Old West Myth Vs. Reality: Towns

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  • Old West Myth Vs. Reality: Towns
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  • @thud93factory51
    @thud93factory51 Před 11 měsíci +100

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

    • @ArizonaGhostriders
      @ArizonaGhostriders  Před 11 měsíci +25

      Oh yeah. That actually hasn't ever quit. It's just the budget. We have seen hundreds of low budget or independant films in the past 30 years that went straight to video.

    • @cadenceclearwater4340
      @cadenceclearwater4340 Před 11 měsíci +9

      That's because Westerns are cool 😎

    • @HowlingFang6258
      @HowlingFang6258 Před 11 měsíci

      There are signs that we're on the verge of a Western renaissance.

    • @RedneckForge
      @RedneckForge Před 11 měsíci +2

      Me to

    • @victorwaddell6530
      @victorwaddell6530 Před 11 měsíci

      @@ArizonaGhostriders I watched Bone Tomahawk a couple of years ago . I'd consider it a horror movie set in a Old West theme .

  • @jzen1455
    @jzen1455 Před 24 dny +2

    While watching a Family Feud compilation, one of the survey question was "what's your fantasy job if you lived in the old West" and it made me wonder if the "Wild West" as portrayed in the media (filled with gabling saloons full of violent drunken cowboys ready for a duel at any moment, among other clichés) was anything like the actual West in the 1800s. It prompted me to do a "myth of the wild west" Google search, and it's how I found this video.

    • @ArizonaGhostriders
      @ArizonaGhostriders  Před 24 dny +1

      Glad you found it. Thanks for watching!
      By the way, saloons were filled with cowboys, gamblers, soldiers, con men and the alcohol flowed. Just like today, violence brought on by too much testosterone and booze was very evident. There are dozens of newspaper clippings that show gun and knife violence in and around saloons in the Old West. So, those clichés are based on factual instances.

  • @NGMonocrom
    @NGMonocrom Před 11 měsíci +4

    "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." 🐪😁

  • @Brombear
    @Brombear Před 11 měsíci +26

    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!

  • @SquareTableDegenerates
    @SquareTableDegenerates Před 11 měsíci +12

    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.

    • @ArizonaGhostriders
      @ArizonaGhostriders  Před 11 měsíci +5

      Thanks. Yes, it can get hot down here for sure. Sort of the flip to folks who live up north. In the winter they stay indoors. In the summer, we do.

    • @bigbill2444
      @bigbill2444 Před 11 měsíci +2

      @@ArizonaGhostriders We do. Now.
      Back then, tho, air conditioning was only a fantasy.
      So, what did they do? They drank. A lot. And not just water.

  • @silverjohn6037
    @silverjohn6037 Před 11 měsíci +4

    You did see a few old movies where boom towns were depicted somewhat accurately with bars in tents and the main street looking like a freshly plowed field. Sometimes you'd even see people working on building a house or store in the background. But films had a lot tighter budgets and shooting schedules back in the day so we have to allow them certain shortcuts as they tell their story.
    Sort of like having wagons filled with "heavy crates" but being hauled by two horses instead of four or six, just because finding teams and drivers trained for that kind of rig would have cost too much time and money to organize.

  • @larry1824
    @larry1824 Před 11 měsíci +4

    Saloons were often cast off circus tents bar a plank spread across empty kegs. Bat Masterson told Damon Runyon there was often so much dung on the streets it looked like mud even during a drought.

    • @ArizonaGhostriders
      @ArizonaGhostriders  Před 11 měsíci

      Originally until they became prosperous and could get a real bar.

  • @elultimo102
    @elultimo102 Před 11 měsíci +3

    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.

    • @ArizonaGhostriders
      @ArizonaGhostriders  Před 11 měsíci

      In "Robin Hood and the 7 Hoods" he could!

    • @elultimo102
      @elultimo102 Před 11 měsíci +1

      @@ArizonaGhostriders I haven't seen that movie since my early teens. I have to look it up. Sammy was a master at showmanship gun-play.

