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}}'''Charles Badger Clark''' (January 1, 1883 - September 26, 1957) was an [[American poetry|American]] [[Cowboy poetry|cowboy poet]].<ref name="biography">[http://www.badgerclark.org/biography.htm Badger Clark Memorial Society, biography]</ref> <ref name="dwu">[http://www.dwu.edu/sdlitmap/poet.html Dakota Wesleyan University biography]</ref> <ref name="blackhills">[http://www.blackhillsvisitor.com/main.asp?id=14&cat_id=30143 Black Hills Visitor Magazine biography]</ref> <ref name="truewest">Marsha Trimble, "[http://www.truewestmagazine.com/stories/who_is_badger_clark/1253/ Who is Badger Clark?]," ''True West Magazine'', 08/25/2009.</ref>
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}}'''Charles Badger Clark, Jr.''' (January 1, 1883 - September 26, 1957) was an [[American poetry|American]] [[Cowboy poetry|cowboy poet]].<ref name="biography">[http://www.badgerclark.org/biography.htm Badger Clark Memorial Society, biography]</ref> <ref name="dwu">[http://www.dwu.edu/sdlitmap/poet.html Dakota Wesleyan University biography]</ref> <ref name="blackhills">[http://www.blackhillsvisitor.com/main.asp?id=14&cat_id=30143 Black Hills Visitor Magazine biography]</ref> <ref name="truewest">Marsha Trimble, "[http://www.truewestmagazine.com/stories/who_is_badger_clark/1253/ Who is Badger Clark?]," ''True West Magazine'', 08/25/2009.</ref>
   
 
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He again returned to South Dakota in 1910 to take care of his ailing father.<ref name="biography"/> <ref name="dwu"/><ref name="blackhills"/> <ref name="truewest"/> There, he once agin contracted tuberculosis.<ref name="blackhills"/>
  
He again returned to South Dakota in 1910 to take care of his ailing father.<ref name="biography"/> <ref name="dwu"/><ref name="blackhills"/> <ref name="truewest"/> There, he once agin contracted tuberculosis.<ref name="blackhills"/>
   
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In 1925, he moved to a cabin in Custer State Park in the Black Hill of South Dakota, where he lived for 30 years.<ref name="biography"/> <ref name="dwu"/> <ref name="truewest"/> <ref name="sdpb"/> <ref>[http://gfp.sd.gov/state-parks/directory/custer/sights/badger-hole.aspx Badger Hole]</ref>
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In 1925, he moved to a cabin (the "Badger Hole") in Custer State Park, in the Black Hills of South Dakota, where he lived for 30 years.<ref name="biography"/> <ref name="dwu"/> <ref name="truewest"/> <ref name="sdpb"/> <ref>[http://gfp.sd.gov/state-parks/directory/custer/sights/badger-hole.aspx Badger Hole]</ref>
   
 
His work was published in ''Sunset Magazine'', ''Pacific Monthly'', ''Arizona Highways'', ''Colliers'', ''Century Magazine'', the ''Rotarian'', and ''[[Scribner's Magazine|Scribner's]]''.<ref name="homepage"/>
  
His work was published in ''Sunset Magazine'', ''Pacific Monthly'', ''Arizona Highways'', ''Colliers'', ''Century Magazine'', the ''Rotarian'', and ''[[Scribner's Magazine|Scribner's]]''.<ref name="homepage"/>
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===In popular culture===
  
===In popular culture===
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His poem entitled "Lead by America" was performed by the Fred Waring Chorus in 1957.<ref name="sdpb"/>
  
His poem entitled "Lead by America" was performed by the Fred Waring Chorus in 1957.<ref name="sdpb"/>
   
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In ''America by Heart'', Sarah Palin quotes Clarke's poem entitled "A Cowboy's Prayer" as a prayer she likes to say.<ref>Sarah Palin, ''America by Heart: Reflections on family, faith, and flag''. New York: HarperCollins, 2010, 230-231</ref>
  
