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What History Taught Me
John Fusco
- Published March 13, 2012
- Written by John Fusco
I loved working with the “Young Guns,” but it was the Old Guns, like Jack Palance, James Coburn and Brian Keith, who made it a true Western experience.
Sandra Day O’Connor
- Published January 10, 2012
- Written by Sandra Day O’Connor
Growing up on a ranch taught me to be responsible for doing everything as well as I could.
Jeb Rosebrook
- Published January 11, 2011
- Written by Jeb Rosebrook
The guy who ripped me off the most was the late writer/director Richard Brooks. I adapted Jack (Shane) Schaefer’s historical book The Great Endurance Horse Race into a screenplay for Lorimar Productions. Lorimar offered the screenplay to Brooks to direct. He asked to buy it. Lorimar would not sell it. I picked up the LA Times one Sunday to see Brooks announce he was making Bite the Bullet, based on public domain materials. No one, not my agent, not Lorimar, ever called to tell me this had happened.
Juni Fisher
- Published November 02, 2011
- Written by Juni Fisher
The problem with Country Music is it is now run by, and the awards are voted on by, people who spend all their time texting messages like “OMG! That is so totally great!”
Bob Stinson
- Published November 09, 2010
- Written by Bob Stinson
History has taught me that money and big-time family connections are still the only way to make it to the top. Not that you can’t get there, but it’s like hitting the lottery. You should entertain because you love it, and not for the fame and the fortune.
Stan Lynde
- Published October 04, 2011
- Written by Stan Lynde
On my father’s ranch I learned that no task was beneath me, and that if a job needed doing, somebody needed to do it.
Mike Scovel
- Published October 06, 2010
- Written by Mike Scovel
I fell in love with the West when I first heard Gabby Hayes sing “Snag-Tooth Sal.”
Mark Hall-Patton
- Published August 28, 2011
- Written by Mark Hall-Patton
My favorite Old West artifact at the Clark County Museum is a southern Paiute bow and arrow collected in the Vegas Valley about 1900.
Taylor Wong
- Published August 31, 2010
- Written by Taylor Wong
Miss Rodeo America is just like the Miss USA pageant without bikinis.
Jody Dahl
- Published July 28, 2011
- Written by Jody Dahl
Rancho-nomics means if you’re goingto make it in the ranching and dude ranching industry, get a leather punch and just keep punching holes in it. When times get tough, tighten the belt and keep on going.
Waddie Mitchell
- Published July 27, 2010
- Written by Waddie Mitchell
What people don’t understand about cowboy poetry is that it’s not just about cowboying, cows, horses and living on the range, but it is anything in life, just coming from a cowboy’s perspective.
Bobby Bridger
- Published June 27, 2011
- Written by Bobby Bridger
The craziest thing that ever happened to me at a performance occurred during a full-company musical production of Seekers of the Fleece in Cody, Wyoming.
Joe McNeill, Author
- Published June 29, 2010
- Written by Joe McNeill
I first became interested in the history of Western film after moving to Sedona, Arizona, in 2001. My interest in Westerns jump-started when I could look out my window and see the sites of numerous cinematic stagecoach robberies and gun battles. I’m originally from Brooklyn, and I was used to seeing real crime scenes.
Lynn Anderson
- Published May 24, 2011
- Written by Lynn Anderson
In 1966, I ran for Miss Rodeo California in Salinas. I didn’t win the contest.
Won the “Horsemanship.” Won the “Written Test.” Placed Fourth . . . which means I blew out on “Personality” and “Appearance.”
Jim Hatzell, Artist
- Published May 25, 2010
- Written by Jim Hatzell
The Artist Ride is going stronger than ever after 26 years. It is held once a year at the Shearer Ranch, 20 miles north of Wall, South Dakota. About 150 authentic Old West models provide scrap for the artists. The ride is so popular that we now have to set limits on how many artists can come each year. Right now we have slots for 50 artists.
Barry Corbin
- Published April 26, 2011
- Written by Barry Corbin
Premiering this year at the Sedona Film Festival in Arizona, the drama Sedona stars Barry Corbin as the garage mechanic Les.
William C. Porter, Attorney
- Published April 27, 2010
- Written by William C. Porter
My favorite book is Michener's Centennial. I like an author who can draw you into history through family lines stretching over decades or, better, centuries. I even commissioned artist Detha Phillips from Sedona to do three big oil paintings of scenes from Centennial expressly for me back in the late 1970s. They are still among my favorite artwork.
Audrey Kalivoda
- Published March 29, 2011
- Written by Audrey Kalivoda
What’s with the jokes on Kansas being flat? Come on people! Mount Sunflower, our highest point, is 4,039 feet. We have the Arikaree Breaks, the Flint Hills and miles of beautiful rolling hills. Not very flat, from my point of view.
Chris Enss, Author
- Published March 30, 2010
- Written by Chris Enss
Tiger Woods and Buffalo Bill Cody are men who thought monogamy was a type of wood. They were legendary talents with flaws who were eager to entertain the numerous women who threw themselves at the men, regardless of the fact that they were married.
David Zucker
- Published February 22, 2011
- Written by David Zucker
Jeff Hildebrandt, STARZ Entertainment
- Published February 16, 2010
- Written by Jeff Hildebrandt
The essence of a great Western to me is John Wayne. I think his characters and the stories told, for the most part, convey the myth of the American West. Thanks to True West Magazine, we know what the West was really like. But when I see a John Wayne movie, I see the West the way it should have been.