  • @Mirokuofnite
    @Mirokuofnite Před 11 měsíci +3

    I guess because there are tropes that have been ingrained in our culture about how the town or setting should look.
    A dusty street.
    A desert setting
    Sun dried and cracked paint
    Rough looking people.
    But the true to life situation is more complex and nuanced. A boomtown might start off as a patch of tents, then evolve into some rough buildings made from rough lumber and scraps. Then if the money comes in or the town burns down a few times bricks and heavy iron doors.
    Hell, i would like to see a 'western' set in the Pacific North West in the 1800s or up in Alaska in Skagway or Dyea. A nice change of scenery.

    • @ArizonaGhostriders
      @ArizonaGhostriders  Před 11 měsíci +2

      Yes, that would be a different paint scheme and different building materials, likely.

  • @OpieDogie
    @OpieDogie Před 11 měsíci +11

    THANK YOU!!! So many times I’ve wondered why are all the old west towns in movies in ruins and run down. Ghost towns around that still exist are run down but they’re NOT MAINTAINED as they would have been back in the 1800’s/1900’s. Great work on this channel!!

  • @oregonoutback7779
    @oregonoutback7779 Před 11 měsíci +9

    I experienced first hand, the issues you discussed today, Santee. The second half of my growing up was spent in & around an old turn of the century mining town which was flourishing again due to a large manufacturing plant that had located there. Next door were a couple of less prosperous remnants that looked like they hadn't changed since the 1890's. They would have been good Hollywood locations for some sort of dystopian, Alien invasion movie :) Amazing how kids & teenagers gravitate to those places to hang out & get up to all sorts of mischief .......

  • @lancehackbart4984
    @lancehackbart4984 Před 11 měsíci +4

    Hey Santee. How about an episode on my hometown of Ogallala, NE? It was the end of one of three cattle drives from Texas to the Union Pacific Rail Road and was wilder than Dodge city and Abilene put together. Our Boot Hill extended far beyond what the city planners thought. In the mid '70's 16 skeletons were unearthed north of the Hill while a new housing development was being built. (Last bit was to pique your interest). Thanks, Harmagiddo.

  • @jerseyred9554
    @jerseyred9554 Před 11 měsíci +6

    Must have been a great experience working on that new film 🍺

  • @williamgaines9784
    @williamgaines9784 Před 11 měsíci +3

    Tom Sawyer having to whitewash the fence was a reality that nobody seems to recall. Such things would have occurred on other structures as well. Even today, putting some paint on is preferable to replacing the wood. Wood was at a premium and much harder to transport than paint.

  • @SmallCaliberArmsReview
    @SmallCaliberArmsReview Před 11 měsíci +3

    I was asked if I was going to make my Shooting Saloon look like it was 150 years old when I was building it. No, I want it to look brand new, and it was in the 1870s. I do have some old rusty tin on the porch roof, but the price was right! Very cool video Santee!

    • @ArizonaGhostriders
      @ArizonaGhostriders  Před 11 měsíci +1

      I think roofs are more forgivable seeing as they take the brunt of the weather.

  • @mrs.g.9816
    @mrs.g.9816 Před 11 měsíci +2

    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.

    • @ArizonaGhostriders
      @ArizonaGhostriders  Před 11 měsíci +1

      Yeah, I get it. Although, short haircuts were common then.

  • @squint04
    @squint04 Před 11 měsíci +8

    Great episode Santee! Wow, that's a long "walk down" between the Paramount lot and Old Tucson!! The crews of Bonanza and the High Chaparral must have been in each others way while filming, that's a small area! Gotta love the paper mache mountain in "Virginia City" Word is that birds had to be chased off of it during filming at times!

  • @northrider8628
    @northrider8628 Před 11 měsíci +5

    Thanks for the movie/series list. I have been waiting for the season 2 Bill the kid 🤠

  • @FloatingSpaceKitten
    @FloatingSpaceKitten Před 11 měsíci +2

    I always love the dinosaur hanging around, he just wants to be a cowboy

  • @fireorb2
    @fireorb2 Před 11 měsíci +1

    Separating Hollywood from history is going to be hard be hard, but I love the informative nature of your vids. Always good to learn the myths from reality.

  • @RodCornholio
    @RodCornholio Před 11 měsíci +3

    Strongly agree. The myth/movies were great to draw us into studying the reality. I appreciate both.

