Voices of the West

Austin Haney joins us for the hour. He's the Director of Education and Programming at the Charlie Russell Museum. He does out reach to the public about Russell and who Russell was. Austin is a local resident having visited the museum when he was in school at Great Falls, Montana. Visit the museum website here .

It's our Movie Saturday program from the White Stallion Ranch. Scheduled guest was Ernest Marsh, who portrays frontier marshal Bass Reeves. Unfortunately, Ernest was not able to make it. So, we talked about Ernest's achievements and filmography.

Joining us for the hour is retired history professor Art Burton. He is also is the the biographer of frontier Marshal Bass Reeves. Art has a number of books out about African-American cowboys, lawmen and outlaws availble here . We talked about how Bass Reeves may have been the basis for the Lone Ranger radio and television series.

This show is all about historic preservation. Bill Bailey joins us to talk about why it's important to preserve the history we have. He worked on a number of projects including the Kit Carson House in Taos, NM. He also built and captained a keelboat and sailed it down the Missouri River. He's also does living history as a mountain man.

Author Rick Noble joins us. He's the creator of the King Cotton book series. All told, there are three books about this guy, Jack Bailey, who seems to get involved with a number of historical figures. His website is here .

Our Movie Satuday program from the White Stallion Ranch is all about the top western movie character. Joining us is Bob Boze Bell from True West Magazine and Western Writers of America author Johnny Boggs. You might be surprised to learn who is tops!

Dr. Buck Montgomery joins us to promote the Little Hollywood Kanab Film Festival. It's happening Sept 10-12 at Kanab, Utah. Among the "real to reel" cowboys being featured is the late stuntman Neil Summers. Kanab is known as one of the most used filming areas. Website for the event is here .

Author Clarissa Willis joins us. She's a Western Writers of America Spur Award winner for her book Carrie Ingalls The Forgotten Sister. She's also a Will Rogers Medallion Award for Best Children's nonfiction. Clarissa is also an educator and a great story teller! Her website is here .

Dave Houghland joins us for the hour. He's relative of the outlaw Bill Doolin. When he entered Cowboy Shooting competitions, he adopted the name. Dave is also a Cowboy Mounted Shooter and a retired law enforcement officer. Dave is also close to the Roy Rogers family. He said he was honored to dig Roy's final resting place.

Western Writers of America Spur Award Finalist Chilton Williamson joins us. His book, "The Last Westerner," chronicles the tale of one man's road toward fulfillment that plays out in stages of encounters and abandonment instead of one glorious "last stand" expected in a Western romance. You can find the book at Amazon.com .

It's Movie Saturday from the White Stallion Ranch. Our topic is Westerns made in the 21st Century. There's a bunch of them you should consider finding and watching.

Our guest is Will Emrick. He's the Living History Intepreter at the Museum of the Great Plains at Lawton, Oklahoma. He portrays a person who runs a fur trading post. Great stories from him!

Historian Bob Kolbe joins us to talk about the photographers that documented life from in the mid 1800s The book is called "They Captured the Moment: Dakotas Photographers 1853-1920." Bob has collected images and equipment those old-time photographers used.

We celebrate America's 250th birthday and the birthday of our Founder--Emil Franzi. Indeed, he was a Yankee Doodle Dandy born on the Fourth of July! Emil's daughter, Monica, and son-in-law, Darryl, join us to remember Franzi, as we affectionally called him. Lots of stories and clips from previous interviews.

E.J. Stephens joins us to talk about where the silent westerns were filmed. Most of them were produced in the Santa Clarita area, north of Hollywood. E.J. and his wife operate a tour company showing off those locations. Visit his website here .

Dave Kennedy from the U.S. Marshals Museum joins us to talk about this new museum dedicated to telling the stories of the U.S. Marshals. It's located at Fort Smith, Arkansas. Visit their website here . The U.S. Marshals Service was established in 1789 and their primary job is to serve as the enforcement arm of the U.S. District Courts.

Western Author Scott McCrea joins us for the hour. This guy has written a buttload of Westerns as well as books in other genres. He's a member of the Western Writers of America and a hoot to talk with!

On this edition of Movie Saturday, we talk about Indigenous Film Makers.

Our program for this time is about this, that, and, the other thing.

It's our version of a Seinfeld episode--not about anything, but about everything!

Western Writers of America author R.G. Yoho joins us to talk about his books, which number more than a dozen. His books are fiction save for the story of Charles E. Lively who was called the "The Deadliest Man in the West Virginia-Colorado Coal Mine Wars" of the early 1900s. You can find his books here .

It's our Movie Saturday program from the White Stallion Ranch! Our topic is the Westerns that changed the Genre. Not the shoot 'em ups, but thinking man Westerns. Think about "Stagecoach" from1939, some of the notable silent westerns with William S. Hart and others.

Cindy Mitchum Azbill joins us. She's the daughter of actor John Mitchum and the niece of actor Robert Mitchum. The book is "Them Ornery Mitchum Boys" written by John. It details a number of stories about the Mitchum boys growing up and eventually working in Hollywood. The book had been out of print, but is now being reprinted. You can find it here .

Today's program attempts to answer the age-old question of what happened to tumbleweeds in the Old West. Also, when movie critics make complete fools of themselves.

We take this hour to talk about Cowboy Jerry England. He's done a lot of different things in his life, including canoeing, mounted shooting and making furniture. He has a couple of books out about famous movie locations in California. He is also able to trace his lineage back to the Vikings. His family came to this side of the Atlantic Ocean in the 1600s. Here's his website .