Monday, December 31, 2012
Sunday, December 30, 2012
Reel Cowboys of the Santa Susanas -- Fred Scott
Fred Scott (1902–1991) was an American actor best known as a singing cowboy star in Westerns during the 1930s and 40s.
As a youngster he took voice lessons and did some acting in community theater. As a teenager he found work on a cattle ranch in Llano del Rio. Later he tried to benefit from his cowboy skills seeking film roles on horseback. After moving to Hollywood he spent three years at Pathé, and finally broke into Westerns with a singing part in The Last Outlaw (1936); a Harry Carey film.
Eventually he won lead roles in several musical Westerns produced by Spectrum Pictures earning him the nickname "The Silvery-Voiced Buckaroo." He made nearly two dozen films with comedy sidekick Al St. John. Scott retired from film in the late 1940s.
Fred Scott's Santa Susana filming locations starring roles include:
Roaming Cowboy, The (1937) starring Fred Scott, Al St. John and Lois January - States Rights
Fighting Deputy, The (1937) starring Fred Scott, Phoebe Logan and Al St. John (Brandeis Ranch) Spectrum
Singing Buckaroo, The (1937) starring Fred Scott, Victoria Vinton and William Faversham - Spectrum
Knight of the Plains (1938) starring Fred Scott, Al St. John and Marion Weldon - Spectrum
Code of the Fearless (1939) starring Fred Scott, Claire Rochelle and John Merton (Iverson Ranch) Spectrum (photo courtesy of Bruce Hickey)
His supporting roles include:
Last Outlaw, The (1936) starring Harry Carey, Hoot Gibson and Tom Tyler (Iverson Ranch) RKO
Thundering Hoofs (1942) starring Tim Holt, Ray Whitley and Lee 'Lasses' White (Iverson Ranch)(Corriganville) RKO
Saturday, December 29, 2012
Cowboy Legacy, Family & Ancestry
Summary of Cowboy Legacy, Ancestry and Genealogy stories posted through the end of 2012
Cowboy Legacy -- Iowa Territory 1845 to Nebraska 1869
Cowboy Legacy -- Nebraska 1869 to Idaho 1903
Cowboy Legacy -- French connection
Cowboy Legacy -- Grandpa Brown's barn
Cowboy Legacy -- Saskatchewan homesteader
Cowboy Legacy -- Wheat farming in Idaho
Cowboy Legacy -- Montana stump ranch 1912
Cowboy Legacy -- Discovering family photos
Cowboy Legacy -- Early Montana schools
Cowboy Legacy -- Bailey cowgirls
Cowboy Legacy -- Mountain Brook homestead
3rd Iowa Cavalry
Cowboy Legacy -- Itchy feet and Oakhurst
Cowboy Culture -- Making of a cowgirl
Cowboy Legacy -- Kendrick, Idaho 1903 - 1928
Cowboy Culture -- And the soccer tribe
British Legacy -- Four generations of wood workers
Cowboy Legacy -- Great-grandsons of the West
Cowboy Legacy -- The short, tragic life of Marcus Pierce
British Legacy -- Born 1826 in Newfoundland
Cowboy Legacy -- Looking north to Canada
Cowboy Legacy -- Lewiston Orchards and the Great Depression
British Legacy -- Seeking the American dream
Cowboy Culture -- Living fifty years with coach dogs
Cowgirls love jet pilots -- especially when they call you mom
British Legacy -- British Royal Artillery, West Indies 1795
Cowboy Legacy -- Puritan New England 1638 to Iowa Territory 1845
British Legacy -- Collecting antique woodworking tools
British Legacy -- Zeppelin raid over Plumstead, England
California Home Builder -- 1956 apprentice carpenter to building contractor
California Home Builder -- 1969 production home builder
California Home Builder -- 1972 construction manager
California Home Builder -- 1984 home building company manager
California Home Builder -- 2011 end of a 55 year career
Cowboy Legacy -- Pioneer trails Westward 1800 - 1935
Cowboy Legacy -- Great grandma was hanged for witchcraft
Cowboy Legacy -- Peaceable folks and a rough rider
Cowboy Legacy -- Founding father and independence
Cowboy Legacy -- Fight for Liberty
Cowboy Legacy -- Neva Plympton (1870-1939) Montana pioneer
Bronco Billy
Memorial Day -- Honoring those who gave everything
Family history mystery photographs
Happy Independence Day [2012]
Great granddad was burned at the stake
Museum of the San Fernando Valley
Horses and Movies Forever linked
San Fernando Valley Horses and Movies Are Forever Linked
Cowboy and Horse Tales
Summary of Cowboy and Horse Tales posted through the end of 2012
Cowboy Mounted Shooting only has two enemies, rust and liberal politicians
Have you ever played Cowboys and Eskimos?
