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The Indian Fighter is a 1955 American CinemaScope and Technicolor Western film directed by Andre de Toth and based on an original story by Robert L. Richards. The film is the first of star Kirk Douglas 's Bryna Productions that was released through United Artists. The film co-stars Elsa Martinelli, Walter Matthau, Kirk Douglas's ex-wife Diana ...
A list of Western films released from 1955 to 1959. Oklahoma! Reprisal! Westward Ho, The Wagons! Audie Murphy, Kathryn Grant, Hope Emerson, Jeff Donnell, Jeanette Nolan, Sean McClory, Ernestine Wade, Peggy Maley, Isobel Elsom, Patricia Tiernan, Kim Charney. Ray Teal, Nestor Paiva, James Griffith, John Dierkes.
Daniel Boone (November 2 [O.S. October 22], 1734 – September 26, 1820) was an American pioneer and frontiersman whose exploits made him one of the first folk heroes of the United States. He became famous for his exploration and settlement of Kentucky, which was then beyond the western borders of the Thirteen Colonies.
The 1988 film "Rain Man," starring Tom Cruise, left, and Dustin Hoffman, was filmed in Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky in 1988. The film was awarded four Oscars, including best picture, best ...
Portrait of Simon Kenton from life. Simon Kenton (aka "Simon Butler") (April 3, 1755 – April 29, 1836) was an American frontiersman and soldier in Virginia, Kentucky, and Ohio. He was a friend of Daniel Boone, Spencer Records, Thomas S. Hinde, Thomas Hinde, and Isaac Shelby. He served the United States in the Revolution, the Northwest Indian ...
Relatives. William Ward (frontiersman) (brother) Captain James Ward (September 19, 1763 – February 27, 1846) was an early American settler, fighter against Native Americans and legislator of Kentucky whose adventures featured heavily in the stories of the western frontier. He was a pall bearer at Daniel Boone's re-interment in 1845.
Christopher Houston Carson (December 24, 1809 – May 23, 1868) was an American frontiersman. He was a fur trapper, wilderness guide, Indian agent and U.S. Army officer. He became a frontier legend in his own lifetime through biographies and news articles; exaggerated versions of his exploits were the subject of dime novels.
Occupation (s) frontiersman, scout, Indian fighter. Lewis Wetzel (1763 [1] – 1808) was an American scout and frontiersman. Because of how feared he was by the Native American Tribes, he was nicknamed "Death Wind". [citation needed][tone] He stood about 6 ft with dark brown hair. He was an expert with a knife and tomahawk and was even deadlier ...