Farnsworth full of stunts, hunts Nov 18, 2009
" He also worked on "Bonanza," and "How The West Was Won. " A master of his craft, last year Diamond was nominated for an Emmy as the Outstanding Stunt Coordinator of the Year. While he rides horses and has done "darn near everything" as a stuntman, his favorite stunt work these days is driving. He loves NASCAR racing, and he gets to drive the cars in commercials. "Driving those cars really helped me appreciate what those guys go through," he says.Those early family hunting trips definitely... (ESPN -- Outdoors)
Talking with Sal: Part of dream fulfilled Aug 9, 2009
They still sing "How the West Was Won.". The hot, cramped gymnasiums where they slept night after night were always cleaner when they left than when they arrived. (Casper Star-Tribune, WY)
KARL MALDEN 1912-2009 Jul 3, 2009
"How the West Was Won," 1962. "Come Fly With Me," 1963. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Oscar Winner Karl Malden Dies (E! Online) Jul 2, 2009
Other notable movie credits include Baby Doll (1956), Fear Strikes Out (1957), Pollyanna (1960), Birdman of Alcatraz (1962), Gypsy (1962), How the West Was Won (1962), The Cincinnatti Kid (1965) and Patton, playing Gen. Omar Bradley opposite Oscar winner George C. Scott. Malden showed Douglas the ropes as Lt. Mike Stone on the hit '70s TV crime series The Streets of San Francisco, earning four Emmy nominations. (Yahoo News -- Press Releases)
Writer list for WOW is notable May 29, 2009
We ve come a long way from simplistic racist fables about how the West was won (some would say stolen). Native American culture was all but obliterated in the process; the settlers, though courageous, were as much destroyers as heroes. (Alpine Avalanche, TX)
Give us your ideas for a new UND nickname May 21, 2009
bigpoppakdog wrote on May 20, 2009 5:51 PM:" I would tend to side with those two examples except when you deal with native american culture and symbols one doesn't understand how it deals with religious aspects. Just like catholics, protestants, lutheran, jehovah witnesses. All of symbolic references that differ. Education and understanding is severely lacking with our original habitants. We offer stories like "how the west was won" while another story of "how the west was lost" is often not... (Bismarck Tribune, ND)
The Combination dropped Mar 3, 2009
How the west was won over: gang drama comes out firing ... How the west was won over: gang drama comes out firing. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Louis L'amour Mar 2, 2009
How the West was Won, a screenplay he wrote became a best selling novel. He wrote four Hopalong Cassidy novels under the pen name of Tex Burns for Doubleday and Company. (Suite101.com)
Blu-ray: A viewers' guide Feb 17, 2009
HOW THE WEST WAS WON (Warner): This unwieldy super-production is dramatically lackluster but an amazing restoration of a Cinerama spectacle. The disc not only seamlessly blends the three individual panels of the Cinerama process but re-creates the unique curve of the Cinerama screen in one viewing option, too. (Seattle Post Intelligencer)
