Pony Express Movie Shoot

I never knew exactly what it would be like to be in a movie.
I got my chance to find out last Saturday. The Pony Express Museum in St. Joe is producing a new movie for the Museum to replace the film they now have which is over twenty years old.

I arrived at the shoot site west of Leavenworth Ks around 9:00 a.m. in my finest civilian frock and beaver hat. The cast were loaded into 4x4 trucks and transported to the reconstructed period town. It was authentic down to the mud steets and horse droppings.

There is a lot of standing around and watching as scenes were shot and reshot from different angles and perspectives.

There were Union soldiers from the Missouri Irish Brigade. Civilian townspeople, made up of mule skinners, dignitaries(yours truely) mountain men etc... and the principal actors.

I hope I am in three scenes. I'm sure I am in the Mayor's speech as I was standing next to him in that scene.

Noon came and the 4x4's reappeared and back to the staging area for lunch provided by the production company.. After lunch the indians arrived and the Union boys had their chance on the set.

I left at 3:30 p.m. with a new prospective on making of a movie.