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James Arness, symbol of power with restraint
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James King Aurness, 5/26/1923 - 6/3/2011, best known for portraying Marshal Mat Dillon in Gunsmoke.1955 - 1975 Arness wanted to be a fighter pilot but had poor eyesight, he was also 6 ft. 7in. He was a rifleman in the 3rd Infantry Division. Arness landed on Anzio Beachhead Jan. 22, 1944. Due to his height, was the first ordered off the landing craft to determine the depth of the water, it was up to his waist. He was wounded, that gave him a bad leg. He received the Purple Heart
 

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James Arness, symbol of power with restraint
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James King Aurness, 5/26/1923 - 6/3/2011, best known for portraying Marshal Mat Dillon in Gunsmoke.1955 - 1975 Arness wanted to be a fighter pilot but had poor eyesight, he was also 6 ft. 7in. He was a rifleman in the 3rd Infantry Division. Arness landed on Anzio Beachhead Jan. 22, 1944. Due to his height, was the first ordered off the landing craft to determine the depth of the water, it was up to his waist. He was wounded, that gave him a bad leg. He received the Purple Heart
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I love him in Gunsmoke!! I watch it all the time!! Matt Dillon!
 

Jim Arness' Brother, Peter Graves (from Mission Impossible), talks about his Brother, in video.
Arness was raised in Minnesota, badly injured in WWII, excelled as a surfer in California, and then joined a little theater group in Hollywood. That led to his big break in television.
 
Oh yeah, the Double R Bar ranch! Forgot about that.

I had a set of figurines: Dale & Roy, Buttermilk & Trigger, Pat Buttram & Nellybelle, and Bullet. (A cap pistol, too, but that might have been another cowboy:confused:)
 
Early TV was black and white in other ways. He was complex.:confused:

"Wyatt Earp was born on March 19, 1848. He is most famous for having survived the Shoot-out at the OK Corral in Tombstone, Arizona in 1881. He worked in the 1870s as a police officer in Wichita and Dodge City, Kansas, where he befriended the gunmen Doc Holliday and Bat Masterson. He later worked as a guard for Wells, Fargo & Company. By 1881 he had moved to Tombstone, Arizona, living as a gambler and a saloon guard. He died on January 13, 1929 in Los Angeles, California".
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I enjoyed seeing your 1923 picture of Wyatt. The BS@theOK review was very interesting! Thanks Nancy.
 
I feel somewhat obligated now to give one warning here about that book, FWIW, before someone spends money on it just because it got good reviews on Amazon.

I would not recommend it UNLESS:
(1) you've already read enough about Wyatt Earp to know at least the names, of all the important characters in his life,... or
(2) you can retain names and minute details instantly. (My memory must be shot, because I struggled with it. ;) )

Will just leave it at that.

A personal note: I found the sketchy picture painted of the culture during that time period, particularly in the Southwest, to be very interesting, and something I would like to read more about now.

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Re-reading the above, apparently there is a tone of negativity which I didn't mean to convey. Quite the contrary. I'm just saying the book was a difficult read for me because I had never even heard of any of the most prominent characters mentioned. The book is jam packed with facts and names. I also didn't want to influence anyone's opinion of Wyatt Earp one way or the other by stating mine.
 
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Connie Reeves, who was very likely America's oldest cowgirl, died in San Antonio on Aug. 17,2003, 12 days after she was thrown from her horse, Dr Pepper. She was 101.

She was riding her favorite horse, a 28-year-old paint, on the morning of Aug. 5 when Dr Pepper threw her over its head. Her neck was broken, but she was not paralyzed, The Kerrville (Tex.) Daily Times reported. The Associated Press said she died of cardiac arrest.

Meg Clark, owner of Camp Waldemar in the Texas Hill Country, where Mrs. Reeves taught riding for 67 years, said she had been riding more this year than in previous years and was delighted that Dr Pepper remained so spirited.

''That was how she wanted to live her life, and that was how she wanted to end it,'' Ms. Clark said on Wednesday. ''She wanted to be on horseback.''
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"Mrs. Reeves's greatest fame came when Justice Sandra Day O'Connor of the United States Supreme Court was inducted into the Cowgirl Hall of Fame in Fort Worth. Reporters could not resist interviewing the hall's oldest member, whom the event's organizers were more than willing to make available.

After all, a quotation from Mrs. Reeves, ''Always saddle your own horse,'' had almost become the hall's motto. Liz Smith began a gossip column by suggesting, ''It's not a bad motto, even if you are just getting into your Mercedes.''
 
Dodge City, Kansas, 1876

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So... I had to look up the definition of tonsorial.:rolleyes:

Tonsorial: a fancy word that describes the work of those who give shaves and haircuts.

Figured it was a doctor's office where they specialized in removing tonsils (while you wait :)).
 
:rofl: If they had to make a funny he was a great choice. I would have never dreamed that he could do that with a straight face. I would have been laughing before the first sentence left my mouth. :giggle:
 

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