Voices of the West

Maria Christopher joins us to talk about Rancho Camulos and its museum in California. The Rancho was established by Spanish Land Grant. It is now privately owned and is on the National Registrar of Historic Places. Maria is a docent for the museum. The Rancho is also the first place to be listed in film credits. D.W. Griffith filmed "Ramona" there in the early 1900s. Learn more about Ranch...

For our Movie Saturday program, we look at the Zorro movies, books, comics and serials. Running the range from the first movie with Douglas Fairbanks, Sr. to Antonio Banderas, we talk about 'em.

Our scheduled guest had to cancel due to medical issues. But, Rob Word of Word on Westerns will join us as soon as he can. This episode "buffalos" a lot of topics including Austrailian silent westerns and talks about the old B Westerns.

No specific topic for thiis week's program. Bunker's Bovine and some Old West oddities and mysteries take up this program.

It's our Free Range program. Nothing specific, just a bunch of stuff about the Old West.

This episode is Todd and Harry attempting to clear the range. Bunker is at the Cowboy Festival at the Empire Ranch. Enjoy!

Our Movie Saturday program this month is about comedy teams that made westerns. Those teams included The Marx Brothers, Laurel and Hardy, Abbott and Costello, The Three Stooges and many others.

Photographer Terry Moore joins us to talk about his book documenting Route 66. John Steinbeck called the famed highway "The Mother Road." Terry traveled the highway for nearly 40 years to grab images showing Americana in the yesteryear. His website offers images for sale.

Former casting director Susan McCray and composer Lou Forestieri join us for the hour to talka about Susan's latest book, "Poetry Bouquet" and how Lou composed music to fit the poems. Susan and Lou's trio will perform their show Oct. 24-26 at the White Fire Theater in Los Angeles. Susan was the casting director for "Little House on the Prairie" and Lou has scored numerous m...

This program delves into a silent movie that we highly recommend watching. It's called "Wild & Woolly" and stars Douglas Fairbanks. This is a film made before he became the swashbuckler in his pirate movies and later, "Son of Zorro." This western is a fun look at an eastern fella who wants to go West and what he does to convince his rich father to send him West. Made in 191...

Our Movie Saturday program is all about the "Monte Walsh" movie from 1970 starring Lee Marvin. Co-host Todd Roberts' dad, Bobby Roberts, produced that movie among others. Todd joins us to talk about the making of that movie and some of the stories associated with it. A fun time looking back!

For this program, we talk about how corrupt the Old West was. We highlight the Santa Fe Ring out of Santa Fe, New Mexico Territory as well as the 10% Ring out of Tombstone and Cochise County, Arizona Territorhy. If you think today's politics and politicians are corrupt, you didn't pay attention in History Class! 

Attorney Frank Abrams joins us. He's acquired a tintype photo purported to be of Billy the Kid along with Pat Garrett. Very interesting show!

Our guest is Anthony DeLongis. He's a master in virtually every weapons system there is--sword, knife, whip, firearms, etc. He was the guy who instructed Cat Woman Michelle Pfeiffer the art of the whip in the Batman series. His website is delongis.com and you can sign up to take online classes with him or visit him at his ranch in the Los Angeles area.

Our Movie Saturday program takes a look at Silent Movies of the Western genre. From Bronco Billy to Harry Carey and in between. Without the silents, we probably wouldn't have the movies we have today.

It's an Open Range program, That means bunches of things related to the Old West are the topics. Bunker has a stuntman or two to talk about... Harry has a couple of B's to See movie reviews... Todd brings the bourbon!

Susan McCray, Stan Ivar and Pamela Roylance join us for the hour to talk about the play, "Love Letters," that Susan is directing and stars Stan and Pam. It's a play written by AR Gurney. It was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for Drama. Susan was the casting director for "Little House on the Prairie" in which Stan and Pam starred as John Carter and Sarah Carter. The play is b...

Kathy L'Amour, the widow of author and adventurer Louis L'Amour joins us to talk about her life with Louis. They married in 1956 and had two kids, who accompanied them on tons of cross country adventures. Son Beau and Kathy continue to tell the stories of Louis.

Author Mark Archuleta joins us. He's written a book about Belle Starr's nephew Henry Starr. He was an outlaw in his own right. He also dabbled in silent movies before running out of money. So, he robbed another bank and was killed in that holdup. Mark's book is available at Amazon.com .

Author Gerry Robinson joins us. His book is "The Cheyenne Story: An Interpretation of Courage." it's a three-volume historical novel about the Cheyenne. Gerry is a member of the Northern Cheyenne Tribe. He utilizes oral accounts of his ancestors as well as other documented information to tell the story of the Cheyenne right after the Battle of the Little Bighorn. The book is available...

Our guest is Kenny Rogers, Jr. He's the son of actor, musician, singer and songwriter Kenny Rogers. He's embarked on his own career of scoring music for TV shows and movies.

Joining us is Del Shields. He's the host of RFD-TV's "Best of America by Horseback." He's also a musician and cowboy poet. He and his wife, Shavawn, have a ranch in Humboldt, Kansas.

Our Movie Saturday prorgam is all about Frontier Justice--Miner's Courts, Vigalantes, Lynchings and the movies that portrayed them.

It's all about guns for this episode of the Voices of the West. Phil Schreier, Director of the the NRA Museum of Firearms joins us for the hour. We talk about the thousands and thousands of historic firearms are on display at the museum in Fairfax County, Virginia. Check out the website here . Also joining us is American Armed and Free radio host Charles Heller.

Brian Downes joins us for the hour. He's the Executive Director of the John Wayne Birthplace Museum in Winterset, Iowa. The museum features artifacts of Wayne's childhood as well as his movie career. One of the items is Wayne's family vehicle, a station wagon with the roof adjusted to accommadate Wayne's height. Visit the website here .