26-482: The Virginian ( s ) may refer to: The Virginian by Owen Wister [ edit ] The Virginian (novel) , a 1902 novel by Owen Wister Adaptations [ edit ] The Virginian (play) , a 1903 stage play The Virginian (1914 film) , a silent film directed by Cecil B. DeMille and starring Dustin Farnum The Virginian (1923 film) ,
52-725: A public library , a branch of the Carbon County Library System. Much of the Western novel The Virginian and subsequent television series of the same name were set in or near Medicine Bow. Chapter XXVIII from Jules Verne 's Around the World in Eighty Days involves a subplot about making a train pass through an unsafe bridge near Medicine Bow. In the 1960 episode of the television series Maverick entitled "The Misfortune Teller", hero Bret Maverick
78-445: A 1997 album by Neko Case and Her Boyfriends The Virginians , an 1857–1859 novel by William Makepeace Thackeray See also [ edit ] All pages with titles beginning with The Virginian Virginian (disambiguation) Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title The Virginian . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change
104-812: A duel. It is made clear that he will not use his official position as foreman to crush any of his employees. One of the main plots is the Virginian's ongoing romance with the newly appointed "schoolmarm" of Bear Creek School, Miss Molly Stark Wood. Being from the East, she is not used to the wild West, and the Virginian is a perfect gentleman to her, intending to make her "love him before we get through." The novel begins with an unnamed narrator's arrival in Medicine Bow, Wyoming , from "back East" and his encounter with an impressively tall and handsome stranger. The stranger proves adept at roping horses, as well as facing down
130-532: A gambler, Trampas, who calls him a "son of a bitch." The stranger lays a pistol on the table and gently threatens, "When you call me that, smile!" Known only as the Virginian, the stranger turns out to be the narrator's escort to Judge Henry's ranch in Sunk Creek, Wyoming. As the two travel the 263 miles to the ranch, the narrator, who is nicknamed the Tenderfoot, and the Virginian come to know one another as
156-400: A month in the mountains and then journey back East to Vermont to meet her family. They are received a bit stiffly by the immediate Wood family, but warmly by Molly's great-aunt. The new couple returns to Wyoming , and the Virginian is made a partner of Judge Henry's ranch. The book ends noting that the Virginian became an important man in the territory with a happy family. Although fiction,
182-524: A silent film directed by Tom Forman and starring Kenneth Harlan The Virginian (1929 film) , directed by Victor Fleming and starring Gary Cooper The Virginian (1946 film) , directed by Stuart Gilmore and starring Joel McCrea The Virginian (TV series) , a 1962–1971 American series The Virginian , a 2000 TV film directed by and starring Bill Pullman The Virginian , a 2014 Canadian straight-to-video release starring Trace Adkins Other uses [ edit ] The Virginian (album) ,
208-476: A single issue tie in with the television series. Medicine Bow, Wyoming Medicine Bow is a town in Carbon County, Wyoming , United States. Its population was 284 at the 2010 census . The community largely owes its existence to the first transcontinental railroad , built through the area in 1868. A post office called Medicine Bow has been in operation since 1869. The community was named after
234-862: A stage production. The Virginian opened at the Manhattan Theatre on January 5, 1904, and ran until May 1904. It was reprised in October 1905 for 16 performances at the Academy of Music in New York City. In 2022 playwrights L.C Bernadine and Spencer Huffman newly adapted the novel for City Lit Theater in Chicago. The production opened on January 16, 2022 for a 5-week run. The novel was adapted into comic form in Classics Illustrated #150. In 1963 Gold Key Comics published
260-668: Is believed to be named for the Owen Wister novel , which is set in and around Medicine Bow. The hotel was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1978. In the 1910s, part of the Lincoln Highway was routed through Medicine Bow until Interstate 80 replaced it in 1970. Medicine Bow is located at 41°53′52″N 106°12′10″W / 41.89778°N 106.20278°W / 41.89778; -106.20278 (41.897668, -106.202796). According to
286-409: Is described as a tall, dark, slim, young giant, with a deep personality. At first, he is only a cowboy, but halfway through the book, he is signed on as the full-time foreman. He is Judge Henry's most trusted worker. Several times throughout the book, he is offered the chance to run down his enemy, Trampas, behind his back, but each time he refuses the temptation, until Trampas challenges the Virginian to
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#1732787681555312-426: Is especially stricken by the bravery with which the thief faces his fate, and the heavy burden that the act places on his heart forms the emotional core of the story. A fatal shootout resolves the ongoing conflict with Trampas after five years of hate. After Trampas shoots first in a duel, the Virginian shoots Trampas in self defense and leaves to marry his young bride. The Virginian and Molly ride off together to spend
338-813: The Medicine Bow River . Dippy , a well-known dinosaur skeleton, was found in a quarry nearby around 1898. In 1899, fossil hunters for the American Museum of Natural History and the Field Museum stayed in or near the town during their search for large dinosaur skeletons. The town had a railroad and was near the fossilferous sedimentary hills from the Jurassic Morrison Formation , making it an important stopping location for paleontologists, with fossils of Diplodocus and Brontosaurus found nearby at Como Bluff by