  • @terryschiller2625
    @terryschiller2625 Před 11 měsíci +2

    Great news Santee lots of westerns coming in 2023! Yaahoooo 🤠

  • @jasonattenborough4026
    @jasonattenborough4026 Před 11 měsíci +4

    Another excellent video, Santee! Old town myths are a good topic. My ancestor wrote what towns were like, generally clean, presentable, and welcoming. White wash was used a lot. Towns needed to grow post Civil War to advertise to new people who wanted to live there or even tourists who wanted to experience what it was like. My ancestor had to answer every question asked of him, with strict manners and respect. Towns were described as having a day life and nightlife, pre-dawn life with the cleaning. Anyways, excellent video, Santee!

  • @alwynjones422
    @alwynjones422 Před 11 měsíci +7

    Hey, Santee ! Another great vid, I've always wondered about the fact in movies there would quite often be new buildings under construction alongside old run down places but rarely a nice, clean, well kept area which there surely would be? Or is it a case of the "Action " only happens on the rough side of town? Greetings from sunny WALES!🤠

    • @ArizonaGhostriders
      @ArizonaGhostriders  Před 11 měsíci +2

      Movies do sometimes get it right in that department. Seems moreso nowadays.

  • @jeff9104
    @jeff9104 Před 11 měsíci +5

    Great stuff Santee, thanks for sharing that overhead picture of the Bonanza set, haven't seen that perspective of the studio lot before...seemed bigger on TV !🌵🌵

  • @user-sn3qz9pp7g
    @user-sn3qz9pp7g Před 11 měsíci +4

    Santee I personally think he is the best Wild West channel, like uploading a video once a week! its funny! it has good Info and is just interesting to watch

  • @indigowolf556
    @indigowolf556 Před 11 měsíci +5

    I was usually so engrossed in what was happening in the movie , I just kind of thought old western towns were old the Hollywood way. But thank you for clearing that up this was a great video thank you so much 🤠

  • @Idahoguy10157
    @Idahoguy10157 Před 11 měsíci +2

    Entertainment is the highest priority in cinema. Because it pays the bills. Videos like these are why we get to know the reality! Bless you

  • @joyswenson7941
    @joyswenson7941 Před 11 měsíci +4

    Interesting topic! That brings up the question- what did town people do with trash? I had always thought they didn’t have much and either repurposed it or just burned it, but you mentioned a town dump. Could you do a video on trash disposal in old west towns?
    Thanks for all your hard work and great content!

    • @JeffDeWitt
      @JeffDeWitt Před 11 měsíci +2

      "Town Dumps in the Old West", good suggestion for something to dig into. 😁

    • @elultimo102
      @elultimo102 Před 11 měsíci +1

      @@JeffDeWitt ---The archeologists find a lot of relics in the old "Ky-bawl"------the outhouses.

    • @JeffDeWitt
      @JeffDeWitt Před 11 měsíci +1

      @@elultimo102 Yep... wonder how those Sears catalog pages hold up after being... used and left for a century? (probably not well!)

    • @ArizonaGhostriders
      @ArizonaGhostriders  Před 11 měsíci +4

      I did an episode recently on "cleaning the streets"

  • @jeremyp2295
    @jeremyp2295 Před 11 měsíci +2

    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

  • @TUCOtheratt
    @TUCOtheratt Před 11 měsíci +2

    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.

    • @ArizonaGhostriders
      @ArizonaGhostriders  Před 11 měsíci

      It's something I think is really interesting! Yeah, I want a town in my backyard, too!

  • @robertjensen1438
    @robertjensen1438 Před 11 měsíci +2

    Back in the 1800's, cowboys hung lanterns from their saddles at night.
    It's the first example of Saddle Light Navigation.

  • @bigblue6917
    @bigblue6917 Před 11 měsíci +3

    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.

  • @robertbuckey6517
    @robertbuckey6517 Před 11 měsíci +2

    Very cool! I figured the haybales were just put out for the horses that were tied up.

  • @ralphperez4862
    @ralphperez4862 Před 11 měsíci +2

    Thanks for the clarification. I've always thought the same thing. I think the run down look seemed out of place for the period. Now adays, it would be right. It's cool. I love the illusion. As the band Styx sings, "Welcome to the Grand Illusion!" Playing in a band, I can tell you that it is an illusion. Ha. We all live for it for sure. Thanks Santee. I love these episodes.

  • @chubbethsthunder
    @chubbethsthunder Před 11 měsíci +3

    Santee, Thank you very much for another great Old West history. Have a beautiful and blessed weekend.

