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Phantly Roy Bean Jr. (c. 1825 – March 16, 1903) was an American saloon-keeper and Justice of the Peace in Val Verde County, Texas, who called himself "The Only Law West of the Pecos ". According to legend, he held court in his saloon along the Rio Grande on a desolate stretch of the Chihuahuan Desert of southwest Texas.
United States. Language. English. West of the Pecos is a 1945 American Western film directed by Edward Killy and starring Robert Mitchum and Barbara Hale. It is the second film version of Zane Grey 's novel, previously made in 1934 and also titled West of the Pecos starring Richard Dix. It is no relation to the 1922 silent film of the same name.
In the latter half of the 19th century, "West of the Pecos" was a reference to the rugged desolation of the Wild West. New Mexico and Texas disputed water rights to the river until the U.S. government settled the dispute in 1949 with the Pecos River Compact. [8] The Pecos River Settlement Agreement was signed between New Mexico and Texas in ...
Jim Miller (outlaw) James Brown Miller (October 25, 1861 – April 19, 1909), also known as "Killin' Jim", "Killer Miller" and "Deacon Jim", was an American outlaw and title-holder gunfighter of the American Old West, said to have killed 12 people during gunfights. [1] Miller was referred to by some by the alias "Deacon Jim" because he ...
Clay Allison. Robert A. Clay Allison also known as Clay Allison [2] (September 2, 1841 [3] – July 1, 1887) was a cattle rancher, cattle broker, and sometimes gunfighter of the American Old West. He fought for the Confederacy in the Civil War. Allison had a reputation for violence, having survived several one-on-one knife and gunfights (some ...
Ophiuchus Sam (descendant) Yosemite Sam (/ joʊˈsɛmɪti / yoh-SEM-ih-tee) [2] is a cartoon character in the Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies series of short films produced by Warner Bros. His name is taken from Yosemite National Park in California. He is an adversary of Bugs Bunny and his archenemy alongside Elmer Fudd. [3]
Los Angeles, California, U.S. Occupation. Actor. Years active. 1937–1957. William Haade (March 2, 1903 – November 15, 1966) was an American film actor. [1] He appeared in more than 250 films between 1937 and 1957. [citation needed] He was born in New York City and died in Los Angeles, California. [1]
The Stranger from Pecos is a 1943 American Western film directed by Lambert Hillyer and written by Adele Buffington. This is the second film in the "Marshal Nevada Jack McKenzie" series, and stars Johnny Mack Brown as Jack McKenzie and Raymond Hatton as his sidekick Sandy Hopkins, with Kirby Grant, Christine McIntyre, Steve Clark and Edmund ...