March 20..... A great recovery activity was the studios at Old Tucson. This is an old western town that has been used to make over 400 movies, TV shows, and commercials since 1939. John Wayne made four movies there, as well as every other Western actor you can think of. There were presentations and Wild West reenactments going on continuously from open to close. My favorite western, the Outlaw Josey Wales, with Clint Eastwood, was made there. The TV show, 'High Chapparell' was made there, as well as scenes from Bonanza, Gunsmoke, Little House on the Prairie, Death Valley Days, and, it seems, all the classics. I still didn't have my camera, but Pam took the pictures on her phone until the battery died....
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| This old train has been used in many westerns |
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| Sheriff introducing excerpts from "Heaven With A Gun" - a 1969 film shot at Old Tucson |
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| The confrontation.... |
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| and then the draw! |
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| The chapel |
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| "Crooked Creek Cemetery" that has been used in movies, sometimes as Boothill |
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| Old coffins by the cemetery |
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| In the Old Tucson cemetery |
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| In the Old Tucson cemetery |
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| The Grand Palace Saloon where the girls were singing and dancing! |
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| The sheriff taking us on the tour |
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| Downtown Old Tucson |
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| "Soiled Doves, sitting on the porch |
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| Old Mission at Old Tucson |
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| Demonstrating a fight |
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| Stuntman demonstration - falls off ladder into pit |
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| Some of the stuntmen in Old Tucson |
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| Chinese part of town |
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| Looking down the road in Old Tucson |
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This is Loop Rawlins, a trick rope, pistol spinnin and bullwhip crackin stuntman.
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Bullwhip trick
Two bullwhip demonstration
Lasso trick
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| Darn horse thief! |
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| The Justice of the Peace speaking in the Territorial Court of Old Tucson |
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| Bring on the dancing girls! |
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