A drifting cowboy

An old cowboy's thoughts about horses, canoes, fishing, art, movies, family, and the American West

Monday, July 16, 2012

Reel Cowboys of the Santa Susanas -- Audie Murphy

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Audie Murphy (1924-1971) was a highly decorated American soldier and B-Western star.  He is widely regarded as the most decorated Americ...
Saturday, July 14, 2012

Chatsworth filming location -- Burro Flats

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Santa Susana Field Laboratory (1988) photo from US Department of Energy Because of its interesting sandstone rock formations, Burro ...
Thursday, July 12, 2012

Best Chatsworth Movies -- The Taming of the West (1939)

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The Taming of the West (one of my favorite Bill Elliott films) is directed Norman Deming, and stars Bill Elliott, Iris Meredith and Dic...
Tuesday, July 10, 2012

Reel Cowboys of the Santa Susanas -- Preston Foster

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Preston Foster (1900-1970) was an American stage and film actor, and singer. Foster entered films in the early 1930s after appearing on ...
Monday, July 9, 2012

Reel Cowboys of the Santa Susanas -- Ernest Borgnine

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Ernest Borgnine (1917-2012) passed away yesterday.  May he RIP.  Ernest Borgnine was an oscar winning American actor that appeared in mo...
Sunday, July 8, 2012

Chatsworth filming location -- Chatsworth Reservoir

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Today the 1,318-acre Chatsworth Reservoir property is owned by the City of Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (DW&P); and whi...
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Friday, July 6, 2012

Best Chatsworth Movies -- "Ride 'Em Cowboy" (1942)

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Directed Arthur Lubin, and starring Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, Dick Foran and Johnny Mack Brown this is a very funny, fast-paced Western ...
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My goal in writing this blog is to answer to the questions I wish I had asked my granddad... I am a horseman, a canoeist, a Western movie historian, a genealogist, and a folk artist. My cowboy and voyageur legacy can be back-trailed for more than twelve generations in North America.
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