blowing Ollinger's head off.  Billy ran outside, supposedly to a blacksmith and had the leg irons removed.  He grabbed a couple of pistols and Winchester's from the jail and someone's horse and rode down the street, stopping at Ollinger's lifeless body.  Some say he then took off his hat, waving it and said "Adios, Amigos", and rode off.

    During all of this, Garrett was in White Oaks on business.  When he heard about the escape and the deaths of his deputies, he vowed to get Billy and spent the next three months chasing him around New Mexico.  On the night of July 14, 1881, Garrett rode to the Maxwell  ranch, where he and the Kid supposedly worked together before.  It's a little unclear as to why Garrett went there, some say Maxwell set Billy up, others say is was by pure chance.  The Kid was there, visiting a young Mexican woman who he spent much time with, Deluvina Maxwell, who worked for Maxwell.  Garrett went inside, as his posse waited outside.  Garrett was waiting in Maxwell's bedroom.  Now either Billy was staying in the main house or he went there to get some fresh beef to take back to the house he was staying in, but Billy was outside walking towards the main house.  When he got to the doorway, he heard the sound of horse hooves and called out several times in spanish "Quien es?  Quien es?" (Who is it?)  Not getting an answer, Billy stepped inside the open door of the house and went to Maxwell's bedroom to ask Maxwell who was there.  In the dark, two shots were fired, Garrett shot Billy where he stood, in stocking feet, killing him instantly, according to some, a shot right through the heart, the second shot going wild.  Billy supposedly had his six gun in his right hand and a knife in his left.  In Garrett's report, he stated that "He came there armed with a pistol and a knife expressly to kill me if he could.  I had no alternative but to kill him or suffer death at his hands".

    The posse waiting outside didn't know what to think, until Garrett ran out of the house, yelling "I killed the Kid, I killed the Kid!".  He stayed outside for some time, trembling and saying nothing.  He then went back into the house, where he saw Deluvina Maxwell cradling the Kid's head in her arms, crying.  She accused Garrett of shooting Billy in the back, adding "You didn't have the nerve to kill him face to face".  Like most everything else about the Kid, his death was also a controversy.  Did Garrett shoot the Kid in the back?  Did Garrett shoot the Kid at all?  For the most part, Garrett was praised for his act, but murder charges were also filed, although an inquest proved it was justifiable homicide.

    The local Mexican's, after hearing what happened, ran to the Maxwell house, Billy was their friend.  They demanded they be allowed to prepare his body for burial.  They then moved his body to a carpenter's shed and lay him on a bench, where they set candles all around him and cleaned him, dressing him in clean clothes.  The next day he was buried on the Maxwell property.  Deluvina Maxwell put a white cross on his grave that said "Duerme bien, Querido" (Sleep well, beloved).

    Souvenir hunters began arriving, despoiling his grave at the Maxwell ranch.  Eventually Billy's body was moved to Fort Sumner and he was buried with two of his best friends, Charlie Bowdre and Tom O'Folliard.  The inscription at the top of the tombstone says "Pals", which the boys always told each other, pals to the end, and that they were.

    Garrett wanted, but did not receive, the notoriety that Billy had, although he did receive some fame.  He even wrote a book about Billy, although some say it was only Garrett's name on the book, which was actually written by Ash Upton.  On February 28, 1908, Garrett was killed by an angry tenant rancher that accused Garrett of cheating him out of his wages.

Strange But True: The Earth Is Not Round Or Flat It's Oblong



 The Oblong Earth

NASA's images of the Earth may seem round when viewed from space, but our planet is actually very much oblong.


NASA's photos seem to show that the Earth is round from space, appearances, however, can be deceiving because planet Earth is in fact, oblong.


So it turns out that the Earth is not flat or round. Well before Columbus sailed the ocean blue, Aristotle and other ancient Greek scholars proposed that the planet was oblong. This was based on a number of observations, such as the fact that departing ships not only appeared smaller as they sailed away but also seemed to sink into the horizon, as one might expect if sailing across an oblong object says geographer Bill Carstensen of Virginia Tech in Blacksburg.


Isaac Newton first proposed that Earth was not perfectly round. Instead, he suggested it was an oblong shape—a sphere that is squashed at its poles and swollen at the equator. He was correct and, because of this bulge, the distance from Earth's center to sea level is roughly 21 kilometers (13 miles) greater at the equator than at the poles.


Instead of Earth being like a spinning top made of steel, explains geologist Vic Baker at the University of Arizona in Tucson it has "a bit of plasticity that allows the shape to deform at the equator. The effect would be similar to spinning a bit of Silly Putty, the Earth's plasticity is very much like that of the silicone plastic clay so familiar to children."


