Do you remember the TV show "
Gunsmoke?" It was one of my family's favorite shows. It was on CBS (our channel 2) on Saturday nights and 9:00 PM. We would all head for the kitchen around 8:30 PM and start fixing snacks, then right at 9:00 PM, we'd all sit down in front of the old black and white TV and watch the show. Below are the "original" characters....Chester, Miss Kitty, Matt and Doc.

Some of the episodes were filmed right here in the city where I live at a place called "Melody Ranch" which was once owned by Gene
Autry. I have been there once and saw some of the sets for "
Gunsmoke". Here is a link for Melody Ranch:
http://www.melodyranchstudio.com/And here is a photo I found online of the real Long Branch Saloon in Dodge City, KS.

We went there once when we lived in Kansas. They had one of Miss Kitty's dresses. Take care, Sheila
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