What to say? I'm not aware of the name "Tom Smith" being based on anything, but it could be. Of course, "Tom" and "Smith" are pretty common names, so, whatever. I may have just thought it sounded like a good and typical type of name for such a character. I should also say it's pretty amazing that he's well over 100 years old. I suppose I also thought of Western towns having at least one really old guy as a necessary cliche for my series, though I expect most really old guys aren't quite that old. Anyway, whatever. Nothing really important to say, here, I guess....


D'WARD's 1890's