Our globe, however, is not even a perfect oblate spheroid, because mass is distributed unevenly within the planet. The greater a concentration of mass is, the stronger its gravitational pull, "creating bumps around the globe," says geologist Joe Meert at the University of Florida in Gainesville.


Earth's shape also changes over time due to a menagerie of other dynamic factors. Mass shifts around inside the planet, altering those gravitational anomalies. Mountains and valleys emerge and disappear due to plate tectonics. Occasionally meteors crater the surface. And the gravitational pull of the moon and sun not only cause ocean and atmospheric tides but earth tides as well.


In addition, the changing weight of the oceans and atmosphere can cause deformations of the crust "on the order of a centimeter or so," notes geophysicist Richard Gross at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif. "There's also postglacial rebound, with the crust and mantle that were depressed by the huge ice sheets that sat on the surface during the last ice age now rebounding upward on the order of a centimeter a year."


Moreover, to even out Earth's imbalanced distribution of mass and stabilize its spin, "the entire surface of the Earth will rotate and try to redistribute mass along the equator, a process called true polar wander," Meert says.


To keep track of Earth's shape, scientists now position thousands of Global Positioning System receivers on the ground that can detect changes in their elevation of a few millimeters, Gross says. Another method, dubbed satellite laser ranging, fires visible-wavelength lasers from a few dozen ground stations at satellites. Any changes detected in their orbits correspond to gravitational anomalies and thus mass distributions inside the planet. Still another technique, very long baseline interferometry, has radio telescopes on the ground listen to extragalactic radio waves to detect changes in the positions of the ground stations. It may not take much technology to understand that the Earth is oblong, but it takes quite a bit of effort and equipment to determine its true shape.













The satire contained in this article and the fictional nature of it's content – even if based on real people and however similar to real events, is solely for entertainment.

The 'American Pickers' Show

 Mike, Danielle, And Frank  

The show follows Mike Wolfe and Frank Fritz as they travel around the greater Midwestern United States as well as the eastern and southern U.S. buying antiques and collectables. They work with Danielle Colby-Cushman, who runs the office of their business, Antique Archaeology. While Danielle researches potential leads, Mike and Frank attempt to track down potential sellers on the road.

On this trip Mike and Frank are eating on the road again for two days.

First Day! Frank's Breakfast

Second Day! Breakfast For Frank

First Day! Mike's Breakfast

Second Day! Breakfast For Mike

They originally travelled in a Mercedes Sprinter van and now a Ford Transit. Danielle Colby now runs the office of Wolfe's business, Antique Archaeology, from their second location in Nashville, Tennessee. Frank sells his acquisitions at his own shop and on his own website, Frank Fritz Finds, upriver in Savanna, Illinois. The men go on the road, not only following up leads that Danielle has generated, but also "free-styling" - stopping at places that look like they might hold items worth buying. They also pick some places more than once.

  First Day! Frank's Lunch.
 
Second Day! Lunch For Frank
 
  First Day! Mike's Lunch 
 
  Second Day! Lunch For Mike
 
The series introduction is narrated by Wolfe and Fritz. I'm Mike Wolfe. And I'm Frank Fritz. And we're pickers. We travel the back roads of America looking to buy rusty gold. We make a living telling the history of America...one piece at a time.


First Day! Frank's Supper. 
 
Second Day! Supper For Frank

First Day! Mike's Supper
 
Second Day! Supper For Mike

Mike and Frank explore people's homes, barns, sheds, outbuildings, and other places where they have stored antiques and collectibles. They call upon casual collectors, hoarders, and occasionally people who have inherited overwhelming collections of apparent junk. Wolfe, who has been picking since age four, has a particular interest in antique motorcycles, air-cooled Volkswagens, old bicycles, and penny-farthings, while Fritz has a fondness for antique toys, oil cans, and old Hondas. They have purchased old advertisements and commercial signage, film posters, a rare 15-gallon visible gasoline pump, and a Piaggio Ape (pronounced: ah-peh) that one of their friends told them is probably the only one of its kind in North America. 





 

Mike And Frank's Recent Picks




 Mike's Roadster 



One Of Frank's Oil Cans






Danielle Colby Cushman

Danielle's favorite quote: Some painters transform the sun into a yellow spot, others transform a yellow spot into the sun. By Pablo Picasso

Danielle loves to play backgammon and loves everything art related.

Danielle is ambidextrous and she can also recite the alphabet backwards.

