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Fifty Years After The Alamo

Fifty Years After The Alamo

by | Apr 24, 2010 | Western Movies

Just how or why John Wayne first came upon the idea of making a movie about the Alamo is possibly the only mystery remaining in a movie that has been examined and covered from every imaginable angle during the past 50 years since its premiere. Long before a single...
Top 10 Western Museums of 2010

Top 10 Western Museums of 2010

by | Apr 24, 2010 | Travel & Preservation

I hadn’t seen lines like this since I tried to get into a bookstore in Dallas, Texas, where actor Jimmy Stewart was autographing copies of his book of poetry. That was like trying to get into a Dallas Cowboys home playoff game. On May 24-25, 2009, when the New Mexico...
Have Gun, Will Travel: Season 4, Volume 1

Have Gun, Will Travel: Season 4, Volume 1

by | Mar 20, 2010 | Western Movies

On a dark and stormy night, sheets of rain pounded the window of Paladin’s suite in San Francisco’s swank Hotel Carlton. Inside, the soldier-of-fortune Paladin (Richard Boone) entertained a beautiful and mysterious blonde, who was stretched out on his Victorian...
83 Must-See True West Destinations

83 Must-See True West Destinations

by | Mar 13, 2010 | Travel & Preservation

If you love history and the open road, we have combined the two just for you, complete with comprehensive listings and inside information to give you a leg up on any foreigners (people who live east of the Mississippi). Here is your own personal cheat sheet on 83...
The Top 10 Western Movies

The Top 10 Western Movies

by | Mar 6, 2010 | Art, Guns and Culture

Western films offer more beyond John Ford or Sam Peckinpah. Enough already about The Searchers, High Noon, The Gunfighter and The Wild Bunch. Here are 10 movies you ought to see…if you can ever find them. 10. New Mexico (1951): While Ford tended to give us happy...