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May 25-31, 2009

• While on a recent trip to Tombstone, Dakota talked to Ben Traywick about Old West character Buckskin Frank Leslie. This week’s show starts with that conversation.

Buckskin Frank Leslie

Ben Traywick

• Dakota and Sunny just returned from a cruise along the California coast. While in San Diego they saw the Wyatt Earp saloon. Intrigued, Dakota called Jim MacGregor about the Wyatt Earp San Diego experience. The second half of the show is that conversation.

• Click HERE to listen to the conversation between Jim MacGregor and Dakota as they talk about Wyatt Earp's San Diego experience.

Wyatt Earp (picture taken in San Diego)

• Our music this week is provided by the Due West Trio.

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May 18-24, 2009

• Western movies show townspeople as victims of the bad guy. According the opening conversation on this week’s show with Dakota and Jim MacGregor, that wasn’t necessarily so.

Dakota Livesay having a conversation with Jim MacGregor

Cole Younger

• Dakota talks to author Gary Roberts about one of the Old West’s more interesting characters, that southern gentleman Doc Holliday.

Doc Holliday

• Our music this week is provided by the Due West Trio.

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May 11-17, 2009

• The military wasn’t always victorious over the Indians. And quite often it was because of the commander’s lack of experience. Dakota and Jim MacGregor talk about one such incident…The Fetterman Massacre.

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• While at the Santa Clarita Cowboy Festival Dakota and Michael F. Blake got together to talk about western movies then and now. The second half of this week’s show is that conversation.

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• Click HERE to listen to the conversation between Michael Blake and Dakota about the difference between Western movies then and now.

Michael F. Blake

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May 4-10, 2009

• Western movies quite often show cowboys getting the best of Indians in a skirmish. But, according to a conversation Dakota has with Bill O’Neal in this week’s show, that wasn’t necessarily so.

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• While at Festival of the West, Dakota talked to Lee Anderson about the history of the Vaquero. The second part of this week’s show is that conversation.

• Click HERE to listen to Dakota talk with Lee Anderson about the history of the Vaquero.

Lee Anderson

Dakota with Lee Anderson

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• This week's music is provided by Brenn Hill.

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April 27 - May 3, 2009

• This week Dakota talks to Jan Cleere about one of the great Old West con men…James Addison Reavis. He was known as the Baron of Arizona.

• Click HERE to listen to Jan Cleere talk with Dakota about James Reavis.

James Addison Reavis

James Addison Reavis

Jan Cleere

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• One of the more unique women of the Old west was Dora Hand. She was a saloon singer who was loved by the townspeople. In Dakota’s conversation with Chris Enss, we find the real story was the posse that assembled to chase down her killer.

Chris Enss with Dakota Livesay

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