#6 of 458 1001 HEROES LISTENER FAVS LONESOME DOVE THE REAL STORY BEHIND ONE OF THE GREATEST WESTERNS EVER MADE

1001 Heroes, Legends, Histories & Mysteries Podcast

Jon Hagadorn

Society & Culture, History

4.4 • 1.7K Ratings

🗓️ 16 February 2024

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Larry McMurtry's screenplay turned novel "Lonesome Dove" reached an estimated 23 million homes when it first aired on CBS in February of 1989, bringing much-needed attention and popularity back to the western genre shows on television and in movies. Although his character's names and personalities were fiction- his story was taken from actual historical events- namely, the creation of the legendary Goodnight-Loving Trail in Texas and New Mexico, and the events and tragedy surrounding Charles Goodnight and Oliver Loving. In this episode we discuss the making of the movie "Lonesome Dove" as well as the actual events that inspired it. Credits: "The Goodnight-Loving Trail" lyrics Utah Phillips, Song performed here by Joe Ely. SUPPORT OUR SHOW MONTHLY AT PATREON Become an Assistant Producer at 1001 Stories Network ( a great resume enhancement) and support us at Patreon today! Here;s the link: https://www.patreon.com/1001storiesnetwork\ YOUR REVIEWS AT APPLE/ITUNES ARE NEEDED AND APPRECIATED! Catch RADIO DAYS now at Apple iTunes! https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/1001-radio-days/id1405045413?mt=2 Catch 1001 HEROES now at Apple iTunes Podcast App: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/1001-heroes-legends-histories-mysteries-podcast/id956154836?mt=2 Catch 1001 CLASSIC SHORT STORIES at iTunes/apple Podcast App Now: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/1001-classic-short-stories-tales/id1078098622?mt=2 Catch 1001 Stories for the Road at iTunes/Apple Podcast now: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/1001-stories-for-the-road/id1227478901?mt=2 ANDROID USERS- CATCH OUR SHOWS AT WWW.CASTBOX.FM SUBSCRIBE FREE THEN SHARE THANK YOU 1001 Classic Short Stories & Tales: https://castbox.fm/channel/1001-Classic-Short-Stories-%26-Tales-id381734?country=us 1001 Heroes, Legends, Histories & Mysteries: https://castbox.fm/channel/1001-Heroes%2C-Legends%2C-Histories-%26-Mysteries-Podcast-id1114843?country=us 1001 Stories for the Road: https://castbox.fm/channel/1001-Stories-For-The-Road-id1324757?country=us Catch ALL of our shows at one place by going to www.1001storiesnetwork.com- our home website with Megaphone. Website For 1001 Heroes is still www.1001storiespodcast.com (we redirected that one to www.1001storiesnetwork.com) Website For 1001 Classic Short Stories is still www.1001classicshortstories.com ( we redirected that as well) Website for 1001 Stories For The Road is still www.1001storiesfortheroad (we redirected that one, too) Website for 1001 Radio Days is www.1001radiodays.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	The Oh, Welcome back everyone to 1001 Heroes, Legends, histories, and mysteries.
0:33.2	It's great to have you with us for another dive into history,
0:36.0	this time Western history,
0:37.9	as we explore the true story behind,
0:40.2	Lonesome Dove, the blockbuster novel- turned TV miniseries that brought Western's back to life, at least for a while in television and movies.
0:49.0	When a Western is done right, it's a work to treasure and this one for the most part was a
0:54.5	treasure. The true story of Lonesome Dub is a larger-than-life story of American
0:59.7	legends Charles Goodnight and Oliver Loving as they risked everything to drive 2,000
1:04.8	head of Texas long horn cattle 700 miles across some of the meanest land you
1:09.4	could imagine past Comanches rattlesnakesakes, Deserts, Quicksand, and Rustlers,
1:15.0	And make a profit by reaching buyers who could and did pay handsome profits in gold.
1:21.0	No one had done it before across desert.
1:25.0	The Forgin of the Good Night Loving Trail is the quintessential
1:28.0	no guts, no glory story of the American can-do spirit.
1:32.0	Two men, both hired story of the American Can Do Spirit.
1:33.0	Two men, both hardened Western men,
1:36.0	one just turning 30 years old,
1:38.0	the other, a seasoned 54 years old,
1:41.0	believed they could do it. And they figured out how to take what most men considered
1:45.3	to be impossible and make it work.
1:48.4	And they succeeded.
1:50.0	And that may not have been the first of the Texas drives, but it was the one that was talked about.
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