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December 28-January 3, 2009

• There is many an event in the Old West that we may not know about, which resulted in major bloodshed. Dakota gives a phone call to Jim MacGregor to talk about one of those events…the death of Charles Bent.

• Click HERE to listen to Jim MacGregor talk with Dakota about the death of Charles Bent.

Charles Bent

• Dakota and Harold Weiss talk about one of the Texas Ranger’s greats, both as a lawman and a character. That man is Captain Bill MacDonald.

Captain Bill MacDonald

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December 21-27, 2009

• Dakota gives a call to Vicki Uthmann concerning Jack Slade. Jack is one of those men who walked on both sides of the law. At the end of his life, he was on the other side of the law and ended up being lynched.

Jack Slade is on the far left

• A few weeks ago, Dakota discovered that there were political implications to the movie “High Noon.” Dakota talks to Charlie Lesueur about those implications, as well as the politics of Rio Bravo.

Charlie Lesueur

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December 14-20, 2009

• This is our annual Christmas show. We have a conversation with Bill O’Neal about how people celebrated Christmas in the Old West and one with Jim MacGregor about Stinking Springs, an event that took place at this time of the year.

• Click HERE to listen to Bill O'Neal talk about how people celebrated Christmas in the Old West.

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• In addition, we have music by Don Edwards, Michael Martin Murphey and Barbara Mandrell. There is also cowboy poetry by Mike Moutoux and Waddie Mitchell. Dakota even has a Christmas story.

Don Edwards

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Michael Martin Murphey

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Barbara Mandrell

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Mike Moutoux

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Waddie Mitchell

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December 7-13, 2009

• Buffalo hunting and skinning was a dirty job, but somebody had to do it. Dakota talks to Sharon Cunningham about these unique people.

• Hollywood movies such as High Noon show frontier townspeople as being timid and afraid of the bad guys. Dakota gives Bill O’Neal a phone call to see if this is really the way it was.

• Click HERE to listen to Bill O'Neal and Dakota talk about the bad guys versus the townspeople.

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November 30 - December 6, 2009

• As amazing as it may seem, women got the vote 140 years ago this month. Where did they get it? The Wyoming Territory. Dakota talks to Bill O’Neal about how this came about.

• Click HERE to listen to Bill O'Neal talk with Dakota about women getting the vote.

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• Although legend says that Wild Bill Hickok married Calamity Jane, in reality he married Agnes Lake. Dakota calls Carrie Bowers to talk to her about Wild Bill’s real wife.

Wild Bill Hickok

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