One more thing about Danielle is that she loves classical music.

While the guys are out picking, Danielle holds down the fort at Antique Archaeology, Mike’s store and base of operations. She spends her time talking to buyers, packing up shipments and keeping Mike and Frank in line, while they keep her in stitches with their antics and jokes. Mike likes to say she’s the glue that holds them all together.

A mother of three, Danielle is always working on a new creative project, whether it’s painting, designing clothes or selling vintage-inspired gifts online. She feels extremely proud of the “boys” and fortunate to work with such a talented pair.




Frank Fritz

Frank's famous quote: Chocolate come from cocoa, which is a tree, that makes it a plant...so chocolate is a salad. By an unknown author.

Frank's favorite pastimes are weekend tv marathons and playing chinese checkers.

Frank loves to set up miniature train sets in his spare time and collects stamps.

One more thing about Frank is that he loves to play 70's video games and will play them for hours.

Like his buddy Mike, Frank started picking early, collecting rocks and beer cans as a kid. He worked for many years as a fire and safety inspector but always had a passion for antiques and junk. These days, he spends all his time on the road with Mike, digging for treasure in barns, garages and junkyards across America.

Even-tempered and affable, he has a way with potential sellers and a knack for putting out fires: Mike calls him the bearded charmer. Frank does get a little carried away, however, by anything with an engine, and Mike often has to talk him out of buying yet another motorbike for his collection.

With their complementary personalities and shared love of picking, Frank and Mike make the perfect team. Still, since they’re both out to cash in on their finds, some healthy competition always comes into play.


Frank's Store Website



Mike Wolfe

Mike's famous quote: An investment in knowledge pays the best interest. By Benjamin Franklin

Mike's a history buff and he also loves to play scrabble.

Mike has a photographic memory and can name every state in the US in 12 seconds.

One more thing about Mike is that he really loves everything about the 1900's, bicycles, furniture, and art, etc.

A lifelong American picker, Mike has been combing through junk since the age of four. Over the years, he’s earned a reputation as one of the country’s foremost foragers, traveling coast to coast in search of forgotten treasures. Where other people see dilapidated barns and overgrown yards, Mike sees potential goldmines packed with rare finds and sensational stories.

Mike spends as much time as he can on the road, usually with Frank Fritz–his friend of 20 years and picking partner–in tow. “A picker’s kind of like a nomad,” he explains. Wherever they go, the two guys unearth hoards of unique items and spend some quality time with the offbeat characters who own them.

What exactly does Mike look for? “Anything I can make a buck on,” he laughs. That could be anything from antique baby carriages and vintage jukeboxes to old cars and scrap metal. Mike’s clients include interior designers, art directors, photographers and collectors. He also owns Antique Archaeology, a specialty shop that sells antiques, vintage items and folk art in sleepy Le Claire, Iowa.

As Mike sees it, pickers do all the dirty work but dealers and collectors get all the credit. But that doesn’t mean he’s any less passionate about his chosen field. “I love to find stuff,” he says simply.


Mike's Store Website






The satire contained in this article and the fictional nature of it's content – even if based on real people and however similar to real events, is solely for entertainment.