Cowboy Wisdom -- Why carry a sharp knife
Whiskey and horses don't mix -- tequila might kill you
Canadian whiskey and the paint mare
Growing up cowboy -- in the San Fernando Valley
Cowabunga -- the surf's up, dude
Cowboy Culture -- Horses vs Houses
Cowboy Culture -- Cowboy's lament
Cowboy Culture -- Unlikely compañeros
Cowboy Wisdom -- Don't use a mare to lead a pack string
Cowboy Legacy -- Belgian horses
Cowboy Culture -- working cowboys
Good 'Uns -- horses, trails, and friends
Cowboy Culture -- The Anomaly
Cowboy Culture -- Metrolink trains
Cowboy curiosity -- Little horses, big personalities
Cowboy Culture -- Says he can ride anything with hair on it!
Cowboy Culture -- Tony Alvis was the genuine article
Cowboy Culture -- Running mount to the high jump
Cowboy Culture -- A "bombproof horse" anyone can ride
Cowboy Wisdom -- Halters and horse sense
Cowboy Culture -- My 777 plan
Cowboy Culture -- First time in a pasture
Cowboy Culture -- Zinger a son of Far Ute Keno
Learning about Blackfeet and Buffalo
A rose between two thorns -- and other interesting characters
Cowboy Wisdom -- The most dangerous horse
Cowboy Wisdom -- Horse sense or credit where it isn't always due
Cowboy Wisdom -- Speak softly and carry a big stick
They don't make cowboys like Joe Beeler anymore
Barn Dances -- I've been to a few
Cowboy Heroes -- Jo Mora
Cowboy Heroes -- Charles Marion Russell
Cowboy Wisdom -- Never trust a ground-tied pack mule
Cowboy bars, saloons, and watering holes, but not honky-tonks
New owner at the "Crossroads Saloon"
Never miss a chance to tell a good tall tale
Cowboy Wisdom -- High altitude conditioning for horses
Cowboy Culture -- Getting back to my roots at Parada del Sol
Miles City, Montana -- Range Rider Museum
Wild horses and the "Loneliest Road in America"
Road trip -- White Sulphur Springs, Montana
Cowboy Culture -- Six degrees of separation and Baleyn
Cowboy Wisdom -- Beware of shape-shiftin' trails
Cowboy Culture -- Songs of the range
Cowboy Culture -- Cowboys can live without modern technology, can you?
