Past Weeks on the Weekly Edition Radio Show

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May 6-12, 2013

Dakota starts this week's show with a conversation
with Ben Ross and Kris Simonian
about a western TV pilot on which they're working.

Click HERE to listen to the conversation about this exciting pilot.

Ben Ross and Kris Simonian
Kris Simonian and Ben Ross

Butch Cassidy
"Hole In The Wall"

Restoring stagecoaches and chuck wagons
is an art few people can do.
Dakota talks to restorer Terry Moore about the art.

Terry's Wagon Works

In the second half of the show Dakota talks to Bill O'Neal
about that wild cattle town, Caldwell Kansas.

Caldwell Kansas

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April 29-May 5, 2013

This week's show took place at the Wild West Performing Arts Society's International Championships.

Wild West Performing Arts Society

We begin with a conversation with Buffalo Soldiers who did a flag presentation each morning.

Commander Fred Marable, Buffalo Soldier
Commander Fred Marable,
Buffalo Soldier

Dakota talks to Adam Winrich, one of the top performers
about gun spinning, whip cracking, rope twirling and knife throwing.

Adam Winrich

To show the international flavor, Dakota talks to German participant Francesco Martini.

Francesco Martini

The show wraps up with a conversation with the head of the WWPAS,
Buck Montgomery, and the 2013 all around champion, Rider Kiesner.

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Buck Montgomery

Rider Kiesner

Our music this week is by Sons of the San Joaquin.

Sons of the San Joaquin

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April 22-28, 2013

Wyatt Earp's great grand nephew, also named Wyatt Earp, and Dakota talk about Wyatt Earp.

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Wyatt and Terry Earp

Wyatt Earp

Don Collier of the TV series High Chaparral tells us an Old West Arizona ghost tale.

Don Collier

In the second half of the show our regular, Bill O'Neal, and Dakota
talk about the development of America's frontier.

Bill O'Neal

Our music this week is by Juni Fisher.

Juni Fisher

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April 15-21, 2013

Dakota starts the show by talking to John Wayne Anderson about “the man” John Wayne.

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John Wayne

John Wayne Anderson
John Wayne Anderson

Lee Anderson and Dakota talk about the American frontier and what it was like to be a pioneer. They also talk about whether America still has that spirit.

Lee Anderson

pioneers

Dakota talks to Don and Angel Mayes about their project of putting together information about the cattle trails of old and sharing that information through their web site.

The Possible Shop

Our music this week is by Keith & Rusty McNeail.

Keith & Rusty McNeail

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April 8-14, 2013

Dakota talks to hat maker Kenny Bracher about the maker of the original cowboy hat, John B. Stetson.

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John B. Stetson

Kenny & Lou Lynn Bracher

In the conflict between Indians and the military, the Indians won some and the military won some. But, according to a conversation with Bill O’Neal, cowboys seldom won in Indian conflicts.

Indians

Ronnie Aycott and Joe Sullivan portray Red Rider and Hopalong Cassidy. Dakota talks to Ronnie and Joe about the men they portray.

Joe Sullivan as Hopalong Cassidy

Our music this week is by Tom Hyatt.

Tom Hyatt

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April 1-7, 2013

Dakota talks to Chris Enss about her book “Tales Behind The Tombstone.” It’s about the deaths of some of our more famous Old West characters.

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“Tales Behind The Tombstone”

Chris Enss with Dakota

In the second half of the show Dakota talks to Chuck Parsons about his favorite Texas Ranger…John Barclay Armstrong.

John Barclay Armstrong

Our music this week is by Andy Wilkinson.

Andy Wilkinson

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March 25-31, 2013

Wyatt Earp is one of the Old West’s most controversial characters. This week’s show takes a unique look at Wyatt.

Did Wyatt kill Johnny Ringo? Dakota and Steve Gatto check it out.

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Wyatt Earp

Johnny Ringo

During his life Wyatt was never shot. Have you ever wondered why? Massad Ayook has an answer.

In the second half of the show Dakota and Lee Silva take an overall look at Wyatt.

Our music this week is by Due West Trio and by Bill Barwick.

Due West Trio

Bill Barwick

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March 18-24, 2013

This week’s show is a continuation of last week’s show that was dedicated to America’s pioneers.

We start with a conversation with Bill O’Neal about the inventiveness of the pioneers.

pioneer woman collecting buffalo chips

Then Dakota continues the conversation with Jim MacGregor. This time they talk about what it was like once the pioneers arrived at their destination.

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pioneer family

Our music this week is by Kip Calahan and by Juni Fisher.

Kip Calahan

Juni Fisher

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March 11-17, 2013

This week’s show is dedicated to our pioneers. Dakota starts with a conversation with Chris Enss about frontier teachers.

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frontier schoolhouse

In the second half of the show Dakota talks to Jim MacGregor about pioneers going out west. Next week Jim and Dakota will be getting back together and talk about what it was like once the pioneers got to their destination.

pioneer family

Our music this week is by Jean Prescott and by Dave Stamey.

Jean Prescott

Dave Stamey

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March 4-10, 2013

This week’s show takes place at Old Tucson. It begins with a conversation with Joe Camarillo about Old Tucson. Then Dakota talked to Don Collier, one of the stars of the TV series High Chaparral that was filmed at Old Tucson.

