Historic Inns - St. James Inn
Historic Inns - St. James Inn
Historic Inns - St. James Inn 04:00:31:- EST shots rather barren original area of Cimarron, New Mexico; zoom in to St. James Hotel. 04:05:39:- EST shots of the modern part of Cimarron (still greatly and fortunately underdeveloped). 04:06:38:- Panning MS's of several healthy-looking cows (steers) grazing in a dry field. Great wide LS as well. 04:08:52:- LS of a lone bird (vulture? hawk?) flying in blue sky. 04:09:28:- MS of a long haired orange cow chewing cud. Breed seems somewhat related to buffalo. 04:10:10:- Wide LS of the cows in the field, a barbed wire fence in the FG. 04:10:20:- EST shots of the Old Mill (great shot of the old, tan farmhouse with thin branches in the FG). EST 1864. 04:12:32:- Funny segment here. MS of a gorgeous horse in a large outdoor pen being "interviewed" by the camera crew (includes sticking a mic near the animal's snout and supplying a voice from off-screen). It starts out as a bit about the first horse in New Mexico to be touched by a black man (the man holding the mic is black), but then turns into a interview of "Richard M. Daley", insinuating the current Chicago mayor is a jack-ass. Very funny bit. 04:14:37:- great rustic MS's of a broken and weathered wagon wheel amidst the remnants of a stagecoach. 04:16:28:- EST shots of the St. James Hotel, est 1880. 04:20:12:- MS's of a young buffalo grazing in a large, wood fenced pen. Good shots of it rolling in the dust and dirt. 04:25:20:- MS EXT window of the St. James Hotel (nice shadowy shot). 04:25:36:- EST shots of the old Rosso's Hardware building in Cimarron. CU of the handpainted window sign. 04:27:29:- More EST shots of the St. James. ....................................................... BREAK IN TBC................................................................. 05:00:34:- B&W still, taken in 1868, of the old Aztec Mill. Indians and horses line the building. 05:02:26:- B&W still of Lucien D. Maxwell, an original Cimarron land baron. 05:03:48:- B&W still of the Maxwell Inn circa 1900. 05:05:05:- B&W still of Cimarron circa turn of the century. 05:07:18:- B&W still of Maxwell's mansion & the St. James circa late 1800's. 05:08:42:- B&W still of the St. James circa 1905. 05:09:59:- B&W still of a cowboy shack on the WS Ranch, circa 1885. Several cowboys on horses pose for cam. 05:11:05:- B&W still of WS Ranch circa 1885. Several cowboys sit in a circle, their horses behind them. 05:12:07:- B&W still of the old Catholic Church built in 1864. 05:13:16:- Map of the Santa Fe Trail, zoom in to ECU of Cimarron. 05:14:59:- Deed concerning the Maxwell land grant. 05:16:29:- B&W still of Fred Lambert, a town lawman. 05:17:29:- Color program bill for Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show. 05:18:53:- B&W still of the St. James circa 1915. 05:19:53:- B&W still of Pat Garrett, the alleged killer of Billy the Kid. 05:21:03:- B&W still of Kit Carson. 05:22:28:- B&W still of Clay Allison, the man who "never shot a man he didn't need to kill". 05:23:47:- Cu masthead of The New Mexican, an old daily newspaper, from 1849. 05:24:33:- B&W still of Henry Lambert, the man who founded the St. James. 05:25:39:- B&W still of Abraham Lincoln. 05:26:57:- B&W still of the Lambert family circa 1891. 05:27:48:- B&W still of Poncho Griego, a man killed in the St. James by Clay Allison. 05:28:40:- B&W still of Kit Carson (again). 05:29:42:- B&W still of General Lew Wallace, the author of Ben Hur.