A drifting cowboy

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

Saturday, August 18, 2012

Reel Cowboys of the Santa Susanas -- Sterling Hayden

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Sterling Hayden (1916-1986) was an American actor and author who was best known for his roles in Westerns.  His -- was an interesting li...
Thursday, August 16, 2012

Horses and Movies Forever linked

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Mark your calendar 6:00 p.m., Thursday, August 30, 2012 at the Sherman Oaks Westfield Fashion Square I'll be speaking about... How ...
Wednesday, August 15, 2012

Corriganville's Robin Hood Lake

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One of the neat features Corriganville had -- that most location ranches didn't -- was a lake.  Supposedly Ray Corrigan claimed it w...
Monday, August 13, 2012

Best Chatsworth Movies -- The Gallant Legion (1948)

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The Gallant Legion (1948) was Directed by Joe Kane and stars Bill Elliott, Adrian Booth (aka Lorna Gray) and Joseph Schildkraut  Th...
Saturday, August 11, 2012

Museum of the San Fernando Valley

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I've been asked to be a guest speaker for the  The Museum of the San Fernando Valley , so I'm sharing an excerpt from its August e-N...
Thursday, August 9, 2012

Reel Cowboys of the Santa Susanas -- Rory Calhoun

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Rory Calhoun (1922-1999) was an American B-Western cowboy star and television actor, screenwriter and producer.  After a rough start as ...
Monday, August 6, 2012

Corriganville's Fort Apache and Dugout

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During the summer of 1947, 20th Century-Fox built a western fort set to be used during the filming of Fort Apache (1948). The fort set ...
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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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