One thing I love doing....

[Fozzer]

...(amongst others).... ... ....

....is to watch old Cowboy films, etc, on my 'Tele, make a note of the location where they are filmed, search for local information on the area, fire up my satellite maps, and zoom down...

..then run my Flight Sim Cessna 150 to explore the location!

Last night I watched the film; "Gunsmoke: To the last man".... http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0104379/
(Excellent soundtrack).

Deadly feud between the Tewkesburys and the Grahams.

History:...>>> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pleasant_Valley_War

Location: Arizona: Pleasant Valley, Young. Between Holbrook and Pheonix.

Fascinating stuff for Flight Sim Explorers...like me!

Paul.... ...!

Info: The town of Tewkesbury lies some 24 miles East of my town of Hereford. England.

[Apex]

My all time fav cowboy stuff was the Maverick TV series from the late 50's with James Garner, Jack Kelly, and sometimes Roger Moore. Altho a TV series, not a movie, each episode was 1 hour in length with a lot of variety from episode to episode. Well written plots, not particularly violent, and of course excellent acting. They were running these recently on Sat nights on some local network station, and pretty much ran thru the entire gamut of episodes, broadcasting 4 episodes each Sat night. Never a dull moment. All in B&W, it was before color TV became the norm.

[Fozzer]

For me, the old Cowboy films give me an insight to the desert scenery of the South Western USA, and a chance to visit it in my Flight Sim.
The sort of scenery which doesn't exist in my country!

The films are also describe the history, and show the life of the folks who lived there in the 1800's.

Wikipedia holds a wealth of that information, which I regularly delve into!.... ...!

Paul... ...!

The "Dirty Harry" and "Streets of San Francisco", etc, films all add to my knowledge of the 'Frisco Bay area scenery...

...and "Colombo" for the Los Angeles scenery...all adding to the enjoyment on my daily flights!!

[ViperPilot]

Paul,

As you're interested in the History of the 'Old West', you might find this of value...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_C._Cremony

https://archive.org/details/lifeamongapaches00cremrich

Cremony was one of the few US Calvary officers who took the time to study the Apache people, their customs, and their Language.

Of particular note is one incident Cremony experienced while making a trip from Dona Ana, NM to Socorro, NM...

http://www.lrgaf.org/journeys/cremony.htm

Hope you like!

Alan

[Fozzer]

A fantastic read, Alan... ...!

Quote:
"Historians of the West have come to deem many of Cremony's accounts of his Indian campaigns extravagant. The Arizona Evening Star compared his veracity to that of Baron Munchausen, and a soldier who served under him did not "believe anything he says except when he says he wants whiskey."
End quote.

..... ....!

...One of my favourite films...>>> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Adven ... Munchausen

Lots of interesting things regarding the; "Wild West"...I get riveted to it!... ...!

I spend hours zooming down in the Satellite scenery and wandering around!

After 15+ years of wandering around this scenery in the various Flight Sims I have now become so familiar with it that I shout out; "I know that place", "been there", as I watch the films!...I even describe it in detail to myself!... ...!

Paul... ...!