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Post by Rich Curilla on Nov 26, 2011 1:23:31 GMT -5
A good word can be said here for the late Frank Dobbs' attempt to present the western Cherokee in a more correct light, even if a bit romanticized, in Houston: Legend of Texas. I had just read a lot on Sam Houston with the Cherokee and was a bit angry that Hollywood had never had the imagination to show them to me in an accurate setting and costume. Frank accomplished that -- in a TV Movie yet!
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Post by Allen Wiener on Nov 26, 2011 8:25:47 GMT -5
I wonder how many of the western Cherokee were the same people who Andrew Jackson kicked out of Georgia on the "Trail of Tears," and whom Crockett had tried to protect. I know that they, along with other tribes in the area, were victims of the Comanche.
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Post by Kevin Young on Nov 26, 2011 13:02:51 GMT -5
A good word can be said here for the late Frank Dobbs' attempt to present the western Cherokee in a more correct light, even if a bit romanticized, in Houston: Legend of Texas. I had just read a lot on Sam Houston with the Cherokee and was a bit angry that Hollywood had never had the imagination to show them to me in an accurate setting and costume. Frank accomplished that -- in a TV Movie yet! Indeed. The Round Top area filled in nicely for Fort Gibson, Wigwam Neosho and Tahleguah....sadly, Henkel Square (the collection of buildings used for the Cherokee and the Washington-on-the-Brazos scenes) has been redeveloped for its commerical potential.
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