The feature film version of ABC’s The Big Valley appears to be in full swing. Susan Sarandon is not yet confirmed to play the matriarch Victoria Barkley, but Ryan Phillippe looks like a lock as Jarrod, and Richard Dreyfuss, Bruce Dern and Billy Bob Thornton are all tentatively attached. Lee Majors, who played the sullen bastard of the clan, Heath Barkley, may show up as Victoria’s late husband Tom in the movie. If true, expect his role to be a cameo.

July 2010
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- Wichita Whore War
- Crossed Sabres
- Why does Virgil Earp get so little credit as an Old West lawman?
- Are tumbleweeds not native to America?
- What did a cowboy do with his rifle when it was illegal to carry them into towns?
- Did cowboys really pull pack animals by holding a rope tied to their saddle horn?
- When did belt loops become common?
- How did the Mountain Men cook beaver tails?
- Stay on Target When Collecting Gun Shots
- Dreams of Gold on the Starvation Trail
- Calgary’s “Exotic” Stampede
- Joe McNeill
- Bandera, Texas
- The Digital Frontier
- Ethnic Fare
- The Functional Side of Cowboy Boots
- What’s in His Head?
- The Best BBQ Joints in Texas