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Movie Tours of Jackson Hole
and Area Filming Locations Film Reel

Both of my cdrombooks have extensive documentation regarding locations, images, aerial photos, GPS coordinates, specific parking/hiking instructions, etc., to almost all the sites that I would provide the tour to, but, due to issues with my health, I am no longer, as of winter 2008, providing tours to these film locations.

If you get to Jackson & would like to buy me lunch or dinner, I'll be glad to sit down with you & discuss locations & tell stories. I know many would nonetheless like to have the authority on the subject, available to accompany them, but it's just not easy or comfortable for me to do any more. I'm still available to answer questions or assist in some non-tour fashion and I'll miss doing them, as I've had the honor of meeting a lot of wonderful people over the prior years. I'll post a few images from those tours as I value the friendships I've made & would like to share them here.

British TV crew at the Amangani resort British film crew, 2006, at the Ernie Wright homestead

British TV crew with the author, 2006 The Babbitts at the Starrett homestead

4 movies had scenes done here, Jubal, Far Horizons, Dream West & ?, before the Maryland Blomquists came The Chapmans, quick on the trigger

Chihiro, writer for the Tokio Asahi Shinbun My great Italian friend Nic, with the Kentgen crew from Chicago

Grreat friend & fellow author: Carlo Gaberscek of Udine, Italy The Hanauers at the Shane water crossing California doctors, the Griffins

It's those dreaded Harned brothers. Doctors, Hippocratic oath & carrying guns. John, another Englander, where the Starrett cabin once stood, in 2003 Californian Marty, taking aim on a Ryker no doubt

It's the Colorado McMurdo clan at The Big Trail site The London Menashys at Schwabacher Landing, 2008

Mike & Jo Barnes It's the dreaded gunfighter Nick Artz

Phil Devine just after the burial of Torrey. The English Quibles

The staff at Rakuda at the location where Shane entered the valley. The Washington Warnocks

The Flaskeruds of Nevada in 2001

The Boston Heerys are here.

In 1995, I began extensive and exhausting research into Jackson's and Wyoming's film history & have written one book about the film Shane titled, The Making of Shane (approx. 800 pgs. with over 1000 images) & have finished another much larger book, Wyoming, A History of Film and Video in the 20th Century: Shane Edition. It's currently over 3,000 pages with over 2,000 images with the complete Shane book included. Both books are on cd-rom & read on your computer like a website. For more info on these books and how to order, go to either above link. In the process, I've driven and hiked to the myriad of location sites where these films were made, especially those in Jackson Hole where I live. No hikes are strenuous, but a couple could be of some minor length depending on your interests & remember, we're at 6,300 ft. (1900 meters) + elevation. Re my other webpage for more info.

2001 JHHSM tour at Shane's Cemetery Hill overlooking town site

Some of same group at Spread Creek Cliffs, site of The Big Trail scene

Walt Farmer, in white Tour de France t-shirt, and tour group from the local Historical Society, 2001 Shane Cemetery Hill site

Eiko Macek, Yasushi Sano, Walt Farmer, Hiroko Sano
The Sanos, from Tokyo, went on a tour to the Shane locations. My neighbor,
Eiko Macek acted as interpreter. Here, we're having lunch at Signal Mtn. Lodge in GTNP.
Photo courtesy Mr. Sano

Send me (Walt Farmer) a message, questions.
You can also call 307.690.6909 or 307.733.2173.

Below, an email letter used with permission...

Dear Walt,

I was sitting here reflecting what a great year 2003 has been for me. One of the highlights was my visit to the SHANE sites with you in October. After watching the film for umpteen times it was a thrill to see those locations. I thank you for the excellent tour and all that you have done to keep the memory of this classic movie alive. Perhaps I will return next summer to see the locations I did not get to this year. Have a wonderful Holiday Season.

Larry O'Donnell

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