Sunday, April 22 -- Chatsworth`s Day of The Horse
Museum of the San Fernando Valley
Horses and Movies Forever linked
San Fernando Valley Horses and Movies Are Forever Linked
Best Cowboy Knife Ever -- Buck Horseman's Knife
Cowboy Heroes -- Philip R. Goodwin
My Baby Loves Western Movies & Ranches
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Summary of Chatsworth movie locations and favorite movies posted through the end of 2012
Iverson Movie Location Ranch -- Chatsworth, California
Meanwhile back at the ranch -- Lone Ranger Rock
Meanwhile back at the ranch -- Devil's Doorway
A primer on the Iverson Movie Ranch
Meanwhile back at the ranch -- Garden of the Gods
Cowboy Culture -- B-Western rock hunters
Meanwhile back at the ranch -- Nyoka Cliff
Meanwhile back at the ranch -- Three Ages Rock
Meanwhile back at the ranch -- Crown Rock
Meanwhile back at the ranch -- Zorro's Cave
Meanwhile back at the ranch -- Overhang Rock
Meanwhile back at the ranch -- Stoney Point (Chatsworth icon)
Meanwhile back at the ranch -- Iverson Gorge and Overlook Point
Meanwhile back at the ranch -- Buster Keaton's Bathtub
Meanwhile back at the ranch -- Saddlehorn Rock
Meanwhile back at the ranch -- Map to rock star locations
Meanwhile back at the ranch -- Hole in the wall
Meanwhile back at the ranch -- Cave Rocks (Indian Hills)
Homage to six-gun heroes and their gallant horses
Meanwhile back at the ranch -- Lash's archway (Indian Hills)
Meanwhile back at the ranch -- Hook Rock (Indian Hills)
Meanwhile back at the ranch -- Split Rock (Indian Hills)
Meanwhile back at the ranch -- Mushroom Rock
Meanwhile back at the ranch -- Iverson's western street
Meanwhile back at the ranch -- Nyoka Summit
Meanwhile back at the ranch -- Bulldog Bluff
Meanwhile back at the ranch -- Sheep Flats (Stacked Rocks)
Celebrating 100 years of Chatsworth Movies -- The beginning (1912 - 1922)
Celebrating 100 years of Chatsworth Movies -- Sound arrives (1923 - 1929)
Celebrating 100 years of Chatsworth Movies -- 1930s Classic Movies
Celebrating 100 years of Chatsworth Movies -- Westerns (1930 - 1936)
Celebrating 100 years of Chatsworth Movies -- Westerns (1937 - 1939)
Meanwhile back at the ranch -- Indian Hills Grove
Celebrating 100 years of Chatsworth Movies -- 1930s Cliffhangers (Serials)
Beyond Boulder Pass -- Bell Location Ranch
Meanwhile back at the ranch -- Batman Rock
'Wait for me, Wild Bill!' -- Chatsworth's TV Westerns
Meanwhile back at the ranch -- Boots Rock
Celebrating 100 years of Chatsworth Movies -- 1940s Classic Movies
Celebrating 100 years of Chatsworth Movies -- 1940s Cliffhangers (Serials)
Meanwhile back at the ranch -- Indian Hills Chase Roads
Celebrating 100 years of Chatsworth Movies -- Westerns 1940
Celebrating 100 years of Chatsworth Movies -- Westerns 1941
Meanwhile back at the ranch -- Indians Hills (Range Rider, Scoop and Center Rocks)
Celebrating 100 years of Chatsworth Movies -- Westerns 1942
Celebrating 100 years of Chatsworth Movies -- Westerns 1943
Meanwhile back at the ranch -- lower Iverson miscellaneous
Celebrating 100 years of Chatsworth Movies -- Westerns 1944
Meanwhile back at the ranch -- lower Iverson Ranch overview
Celebrating 100 years of Chatsworth Movies -- Westerns 1945
Meanwhile back at the ranch -- upper Iverson Ranch overview
Celebrating 100 years of Chatsworth Movies -- Westerns 1946
Meanwhile back at the ranch -- Iverson Archways
Celebrating 100 years of Chatsworth Movies -- Westerns 1947
Meanwhile back at the ranch -- Ambush Pass
Celebrating 100 years of Chatsworth Movies -- Westerns 1948
Meanwhile back at the ranch -- Ambush Rock
Celebrating 100 years of Chatsworth Movies -- Westerns 1949
Meanwhile back at the ranch -- Turtle Rocks and Hidden Valley
Celebrating 100 years of Chatsworth Movies -- Westerns 1950
Meanwhile back at the ranch -- Miner’s Cabin
Celebrating 100 years of Chatsworth Movies -- Westerns 1951
Meanwhile back at the ranch -- upper Stone Cabin
