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Folk Stories/ Heroes and Heroines; Tall Tales and
Legends |
Notes |
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Historical Figures made into "Legends"
and "Movie Legends" |
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Billy the Kid
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Seen as a 'Robin Hood'; E. Estavez
"Young Guns2" first on the left
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Calamity Jane
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Doris Day Musical version of Calamity Jane
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| Jeremiah Johnson |
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Davy Crockett
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Died at the Alamo 1836 TV star Fess
Parker as Davy Crockett
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Geronimo
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Chuck Conners as Geronimo
Wes Studi (far right) as Geronimo
White Mountain Apaches
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| Gregorio Cortez Lira |
Ballad of Gregorio Cortez |
Wild Bill Hickok
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Guy Madison TV Wild Bill ;
Movie Jeff Bridges
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| Judge Roy Bean |
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| Jim Bowie |
Died at Alamo 1836; produced a long bladed
knife famous on the frontier made by Jim Black |
| Peg Leg Smith |
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| Bigfoot Wallace |
Texas Ranger 6'2" 240 lbs |
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Fictitious Characters |
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Pecos Bill and
Slue-Foot Sue |
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| Joaquin Murietta |
Thought to be a real character, but is in
fact fictional |
| Deadwood Dick |
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Yosemite Sam |
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| La Llorona: Omen of
Death |
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| Sasquatch |
NW monster |
| Bandit of the
Goldfields |
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| Slide Rock Bolters |
CO monster that eats tourist |
| Jackalope |
Taxidermist creation |
Wile E. Coyote |
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Zorro |
TV show filmed at San Juan Capistrano and
San Luis Rey Missions Guy Madison plays Zorro |
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1) Schlosser, S.E.
2) Erdoes, R.
3) Erdoes, R. and A. Ortiz