  • @kirkmorrison6131
    @kirkmorrison6131 Před 11 měsíci +2

    Great Episode, I always thought that unless it was a tent city, that the towns were well maintained. It is just human nature to take pride in your home or business.
    I once helped a friend restore a Victorian Painted Lady, sanding carefully we found several colors were used including purple in the original paint.
    I didn't see why houses out West would not be done similar, They might be less fancy in color scheme, due to the cost of ordering the paint but they would have taken the same pride, in the their buildings.

    • @ArizonaGhostriders
      @ArizonaGhostriders  Před 11 měsíci +2

      Yes, pride in your establishment or home was definitely a thing.

    • @kirkmorrison6131
      @kirkmorrison6131 Před 11 měsíci

      @@ArizonaGhostriders Yes, and thank, you for your reply

  • @TimKoehn44
    @TimKoehn44 Před 11 měsíci +2

    Great episode Santee! I like it better when Hollywood presents the old west authentically. Have a great weekend!

  • @Mr.Sabata
    @Mr.Sabata Před 11 měsíci +6

    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 😅

    • @ArizonaGhostriders
      @ArizonaGhostriders  Před 11 měsíci +4

      Similarly, I am pretty sick of people saying "I'm your huckleberry" to me when I'm in wardrobe.

  • @Dsdcain
    @Dsdcain Před 11 měsíci +3

    Another great start to my Saturday Santee, thanks.
    Be safe out there, and take it easy man.

  • @distlledbrewedreviewed
    @distlledbrewedreviewed Před 11 měsíci +2

    I'm looking forward to these westerns coming out my friend. Great video.

  • @rhondaz356
    @rhondaz356 Před 11 měsíci +7

    This was so interesting, attention grabbing, and informative from beginning to end, Santee, AS ALWAYS... I had no idea there were that many Western - themed movies and/or shows due to come out! 🎉👏🤠☀️👏

    • @_Shootist_
      @_Shootist_ Před 11 měsíci +3

      I am amazed at the number of western movies due for release myself. Either I don't pay enough attention enough or I've been living under a rock. I was thinking there might be 1 or 2, possibly 3 within... 5 or 10 years? Hopefully some of these show promise. I know I've mentioned it before, but since the success of the True Grit remake, The number of western films has gone up. Odds are though most were to ride the coat tails of the remake of True Grit and the quality of those... vary.

    • @rhondaz356
      @rhondaz356 Před 11 měsíci +2

      @@_Shootist_ I totally agree. I think that many of us were unaware...🤠🌞

    • @ArizonaGhostriders
      @ArizonaGhostriders  Před 11 měsíci +2

      Thanks!

  • @jjsadventures
    @jjsadventures Před 11 měsíci +2

    I love the old western towns. Thanks Santee for another great video!

    • @ArizonaGhostriders
      @ArizonaGhostriders  Před 11 měsíci +1

      Glad you like them! We are so lucky to have some of them still.

  • @scenicdriveways6708
    @scenicdriveways6708 Před 11 měsíci +2

    Great video Santee,
    You raised some points I had never given much thought to.
    JT

  • @KidYuma1880
    @KidYuma1880 Před 11 měsíci +2

    So true ruffian Santee,again great video. I like authenticity best we can for movies. There are actual pics out there just for props poor towns or well established towns like you showed.

  • @martincolvill5453
    @martincolvill5453 Před 22 dny +1

    "Cowboy Ninja Viking "? Oh boy.

  • @frankgrainger3610
    @frankgrainger3610 Před 11 měsíci +2

    Excellent video, as usual. I was greatly encouraged by that list atvthe end of the video of upcoming western projects!

  • @ericruss4189
    @ericruss4189 Před 11 měsíci +2

    Thanks for the information, Santee. Can you do an episode about Rio Lobo? I believe it was filmed at Old Tucson. One of my favorite movies. Got me interested in CW.

  • @kevincollier4147
    @kevincollier4147 Před 11 měsíci +1

    Thanks for your ideas on the towns and their appearances.

  • @sbcinema
    @sbcinema Před 11 měsíci +2

    I've noticed that the towns in many of the European westerns look far newer than the onis in American movies

  • @AlphaTraveler1
    @AlphaTraveler1 Před 11 měsíci +2

    You videos are always so awesome to me. I love seeing them because I get to learn stuff I have never heard of. HAHAHA. HAve a great weekend Santee. 👍👍👍

  • @Tipi_Dan
    @Tipi_Dan Před 11 měsíci +2

    The Old West was new. I liked Gene Hackman's town in The Unforgiven.

