Past Weeks on the Weekly Edition Radio Show

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January 23-29, 2012

The life of the cowboy and the cowboy’s code is instrumental in helping at risk people through The Awareness Foundation. Dakota talks to the organization’s founder Michael McMeel.

Michael McMeel

Johnnie Hotshot promotes the cowboy and the Old West through events he puts on in the country of Lebanon. Dakota talks to him about those events.

Johnnie Hotshot

Dakota also talks to Ed Mulhall about one of the early cowboy movie stars, William S. Hart.

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William S. Hart
William S. Hart

Our music this week is by Bill Barwick.

Bill Barwick

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January 16-22, 2012

This week Dakota talks to Billy the Kid expert Drew Gomber about that outlaw Billy the Kid.

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Drew Gomber

Billy the Kid
Billy the

He also talks to Jim MacGregor about a gang that tried to take over the border town of Campo, California. But it didn’t work.

Jim MacGregor

Our music this week is by Michael Martin Murphey and also by The Sons of the San Joaquin.

Michael Martin Murphey

Sons of the San Joaquin

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January 9-15, 2012

This week’s show is very unique. The whole show is Dakota talking to Jim Dunham. Dakota and Jim talk about the evolution of how the story of the cowboy has been told in print and on film over the years.

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Jim Dunham

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January 2-8, 2012

This week’s show is all about two Texas outlaws.

Dakota starts the show with a conversation with Bill O’Neal about Sam Bass. Then, in the second half of the show he talks to Jim MacGregor about John Wesley Harden.

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Sam Bass

John Harden

John Wesley Harden

Our music this week is by Michael Martin Murphey.

Michael Martin Murphey

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December 26, 2011-January 1, 2012

We’re all familiar with Levi’s. Dakota talks to Curtis Rich about how Levi Strauss brought about a revolution at the time of the California gold rush…A revolution that continues today. Everyone wearing blue jeans.

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Levi Strauss

Dakota talks to actor Marty Kove about his passion for western movies.

Marty Kove

Our music this week is by Bill Barwick and also by Alan Belhartz & Dorothy Hawkinson.

Bill Barwick

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December 19-25, 2011

This week is our annual Christmas show. It’s packed with music and poetry as well as conversations with Bill O’Neal about an Old West Christmas and Jim MacGregor about Stinking Springs, an event that did take place at Christmas time.

Click HERE to listen to the Bill O'Neal segment about an Old West Christmas.

Our poets and singers include: Don Edwards, Michael Martin Murphey, Mike Moutoux, Waddie Mitchell and Cowboy Celtic.

Don Edwards

Michael Martin Murphey

Mike Moutoux

Waddie Mitchell

Cowboy Celtic

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December 12-18, 2011

Last week we talked to Bill O’Neal about medals awarded frontier soldiers. This week we talked to him about Indians who would have received medals should tribal chiefs have awarded them.

Bill O’Neal

Dakota talks to Mike Domeyer about cowboy chaps.

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A cowboy with chaps

We think of Old West Tombstone as being full of cowboys walking down its streets. According to Ben Traywick, it wasn’t that way.

Ben Traywick

Jim MacGregor and Dakota talk about the shooting of Virgil Earp.

Jim MacGregor

Virgil Earp
Virgil Earp

Our music this week is provided by Frank Fara and we feature a poem by Sam DeLeeuw.

Frank Fara

Sam DeLeeuw

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December 5-11, 2011

According to Jim MacGregor Sheriff Brady of Billy the Kid and Lincoln County War fame had gotten a bum rap. Dakota talks to Jim to get the record straight.

Sheriff Brady
Sheriff William Brady

Dakota gives Bill O’Neal a phone call to talk to him about the military medals that were handed out during the Indian Wars.

Dakota also gives Bob Alexander a phone call to talk to him about a fearless lawman by the name of Dave Allison.

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Dave Allison

Our music this week is provided by Bill Barwick.

Bill Barwick

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November 28-December 4, 2011

This week’s show begins with a conversation with Don Mayes about the origins of muzzle loading firearms, and how they developed.

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In the second half of the show Dakota talks to Bill Neal about another Texas feud. This one is the Boyce-Sneed Feud where a man gets off on two blatant murders.

Bill Neal

Our music this week is by Marty Robins and by Juni Fisher.

Marty Robins

Juni Fisher

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November 21-27, 2011

There’s a new movement of Old West enthusiasts called Steam Punk. Dakota talks to three of the Steam Punkers.

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Steam Punkers

Dakota talks to Gary Ledoux about the Tombstone Epitaph publisher John P. Clum.

Gary Ledoux

John Clum

Peter Sherayko provides guns, tack and extras for western movies. He’s also been in front of the camera on a number of them. Peter tells us how to make a successful western movie.

Peter Sherayko

We feature a poem this week by Sam DeLeeuw.

Sam DeLeeuw

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November 14-20, 2011

One of the most dramatic shootouts in the Old West involved Perry Owens. Dakota talks to David Grasse about this Holbrook, Arizona shootout.

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Perry Owens

Bill O’Neal maintains the first Thanksgiving took place in Texas. He and Dakota talk about it.

1st Thanksgiving

Steve Freezen is the curator of the Buffalo Bill Museum in Colorado. Steve and Dakota share the life of this showman.

Buffalo Bill Museum
Buffalo Bill Museum

Buffalo Bill Cody

Our music this week is provided by The Due West Trio.

