Autry Museum Of The American West - TV Western Props / Historical Outlaw Artifacts & MORE
A visit to the Autry Museum of the American West in Griffith Park Los Angeles . Was really interesting to walk thru all the television and movie artifacts as well as history of cowboys . Well worth the visit .
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today's adventure brings us to Griffith
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Park in Los Angeles California to the
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Autry Museum of the American West
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welcome everyone atom zoo whoo here for
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some time now this has been on my list
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of things to do but it took me till now
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to arrive and check it out but I'm
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excited we're gonna see some exhibits
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learn some history possibly even
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experience some artifacts and just enjoy
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the day I'm inviting you to join me
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shall we saddle up partner because we're
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going in there ours are as follows open
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every day at 10:00 a.m. except Monday
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when they're closed normally closed at
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4:00 on the weekdays and 5:00 p.m. on
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the weekends there will be no gold
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panning today it's closed due to high
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temperatures take a look at the size of
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this it's probably about 10 to 12 feet
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tall there's not just one but two in
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another wood carving here of Jesus on
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the cross there's a lot of interesting
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things inside here the stuff I am most
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fascinated about is going to be down
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this direction this painting is called
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matinee cowboy done by a gentleman never
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the name of Fritz Scholder
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if you enjoy old movie and TV westerns
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that this is where you want to be
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artifacts galore
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from yesteryear some of our favorite
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cowboy heroes according to this the
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saddle was used by the one and only
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Buffalo Bill Cody how cool is that you
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can see a little carving in the letter
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there spelling out his last name one of
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the biggest stars of the silent western
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era was Tom Mix
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1917 or around then he could be seen
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wearing this exact hat and these are
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some of the props used and some of those
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old serials this carved leather
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portfolio was created in 1940 after he
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passed away in an automobile accident
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and you can look at the names and
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scribed on their 1940s that was way
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before my time Tim McCoy and Ken Maynard
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and under their corresponding posters
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are some items a hat boots and a saddle
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used by both of these guys the Charles
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started best known as the Durango kid
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there is one of his weapons and really
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interesting down here there is a notepad
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that has his name branded in the side of
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it something called a dime novel and
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look at this trapper he's fighting a
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dragon America's favorite singing cowboy
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that is quite the outfit very
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very stylish known for singing here
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comes Santa Claus and Rudolph the
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red-nosed reindeer and this toy you
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could go home with this you could go
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home with a gun even the horse is
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getting in the spirit the bridle awesome
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take a look let's zoom in even the
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horse's bridle is made up of one guitar
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of Monte Hale and I'm noticing over here
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in the corner is yet another one of
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these books that have the have the
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carvings oh look at that that is very
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very detailed in a world of flat-screen
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TVs and very large huge HD projectors
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it's hard to imagine watching something
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on a television this tiny look at the
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old TV guides sitting atop it who can
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forget Roy Rogers and Dale Evans and
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there's the clothing that they wore in
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one of many different episodes and films
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even their boots right down here on
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either side along the top of the
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displays is a film reel that stretches
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all along this exhibit it just goes
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completely around
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pretty cool looking Satan's cradle the
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Cisco Kid and Annie Get Your Gun I was
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not familiar with this one George
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Hamilton played Zorro the gay blade and
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in Thelma & Louise they have they have a
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few props from that film as well big
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Sabol reportedly took 14 years to
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complete and weighs approximately 70
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pounds
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imagine the horse that had to carry it I
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think that answers my question it's
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quite the noble steed it's very
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impressive I must say Rex Allen known as
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the Hawaiian cowboy definitely knew how
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to accessorize you don't see too many
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guitars that are that detailed in this
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day and age something also very
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interesting down here you can see
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obviously they did not use real bullets
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they use these flash powder blanks
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Walker Texas Ranger Chuck Norris there
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in the middle that's his outfit and
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James Arness marshal Dillon from
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Gunsmoke man that is so awesome
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during some public appearances Clayton
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Moore The Lone Ranger would put on this
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outfit that very one behind this glass
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case Bonanza was also a very big hit
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following the lives of the Cartwright
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family inscribed on this legal pad is
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the original pilot handwritten right
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there even show some of horses and Ben's
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lines
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that's two-sided you can faintly see the
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writing on the other side of the paper
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kind of protruding through a Best of the
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West collection the ultimate children's
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room I have to say living in this era I
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would be quite jealous if any of my
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friends had a setup where they slept
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like this sweet Davy Crockett blankets
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and Oh Kate shows an intruder
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he's got the holster next to his bad
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this is a holdup
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I've come for your Lone Ranger record
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player while are you sleep partner Davy
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Crockett lariats to create a lasso a
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Hopalong Cassidy chair and radio to
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listen to some cowboy tunes even the
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King of Pop got in the spirit all of
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this stuff was created for Michael
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Jackson this belt can be seen in a lot
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of the beaded promotional material his
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signature on sites inscribed on that
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little painting there and here's here's
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his silver shoes in 2002 the last time
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he ever wore the one glove for a photo
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op and there is the glove right there on
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display
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remember the John Wayne film Rooster
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Cogburn where he wore an eye patch that
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might refresh your memory well there is
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the eye patch
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the child behind me is not in growth
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Clint Eastwood from Pale Rider on the
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right and Unforgiven on the left this is
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what happens to assassins around here
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one of my personal favorites three
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amigos this hat was worn by Chevy Chase
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and they have all three of their
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holsters even little Nettie needle
