Tuesday, November 28, 2006

Gunfight in Frontierland, December 1965


Look out! There's desperados up on them roof tops! This is a dramatic shot of one of the gunfights that were enacted in Frontierland back in the good old days - - when shootin' and killin' were still considered to be good ol' family entertainment. I am assuming that the bad guys are up there on top of the Pendleton facades, since only a yaller-bellied sidewinder would ambush someone that way. The sheriff is certainly down below with the common folk, protecting them with his deadly six-shooter. I heard he can shoot a tail feather off a crow from 100 yards away.

I can only assume that nobody falls from the roof of the building, like they did at Universal Studios...unless they are counting on soft tourist bodies to cushion their fall.

2 comments:

Daveland said...

Neat action shot - you rarely see this kind of stuff - great post!

Matterhorn1959 said...

Nice...I am willing to bet that it is Black Bart up on the roof up to no good. I think that Wally Boag was one of the gunfigheters.