AMS 105- American West: Images and Identities
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AMS 105- American West: Images and Identities |
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Folklore and Western Singers
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Folk Stories/ Heroes and Heroines: Tall Tales and Legends |
Notes |
| Historical Figures made into "Legends" and "Movie Legends" | |
Billy the Kid,
aka William McCarty Jr (1859-1881) |
Seen as a 'Robin Hood'; E. Estavez
"Young Guns2" first on the left
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Calamity Jane, aka
Martha Jane Canary (1852-1903)
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Doris Day Musical version of Calamity Jane
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John Johnson
('Liver Eating'Johnson)(1824-1900)
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 Film
"Jeremiah Johnson":
Robert Redford |
David 'Davy' Crockett (1786-1836)
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Died at the Alamo 1836: Film:
John Wayne as Davy Crockett
 TV: Fess Parker as Davy Crockett  |
Geronimo
aka Goyahkla (1829-1909)
(Bedonkohe Apache) |
Chuck Conners as Geronimo
Wes Wes Studi (far right) as Geronimo
White Mountain Apaches today  |
Gregorio Cortez Lira
(1875-1916)
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Film: Edward James Olmos |
James
Butler 'Wild Bill ' Hickok (1837-1876)
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Film : Paul Newman
Film: Jeff Bridges
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Judge Roy Bean aka
Phantly Roy Bean, Jr.( 1825-1903)  West of the Pecos Courthouse  |
Film: Paul Newman |
James 'Jim' Bowie
(1796-1836)  |
Died at Alamo 1836; produced a long bladed
knife famous on the frontier made by Jim Black  Film:
Richard Widmark
TV: Scott Forbes |
Christopher
Houston 'Kit' Carson (1809-1868)
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Guided Fremont to CA and B. of San Pasqual
1846 Film: Fremont/ Dana Andrews; Carson/ Jon Hall  |
William
Alexander 'Bigfoot' Wallace (1817-1899)
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Texas Ranger 6'2" 240 lbs
"Lonesome Dove" Prequel: "Dead Man's Walk" with
Keith Carradine as Wallace |
Wyatt Earp |
Film: Henry Fonda
Kevin Costner |
| Fictitious Characters | Oral traditions: Tall Tales and Folk Songs |
Pecos Bill and
Slue-Foot Sue |
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| Joaquin Murietta (Bandit of the Goldfields) | Once thought to be a real character, but is in
fact fictional |
| Deadwood Dick |
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| Yosemite Sam |  |
| La Llorona: Omen of Death |
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| Sasquatch | NW monster also called "Bigfoot"  |
| Slide Rock Bolters | CO monster that eats tourists |
| Jackalope | Taxidermist creation |
| Wile E. Coyote |  |
| Zorro | TV show filmed at San Juan Capistrano and
San Luis Rey   |
| Chupacabra | Legendary cryptid orig. to Caribbean |
| Skinwalkers: Navajo,
Ute, Lakota, etc. (powerful sorcerers with human and animal attributes)  |
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SOURCES:
1) Schlosser, S.E.
2005 Spooky Southwest. Globe Pequot
2) Erdoes, R.
1991 Legends and Tales of the American West. Pantheon, New York.
3) Erdoes, R. and A. Ortiz
1984 American Indian Myths and Legends. Pantheon, New York.
| Western Singers/Singing Cowboys | Notes |
Ken Maynard (1895-1973) |
1st 'Singing Cowboy',
stuntman, actor (silent and talkies), singer.
trick rider in "Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show";
Song: "Cowboy's Lament" |
Gene Autry (1907-1998) |
Movies, TV; Owned a baseball team (Angels)
and established Western Heritage/ Autry Center,
Los Angeles CA
Song: "Tumblin Tumbleweeds" |
Roy Rogers aka Leonard Slye (1911-1998)
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Movies/TV; Museum moved from Victorville CA
to Branson. MO; Song: "Happy Trails" |
Woodward 'Tex' Ritter (1905-1974)
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TV movie themes such as "High Noon"
(son in
TV: John Ritter); Song "You Will Have To Pay" |
Patsy Montana aka Ruby
Blevins 1908-1996  |
1st female million dollar single; Song " I Want To Be a Cowboy's Sweetheart" |
Marty Robbins (1925-1982) |
singer, race car driver (NASCAR), actor; Song: "El Paso" |
Ian Tyson (1930- ) |
Ian and Sylvia duo
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(Alberta, Canada) Song: "Four Strong Winds" |
Frankie Lane (1913-2007)
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many film themes...original "Rawhide" song Song:"Mule
Train |
Rex Allen (1920-1990)
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'Arizona Cowboy' Singing Cowboy and actor Song: "Crying In The Chapel" |
Ray Price (1926-2013) |
Band called "Cherokee Cowboys"; Song: "Release Me" |
Glen Campbell (1936-
) |
singer, TV and film; Song: "Galveston" |
Roger Miller (1936-1992) |
Singer/songwriter, playwright; "Cherokee Cowboys" w/ Ray Price; Song: "King of the Road" |