Cattle thieves, gunfighters and other bad guys had to seek out another place to get into trouble! law and order! Marshall Matt Dillon was responsible for bringing respect for the law to Dodge City. Seasons 12-16: Monday Nights from 7:30 to 8:30PMįinal 4 Seasons: Monday Nights from 8:00 to 9:00 PM Seasons 7-11: Saturday Nights from 10:00 to 11:00 PM Jim Buck / Floyd (In 2 parts that ran seperately)įirst 6 Seasons: Saturday Nights from 10:00 to 10:30 PM Marshall Matthew "Matt" DillonĪmanda Blake. The wonderful theme song for the TV show was also titled "Gunsmoke" (also sometimes "Old Trail") and was written by Glenn Spencer and Rex Koury. John Wayne was offered the part of Matt Dillon but decided that movies were where he wanted to stay. He actually recommended James Arness to play Matt Dillon. (See Opening Narrative below).īefore the TV show, there was a Gunsmoke radio show than aired from Apthrough June 18, 1961, co-existing with the Gunsmoke TV show for six seasons! The cast included William Conrad as Marshall Matt Dillon, Parley Baer as Chester, Howard McNear (Floyd the Barber on The Andy Griffith Show) as Doc, and Georgia Ellis as Kitty. The radio show's opening narrative was different than that of the TV show (See Below). It was narrated by Roy Rowan, George Walsh, and George Fenneman (Groucho Marx's sidekick on " You Bet Your Life") at different times during its run and went like this: "Around Dodge City and the territory out west there's just one way to handle all the killers and the spoilers, and that's with a US Marshal and the power of. Gunsmoke!" William Conrad also had a narrative on each radio episode as follows: "I'm that man. The first man they look for and the last they want to meet. #GUNSMOKE DRY ROAD TO NOWHERE CAST SERIES#.This method is often used during volunteer events near the entrance to the park and Hosmer Grove. Extraction of invasive species: Pulling of invasive species can be an effective removal method- at Haleakalā it is used most frequently for pines such as the Monterey pine ( Pinus radiata) and Mexican weeping pine ( Pinus patula). macrocephalum), ʻōhiʻa lehua (Metrosideros polymorpha), greensword (Argyroxiphium grayanumand), and many others are grown safely at this facility and replanted in different areas in the park. Under the close care of park staff, native plants like the ‘ōhelo (Vaccinium sp.), ‘āhinahina or Haleakalā silversword (Argyroxiphium sandwicense subsp. Native species seed collection and propagation: The green house at the Summit District serves as a protected and controlled place to propogate endangered plant species.A fenceline surrounds the park boundary in an attempt to keep these species out. Haleakalā staff within resource management work tirelessly to protect and defend the territory of native and endemic Hawaiian species and often use the methods below.įences: Without control, feral animals such as pigs, goats, and sheep wandering freely in the Hawaiian Islands, were eating, unrooting, and decimating native plants. NPS Photo Protecting the Native Flora of Haleakalā Park staff may hike miles to replant species, such as these violets in habitats suitable for their survival. This loss of competitiveness has recently exposed their vulnerability to non-native species such as pigs, rats, cattle, goats, sheep, and invasive plant species such as pine trees. Most species that arrived found little to no competition on the islands and thus lost attributes such as thorns, thick bark, poisons, and unpalatable tastes or strongly scented oils. It is believed that roughly one plant species was successfully established every 2,500 years. Seemingly successful plant colonists tended to be aggressive, weedy, and capable of surviving in a pioneer habitat such as a lava fields, beaches, or bogs. Against these overwhelming odds a seed might arrive only to land at a site unsuited to its growth. How could plant life establish and survive on these remote, barren, new islands? Likely a few plants arrived with the help of wind, wings (birds), and waves in the ocean carrying seeds long distances. ʻĀhinahina bloom once in their life and can produce hundreds of blooms
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