The Long Riders Movie
I had a couple of hours downtime yesterday and I decided to watch a western movie. I picked one from my collection of DVD’s that I hadn’t seen in a while… The Long Riders.
This movie was written and produced by Stacey and James Keach. It’s about the James-Younger gang. As far as I’m concerned it’s an extraordinary film. The unique thing is that actor brothers play outlaw brothers. The Carradines are the Youngers, and the Keachs are Jesse and Frank. Even Robert Ford and his brother are played by brothers.
Historically, it’s fairly accurate as well. Probably Bell Starr had a bigger role in the movie than she did in the life of Cole Younger.
What’s your opinion of the movie?
Old West TV: James Marshall and the Gold Rush
This episode of Chronicle of the Old West TV Dakota Livesay tells us about the California Gold Rush and James Marshal. Here is some info on the man:
James Wilson Marshall (October 8, 1810 – August 10, 1885) was an American carpenter and sawmill operator, who reported the finding of gold at Coloma on the American River in California on January 24, 1848, the impetus for the California Gold Rush. The mill property was owned by Johann (John) Sutter who employed Marshall to build his mill. The wave of gold seekers turned everyone’s attention away from the mill which eventually fell into disrepair and was never used as intended. Neither Marshall nor Sutter ever profited from the gold find.
Old West TV – Dr. George Goodfellow
Dakota Livesay gives us a great story about a good doctor, …well maybe! Here is more info on Dr. George Goodfellow:
George Emory Goodfellow (December 23, 1855 – December 7, 1910) was a physician and naturalist in the 19th-century American Old West who developed a reputation as the United States’ foremost expert in treating gunshot wounds. As a medical practitioner in Tombstone, Arizona Territory, Goodfellow treated numerous bullet wounds to both lawmen and outlaws. He recorded several significant medical firsts throughout his career, including performing the first documented laparotomy for treating an abdominal gunshot wound and the first perineal prostatectomy to remove an enlarged prostate. He also pioneered the use of spinal anesthesia and sterile techniques in treating gunshot wounds and is regarded as the first civilian trauma surgeon.
Elbows on the Table Series: Branded Outlaw Pt. 2
A funny interview gone wrong with western character Harvey Dodge and the talk show host Lawrence Carpetburner from the talk show Elbows on the Table. Harvey Dodge who was accused of murdering Lee Weston’s father comes face to face with the talk show host who interviewed Lee Weston on the very same show just months earlier.
This very funny interview which has gone horribly wrong is hilarious and is conducted with a character from the book Branded Outlaw by L. Ron Hubbard in the Golden Age Stories series. It’s not often you see interviews gone bad like it happened with Harvey Dodge. For more information click HERE.
Elbows on the Table Series: Branded Outlaw Pt. 1
In one of the interviews gone wrong in the Elbows on the Table series, Lee Weston detests being called a gunslinger due to the bad reputation gunslingers carry in the Old West. Lee Weston himself was a branded outlaw but, he asserts, not due to his own doing. He was framed and nearly lynched by an angry mob in the old western town of Pecos which he once called home.
Elbows on the Table is a different kind of talk show. This very funny interview which which has gone wrong is hilarious and is conducted with a character from the book Branded Outlaw by L. Ron Hubbard in the Golden Age Stories series. For more information on who Suicide Lee Weston was (he asserts he is not a gunslinger but a cowboy), click HERE.
Old West TV – Time Zones in the United States
Time in the United States, by law, is divided into nine standard time zones covering the states and its possessions, with most of the United States observing daylight saving time (DST) for approximately the spring, summer, and fall months. Time Zones in the United States is not new, and Dakota Livesay explains how the US got Time Zones.
“Pilgrim?” Chronicle of the Old West Newspaper
Chronicle of the Old West is a 20-page newspaper that contains articles from actual 1800s publications and currently written articles written as if the event has just happened. You would swear it was found in your great grandfather’s old trunk. For more info click HERE.
From Dakota “Here’s another video featuring Kaine, my grandson. Oh yes, I’m in it too. Chronicle of the Old West is probably one of the more unique publications around today. We’ve had wives email us complaining (tongue in cheek, of course) that when Chronicle of the Old West arrives in the mail they know not to speak to their husband until he’s read it cover to cover. Maybe it’s not that bad. It does get him out of her hair for a couple of hours.”
