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Hello, im john lithgow. Welcome to american cinema. In the man who shot liberty valance, john fords great film a newspaperman says, when the legend becomes fact, print the legend. That may not be Good Journalism but it makes a good western. The history of the western is often a history of legends, billy the kid, wyatt earp, the gunfight at the ok corral. Not the real west, but a mythical place full of images that are uniquely american the open frontier, the outlaw, the solitary, often reluctant ...

And the annual Financial Support of hello, im john lithgow. Welcome to american cinema. In the man who shot liberty lance, john fords great film a newspaperman says, whethe legendecomes fact, print the legend. That may not be Good Journalism but it makes a good western. The history of the western is often a history of legends, billy the kid, wyatt ear the nfht at the ok corral. Not the real west, but a mythical place full of images that are uniquely american the enrontier, the outlaw, the solita...

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You are a blackguard, a liar, a hypocrite and a stench in the nostrils of honest men. If it were in my power, I’d hang you from the nearest tree, leave your carcass for the buzzards. But, as you are a representative of the U.S. government, I pledge you the protection and cooperation of my command. — Lieutenant Colonel Thursday (Henry Fonda) to a corrupt Indian agent in Fort Apache

Last month the Remembering Rogers column featured Grace Hill, an educator who began teaching in 1946 and continued until she retired from the Rogers school system in 1981. Hill spoke to the Rogers History Club on May 19, 2011, and was introduced by one of her former students, John Wayne Ford. She told about her childhood in Kansas, how she became a teacher in Springdale, and fell in love with a man from Rogers. Hill recalled how Birch Kirksey hired her in 1946 as a sixth-grade teacher at Central...

In conjunction with the start of the new school year, the Rogers Historical Museum has a "Back to School" exhibit (Aug. 27-Oct. 29) that looks at ways families prepared for their children to go to school at the turn of the 20th century, told via guided tours of the 1895 Hawkins House. This exhibit inspired me to review the memories of Grace Hill, an educator who began teaching in 1946 and continued until she retired from the Rogers school system in 1981. Hill spoke at the Rogers Histor...

Alonso Duralde spotlights the month's best new physical-media releases -- because streaming availability isn't forever

Recently, I interviewed Betsey Robinson-Harold about growing up in Rogers in the 1940s, '50s, and '60s. She is very sharp and has an amazing memory -- a veritable bank of information about Rogers.

Recently, I interviewed Betsey Robinson-Harold about growing up in Rogers in the 1940s, 50s, and 60s. She is very sharp and has an amazing memory -- a veritable bank of information about Rogers.

ROGERS -- The Rogers-Lowell Area Chamber of Commerce took a journey back in time to look at the community's history and explored the vision for the next 100 years during Tuesday's Centennial Celebration of Business and Community.