Lon Butherous Via the Internet As far as anyone knows, Wyatt was never recorded on cinematic film. The Illustrated Life and Times of Wyatt Earp mentions Hollywood director Alan Dwan’s claim that Wyatt appeared as an extra in The Half-Breed (see below). Earp expert Jeff Morey watched the film and determined the face that was supposed to be Wyatt’s looks more like Cochise County Sheriff John Slaughter. (That may be a coincidence, too.) As the Old West faded from reality into myth, other noto
April 2003
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- Where’s the Beef?
- The Saint of Stillwater Prison
- High Desert Museum
- Goddesses with Many Tastes
- Cremello
- Shootout at Blazer’s Mill
- 10 Things about the Pony Express
- Buffalo Bill’s Wild West Show
- Cottonwood Canyon Ranch
- Wahoo! Santa Fe
- Sojourn through the Past and Present
- What ever happened to “Big Minnie” of Tombstone?
- Reading the September 2000 True West article by Glenn Shirley, titled, “A Tireless Energy & Nerves of Steel,” I was fascinated by Caroline Bonneville. Are there books about other independent women of the early West?
- What was the favorite type of mule used in the Old West?
- While looking at a Tombstone photo, I saw a sign that says mule and ox shoes to order. How do you put shoes on a cloven-footed ox?
- How far apart were Wild Bill Hickok and Dave Tutt in their famous 1865 showdown in Springfield, Missouri?
- During Wyatt Earp’s later years, while he was living in Hollywood, were there any silent films or voice recordings made of him?
- Larian Motel