Who’s big enough, fair enough and fast enough to handle the rowdy cowhands of Dodge City, Kansas, in the 1870s? Right now, for the Gunsmoke remake, CBS Films is thinking Brad Pitt or Ryan Reynolds. For my money, I see Reynolds as U.S. Marshal Matt Dillon, playing straight man to Pitt as Chester Goode and Mel Gibson as grumpy-but-lovable Doc Adams. As for Miss Kitty, that’s a tough one. But as long as we’re shooting high, let’s bring in Meryl Streep. She could probably put the whole bunch

April 2010
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- One Against 76
- The Dalles, Oregon
- Chris Enss
- On the Trading Post Trail
- A Mind-Boggling Casa of History
- A Modern Stagecoach Adventure
- John Wayne’s Six-Gun Clone
- Digging Up San Jacinto
- A Tall Order?
- 83 Must-See True West Destinations
- The Cheesy Old West
- Eye Tech in the Old West
- Double D Ranch: Western Boho with a Gypsy Soul
- Valuable Vaqueros
- I’ve heard that Indians plundered the bodies of dead soldiers after the Little Bighorn battle.
- What is the consensus as to the time frame of the Old West?
- My husband’s great uncle was Frank Wheeler.
- The Top 10 Western Movies
- Saddle scabbards for rifles seem to have three locations:
- Did Wyatt Earp have any children?
- What hat styles were popular with the early Texas Rangers?