Roku Channel List 2016

ROKU ChannelROKU CodeROKU Channel Description
Nowhere TVH9DWCCBS, ABC, HGTV, Food Network shows. Podcasts and RSS feeds.
HGTVHGTVPopular shows from HGTV
Food Network
Nighttime
FNNIGHTFull Episodes from the Food Network
CNNRBFA1Shows from CNN
CNN InternationalCNNIShows from CNN International
Fox BusinessFOXBIZBusiness News from Fox. Fox on Roku.
Huffington Post LivehuffpostliveVideo content from the Huffington Post.
BBCBBCNBritish Broadcasting Channel
HBO GO9OFQXWatch HBO on Roku. Need to have HBO Sub.
CracklecrackleExcellent uncut movies on Demand
BLOCKBUSTER On DemandblockbusterWatch Movies from Blockbuster Library on Roku on a Pay Per View Basis.
Al Jazeera EnglishALJZEnglish version of the Arabic News Network. Also a sub-channel of Nowhere TV.
Picasa WebNEJXJPicasa Web
Archive.orgNMJS5The Internet Archive
Archive Classic
Movies
WSW1PClassic Movies
PBSPBSPublic Broadcasting Station.
PBS NaturepbsnatureNature Videos Brings Nature’s Beauty and Wonder Into Your Home.
CBS SportscbssportsSports Videos, News and Commentary from CBS Sports
HSNhmiwebtvHome Shopping Network Fans Favorite.
Smithsonian ChannelsmithsonianchannelSpace, Wild Animals, World History
Nasa HDENDLESSNASAStreaming NASA video, now in HD!
Nasa TVHIBMXNASA TV provides live coverage of missions and other agency events as well as resources for news media, educators and students, and the general public
JUSTINTVJUSTINTVStream live feed CNN, CNN INTERNATIONAL, Aljazeera. Stream live feed television shows. Various movies, and TV series. – not in an OnDemand format – live streams.
iTunes PodcastsITPCPlay entire collection of podcasts available on iTunes on your Roku.
Angie’s List TVangieslistVideo advice on Service Providers.
CNET TVcnetPopular shows such as Buzz Report, Loaded, Prizefight, Apple byte, and CNET Tech Review Roku
Classic WesternscowboyClassic western Free Movies from the 30’s to the 80’s.
Google MapsGMAPStill in Beta – Lets you see map images.
The Onion News
Network
ONNThe Onion News Network is an arm of The Onion, America’s FInest News Source. The network’s style of hard-hitting, on-the-ground coverage of live news events has become a standard in the news industry. (Parody)
Hubblecast
HD
9OFQXNasa Hubble News and Video
HSNHSNWatch the Home Shopping Network on the Roku DVP!
FlickStream
TV
WVS3Live 24/7 Movies and Original Series. Classic and off-beat movies and television programming.
AljazeeraEA7NG24 hour news
TMZtmzTMZ Brings You Latest Gossip and Entertainment News on Today’s Hottest Celebrities.
Tested (TestedFan) – with Jamie & AdamTestedFanShowcases Content About Technology from Tested.com
ViddlerViddlerVideos from Engadget, Joystiq, I Can Has Cheezburger?, FAIL Blog, and more!
Weather RadarradarSee your local weather radar
TERRA Nature
of our World
F3SIGTERRA is a highly successful weekly video show about science and natural history
RETRO TVMRCTVOld TV Commercials, PSA, television and movies. www.retroclassictv.com
MRC TVMRCTVVintage commercials, television and movies.
Billy Graham NetworkbgtvBilly Graham Evangelistic Association Films, Specials and More.
Blip.tvbliptvhomeWorldwide independent content.
BreakbreakVideos from Break.com
Chaneru 2.0EBUQAStreaming home media file manager.
CRN Digital Talk Radio NetworkcrndigitaltalkHealth and Wellness, Political, Conservative, Sports Talk Show Plus Restaurant Food and Wine Reviews.
Google VoiceNXFBWCheck your Google Voice Account
AnomaliesTVXM7EGhttp://www.anomalies.net/ – Documentaries and Original Programming from the AnomaliesNetwork.
1080p Showcase1080p1080p videos, and ONLY 1080p videos.
Demand The OutdoorsdemandtheoutdoorsTop Rated Outdoor Shows.
DisneydisneyDisney movie trailers
Family Friendly Television – FFTVfftvOld and Popular Shows Families Enjoy Watching Together.
FandangofandangoFandango on Roku. Top 10 Box Office, Just Released and Upcoming Movie Trailers.
Mummy
Box
livetvnowSeveral live TV Streams all bundled up like a mummy in one channel.
CrashcrashRoku Reset App – For Fixing Erratic Roku Behavior.
Teletica
Canal 7 Costa Rica
9RRFUCosta Rica’s Channel 7
TED TalksLORYRWatch videos from TED.com
