From: gkincaid000@centurytel.net   
      
   Thanks. I've heard Wyatt Earp had something to do with the early westerns.   
   Was he an actor? Maybe what we would call a consultant...   
   "Dave in Toronto"  wrote in message   
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   > Curlycue wrote   
   >> Don't forget Tom Mix. Not only was he a "real" cowboy   
   >> prior to Hollywood finding him - or vice versa - but   
   >> he also "rode with Pancho Villa" for a while, if one   
   >> is to believe what was written in the book, "Tom Mix   
   >> and Pancho Villa." Sorry-don't recall author's name.   
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   > I think most of the stories we've heard about Tom Mix have to be taken   
   > with a grain of salt (including the ones he told himself) he certainly   
   > had worked on ranches in his youth but he was first and foremost a   
   > show-biz personality. He was not part Indian as he claimed, his   
   > ancestry was strictly English/Irish and he never fought in the Boer   
   > war, his military service was limited to the US army which he deserted   
   > after a few months.   
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   > Here's an interesting site :- http://www.old-time.com/mix.html   
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   > Dave in Toronto   
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