Celebrating 100 years of Chatsworth Movies -- Westerns 1952
Meanwhile back at the ranch -- the Slates
Celebrating 100 years of Chatsworth Movies -- Westerns 1953
Celebrating 100 years of Chatsworth Movies -- 1950s Cliffhangers (Serials)
Meanwhile back at the ranch -- Whale Rock
Celebrating 100 years of Chatsworth Movies -- Westerns 1954
Meanwhile back at the ranch -- Indian Head Rock
Celebrating 100 years of Chatsworth Movies -- Westerns 1955
Meanwhile back at the ranch -- Totem Pole Rocks
Celebrating 100 years of Chatsworth Movies -- Westerns 1956
Meanwhile back at the ranch -- Lookout Point
Celebrating 100 years of Chatsworth Movies -- Westerns 1957
Meanwhile back at the ranch -- Upper Iverson Cliff
Celebrating 100 years of Chatsworth Movies -- Westerns 1958
Meanwhile back at the ranch -- Eagle Beak and The Molars
Celebrating 100 years of Chatsworth Movies -- Westerns 1959
Meanwhile back at the ranch -- Medicine Rocks
Celebrating 100 years of Chatsworth Movies -- Classics 1950 - 1953
Celebrating 100 years of Chatsworth Movies -- Classics 1954 - 1956
Celebrating 100 years of Chatsworth Movies -- Classics 1957 - 1959
Meanwhile back at the ranch -- Cap Rock
Celebrating 100 years of Chatsworth Movies -- Westerns after 1960
Meanwhile back at the ranch -- Insert Road
Celebrating 100 years of Chatsworth Movies -- Classics after 1960
Meanwhile back at the ranch -- Durango's Pass
Best Chatsworth Movies -- Stagecoach (1939)
Meanwhile back at the ranch -- Festival Rocks
Best Chatsworth Movies -- They Died with Their Boots On (1941)
Meanwhile back at the ranch -- Adobe Villages
Best Chatsworth Movies -- The Oklahoma Kid (1939)
Meanwhile back at the ranch -- Gorge Cabin
Best Chatsworth Movies -- Wee Willie Winkie (1937)
Meanwhile back at the ranch -- Grove Cabin
Was Billy the Kid (1930) filmed in Porter Ranch?
Meanwhile back at the ranch -- Grove Relay Station
Hi-yo, Silver! Away! -- "The Lone Ranger" (1956)
Meanwhile back at the ranch -- GOTG Relay Station
Best Chatsworth Movies -- Land Beyond the Law (1937)
Meanwhile back at the ranch -- Lean-to Cabins
The Oklahoma Kid and 'Whizzer'
Best Chatsworth Movies -- The Grapes of Wrath (1940)
Meanwhile back at the ranch -- Iverson Ranch Set
Reel Cowboys and the code of the west
Things aren't always what they seem
Best Chatsworth Movies -- The Fighting Seabees (1944)
Brandeis Movie Ranch -- Hickeyville
Best Chatsworth Movies -- Charge of the Light Brigade (1936)
Brandeis Movie Ranch -- Caretaker's House
Best Chatsworth Movies -- Perils of Nyoka (1942)
Brandeis Movie Ranch -- Bunkouse
Chatsworth Filming Location -- Railroad Depot
Chatsworth Filming Location -- Railroad Tunnel 28
Chatsworth Filming Location -- Railroad cut and tunnels
Best Chatsworth Movies -- "Ride 'Em Cowboy" (1942)
Chatsworth filming location -- Chatsworth Reservoir
Best Chatsworth Movies -- The Taming of the West (1939)
Chatsworth filming location -- Burro Flats
Best Chatsworth Movies -- The Trusted Outlaw (1937)
Corriganville Movie Ranch -- Overview
Corriganville's Western Street -- Silvertown
Best Chatsworth Movies -- Three Ages (1923)
Thanks to the Iverson Movie Ranch Blogspot
Corriganville's Fort Apache and Dugout
Best Chatsworth Movies -- The Gallant Legion (1948)
Corriganville's Robin Hood Lake
Horses and Movies Forever linked
Chatsworth's Rocky Jungle -- Tarzan Movies
Corriganville's Chase Roads
Best Chatsworth Movies -- The Lives of a Bengal Lancer
San Fernando Valley Horses and Movies Are Forever Linked
Tuesday, December 25, 2012
Cowboy Folk Art, Antiques and Decorating
Summary of Cowboy Folk Art, Antiques and Decorating stories posted through the end of 2012
My cowboy folk art
When iron was worth its weight in gold
Cowboy Chic -- Lure of the Dim Trails
Cowboy Chic -- Come sit a spell
Cowboy Chic -- Headboards make a good canvas
Cowboy Chic -- Letters from a cowboy's desk
Good medicine -- A cowboy's last gift
Roger's Charlie Russell quote -- Any time I cash in now, I win!
