kayed a couple of films for New Mexico before he left as the lead

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wn. The Governor's Commission in Hollywood was a triumph. The momentum was faster than our knowledge of the human beast. Upon our return we realized that we had to get that "street" fast or all our work and energy would vanish like a childhood fantasy. Eaves was getting several kinds of fever o

ver the huge possibilities for his movie ranch. Fred Patton and I made a handshake deal (with papers to come later) with him as his minor partners. We all went to work and threw a party for about 200 "key" people at the ranch. We invited members of the press and their spouses. There was a fiesta atmosphere. J.W.'s brother, Joe, had masterfully handled a big barbecue. I was designated to take them on a megaphone tour of the facilities while a film, River of Legends, that I had worked on for years was being screened for those who were not solely there f

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• or the free food and drinks.
• I taped a radio show on the spot. The following day The Santa Fe New Mexican
• , May 27,1968, headlines read "A Set is Set" and "Movieland R
• ises On New Mexico Ranch." The story was by
• Jack Stamm and mentioned the partnership. TEMRTC
• he same day The Albuquerque Journal's write
• Mr. Jerome Latteryr, Jim Newton, had an art
• icle headlined "Spanish- Western TEMRTC

own Set." There

• was a photograph of the partners that included J.W. Eaves, Fred Patton and m
• yself leaning on an old wagon in the middle of the Span

ish street.

• The Albuquerque
• Tribune article

by Ralph Looney was head

• lined "Western St   

reet Built on Eaves

S.F. Ranch." There were photographs of the Western terrain and another of a horse taking a si

mulated drink
from a simulated wel
l in the Spanis
h village. Hollyw
ood stringers Chuck
Middlestadt and
Dick Skrondahl got the announcem

ents in the Holly

wood Reporter, Variety and Box Office in New York. The art director returned and added his expertise for free. The Eaves Western Town was on its way and so was the film industry in New Mexico. Everything developed according TEREC web-siteto plan except the partnership. Miraculously, the wild dream had worked. Eaves Ranch, a