An Old Photo of the Miles City Saddlery.
…..Then and Now Saddles, Horses, Cattle, and Rodeos, Are a Primary Mode of Life In Montana.


Miles City, MT. As was stated in previous photo
….”This Olive Hotel "Antique Room" was created especially for and because of the Miles City enthusiasm over the TWO TV Mini-Series "Lonesome Dove". AND “The Return To Lonesome Dove". These are both sometimes known as just "Lonesome Dove"., and thus confused. These are "Westerns" to beat all western movies, created a nationwide wide wave of "old west" enthusiasm. But for Miles City, this was more like "went wild with excitement". The ."Lonesome Dove". movie WAS Miles City history in action! They instantly loved it!! Miles City in the movie is the goal and the final leg of the 2000 mile cattle drive from Texas-Mexico-Rio Grand border. This made the movie all the more real.
….Miles City couldn't get enough of "Lonesome Dove". Private citizens, government agencies, and businesses alike all started to re-create their history and re-live the past! Among many other "Lonesome Dove" Events., there were, Rodeos, Parades, Restaurant Menus, A huge cattle drive, horses, cowboys, the whole works Etc.
….This town-wide rush of enthusiasm for a "pioneer wild-west" revival created this room. Substantial efforts to preserve and protect and honor their Old West Victorian have continued to this day.
A) Lonesome Dove Is An American Epic Western Adventure Television Miniseries… It Is A Four-Part Adaptation Of The 1985 Novel Of The Same Name By Larry McMurtry And Is The First Installment In The Lonesome Dove Series.
….The novel was based upon a screenplay by Peter Bogdanovich and McMurtry, intended to star John Wayne, James Stewart and Henry Fonda, but the film was never made after John Ford advised Wayne against it. … The series was originally broadcast by CBS from February 5 to 8, 1989, drawing a huge viewing audience, earning numerous awards, and reviving both the television western and the miniseries.
….An estimated 26 million homes tuned in to watch Lonesome Dove, unusually high numbers for a Western at that time.
.. Excerpt From Wikipedia, Which Has Much More. Click Here.
..B) Return to Lonesome Dove Is A 1993 American Four Part Television Miniseries, Written By John Wilder Involving Characters Created In Larry Mcmurtry's Western Novel Lonesome Dove which [in turn], was broadcast by CBS and first aired on November 14–17, 1993. .
….The story focuses on a retired Texas Ranger and his adventures driving mustangs from Texas to Montana. It was nominated for an Emmy Award, and followed by two TV series, “Lonesome Dove: The Series” and “Lonesome Dove: The Outlaw Years” . Neither series lasted long.
…. Return to Lonesome Dove is a sequel to the 1989 miniseries Lonesome Dove” [As discussed A) above], but was not written by McMurtry, who instead wrote and published his own sequel novel Streets of Laredo in the same time frame. McMurtry followed Streets of Laredo with two prequels, which with Laredo were also subsequently made into TV miniseries. Many fans of the Lonesome Dove series and novels do not consider Return to Lonesome Dove nor the two derivative TV series to be canonical because of their divergence from McMurtry's storyline, and the apparent motivation of its production by the success of the original miniseries.
Photos needed of Miles City Cowboy & Ranching. Excerpt From Wikipedia, Which Has Much More. Click Here.

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