  • @bladerunner752
    @bladerunner752 Před 11 měsíci +2

    Have you ever watched the channel below the plains. The man Tom Askjem digs up very old privy pits that would have been at properties 100 plus years ago. He finds tons of old medicine bottles and whisky and beer bottles from 1870s to 1910. Just interesting and of course these privys were behind the buildings for obvious reasons. Love all your videos been subscribed for a long time. Cheers from Surprise Arizona 🍻🌵😎👍

  • @snappers_antique_firearms
    @snappers_antique_firearms Před 11 měsíci +1

    I am jealous of your job Santee. it looks so much fun

  • @brianfow4666
    @brianfow4666 Před 11 měsíci +1

    I enjoy seeing old Tucson in your videos now that you work there

  • @wadejustanamerican1201
    @wadejustanamerican1201 Před 11 měsíci +1

    Good morning and thanks for the extra Bill screen time. Stay cool and have a great weekend.

  • @mannymagnus5559
    @mannymagnus5559 Před 11 měsíci +2

    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

    • @ArizonaGhostriders
      @ArizonaGhostriders  Před 11 měsíci +2

      Yeah, ducking and dodging was practiced. Some other modern moves are for show.

    • @mannymagnus5559
      @mannymagnus5559 Před 11 měsíci +2

      @@ArizonaGhostriders yeah some techniches look similar to karate judo and boxing and I've seen Indian fighting styles in the fess Parker movies and also in shalako and I've even seen fighting moves kinda unique to Westerns and there even done in silent films before any Americans knew of much martial arts atol

  • @eldorados_lost_searcher
    @eldorados_lost_searcher Před 11 měsíci +1

    Four fifty one? Are ya tryin' to tell us something, Santee?
    I mean, those hay bales are a bit of a fire hazard.

  • @Pen-sq7bj
    @Pen-sq7bj Před 2 měsíci

    This is the most happy older youtuber i have seen to DATE

  • @marcosaraiva9205
    @marcosaraiva9205 Před 11 měsíci +2

    I certainly will enjoy more westerns this year and next 😂

  • @danielballinger4135
    @danielballinger4135 Před 11 měsíci +1

    Thank you for another great video..I am saving for a vacation in Tucson..cant wait to visit Tucson movie studios...thanks again!

  • @joemortimer1763
    @joemortimer1763 Před 11 měsíci +2

    Love the content of this episode. I ask folks don't you replace something worn out or broken in your home? So did they back then. I also run into this alot when folks ask me why my reproduction materials look new like dip pens, paper, inkwells, etc., when I am writing.

    • @ArizonaGhostriders
      @ArizonaGhostriders  Před 11 měsíci +2

      And you say, "Well, the mercantile was all out of stained paper and faded ink. So I had to buy new."

    • @joemortimer1763
      @joemortimer1763 Před 11 měsíci +1

      @@ArizonaGhostriders 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

  • @victorwaddell6530
    @victorwaddell6530 Před 11 měsíci +1

    Thanks again Santee & Co.

  • @nilo70
    @nilo70 Před 11 měsíci +1

    Thank you again Santee , for Keeping The Old West Alive and entertaining the Heck out of me !

  • @OgamiItto70
    @OgamiItto70 Před 11 měsíci +2

    In Hollywood, looks usually come before everything else. Little wonder there are numerous anachronisms in almost all "historical" movies. Which I think is rather a shame. Stories that have survived from the Old West era would be perfectly fascinating and riveting without a bunch of inaccurate set dressing or changes to characters or events.

    • @ArizonaGhostriders
      @ArizonaGhostriders  Před 11 měsíci +1

      Yep, but entertainment is their top priority, as it should be for Hollywood.

  • @jackkrag
    @jackkrag Před 3 měsíci +1

    thank you sir. i feel the same way. i was a boot maker for many years. when ppl wanted "old" west for cowboy shooting i had to " sell" authentic .... But i understand... k

  • @dennishein2812
    @dennishein2812 Před 11 měsíci +2

    It would probably help if you guys would turn the A/C on more often. Gets to hot and burns the crappy paint they had.