In ''America by Heart'', Sarah Palin quotes Clarke's poem entitled "A Cowboy's Prayer" as a prayer she likes to say.<ref>Sarah Palin, ''America by Heart: Reflections on family, faith, and flag''. New York: HarperCollins, 2010, 230-231</ref>
   
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==Publications==
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===Poetry===
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*''Grass-Grown Tales'' (1917)
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*''Grass-Grown Tales''. Boston: R.G. Badger, 1917.
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*''Sun and Saddle Leather'' (1919)
  
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*''Sun and Saddle Leather: A collection of poems''. Boston: R.G. Badger / Toronto: Copp Clark, 1919; Stockton, CA: Westerners, 1962; Custer, SD: Badger Clark Memorial Society, 1993.
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*''Spike'' (1925)
  
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**''Sun and Saddle Leather; including Grass-Grown Tales and new poems''. Boston: Goreham Press for R.G. Badger, 1922.
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*''When Hot Springs Was a Pup'' (1927)
  
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*''Spike''. Boston: R.G. Badger, 1925; Ripon, WI: George Smokey, 1962; Custer, SD: Badger Clark Memorial Society, 1991.
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*''God of the Open''
  
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*''When Hot Springs Was a Pup''. Hot Springs, SD: Kiwanis Club, 1927; Hermosa, SD: Lame Johnny Press, 1976.
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*''Sky Lines and Wood Smoke'' (1935)
  
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*''God of the Open''. Rapid City, SD: Black Hills United Methodist Historical Society, 1981.
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*''The Story of Custer City, S.D.'' (1941)
  
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*''Boot and Bylines'' (posthumous, 1978)
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*''Sky Lines and Wood Smoke''. Custer, SD: Chronicle, 1935.
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*''Boot and Bylines''. Custer, SD: Chronicle, 1935, 1973.
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*''Singleton'' (posthumous, 1978)
  
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*''Singleton''. New York: Saint Martin's Press / Robert Hale, 1978.
   
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<small>''Except where noted, bibliographical information courtesy [[WorldCat]]''</small>.<ref name=cbclarkwc>[https://www.worldcat.org/search?q=au%3Abadger+clark&qt=advanced&dblist=638 Search results = au:Badger Clarke], WorldCat, OCLC Online Computer Library Center Inc. Web, Nov. 8, 2019.</ref>
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*Jessi Y. Sundstrom: ''Badger Clark, Cowboy Poet with Universal Appeal'', Custer, S.D., 2004
  
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[[File:Charles Badger Clark - A Cowboy's Prayer|thumb|right|335 px]]
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*''Badger Clark reads poems by Badger Clark'' (LP). Vermilion, SD: University of South Dakota, [1957-1961?]<ref name=cbclarkwc/>
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==See also==
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*[[:Category:Cowboy poets|Cowboy poets]]
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*[[List of U.S. poets]]
   
 
==References==
  
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*Jessi Y. Sundstrom: ''Badger Clark, Cowboy Poet with Universal Appeal'', Custer, S.D., 2004
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*"[https://blog.cowboypoetry.com/2019/02/06/prayerbc2019/ A Cowboy's Prayer]"
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*[https://www.sdhsf.org/badger-clark/badger-clark-poems/ Badger Clark Poems] at South Dakota Historical Society (6 poems)
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*[http://www.cowboypoetry.com/badger.htm Charles Badger Clark] at Cowboy Poetry
 
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*[https://www.sdhsf.org/badger-clark/badger-clark.html Badger Clarke: South Dakota's first poet laureate], South Dakota Historical Society
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*[https://blackhillsvisitor.com/learn/charles-badger-clark-jr/ Charles Badger Clark, Jr.] at ''BH Visitor''
 
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Charles badger clark

Charles Badger Clark (1883-1957). Courtesy Second Hand Songs.