tagesschauK8BVYNews in German from Germany’s trusted public broadcaster ARD, featuring currentvideos, complete broadcasts and background information.
SunimiSunimiloads of free content – create your own – share with friends
snagfilmsYTIYXhttp://www.snagfilms.com/
Simple WeatherIFUINYour Local Weather
Russia TVVXRTU24 hour news
RT AmericaRTAMERICART America – News
RoksboxP1KWQStream media from your network.
Red Bull
Sports
REDBULLTVLive sports video from http://www.redbull.com/tv !
 PressTVASV5RIran’s television network, broadcasting in English round-the-clock. Based in Tehran.
PlayOnMYPLAYONPlayOn Media Server (playon.tv)
Mormon
Channel
byurocksLive streaming of LDS (Mormon) church
BYUtvbyutvbetaBrigham Young University TV Programming and Sports.
iTunes PodcastsITPCAll podcast content listed and searchable
Funny or
Die
IU1VYFunny pictures, videos, jokes, etc
France 24G54GC24 hour news
FilmonFilmOnAllows you to stream the lower quality iPhone/iPod live streams from filmon.com
Earth-Touch
HD
03VG9
Democracy
Now!
DEMOCRACYNOW
30aTV Entertainment Beach Style30aHyperlocal TV Channel – Unique Travel of North West Florida Beaches
100.3 The Sound LAthesoundlaLive Stream of LA Classic Rock and Roll Radio Station.
2M MAROC2mmarocMaroccan Programing
3AngelsLive3AngelsLiveSeventh Day Adventist Church Programing.
7 Stations Streaming RadioRD7UQERoku Radio Stations
8ctave HD8ctaveOctave Television, dozens of news, sports and entertainment channels.
Abacus.fmabacusradioClassical Music Streams.
ABC AustraliaabcauNews and TV Programming.
ACE BroadcastingacebroadcastingEleven Podcasts.
Adam Curry’s Big App ShowbigappshowReview of apps for the iPhone, iPod Touch and Android devices.
Ahl-E-Bait TVAhlebaitNon-Affiliative Independent Media Television.
Ahul Bayt TVeabtv1English Islamic Channel
Aj Jordan The CrescendoMRPRCOfficial Roku Channel of Rapper Aj Jordan. Voted Buffalo New York’s #1 Best Hip Hop Act Of 2012
Albernamegn6ctaEgyptian Doctor, Satirist, Bassem Raafat Muhammad Youssef. Hosts a Satirical Egyptian News
Al SHARQIYA TVSHARQIYACurrent Information and Reality TV from Iraq.
Amateurlogic.tvAlogicTechnology and Ham Radio.
AMGTVamgtvFamily Oriented TV Channel Includes Sitcoms, Lifestyle, Sports, Films and More.
AnimotoanimotoPhoto Upload Service to view your photos on Roku. Free and Paid Accounts.
Anime ViceanimevicePlace to go for your anime fix.
AOL HDaolCrisp HD Videos.
AnomaliesTVXM7EGDocumentaries and Original Programming.
AR15 Rifle ChannelNUHR3BInformative Channel Covering One of America’s Most Versatile, Modular and Flexible Carbines the AR15.
Autism ChannelTACChannel helping families with Autism.
BlinkxblinkxPopular Youtube alternative.
Blog Your WineblogyourwineWine Info for Wine Connoisseurs.
Blubrry Podcast CommunityblubrryVideo and Audio Podcasts
Bowhunting.combowhuntArchery and Bow Hunting, Latest Product Reviews and Information
BridgesTVbridgesDrama. Sports, Talk, Food, Kids and More
BROADCAST Network TVbroadcastnetworktvFree HD Streaming Content and PPV.
Cafe NoircafenoirClassic “Who Done It” Crime Television Dramas.
Calvary HanfordcalvaryhanfordCalvary Church Services Live Sun & Wed. Plus On-Demand Programming
Chemical BurnchemicalburnHorror, Zombies, Blood and Guts!
Christian Radioair1Christian Music on Your Roku.
Christian Video PixcvpChristian Music Videos.
Classic TVpefi13Classic Television from 70’s Plus Short Films, Travel, Music Indie and more…
Cinamagic Classic FilmscinamagicCommentary and History Plus Timeless Classic Films.
College HumorcollegehumorPopular YouYube Channel Now on Roku.
Couchy PlaycouchyplayPlay your Media from the Cloud on Your Roku.
CrossTVcrosstvChristian Tv Shows.
CrunchyrollanimeNew Anime from Japan. Anime on Roku
CS50cs50Harvard Computer Science Channel.
Daily MotionSNKQWTons of User Uploaded Video Content Like YouTube.
Daily BurndailyburnChoose from a Selection of Daily Workouts Varying in Intensity and Duration – Free Trial.
Dr. Bill Bailey TVDrBillTVHot tech tips and news, Geek Software of the Week and Geek Culture, with plenty of good humor as well.
DramaFeverdramafeverAsian Movies and TV Shows from Japan, China and Korea.