  • @thomaslietzau2813
    @thomaslietzau2813 Před 11 měsíci +1

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

  • @MichaelKinnecom
    @MichaelKinnecom Před měsícem +1

    Wow! Great episode! Thank you. 😊

  • @dinopharis2876
    @dinopharis2876 Před 6 měsíci +1

    I was wondering if it was common to have actual houses built in a town you never see any in western movies they're always on the outskirts and people are usually living in the hotels.

    • @ArizonaGhostriders
      @ArizonaGhostriders  Před 6 měsíci +1

      Yep. You see them in movies frequently. Support Your Local Sheriff, Tombstone, Appaloosa (just to name a few).

  • @user-lb5og2vh3i
    @user-lb5og2vh3i Před měsícem +1

    Someday, I would like to visit the Old West town in the states

  • @peterott-tn6pf
    @peterott-tn6pf Před 11 měsíci +3

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

  • @mherod51
    @mherod51 Před 11 měsíci +1

    It is that Hollywood paradox of presenting an old west setting in a rustic manner to convey the perceived difference compared to a current time; don't want a gun looking 150yrs old in a 150yr old setting. Virginia City had to have some wear, but couldn't look like a worn out border town.

  • @kenkahre9262
    @kenkahre9262 Před 11 měsíci +1

    Even that adobe wall that you were standing front of is a Hollywood cliché. If the bricks are visible, it means the adobe has fallen off and needs repair. It was never meant to be a stylish effect.

    • @ArizonaGhostriders
      @ArizonaGhostriders  Před 11 měsíci

      Correct! A look in about every Mexican restaurant in America!

  • @justinweaver8107
    @justinweaver8107 Před 11 měsíci +1

    I notice this now that u metion it about the towns on movies

  • @johndamato5912
    @johndamato5912 Před 11 měsíci +3

    Hey Santee, how does one become an extra on one of those western movie shot down in Tucson? Keep up the great work.

  • @FishTheJim
    @FishTheJim Před 11 měsíci +1

    I am doing my Cowgboy Happy Dance.

  • @lawrencelewis2592
    @lawrencelewis2592 Před 10 měsíci +1

    Here is a question- were there traffic laws in towns in the West? Did people drive their horses and wagons on the right or left side of the road and was it customary or enforced? What about road intersections? Speed limits? I know that the ancient Romans had roads with chariot ruts to keep the traffic moving and the space between the ruts became standard gauge ( 4 foot, 8 1/2 inches) on the rais but what about roads?

    • @ArizonaGhostriders
      @ArizonaGhostriders  Před 10 měsíci

      That would be a good video idea. Thanks!

    • @lawrencelewis2592
      @lawrencelewis2592 Před 10 měsíci

      @@ArizonaGhostriders You are welcome- In many movies I have seen where there is heavy traffic on the streets of towns, I think there must have been some kind of laws about it. Otherwise, chaos.

  • @joshuabarnett3639
    @joshuabarnett3639 Před 11 měsíci +3

    I love your video santee

  • @mannymagnus5559
    @mannymagnus5559 Před 11 měsíci +2

    I hope there's new westerns with a 50s and 60s feel to em

    • @ArizonaGhostriders
      @ArizonaGhostriders  Před 11 měsíci +1

      Maybe

    • @mannymagnus5559
      @mannymagnus5559 Před 11 měsíci +1

      @@ArizonaGhostriders yeah I also love 80s and 90s westerns but almost every western film carried that style to em since

  • @pughoneycutt1986
    @pughoneycutt1986 Před 11 měsíci +1

    The thing that always got me was all the horses tied to hitching rails up and down the street but not a single pile of horse manure on the whole street. If you have been around horses you know that is horseshit!PUN INTENDED

  • @joseyjenkins6049
    @joseyjenkins6049 Před 9 měsíci

    You've never seen the innercity meet the hood meet the suburbs. It so often changes across a single street. Literally.

    • @ArizonaGhostriders
      @ArizonaGhostriders  Před 9 měsíci

      Uhhh....I lived in Brooklyn which is all that. So, yes I have.

  • @bengraven
    @bengraven Před 11 měsíci +1

    Ooooh I’ve been wanting something like this!!!