Charles Badger Clark
Born January 1, 1883
Albia, Iowa, U.S.
Died September 26, 1957
Residence Custer State Park, South Dakota, U.S.
Alma mater Dakota Wesleyan University (did not graduate)
Occupation poet

Charles Badger Clark, Jr. (January 1, 1883 - September 26, 1957) was an American cowboy poet.[1] [2] [3] [4]

Life[]

Clark was born on January 1, 1883 in Albia, Iowa.[1][5]

His family moved to Dakota Territory (now South Dakota, where his father served as a Methodist preacher in Huron, Mitchell,, Deadwood, and Hot Springs.[1][2][3]

He dropped out of Dakota Wesleyan University after a clash with a founder of the university, C.B. Clark.[1] [5]

He traveled to Cuba, then returned to Deadwood, where he contracted tuberculosis. He then moved to Tombstone, Arizona to assuage his illness with the dry weather.[1][3][4][5]

He again returned to South Dakota in 1910 to take care of his ailing father.[1] [2][3] [4] There, he once agin contracted tuberculosis.[3]

In 1925, he moved to a cabin (the "Badger Hole") in Custer State Park, in the Black Hills of South Dakota, where he lived for 30 years.[1] [2] [4] [5] [6]

His work was published in Sunset Magazine, Pacific Monthly, Arizona Highways, Colliers, Century Magazine, the Rotarian, and Scribner's.[7]

He died on September 26, 1957.[3]

Recognition[]

In 1937, Clarke was named the Poet Laureate of South Dakota by Governor Leslie Jensen.[2][7]

In popular culture[]

SPANISH_IS_A_LOVING_TONGUE.-_Ian_&_Sylvia

SPANISH IS A LOVING TONGUE.- Ian & Sylvia

His poem entitled "Lead by America" was performed by the Fred Waring Chorus in 1957.[5]

In 1969, Bob Dylan recorded 'Spanish is the Loving Tongue'.[3]

In America by Heart, Sarah Palin quotes Clarke's poem entitled "A Cowboy's Prayer" as a prayer she likes to say.[8]

Publications[]

Poetry[]

  • Grass-Grown Tales. Boston: R.G. Badger, 1917.
  • Sun and Saddle Leather: A collection of poems. Boston: R.G. Badger / Toronto: Copp Clark, 1919; Stockton, CA: Westerners, 1962; Custer, SD: Badger Clark Memorial Society, 1993.
    • Sun and Saddle Leather; including Grass-Grown Tales and new poems. Boston: Goreham Press for R.G. Badger, 1922.
  • Spike. Boston: R.G. Badger, 1925; Ripon, WI: George Smokey, 1962; Custer, SD: Badger Clark Memorial Society, 1991.
  • When Hot Springs Was a Pup. Hot Springs, SD: Kiwanis Club, 1927; Hermosa, SD: Lame Johnny Press, 1976.
  • God of the Open. Rapid City, SD: Black Hills United Methodist Historical Society, 1981.
  • Sky Lines and Wood Smoke. Custer, SD: Chronicle, 1935.
  • Boot and Bylines. Custer, SD: Chronicle, 1935, 1973.
  • Singleton. New York: Saint Martin's Press / Robert Hale, 1978.


Except where noted, bibliographical information courtesy WorldCat.[9]

Audio / video[]

Charles_Badger_Clark_-_A_Cowboy's_Prayer

Charles Badger Clark - A Cowboy's Prayer

  • Badger Clark reads poems by Badger Clark (LP). Vermilion, SD: University of South Dakota, [1957-1961?][9]

See also[]

References[]

  • Jessi Y. Sundstrom: Badger Clark, Cowboy Poet with Universal Appeal, Custer, S.D., 2004

Notes[]

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 Badger Clark Memorial Society, biography
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 Dakota Wesleyan University biography
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 Black Hills Visitor Magazine biography
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 Marsha Trimble, "Who is Badger Clark?," True West Magazine, 08/25/2009.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 South Dakota Public Broadcasting biography
  6. ↑ Badger Hole
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 Badger Clark Memorial Society, homepage
  8. ↑ Sarah Palin, America by Heart: Reflections on family, faith, and flag. New York: HarperCollins, 2010, 230-231
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 Search results = au:Badger Clarke, WorldCat, OCLC Online Computer Library Center Inc. Web, Nov. 8, 2019.

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