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endures I love all this old
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paraphernalia but the size of this
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wooden horse it's really hard to compare
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it is teeny-tiny I mean look at the
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handkerchief that's on top of it it just
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shows they really need to be about the
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size of that kid that just ran by in
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order to ride that stallion gonna head
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down to the bottom level now from the
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second floor and the mural down here
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along the wall is very expansive as it
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stretches and shows the history of the
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Old West to gain entry it costs $14 and
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after you pay that you get one of these
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little stickers just as you wander
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around so the employees know that you
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didn't race but you didn't try to sneak
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in the gang's all here pretty much
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everyone is represented down here on
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this painting I'll do a very slope and
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walk around and see if you recognize a
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few of all of or maybe just one or two
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of those pictured
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along this very tall mural spirits of
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the West and they take it a step further
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and you have a little photo op you can
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basically pretend you're in Monument
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Valley just like in those old John Ford
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films sure is dry out here in the desert
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getting a little parched those desert
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winds are kicking up we're no longer
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dealing with entertainment we have
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stepped into the world of real life no
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television radio or movie artifacts Wild
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Bill Hickok was murdered in 1870 while
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playing cards legend has it he fell
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holding two black eights and a pair of
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black aces the dead man's and it might
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be very difficult to see but on the
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backstrap of this god is his name James
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Butler Hickok Wow
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it's pretty amazing
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Wild West shows were very popular and
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none more popular than sharpshooter
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Annie Oakley showing that video and here
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are some of her tools of the trade and
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the lights making like a really crazy
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effect federal marshals outfit in 1880
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would have resembled something like that
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and if you wanted to be a sheriff this
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was your manual you have to read and
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memorize and learn everything in that
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book inside this jail cell
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wears a belong are some of the members
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of the infamous Dalton Gang in 1892
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Emmet Dalton wore this Colt revolver and
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rode into Coffeyville Kansas with his
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brothers the townspeople did not take
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kindly to them attempting to rob the
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bank the story of Billy the Kid and Pat
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Garrett's after Billy escaped from
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prison it was killed by sheriff Garrett
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there is Billy the kid's rifle and down
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here are some of sheriff Garrett's
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artifacts his name also carved into the
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barrel of this weapon Dodge City piece
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commissioned circa 1883 something you
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would have seen Wyatt Earp utilize the
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rampant cult showed up quite a bit you
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can see they have provided a magnifying
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glass and you can see the cult you just
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zoom in a little bit more you could see
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the cult teeny tiny but magnified by the
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glass right there on the side of course
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the classic piano and bar area and over
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on the opposite side of the room is the
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gambling facilities the roulette table
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the poker section
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an assortment of other things like this
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game that has a metal frog on top of it
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I guess you toss something in the frogs
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mouth or down in those holes perhaps
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kind of wandering through the recreated
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town that they have placed in this
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section you can see some of the types of
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businesses that you would have seen even
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even a church building right there now I
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am familiar with the old McGuffey
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readers that they use for education in
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school but here's another one similar
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called Greenleaf's
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common school arithmetic I've always
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been fascinated with this era of time
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they've been amazing to board a
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stagecoach I mean you could do it now at
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like scene parks and attractions but if
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that was really the only way to travel
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no airplanes no taxis new burs just the
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stagecoach of course trains and horses
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also an option you get the idea
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or if you're feeling daring you could
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have wrote a buffalo but even back then
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I'm pretty sure that was probably found
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the pront this guy's waiting on the
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train to arrive the Iron Horse as they
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called it check this out this ran along
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the side of the rails he'd sit on that
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little contraption which was on one part
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of the railroad track and then the other
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part the other wheel was on the separate
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side and you just careened down the open
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rails stepped outside now to an area not
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accessible from the front a garden area
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that's very beautiful you can hear the
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waterfall
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off in the distance and there's a
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seating area with this decorative
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photographed backdrop and some rocks
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here get a closer peek here at the
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waterfall itself
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it's nice back here and one would not
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know this section even existed if you
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didn't go through the museum first
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smells very fresh out here the aroma of
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the shrubs and plants in the garden area
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smell nice to name a few test them on
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planted in this section and over here
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wooly blue curls something called
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manzanita and wormwood now I definitely
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do not have a green thumb but I can
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appreciate wonderful fragrances beauty
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and ambiance
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back inside now some artwork by Rick
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Bartow a lot of wooden carvings that he
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has done this is an example of some of
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his work birds are definitely a theme
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that he sticks to his head is being
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escorted off by some sort of a hawk my
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interpretation of this art piece you
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pull away the layers the face layers are
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being pulled away signifying that
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underneath we all are clowns and above
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our heads
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there's always okay I give up
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manzanita wood makes up the torso and
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head and neck of this horse how very
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creative I could never do this I can
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never take pieces of a tree the limbs of
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a tree and create something this
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realistic why would just be a big
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goulash of sticks stay cool out here
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those Southern California Rays can pack
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quite a punch that's gonna do it for
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today from the pond tree Museum of the
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Old West
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here in Griffith Park Los Angeles
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California I must say I am disappointed
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that it took me this long to check this
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