The Due West Trio

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November 7-13, 2011

Texan Bill O’Neal talks to Dakota about one of his Texas relatives, Pink Higgins. Pink wasn’t a person you wanted to get crossways with.

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Pink Higgins

During the early years of New Mexico Charles Bent was a prominent figure. Jim MacGregor tells us how, like many an Old West character; he met with an untimely death.

Charles Bent

Our music this week is provided by Michael Martin Murphey and also by Vint & Mathilda.

Michael Martin Murphey

Vint and Matilda

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October 31-November 6, 2011

Dakota talks to Amy Auker and Gail Stiger about ranch life now and back in the Old West. It’s interesting that not much has changed.

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Bob Alexander has a new book about Texas Ranger and general lawman Ira Aten. He gives Bob a phone call to talk about that book.

Ira Aten

Texas Ranger Ira Aten

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October 24-30, 2011

This week is the 130th anniversary of the OK Corral Shootout. To celebrate Dakota talks to Bill O’Neal about the events that led up to the shootout and the shootout.

OK Corral picture

Bill O’Neal

In the second half of the show Dakota talks to Jim MacGregor about what happened after the shootout.

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Jim MacGregor

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October 17-23, 2011

Even today rancher’s wives are pioneers. Sam DeLeeu and Dakota talk about rancher’s wives today and in the 1800’s.

Most men in rural and even urban areas grew up with a Daisy BB Gun. What most people don’t know is that it originated in the 1800’s. Dakota talks to Orin Ribar, the curator of the Daisy BB Gun museum.
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BB Gun

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October 10-16, 2011

The James-Younger gang was one of the Old West’s most successful gangs. Dakota talks to Jim MacGregor about this gang and their encounter at Northfield, MN.

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Cole Younger

Dakota talks to Linda Peavy and Ursula Smith about the women of the 1800’s who stayed back east when their husbands came out west seeking their fortune, as well as those who accompanied their husbands.

Linda Peavy and Ursula Smith

Women In Waiting

Our music this week is by Dave Stamey and Michael Martin Murphey.

Dave Stamey

Michael Martin Murphey

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October 3-9, 2011

Just as today, in the Old West there were cads…Men who preyed on women. Dakota and Ben Traywick talk about one of these men…Buckskin Frank Leslie.

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Buckskin Frank Leslie
Buckskin Frank Leslie

With cowboy action shooting, re-enactments and people in general dressing in Old West attire, it’s important to do it correctly. Dakota talks to Jim Dunham and Michael F. Blake about Old West cowboy outfits.

Jim Dunham

Michael Blake

We end with "The Old Hollywood Trail" by Charlie LeSueur.

Charlie LeSueur

Our music this week is by Dave Stamey and Due West Trio.

Dave Stamey

Due West Trio

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September 26-October 2, 2011

It seems in the Old West everyone had a nickname. Most of the nicknames were the result of a physical defect. The Indians weren’t averse to giving out names as well. Dakota and Bill O’Neal talk about those names.

Geronimo also known as "One Who Yawns"
Geronimo was once known as
"One Who Yawns"

Dakota and Jim MacGregor talk about one of California’s outlaws, a juvenile delinquent by the name of Tiburcio Vasquez.

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Tiburcio Vasquez

We end with a conversation with Ron Carbajal regarding Pancho Villa.

Pancho Villa

Our music this week is by Dave Stamey and Sons of the San Joaquin.

Dave Stamey

Sons of the San Joaquin

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September 19-25, 2011

One of the most unique Generals on the western frontier was George Crook. Dakota talks to Dennis Lockhart about this man. Incidentally, Dennis portrays General Crook.

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General George Crook

Dakota’s earlier conversation with Laurence Yaden about swindlers from the Old West was so interesting that he gave Laurence another call to talk about additional swindlers.

Laurence Yaden
Laurence Yadon

Dakota tells a Living The Code story.

Dakota Livesay

Our music this week is by Ted Newman.

Ted Newman

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September 12-18, 2011

Virtually every cowboy movie has some kind of trick shooting. But, did it happen in the Old West? Dakota and Bill O’Neal talk about Old West trick shooting.

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Wild Bill Hickok

Dakota Livesay relates the story of Wild Bill Hickok shooting the deputy.

Dakota Livesay and his dog Jake

One of the worst Old West military disasters was the Fetterman Massacre. Dakota and Jim MacGregor talk about that event.

Fetterman Marker

We end the show with a conversation with Kenny Bratcher about cowboy hats.

Kenny & Lou Lynn Bratcher

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September 5-11, 2011

This week’s show is a very special one. At a recent event Dakota was able to get together two legends of Old West knowledge and experience, Jim Dunham and Peter Sherayko. The whole show is comprised of a conversation he had with these two men. It will prove to be a highlight show.

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Jim Dunham

Peter Sherayko

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August 29-September 4, 2011

Buffalo Bill Cody had a number of women associated with his Wild West Show. This week we’re talking to Chris Enss about those women.

Click HERE to listen to Chris Enss talk about the Buffalo Gals.

Buffalo Bill Cody

Chris Enss

John Tunstall has been classified as one of the bad guys during the Lincoln County War. According to Jim MacGregor, he’s been mischaracterized.

John Tunstall

Dakota relates the "Living the Code" story "Mice In A Hole."
Our music this week is provided by Jean Prescott and also by Michael Martin Murphey.

Jean Prescott

Michael Martin Murphey

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