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Santa Fe Trail wagon ruts near Fort Union, New Mexico Photographer: Wyatt Davis Date: 1939? From the New Mexico Magazine collection, Negative Number HP.2007.20.105

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Vintage map of unknown source showing sections of the Oregon & Overland Trails

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John Anderson 1922-92

William West Anderson (September 19, 1928 – June 9, 2017), commonly known as Adam West. Actor whose career spanned seven decades. He was best known for his portrayal of the title role in the 1960s ABC series Batman and its theatrical feature film.

He guest-starred in a number of television Westerns. On three Warner Bros. Westerns aired on ABC, Sugarfoot, Colt .45, and Lawman, West played the role of Doc Holliday, the frontier dentist and gunfighter. He portrayed Wild Bill Hickok in the episode "Westbound Stage" of the 1960 NBC Western series Overland Trail, with William Bendix and Doug McClure.

He guest-starred on Edmond O'Brien's syndicated crime drama Johnny Midnight, and soon snagged a supporting role as police sergeant Steve Nelson in the crime drama, The Detectives Starring Robert Taylor. He made a few guest appearances on Perry Mason in the early 1960s and appeared once on Walter Brennan's sitcom, The Real McCoys.

On January 10, 1961, West appeared as a young, ambitious deputy who foolishly confronts a gunfighter named Clay Jackson, portrayed by Jock Mahoney, in the episode "The Man from Kansas" of the NBC Western series Laramie. He also starred in an episode of the ABC Outer Limits series titled "The Invisible Enemy".

Later shows he appeared in were NewsRadio, Murphy Brown, The Adventures of Pete and Pete, The Ben Stiller Show and The Drew Carey Show. He notably appeared as "Dr. Wayne" in the 1990 Zorro episode "The Wizard", even being shown Zorro's "secret cave" headquarters.

He played a washed-up superhero in the Goosebumps TV series episode "Attack of the Mutant". The boy hero is a comic book geek whose favorite superhero, Galloping Gazelle (West's character), is portrayed as fading and on the verge of retirement. Towards the end, the boy is shocked to learn that the Gazelle is real, though he (the boy) must save the day by himself. (Wikipedia)