Dwyer BoxingdwyerboxingDwyer Boxing News & Other Sports for the Sports Enthusiast.
Electric SheepElectricSheepNew Experimental Channel Let’s You Read Several Science Fiction eBooks on Your Television. Use your remote “left and “right” buttons to turn pages. The OK button also advances page. Change color temp with * key.
EVOX TelevisionevoxGlobally Conscious Media Network, Reaching Across Social Media & TV to Inspire positive Change in Life, Work and Play.
Family Fun by BlinkxfamilyfunbyblinkxTips on Parenting & Kids – Teens and Tweens – Recipes and Cooking Tips – Home & Garden.
Family TVfamilytvFamily programing: Travel, Outdoors, Nature and Kids.
Florida Education ChannelfecFree Learning Content for Teachers. Roku Channel Code
FNC DisconnectedfncdisconnectedJared and Kristin from Friday Night Cranks Create Hidden Camera Pranks.
Focus RealityfocusrealityBest in Reality TV
FrightPIXfrightpixWide Range of Newer Horror Films by Genres. Contains ads.
Frogpants StudiosfrogpantsPodcasts, technology, politics, and more.
FunSaverfunsaverTrivia and Fun Stats.
FYDOfydo“The Future of Fanfiction”.
GVTV – Gameview TVgvtvSchool Sports Broadcast on Roku
Global Evangelism TelevisionGETVVideos from GETV.
GoFightLivegofightFeaturing Boxing, Martial Arts and Wrestling.
GooHeadgooheadWide Range of Legal Unique Motion Pictures and Television Series Commercial Free.
Guy From QueensgfqTalk-Radio Style Internet Programming
Hockey StreamshockeystreamsOn-demand Live Hockey Streaming from the NHL, KHL, AHL, OHL.
Honor HDhonorHonoring our Military with Docu-Shows, Movies and Dramas.
Hollywood Outlaw Comedy NetworkhollywoodoutlawfreeThe Comic’s Comic on Roku.
Hometown TelevisionhometowntvBroadcasting From SW and South Central Indiana with Local News, Weather and Updates.
Hungry NationHUNGRYFavorite Food and Recipes.
Hunt365.TVhunt365tvCollection of Hunting Internet Videos.
HypnotherapyhmiwebtvCovering the Art of Hypnosis.
iflixtv LiteiflixtvliteIndependent Filmmakers Show Off Their Best Films.
IGNIGNReviews and News Of Today’s Hottest Video Games.
IndiFlixindieflixAward Winning Features, Documentaries, and Foreign films. (Monthly Subscription Required)
Inferno RadioInfernoRadioBlazing Hits of Yesterday and Today.
IPTV TSiptvts13News Sports, TV and Programs from South and Central America and the World.
IPTV MY WAYiptvmywayLocal Video Streaming Through TVU and Sopcast with Hundred’s of Channels.
Insane Wrestling LeagueiwlrokuHome to some of the most entertaining wrestling you’ll find.
InspireOneinspireoneCollection of short videos on a variety of subjects.
i-Italy|TViitalytvItalian American US Cultural Programming, Travel, Cooking, Music Art and Lifestyle.
Inside NanotechinsidentekDiscussions and stories plus demonstrations of NanoTech products and technology.
Jewish Family ChanneljewishfamilychannelFamily Entertainment About Israel, TV Shows and Movies.
JUSTINTVJUSTINTVStream live feed television shows.
Koi TV LivekoiLearn about caring for Koi Fish.
Kosher Metal (beta)KosherMetalRokuMusic videos from Independent and Label bands.
LiberTree TVlibertreetvConservative Conversation on Current News.
Liberty Bell RadioQRTV12Conservative Tea Party Talk Radio.
LinkTVLinkTVGlobal & National news, documentaries & more. Connecting you to the world.
LibrivoxQ4DSYFree public domain audiobooks. Like having a Library on your Roku!
Magic NowMagicLiveProfessional Magician Tony Chapparo Performs Magic and Dangerous Escapes at Parties, Events and for Unsuspecting People on the Streets.
Movie SplashmoviesplashMovie Trailers, Reviews and American Movie Classics
MP3tunesmp3tunesPlay music from your mp3tunes.com locker on your Roku.
MSPCMSPCStrongman Competitor and Power Lifter Mark Alan Pendergraft’s Roku Channel.
My Channel NetworkfvbsdWebTV Content Variable Channels.
My Combat ChannelmycombatchannelFighting, Martial Arts and News.
My Duniya TVdtvChannel was Created to Bring Better Understanding Between Diverse People and Cultures. Channel is Free for 6 months.
Myrtle Beach Video NetworkmyrtlebeachvideoMyrtle Beach Hosts it’s Own Television Shows.