364-520: The United States Census Bureau , the town has a total area of 3.46 square miles (8.96 km ), all land. As of 2000, the median income for a household in the town was $ 33,750, and for a family was $ 35,156. Males had a median income of $ 41,250 versus $ 20,536 for females. The per capita income for the town was $ 16,420. About 10.3% of families and 11.9% of the population were below the poverty line , including 9.2% of those under
390-546: The Plains is a 1902 novel by American author Owen Wister (1860–1938), set in Wyoming Territory during the 1880s. Detailing the life of a cowboy on a cattle ranch, the novel was a landmark in the evolution of the western genre, as distinguished from earlier short stories and pulp dime novels. The Virginian paved the way for westerns by authors such as Zane Grey , Max Brand , Louis L'Amour , and others. The novel
416-483: The Tenderfoot slowly begins to understand the nature of life in the West, which is very different from what he expected. This meeting is the beginning of a lifelong friendship and the starting point of the narrator's recounting of key episodes in the life of the Virginian. The novel revolves around the Virginian and the life he lives. As well as describing the Virginian's conflict with his enemy, Trampas, and his romance with
442-474: The age of eighteen and 17.5% of those 65 or over. As of the census of 2010, 284 people, 125 households, and 81 families resided in the town. The population density was 82.1 inhabitants per square mile (31.7/km ). The 182 housing units had an average density of 52.6 per square mile (20.3/km ). The racial makeup of the town was 95.1% White, 0.4% Pacific Islander, 3.9% from other races, and 0.7% from two or more races. Hispanics or Latinos of any race were 6.7% of
468-401: The first cowboy novel outside the dime novel tradition. Victoria Lamont, for example, argues that this distinction belongs to The Administratrix by Emma Ghent Curtis ( John B. Alden Publishing, 1889), which was published thirteen years earlier. However, The Administratrix did not command the breadth of popular appeal of The Virginian . Wister and Kirke La Shelle adapted the novel for
494-407: The link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The_Virginian&oldid=1184819097 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages The Virginian (novel) The Virginian: A Horseman of
520-725: The novel's story was based on real events, such as the Johnson County War . The 1902 novel had an enormous influence on publishing, and later movies and television, establishing the Western genre and especially the cowboy ideal as an American icon. Its climactic gun duel is the first "showdown" in fiction. The novel is also the first known use of the phrase: "When you call me that, smile!" This line, in many versions, became common in later Western works, from movies to music. Twenty-first century scholars of Western fiction debate whether The Virginian should be considered as
546-406: The population. Of the 125 households, 20.8% had children under 18 living with them, 50.4% were married couples living together, 7.2% had a female householder with no husband present, 7.2% had a male householder with no wife present, and 35.2% were not families. About 29.6% of all households were made up of individuals, and 18.4% had someone living alone who was 65 or older. The average household size
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#1732787681555572-415: The pretty schoolteacher, Molly Stark Wood, Wister weaves a tale of action, violence, hate, revenge, love, and friendship. In one scene, the Virginian is forced to participate in the hanging of Steve, an admitted cattle thief who had been his close friend. The hanging is represented as a necessary response to the government's corruption and lack of action , but the Virginian feels it to be a horrible duty. He
598-589: The two institutions during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The town was noted to be plagued by crime, with famous bandits such as Butch Cassidy and his Wild Bunch committing the Wilcox Train Robbery only a few miles away from the AMNH's fossil localities and Medicine Bow itself. The Virginian Hotel is a historic hotel located in Medicine Bow. It was built in 1911 by August Grimm, and
624-433: Was 2.27, and the average family size was 2.79. The median age in the town was 49.3 years; 20.1% of residents were under 18; 3.5% were between 18 and 24; 21.1% were from 25 to 44; 29.9% were from 45 to 64; and 25.4% were 65 or older. The gender makeup of the town was 53.5% male and 46.5% female. In December 2007, plans were announced for construction of a large coal gasification plant to be built southwest of town. The plant
650-524: Was adapted from several short stories published in Harper's Magazine and The Saturday Evening Post between Nov 1893 and May 1902. The Virginian is a ranch hand at the Sunk Creek Ranch, located outside of Medicine Bow, Wyoming . His friend Steve calls him "Jeff" presumably after Jefferson Davis , but he is always referred to as the Virginian, and no name is mentioned throughout the story. He
676-677: Was expected to start construction in 2014. In 2014, DKRW Advanced Fuels terminated their contract with Sinopec , the Chinese firm that would have built the plant. In 2015, there were plans to downscale the plant, and in 2016, the project was put on indefinite hold, partly due to the low cost of crude oil in the US. Public education in the town of Medicine Bow is provided by Carbon County School District Number 2 . Zoned campuses include Medicine Bow Elementary School (grades K–6) and H.E.M. Junior/Senior High School [1] (grades 7–12). Medicine Bow has
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