Old West TV – California Gold Rush and James Marshall
Dakota Livesay gives us a history lesson about the California Gold Rush and James Marshall, an American carpenter and sawmill operator, who reported the finding of gold at Coloma on the American River in California on January 24, 1848, the impetus for the California Gold Rush.
Arbuckles’ Cowboy Coffee, the Flavor of the Old West
Arbuckles’ Ariosa Cowboy Coffee was a staple of chuckwagons, restaurants and hotels back in the Old West, and to this day you can still enjoy the coffee that has always been Best in the West. Dakota Livesay and his granddaughter Quinn recently shared a word about this great product. Get your coffee order in HERE.
From Dakota: “I discovered if I do a video with one grandchild I had to do one with the other. Because it was the choice of Old West cowboys we had to do a video about Arbuckles’ Cowboy Coffee.“
Old West TV – The Great Camel Experiment
Dakota Livesay talks about the Great Camel Experiment, when Secretary of War Jefferson Davis asked Congress to fund an experimental herd of camels in the 1855! “My admiration for the camels increases daily with my experience of them. The harder the test they are put to the more fully they seem to justify all that can be said of them,” Edward Fitzgerald Beale wrote in his journal on September 21, 1857. But all did not turn out exactly like Lt. Beale hoped.
“Grandpappy?” – John Wayne “McLintock” Weather Vane
From Dakota:
“Our children and grandchildren came to visit Sunny and me over Thanksgiving.
We were talking about the John Wayne McLintock Weathervane when someone said, “If it’s so great why don’t we make a commercial about it?”
My grandson Kaine is a performer, so he was all for it. I wasn’t so sure, but I was drafted.”
To check out the classic McLintock Weathervane click HERE.
Old West TV – Charles M. Russell
On this episode of Chronicle of the Old West TV, Dakota Livesay shares the history of Old West artist Charles M. Russell.
Old West TV – Bose Ikard
Dakota Livesay gives us a history lesson about Bose Ikard. Bose Ikard was an African American who participated in the pioneering cattle drives on what became know as the Goodnight-Loving Trail, after the American Civil War and through 1869.
Old West TV – Apache Kid
Dakota Livesay tells the riveting story of the Apache Kid, who was a White Mountain Apache scout and later a notorious renegade active in the borderlands of the U.S. states of Arizona and New Mexico in the late 19th and possibly the early 20th centuries.
Old West TV – Bucky O’Neill
On this episode of Chronicle of the Old West TV Dakota Livesay tells us about Old West journalist and Rough Rider Bucky O’Neill. Bucky was portrayed in the film Rough Riders by Sam Elliot.
Old West TV: Maurice Barrymore
On this episode of Chronicle of the Old West TV Dakota Livesay gives us a great Old West story that tells us how Drew Barrymore got her name!
Old West TV: The Bandit Queen Pearl Hart
On this edition of Chronicle of the Old West TV Dakota Livesay tells the story of the “Bandit Queen” Pearl Hart.
Old West TV: Samuel Maverick
Have you ever wondered about the origin of the term “Maverick”? Cattle and the Old West are the discussion of this particular story of Chronicle of the Old West with Dakota Livesay.
Old West TV: The Arizona Rangers
On this episode of Chronicle of the Old West TV Dakota Livesay gives us a brief history on what the Arizona Rangers were all about!
Old West TV: Texas John Slaughter
Texas John Slaughter was cheated out of his win by Barney Gallagher. To retrieve his money, Slaughter went all the way to New Mexico, where he found him on Chisum’s ranch and shot him down. Dakota Livesay gives us an explanation of this and also how Tombstone was won!
Old West TV: Women Jurors
In honor of Women’s Day we get a lesson on what women were doing back in the 1800’s as jurors according to Dakota Livesay and his Chronicle of the Old West.
Old West TV: Dakota Livesay on Haunted Saloon
A while back Dakota was a guest on Haunted Saloon TV, where he was interview at the OK Corral shoot out site by Terry “Ike” Clanton. Clanton is a fourth generation cousin of the legendary Joseph “Ike” Clanton of OK Corral gunfight fame.
Old West TV: How Show Low, AZ Got It’s Name
For many years Show Low, Arizona has been home base for Chronicle of the Old West, Dog Jake Western Store and Cowboy To Cowboy. On this episode of Chronicle of the Old West TV Dakota Livesay explains how Show Low got it’s name.
Old West TV: Luke Short
Dakota Livesay tells us the story of the notorious Luke Short. He may have been at the famous OK Corral shoot out if it were not for some other life changing circumstances!
