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At Blasingame's funeral in the JA Cemetery (where Eleanor would also be interred thereafter), a tent was erected for friends and the media representatives who attended. No one had been buried in the old ranch cemetery for years, but Blasingame requested to be buried there. Cornelia Wadsworth Ritchie "Ninia" Bivins, the only child of owner and ranch manager [[Montie Ritchie]] and herself the JA heir at the time, led an empty saddle procession to the cemetery, with cowboys following her. Mrs. Bivins saddled Blasingame's gray horse and turned his second best pair of boots backwards in the stirrups, much as the military does to honor its fallen comrades by demonstrating an "empty spot" difficult to fill.​

At Blasingame's funeral in the JA Cemetery (where Eleanor would also be interred thereafter), a tent was erected for friends and the media representatives who attended. No one had been buried in the old ranch cemetery for years, but Blasingame requested to be buried there. Cornelia Wadsworth Ritchie "Ninia" Bivins, the only child of owner and ranch manager [[Montie Ritchie]] and herself the JA heir at the time, led an empty saddle procession to the cemetery, with cowboys following her. Mrs. Bivins saddled Blasingame's gray horse and turned his second best pair of boots backwards in the stirrups, much as the military does to honor its fallen comrades by demonstrating an "empty spot" difficult to fill.​

Western writer Linda M. Hasselstrom wrote a poem about Tom Blasingame entitled “Death of the Last Cowhand.”  It appears in her book ''Bitter Creek Junction'' (High Plains Press, 2000) and found on her website.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.windbreakhouse.com/bitter_creek_junction_117231.htm|title=Linda M. Hasselstrom website|publisher=windbreakhouse.com|accessdate=December 15, 2019}}</ref>​

Western writer Linda M. Hasselstrom wrote a poem about Tom Blasingame entitled “Death of the Last Cowhand.”  It appears in her book ''Bitter Creek Junction'' (High Plains Press, 2000) and found on her website.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.windbreakhouse.com/bitter_creek_junction_117231.htm|title=Death of the Last Cowhand|author=Linda M. Hasselstrom|publisher=windbreakhouse.com|accessdate=December 15, 2019}}</ref>​

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