Gammons Gulch is not entirely real; movie sets generally aren’t, but this collection of buildings and props, encompassing a chunk of American myth and history that reaches from Billy the Kid to Bonnie and Clyde, is unreal in a completely unique way. The place sits up in a kind of mid-level bluff, just visible from the road that runs a short distance north of Benson, Arizona. It’s bright and breezy here, and the wind kicks up piles of yellow dust throughout the afternoon. On the grounds ar


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