| Nine Hundred sixteenth in the Famous People (FP) Series - Curtis Wain Gates |
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| ***Puzzle Cache: Not at the posted coordinates. Solve for final*** |
Curtis Wain Gates, July 2, 1916 – April 28, 1991
Curtis was with the Tommy Dorsey band in 1941, and succeeded Frank Sinatra as vocalist. Curtis may have served simply as insurance against Sinatra's likely defection, and it was Dorsey who suggested that Gates change his name to Ken Curtis.
Columbia Pictures signed Curtis to a contract in 1945 playing singing-cowboy romantic leads. Ken Curtis joined the Sons of the Pioneers as a lead singer from 1949 to 1952. His big hits with the group included "Room Full of Roses" and "(Ghost) Riders in the Sky".
Through his second marriage, Curtis was a son-in-law of film director John Ford. Curtis teamed with Ford and John Wayne in Rio Grande,The Quiet Man, The Wings of Eagles, The Searchers, The Horse Soldiers, The Alamo, and How The West Was Won.
Curtis guest-starred five times on the Western television series Have Gun Will Travel with Richard Boone. In 1959, he appeared as cowhand Phil Jakes on the Gunsmoke season four episode, "Jayhawkers". Curtis remains best known for his role as Festus, the scruffy, cantankerous, and illiterate deputy in Gunsmoke. Curtis joined the cast of Gunsmoke permanently as Festus in "Prairie Wolfer," season 9 episode 13, in 1964. While Marshal Matt Dillon had a total of five deputies over two decades, Festus held the role the longest (11 years), in 304 episodes.
Easy puzzle to solve here. Use the coordinates of each correct answer to find the final.
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| Question 1 |
| What is found here N38° 03.888 W103° 13.240? |
The old jail where his father was sheriff
and he lived on the first floor. |
N31° 59.242 |
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The old courthouse of Prowers County
where his mother was a judge. |
N31° 57.989 |
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The old jail where his first Gunsmoke
episode was filmed. |
N31° 58.915 |
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| Question 2 |
| What is found here N36° 49.484 W119° 42.132? |
| A famous scene from Gunsmoke |
W98° 1.757 |
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| His wife Torrie Connelly's Clovis Book Store |
W98° 2.261 |
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| The piano from the Longbranch Saloon |
W98° 1.844 |
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| A statue of Festus |
W98° 2.220 |
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| Final |
| Were it too complexicated old scutter? |
| I'ma happier than a barn rooster on a prime hoot. |
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| No more chance than a grass hopper in a hen house. |
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GPSr Accuracy 8.8' @ Final |
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