Old West Myth Vs. Reality: Towns

Old West Myth Vs. Reality: Towns

Future King of Heaven by Zachariah Hickman

Artist: The 126ers
Title: Land of My Fathers
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[thudfactory]

I am glad that we are still getting western themed movies in this age.

[bigblue]

Thanks, Santee very enjoyable and informative, Something I learned a long time ago is that what you see on the screen, be it film of TV and what happened in reality was rarely the same.

[elultimo]

Old Bill's ghost is pretty handy at twirling his shootin' iron. But you should see the film of Sammy Davis (the singer) with two. He made it look easy, but IDK if he could hit the broadside of a barn.

[jeremyp]

Being from Oklahoma and with ties to ponca city it was cool to see it have a mention. Oklahoma has a very rich western history. If familiar with the area you can still see parts of the 101 ranch. Go a little further north and east you can get into the area where tom mix was a bar tender. Go south around Claremore you get will Rogers. Keep going south and you get gene autry. So much to see and do

[mrs.g.]

I knew since I was little that Hollywood doesn't often get the Old West quite right. For instance, the old TV show, "Wyatt Earp" showed Earp clean-shaven and with a modern, short hair cut. In fact, back in the 1950's-1960's, all the "good guys" were clean-shaven and with modern short hair cuts. I've been noticing lots of scenery were reused from TV show to TV show and from movie to movie. Monument Valley was re-used in different scenes in the 1930's John Wayne film, Stagecoach, no matter how far the characters were travelling.

[thomaslietzau]

GREAT JOB SANTEE ! YOU ALWAYS FIND SOMETHING FUN ! SO HAVE FUN GUY

[peterott-tnpf]

Awesome content Santee! You guys do great work in keeping the old west alive today, absolutely love it!!!

[martincolvill]

"Cowboy Ninja Viking "? Oh boy.

[mannymagnus]

Do you ever see how in many classic westerns cowboys are really good at fistfights/streetfights you figure there wouldn't be much martial arts in the old west but i see lots of blocking, dodging and kicking and punching and even knife and gun disarms

[stevescott]

I have come to realize that people who ask me about historical West stuff, only because I am from the S.W. Desert, that they prefer a combination of truth and myth. I am actually from Apache Junction and I cannot tell anyone that there is no Lost Dutchman Gold Mine, they just refuse to believe it. So being a for real Prospector, people want to hear the around the campfire stories. Embellishments with horrific untrue details. How bad is it finding Gold?. I only say there is no Lost mine because there really is one(closer to 100 lost mines).
So Yes, there really is a Lost Dutchman Gold Mine. Hope to see you all next season, bring your 4 wheel drive, that's called a Burro. And remember Water is worth more than Gold there.
Opulent wealth was expressed in the old towns. Chandeliers and things of rare value were imported. Contrary to popular belief Prospectors really like food and we tend to eat gourmet. Pit roasted honey pineapple glazed ham for sandwiches. With Cactus Cooler that runs about $18.00 a glass and is drank for it's health benefits. It makes you resistant.
I Love My Desert!.
Everyone else can just stay in town.

[joshuabessire]

You mean Back to the Future 3 may not be 100% accurate... Yet? Or not this time line? Or is but not yet resetted or... Oh I've made myself cross-eyed.

[MurrayPrice-ol]

What is your style hat called? I have one that’s pretty close to that and I like that style better than the so-called traditional cowboy hat.

[uhadme]

Reality is San Francisco 1852, from sea to shining sea amazing.
Nice wide 'Roman' roads, no wagon trails.
You can see cobblestone patterns under the dusty streets, for some reason people think perfectly level dirt roads are possible. 😆
With cable car rails in dirt... hilarious Bug Bunny science.

[JoshuaTraffanstedt]

Idk if you know this or not, but theres a ghost standing next to you, buddy.

[CowboyClintWolfe]

I just wish that people would stop coming up to me asking if I have seen Yellowstone.
I have nothing against the show, but ever since it came out, people either ask if I seen it or they call me John Dutton.
It's kinda funny but kinda annoying at the same time.
At least people are not saying" Save a Horse Ride a Cowboy" anymore 😅

[JimBailey]

Thank you Santee. Another great one. Here is an email bag for you if you have not all ready done this one: How about saloon girls for birth control and having children. Just curious on this subject. Thanks again Santee.

[Brombear]

Howdy Santee! Such a great topic! An interesting point was that in the opening narration of Tombstone, they implied the amount of prosperity there by "... the latest Paris fashions are sold from the backs of wagons." It also was quite fortuitous that the California gold rush had petered out and that Ed Schieffelin made a fortune there. When you add in the preserved cargo of the Steamship Arabia, the many (reproductions) of mail order catalogs, one can really start piecing together some of the reality of how the old west towns would have really been. (Just don't put Mr. Eastwood in charge of painting the town or it'll wind up red!) Thanks again for another wonderful start of the weekend!

[NGMonocrom]

"This one-horse town ain't big enough for the two of us.... Which is why I ride a camel. Bought it from the U.S. Cavalry as surplus." 🐪😁

[SquareTableDegenerates]

Right in the beginning you touched on how hot in was in Arizona in some of these towns, I thought about that when visting Tombstone and it was brutally hot. Like I wonder how the heck they stayed cool, especially when everyone was in long pants. Great editing and solid video brother, see you around. Never occurred to me that Tombstone was kinda new when the shootout happened.

[TUCOtheratt]

Santee, What a great subject!👍 I think the town is it's own character in every western movie. I have toyed with the idea of building a partial western town on my place to film YT videos. So far, the furthest I've got is a 1/4 scale saloon that I used effectively in forced perspective shots. When I designed the building I researched the quintessential western saloon (from cinema) and I was surprised how hard it was to come up with such a thing we all picture in our minds. There was so much variation. PS: I agree the argument over authenticity in old west cinema is overblown.