myxTVmyxtvCable Network Catering to the English-speaking Asian American Youth Featuring Music and Entertainment Programs.
My Yoga OnlinemyyogaYoga Videos Let you Practice with Teachers from Around the World.
Nautilus LivenautilusliveUnderwater Ocean Expedition, from E/V Nautilus research vessel.
NetflixIWBNetflixIWBLiteNetflix Instant Watch “Lite” Browser Allows you to Browse Entire Netflix Collection. Roku Channel
New England Outback NetworknewenglandoutbackHunting and Fishing Videos.
NextPVRNextPVRWatch, search and schedule recordings from your Roku.
NHK WorldNHKJapanese News in English
North Face Park Pipe Open SeriespposFreeskiing Tour Featuring Slopestyle, Halfpipe, Big Air, and Rail Jam Skiing Competitions.
Nowhere ForecasterGIN8ELocal weather forecasts.
Nowhere Traffic9MQBZWatch traffic cameras many areas in USA.
Nowhere USBKGULUPlay content from external USB Flash or Drive.
NRA Life of DutynralifeofdutyNRA Life of Duty serves and supports individuals who go to work protecting and defending the safety of the American people.
OBX TVobxLight Houses, Wild Horses, Culture and History of North Carolina and Coastal Carolina Islands.
On the Mike8aessHot Celebrity News.
Oracle Broadcasting NetworkoracleStreaming 24/7 Uncensored And Freedom Minded Talk Radio.
Original G.A.S. StationGAS124/7 Music from The Great American Songbook.
Outdoor Cooking ChanneltoccFire up the Barbecue With Great Outdoor Recipes.
OuterBanks TVobxPhotography, Travel Service, A look at the beauty of a place everyone loves, The Outer Banks of North Carolina.
OV GuideovguideFull Length Movies in Many Catagories.
Paranormal Reality Free ZoneparanormalfreezoneFree Version of Paranormal Reality Channel. Featuring Paranormal, Supernatural and Horror Movies.
Para Trek TVGGY8BParanormal Investigations and Interviews With Teams From All Over The World. Paranormal Equipment Builds and Interviews.
Pilot TVpilotChoose From Many Different Pilot Shows.
PlayOn 14 Day Free TrialMYPLAYONPlayOn gives you access to Hulu*, Comedy Central, Spike, PBS, ESPN, CBS, ESPN3**, Nick, TBS, BET and much more. Needs to run an App on PC.
PopFlix Classic TVpopflixtvWatch TV Classics Shows.
PopcornflixpopcornflixFree Movies Online and Web series.
PopSugar TVpopsugartvCelebrities, Hot Gossip & Entertainment.
PONDcastpondcastLatest News, Plus Video and Audio Podcasts of your Favorite Hockey Teams.
Plex – Official Plex Channel for RokuplexOfficial Plex channel for Roku.
Plex GridPlexGridNetflix like Grid view.
PrimeTVprimetvnetworkFeature Films, Independent Movies, TV Shows
Pro BonoprobonoFeaturing Videos Offering Free Legal Advice.
Pro Med NetworkpromedPro Med Network
Pub-D-HubpubdhubClassic films, television shows, cartoons and radio. Basic tier is free.
Q3030 NetworksYT3VEIndependent Urban Music Videos and Web Series.
QuieroReggeatonTVQRTV12Hot Latin Dance Videos.
Radio ReferenceENGBHWorld’s Largest Radio Communications Data Provider.
Radio23.org2NFMXUnderground Music from All Over the World.
Re/MaxG8VARUniversity training on Roku.
RedBullTVREDBULLTV24/7 Free Web TV Sports Network.
Retrovision Internet TVretrovisionFree Classic Movies and TV Shows.
RightWay TVRIGHTWAYVideos from Today’s Right-Minded Voices.
Rokthat Cheer & Dance NetworkrokthatDedicated to help bring Community to the Cheer and Dance World!
RoqbotRoqbotLow-cost Streaming Music for Your Business.
Roopstigo.comroopstigoOriginal Sports Content on Demand for Sports Fans!
RT AmericaRTAMERICART America News. Question More!
RUTGERS RU-tv NetworkrutgersAContent and Programming from Rutgers University.
SDR NewsSDRN12Reviews and News on the Hottest Technology.
SCCtvseattlecctvSeattle Community Colleges Television, Quality Educational Courses.
Seattle Community MediascmPublic Television Live Streaming From Seattle
Senior CarepucdzAddressing the Needs of Elder Care.
Shamu CamFDSDFLive Seaworld Cam Screensaver.
SideTick TVsidetickFree Ad Based Internet Movies and Shows.
Simple WeatherIFUINLocal Weather.
Silent FilmssilentfilmsEarly Film Industry Films.
SkinnyStorkSkinnyStorkNutrition and Fitness Solutions to Have Mom’s Looking and Feeling Great.