Cowboy Chic -- Chip-carved mirrors and hat racks
Cowboy Chic -- Blanket chests and toy boxes
If you can't buy a museum's treasure -- make your own
Cowboy Chic -- Lure of the Dim Trails Odds 'n Ends
Cowboy Chic -- Whimsical cowboy paintings
Ian's art inspires a New Year's resolution
Cowboy Chic -- Armoires, credenzas, and coffee tables
Cowboy Chic -- Folk art watercolor paintings
Cowboy Chic -- 2012 folk art painting number 1
Cowboy Chic -- Rancho deluxe dressers and nightstands
Cowboy Chic -- Folk art acrylic paintings
Western upholstery -- Cat hide seat
Cowboy Culture -- Six degrees of separation and Molesworth
Cowboy Chic -- Saddles and bridles for decoration
Just whittlin' or cowboy wood carvings
Ox Yoke Dude Ranch & cowboy furniture
Cowboy Déjà Vu -- Cody High Style
Cowboy Chic -- Sporting Collectibles
Merry Christmas & Happy New Year
Fishing and Canoeing Tales
Summary of Fishing and Canoeing Tales posted through the end of 2012
Sometimes you can touch bottom, sometimes you can't
Some folks may call my rod and reel vintage
Stealth of the paddle--finding the silent places
Capsizing a canoe for the first time could be your last time
My first real Montana fishing trip
Stealing a couple of hours to go fishing during a family vacation
Catching fish and cleaning 'em in bear country
I don't need no stinkin' Repala knot
Father and son Western history adventure
What does a Chemical Neurobiologist and an old Cowboy have in common?
An old bionic cowboy goes solo canoeing
My first canoe camping trip -- nearly forty years ago
Getting it all together -- canoe camping in the BWCA
Montana canoe adventure -- floating the Missouri
Canoe fishing essentials -- make life easy
Solo canoe camping -- equipment checklist
How can you tell if a fisherman is lying?
Good canoe fishing lakes in the High Sierras
Northwesterns -- Voyageur, canoe and fur trade adventure stories
Loons and other icons of the northwoods
Wilderness canoe travel -- The portage
Hula Poppers -- My favorite bass fishing lure
Everyone must believe in something -- I believe I'll go canoeing
UPDATED AFTER 2016
12' Pack & 14' Hunter -- Discontinued Old Town Canoes
https://a-drifting-cowboy.blogspot.com/2016/04/12-pack-14-hunter-discontinued-old-town.html
Fishing and Canoeing Tales (2012)
https://a-drifting-cowboy.blogspot.com/2012/12/fishing-and-canoeing-tales.html
Canoeing Advice for Old Folks -- (Elderly + 70 Years-Old)
https://a-drifting-cowboy.blogspot.com/2016/10/canoeing-advice-for-old-folks-elderly.html
Sporting Collectibles -- Canoes
https://a-drifting-cowboy.blogspot.com/2013/02/sporting-collectibles-canoes.html
Everyone must believe in something -- I believe I'll go canoeing
https://a-drifting-cowboy.blogspot.com/2011/12/everyone-must-believe-in-something-i.html
Solo canoe camping -- equipment checklist
https://a-drifting-cowboy.blogspot.com/2011/11/solo-canoe-camping-equipment-checklist.html
Paddling the Upper Klamath Canoe Trail
https://a-drifting-cowboy.blogspot.com/2016/10/paddling-upper-klamath-canoe-trail.html
Canoe Fishing -- Dawn Glow Pond
https://a-drifting-cowboy.blogspot.com/2013/09/canoe-fishing-dawn-glow-pond.html
Getting it all together -- canoe camping in the BWCA
https://a-drifting-cowboy.blogspot.com/2011/10/getting-it-all-together-canoe-camping.html
Cowboy Wisdom -- Canoe Trolling For Trout
https://a-drifting-cowboy.blogspot.com/2016/02/cowboy-wisdom-canoe-trolling-for-trout.html
Layered Clothing Is Best For Canoeing
https://a-drifting-cowboy.blogspot.com/2013/07/layered-clothing-is-best-for-canoeing.html
It must be in my Genes...
https://a-drifting-cowboy.blogspot.com/2016/06/it-must-be-in-my-genes_29.html