Blazing Guns and Rugged Heroes Exhibit Audio Tour

Kansas Historical Society

Join the curators on this lighthearted tour of the exhibit, Blazing Guns and Rugged Heroes. This exhibit at the Kansas Museum of History features movie posters for westerns in which Kansas played a starring role.

  • 2 minutes 32 seconds
    16 Musical Saw
    Kansas had its own singing cowboy, Roy Faulkner, complete with musical saw.
    6 April 2006, 7:00 pm
  • 2 minutes 8 seconds
    14 Gunsmoke
    Blair and Laura struggle to describe the relationship between Marshal Dillon and Miss Kitty in TV's longest running western.
    6 April 2006, 7:00 pm
  • 2 minutes 56 seconds
    15 Red Ryder
    I want an Official Red Ryder Carbine-Action Two-Hundred-Shot Range Model Air Rifle!
    6 April 2006, 7:00 pm
  • 1 minute 51 seconds
    2 Kansas Westerns
    Blazing Guns, Kansas Westerns
    6 April 2006, 7:00 pm
  • 2 minutes 24 seconds
    13 Remakes
    The curators are fascinated by a fake hand in Gunfight in Abilene.
    6 April 2006, 7:00 pm
  • 2 minutes 58 seconds
    19 Native Americans
    The Cheyenne war lance in the exhibit is no movie prop, and the portrayal of Native Americans in westerns is no laughing matter.
    6 April 2006, 7:00 pm
  • 1 minute 55 seconds
    21 Harvey Girls
    Judy Garland is the shortest waitress ever in the movie Harvey Girls.
    6 April 2006, 7:00 pm
  • 3 minutes 7 seconds
    8 Always Bad
    Quantrill was a dirty murdering snake, at least in the movie Dark Command.
    6 April 2006, 7:00 pm
  • 3 minutes 19 seconds
    9 Quantrill
    Blair gives the inside scoop on the real Quantrill.
    6 April 2006, 7:00 pm
  • 3 minutes 56 seconds
    6 Jail
    Hear about a real bad-guy turned good-guy turned bad-guy.
    6 April 2006, 7:00 pm
  • 2 minutes 54 seconds
    7 Dark Command
    The exciting world premiere for Dark Command was in Lawrence, Kansas.
    6 April 2006, 7:00 pm
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