SnagFilmssnagfilmsFREE independent movies and documentaries on demand.
Sorted FoodsortedSimple and Quick, Tasty Recipes for Novice Cooks.
Soundcloud LITESCROKUBWSoundCloud is a platform that puts your sound at the heart of communities, websites and even apps.
Sound ReasonsoundreasonNews, Views, Philosophy, Debate, Discussion.
Straight Ministry HeatvoycesmhChristian live streaming music:
Streamin’ GaragestreamingarageWeb TV Commedy.
SYFYsyfySyFy Previews and Video Clips.
TackleboxFISHGreat web fishing videos. Fish On!
Talk of San DiegoY2FPWCheck out things to and places to go in San Diego.
Tahoe Network TVtntvTV from South Lake Tahoe.
TBN NetworkstbnInspirational Christian Programming.
TagesschautagesschauGerman News from ARD in Der Deutschen Sprache.
TED TalksLORYRWatch videos from TED.com. Ideas Worth Spreading.
Television ShoppingtvsMultiple Shopping Channels wrapped into one stream.
TERRA Nature of our WorldF3SIGThe Nature of Our World
Tips on Healthy LivinghealthylivingLive Healthy Live Better with these Great Tips.
Tips on Life and LovelifeloveTips for Living and Loving to Get the Most out of Life.
Topic UFOtopicufoDiscussing Everything Related to UFOs.
The Conservative ChannelMGSVYYConservative Talk Radio.
The Country NetworktcnCountry Music Videos.
The Economist RadiotheeconomistMoney Talk Radio.
The Man ChannelmanchannelContent Especially for Men. Sports, Women and More
The Motley FoolthemotleyfoolEnjoyable and Useful Money Investment Tips and Ideas.
The Plastic Surgery ChannelpscLatest Information, Videos, Top Cosmetic Surgeons.
The Poetry Activistsfpoet50 Videos Up, with 50 More On The Way. Plus Some Audio Only.
The Yachting ChanneltheyachtingchannelYachts and Sailing Videos from Around the World.
ThresholdthresholdplusSciFi, Fantasy and Horror TV Series and Movies.
TOPIC: UFOtopicufoDedicated to the Open Discussion of UFOs and UFO Activities.
TurboDJturbodj24/7 Rock Radio W/ Interactive Requests.
The Traveling TwosomethetravelingtwosomeTraveling couple shares their videos of small towns.
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TWit.tvtwitWatch & listen to a wealth of Tech Shows.
Twitch TVTwitchTVChannel let’s you Search or Browse all of the Roku compatible Twitch.tv Streams by Game or Channel.
Twonky BeamPS95XNew Air Streaming Roku App!
UARLIVEuarliveVideos, Music, Live Performances and More
Universities of California TVUCTVAccess movies, music and pictures from your Roku HD XR’s USB port!
USB Media BrowserKGULUAccess movies, music and pictures from your Roku HD XR’s USB port!
UstreamIN4DNUstream content.
Update My ChannelsupdatemychannelsForce a Channels to Update. Used when Adding New Channels to Your Roku
Urban Hacker FilmsuhftvTech Mods.
USTVNOW.COMUSTVNOWStreaming TV from Network Stations.
Vanguard CinemavanguardIndependent, International & Latino Video.
Vegas Video NetworkvvnVegas based network with hundreds of episodes and content.
Veja TVvejatvFashion Interviews and News.
Verbosity Punjabi TVverbosityLive TV from India.
Victory Television NetworkVTNbetaFamily TV and News with Christian Values.
ViddlerViddlerViddler is a friendly video platform for professional and personal use.
Video PokervideopokerWatch video poker on Roku.
VimeovimeoUser uploaded videos, like YouTube.
VUDUJ2FRF7Free and Paid Content like Netflix. Needs a Roku 2 or later.
Wall Street Journal LiveWSJVideos from the Journal’s network of newscasts.
WeedBox TVweedboxVideos for a High Thinking Mind.
What’s OnWHATSONCHANNELmovie theater listings, showtimes and trailers, and TV listings for Zip
WildComm TVwildcommContent Media Associate with The Outdoor Channel Hunting & Outdoor Sports
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Worldview Weekend Tube & RadiowwtubeChristian News and Opinion.
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Visit Myrtle BeachvisitmyrtlebeachVideos Promoting Myrtle Beach, SC as a Great Travel Destination.
VP Live – Vape TeamvapeteamVideo Content for the Electronic Cigarette Vaping Community.
Warren Miller Films and EntertainmentwarrenmillerOutdoor Extreme Winter Sports.
Zom-BeezombeeClassic and Independent Horror Flicks.