  • @williammitchell4417
    @williammitchell4417 Před 11 měsíci +1

    What was so sad was that Old Tuscon was burned in a fire

    • @ArizonaGhostriders
      @ArizonaGhostriders  Před 11 měsíci +2

      Only a part of it. Most every famous town in the west had a fire at some point.

    • @williammitchell4417
      @williammitchell4417 Před 11 měsíci

      @@ArizonaGhostriders the Irony being, I was literally there with my then wife and her parents on vacation, then when we came home, my ex mother-inlaw sent us a copy of the Arizona republic clip describing the fire.

  • @stevescott8060
    @stevescott8060 Před 11 měsíci +1

    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.

  • @TOFKAS01
    @TOFKAS01 Před 11 měsíci +1

    3:49 The Wild Bunch in development?..They really have to remake everything today....

  • @HalfBlindTravel
    @HalfBlindTravel Před 5 měsíci +1

    Great video! I subscribed. :)

  • @jessemillington5988
    @jessemillington5988 Před 11 měsíci

    At 3:06 can we get an explanation on the creepy dolls buddy has for sale on the middle left of the picture...great job!

  • @ArtfullyGifted
    @ArtfullyGifted Před 9 měsíci +1

    I'm building an old west town in the Sims and I'm making it look new instead of run down.

  • @Grizzlybike
    @Grizzlybike Před 11 měsíci

    Loved it!

  • @Toastychocolatechip
    @Toastychocolatechip Před 11 měsíci +1

    You should do a video on how correct gunsmoke is

  • @trynsurviven2440
    @trynsurviven2440 Před 11 měsíci +1

    I have noticed these things in some movies but heck what could I possibly do about it but let it go and enjoy the movie. I hope to see a few of them there western talkies you speak of pretty darn soon Santee.

  • @DK-gy7ll
    @DK-gy7ll Před 11 měsíci +1

    Funny how everything Western has to look old. It reminds me of the "aged" finish that's available on some repro Single-Actions. A gunfighter picking up a brand-new Colt SAA in 1879 would've had one that looked basically identical to one you can buy today... not one all covered in patina.

    • @ArizonaGhostriders
      @ArizonaGhostriders  Před 11 měsíci

      I like the patina, but you're right. A gun that is less than 15 years old shouldn't look 80 years old!

  • @McGruph
    @McGruph Před 11 měsíci +1

    Myth Vs. Reality: The size of that 🪳 roach on the wall next to your right arm as you drink from the tin cup‼️‼️

    • @ArizonaGhostriders
      @ArizonaGhostriders  Před 11 měsíci +1

      I think it's a June bug because we have a few of them monsters jumping around. Old Tucson has a bunch of animals that keep roaches away.

    • @ritashuff7136
      @ritashuff7136 Před 11 měsíci

      🤣

  • @jd3497
    @jd3497 Před 11 měsíci +2

    Obligatory wood hand truck and wooden nail keg outside the hardware store as well.
    As I've personally observed, set decorating is being done by too many clueless twenty somethings.

  • @ludecom-cz1wz
    @ludecom-cz1wz Před 11 měsíci +1

    That was groovy in a far out happening kind of way.

  • @alexdenton1073
    @alexdenton1073 Před 11 měsíci

    Thank u

  • @SolaceForTheSoul123
    @SolaceForTheSoul123 Před 11 měsíci +1

    Love this channel! How did ppl feed their horses in the 1800s? No hay or grain fields in AZ and not much grass.

    • @gravemarker
      @gravemarker Před 11 měsíci

      You have to remember that the cattle drives were from Texas to Kansas, not Arizona.

    • @ArizonaGhostriders
      @ArizonaGhostriders  Před 11 měsíci

      We have grasslands here which have a lot of grass for the cattle empires. Also a lot of abundant plant growth all over the state in the 19th century. Gramma and Mesquite grasses were common.

    • @ArizonaGhostriders
      @ArizonaGhostriders  Před 11 měsíci +1

      Well, Cattle were driven from ranches to bigger towns so they could be shipped out, so there were drives in Arizona. in 1890 Walter Vail drove his cattle from Arizona to California and proved it was cheaper than to do it by rail.

  • @fordenginebuildersv8power184
    @fordenginebuildersv8power184 Před 11 měsíci +1

    Very awesome!

  • @roblowe9283
    @roblowe9283 Před 3 měsíci

    Such a Great Show !!!!!