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Hollywood's
"Walk of Fame" has hundreds of the famous and near famous enshrined in brass and
concrete, each with his or her star set permanently in the dusty sidewalks of
Hollywood Boulevard. Well.
. .Utah's Little Hollywood, Kanab, has its walk of fame, also-dusty it may be,
as well, but it's the red dust of the old west. Nothing so overwhelming in number
as that of Hollywood, CA, but the great and near great who made memorable movies
in Kanab are immortalized in their own special "Walk of Fame." Ronald Reagan,
producer Howard Koch, Tom Mix, Ben Johnson, and the entire cast of Gunsmoke are
found immortalized on the streets of Kanab. Each year movie greats are added.
Among other plaques are those honoring Glenn Ford, Chuck Connors, George "Gabby"
Hayes, Jim Davis, Whitney "Whit" Parry, Lex Barker, Peter Ford, Denny
Miller, Ed Faulkner, Peter Brown and many more! Come and see! |
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Ronald Reagan
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Fay
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takes more than fame to be remembered in this special place. These movie greats
all have one thing in common. They came to Kanab to make movies. You
can come to Kanab and help celebrate this special aspect of American movie making.
Come join us in the old west at the Western Legends Round-up! |
Howard W. Koch
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Ronald
Reagan in "Death Valley Days"-Not only movies, but memorable television productions
were made in Kanab, among these, Ronald Reagan's Death Valley Days. Nearly every
episode captured the beauty of southern Utah and Northern Arizona for the television
audience. "Gunsmoke"-You
can still visit the set of "Gunsmoke," and walk into Miss Kitty's saloon. The
streets are still dusty, and the scenery is still unmatchable, but Marshal Dillon
is no longer there to face down the bad guys-only the spirit of the times remains.
Howard Kotch-is
as much at home in Kanab as he is in Hollywood, and the folks in Kanab are proud
to call him their own! Howard produced some of the most memorable westerns made.
Among them, The Yellow Tomahawk, Sergeants Three, and Revolt at Fort Laramie,
just to name a few. Howard, you're one of us! Tom
Mix-The movie industry discovered Kanab early on. "Deadwood Coach" was the first
film made in Kanab, and Tom Mix, the hero of every kid who grew up in the 1930s,
the first star. Ben
Johnson-It would not be an overstatement to say that Ben Johnson knew the streets
of Kanab like the back of his hand. This popular character actor started his film
career as a stuntman. Many is the mouth-full of red Kanab dust that rugged cowboy
collected in this exciting local. 
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