Click HERE to listen to Don Collier talk about his TV series.

Don Collier

During the second half of the show Dakota talks to members of the Boothill Express, one of the re-enactor groups who were participating in a competition. The show is wrapped up with a reprisal of a conversation with Robert Shelton, one of the early owners of Old Tucson.

Robert Shelton and John Wayne
John Wayne and Robert Shelton

Our music this week is by Dan Roberts and by Jim Jones.

Dan Roberts

Jim Jones

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February 25-March 3, 2013

Unlike what the movies show, in the Old West, guns weren’t shot out of the bad guy’s hand or the bad guy wasn’t purposely shot in the shoulder. Dakota and Bill O’Neal tell it as it really was.

Click HERE to hear Bill O'Neal tell Dakota about how shootouts really were in the Old West.

Shooting

There was a special group of Indians who didn’t belong to any one tribe that were particularly voracious in battle. They were the Dog Soldiers. Dakota talks to Jeff Broome about these Indians.

Jim MacGregor

Our music this week is by Dave Stamey.

Dave Stamey

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February 18-24, 2013

During our visit to the High Noon Memorabilia Show Dakota talked to Bruce Bartlett about Old West spurs and Barry Friedman about trade blankets. The show starts with a conversation with these two men.

Click HERE to listen to the conversation with Bruce Bartlett about Old West spurs.

Spurs

Pendleton Mill Blankets

Unfortunately we’re experiencing a lot of senseless mass murders. In Dakota’s conversation with Jim MacGregor, we learn that they also took place in the Old West.

Jim MacGregor

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February 11-17, 2013

This week’s show is dedicated to historical people of the Southwest. Dakota starts with a conversation with Bob Alexander about his book Desert Desperadoes.

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Bob Alexander

Desert Desperadoes

In the second half of the show he gives a call to Phyllis de la Garza to talk to her about the women of Wyatt, Virgil and Morgan Earp and Doc Holliday.

The Earp Gamble

Big Nose Kate

Our music this week is by Michael Martin Murphey.

Michael Martin Murphey

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February 4-10, 2013

On this week’s show we have but one guest…Lee Anderson. With guns in the headlines and in the minds of politicians, Lee and Dakota talk about Old West cowboys and their relationship to guns.

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Lee Anderson
Lee Anderson

In the second half of the show we switch gears completely and talk about working with horses and Lee’s new book.

Developing the Art of Equine Communication by Lee Anderson

Our music this week is by Sons of the San Joaquin and we also have a poem by Waddie Mitchell.

Sons of the San Joaquin

Waddie Mitchell

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January 28-February 3, 2013

Dakota and regular, Bill O’Neal, talk about the Old West’s most prolific stagecoach robber, a mild mannered man by the name of Black Bart.

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Black Bart

One of the Old West’s most unique military experiments took place just prior to the Civil War. That was the possibility of replacing pack horses and mules with camels. Dakota talks to Jim MacGregor about this event.

camels

Our music this week is by Rod Taylor and by Bill Barwick.

Rod Taylor

Bill Barwick

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January 21-27, 2013

Today cowboys and rodeos go hand in hand. Dakota talks to Lance Valdespino about the origins and the early history of those rodeos.

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Early Rodeo

One of the Old West’s most intriguing characters is Doc Holliday. Dakota talks to Doc Holiday author, Gary Roberts, about that unique character.

Doc Holliday

Our music this week is by R.W. Hampton and Frank Fara.

R.W. Hampton

Frank Fara

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January 14-20, 2013

Dakota talks to Carmen Goldthwaite about Texas Dames. These aren’t the women who broke the law, but those who contributed to the greatness of Texas.

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Carmen Goldthwaite

One of the most interesting segments that Dakota has been involved in was a segment with Jim MacGregor about how the Civil War influenced the Wild Old West. This week we repeat that conversation.

Civil War photo

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January 7-13, 2013

Dakota and Tombstone historian Ben Traywick have another conversation about the Earps and Tombstone while the Earps were there. This time Ben looks at some of the misconceptions around the Earp’s time in Tombstone.

Ben Traywick

Click HERE to listen to Ben Traywick and Dakota talk about the Earps.

One of the wildest times during the settling of the western frontier was during the Oklahoma land rushes. Dakota talks to Justin Lenhart about that time.

Oklahoma Land Rush

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December 31, 2012 - January 6, 2013

While at the Monterey, CA Cowboy Festival we talked to the premier cowboy poet and cowboy singer…Waddie Mitchell and Dave Stamey.

Waddie Mitchell

Click HERE to listen to part one of Waddie Mitchell's conversation with Dakota.

Dave Stamey

We not only had the opportunity to get updated on their performing and writing, we were able to talk to them about something special they had written and have them perform it for us.

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December 24-30, 2012

Once again we talk to Bill O’Neal about one of the great ranches of the Old West. This time it’s the John Chisum ranch of New Mexico.

John Chisum

Dakota talks to Gregory Michno about a subject not often addressed; that’s the Anglo children captured by Indians during the Plain’s Wars.

Click HERE to listen to part one of Gregory Michno's conversation with Dakota.

A Fate Worse Than Death

Dakota relates the story of Gail Borden.

Gail Borden

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