Frank Q. Dobbs (July 29, 1939 – February 15, 2006) was a screenwriter, film director, film producer and cinematographer notable for his work on numerous Western films and television series, including Larry McMurtry 's five-hour CBS mini-series Streets of Laredo (1995).
12-580: Lajitas : Lajitas, Texas is an unincorporated community in Brewster County, Texas, United States, in proximity to the Big Bend National Park. Las Lajitas is a town and municipality in Anta department, Salta Province in northwestern Argentina. Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with
24-537: A Bronze Wrangler Award. He was the executive producer of the Disney Channel documentary The Legend of Billy the Kid (1994), which won an Emmy. He was a technical consultant on Amargosa (2000), Todd Robinson's documentary about Death Valley Junction dancer-painter Marta Becket , which won a 2003 Emmy Award for cinematographer Curt Apduhan , in addition to numerous festival awards and nominations. Dobbs' Eyes of Texas
36-575: A TV magazine series for Houston's KPRC, and he soon headed for Hollywood, entering the film industry by scripting two episodes of Gunsmoke in 1965-66. In 1983, he co-produced Lone Star Bar and Grill for Showtime. In 1997, he was a co-producer of John Milius ' Rough Riders . With Chris Black, he co-scripted the pilot of The Magnificent Seven TV series, which ran from 1998 to 2000. His association with McMurtry continued when he produced Hallmark's The Johnson County War miniseries in 2002. Dobbs made his feature film directorial debut in 1972 with
48-686: Is an unincorporated community in Brewster County , Texas , United States, near the Big Bend National Park . According to the Handbook of Texas , the community had a population of 75 in 2010. The settlement is named after the Boquillas flagstone found in the area. " Lajitas " translates to "little flat rocks" in Spanish. Starting in the 1980s as a joke, for many years the purported mayor of Lajitas
60-584: Is located on the eastern end of the Big Bend Ranch State Park . It is located on a bluff overlooking the Rio Grande at San Carlos ford of the old Comanche Trail , in the northern part of the Chihuahuan Desert in southwestern Brewster County. It is also located 95 mi (153 km) south of Alpine and 50 mi (80 km) east of Presidio . Columnar basalt that is similar to that of
72-582: The Devils Postpile National Monument in California can be found in a high desert dry river falls area just north of Lajitas. Lajitas has a hot arid climate with very hot summers and mild winters. The Lajitas Golf Resort and Spa is a 20,000-acre golf resort business in Lajitas owned by Texas businessman Kelcy Warren , who bought the resort from previous owner Steve Smith while the business
84-725: The United States Army Border Air Patrol had a sector that traveled to Lajitas from Eagle Pass . The 11th Bomb Squadron operated from Marfa Field along the Rio Grande to El Paso . Frank Q. Dobbs Born in Houston, Texas, Dobbs attended Sam Houston State Teachers College , where he majored in journalism and minored in English and theater, while shooting college promotional films and also creating his own independent Western short films. After graduating in 1961, he collaborated with Ray Miller on The Eyes of Texas ,
96-804: The horror Western, Enter the Devil , shot in Lajitas, Texas , and followed with three other features. In 2003, he directed Burt Reynolds and Bruce Dern in the TV movie Hard Ground , a period Western about a Yuma prison escapee who plans to control the Mexican border by assembling an army of desperadoes. He appeared as an actor in Streets of Laredo and Gambler V: Playing for Keeps (1994), which he co-scripted. Dobbs lived in Houston, where he died of cancer at age 66. Houston: The Legend of Texas , which Dobbs produced in 1986, won
108-484: The latter a rarity among communities in the decade. Frank Q. Dobbs directed his first film, Enter the Devil , in Lajitas in 1972. Due to the remoteness of the resort, Lajitas is served by the Lajitas International Airport, a private airport with a 6,503-foot (1,982 m) concrete runway. There is regular service between Lajitas and Dallas Love Field on JSX . The 90th Fighter Squadron of
120-455: The title Lajitas . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Lajitas&oldid=776043676 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Lajitas, Texas Lajitas
132-412: Was Clay Henry III, a "beer-drinking" goat. After two replacements of the original Clay Henry, the trading post and stable where the actual mayor lived is now closed and the goat no longer resides there. The election included incumbent human mayor Tommy Steele, as well as a trading post wooden Indian , and a dog named Buster. Since Clay Henry, goats have been mayors of the community ever since. Lajitas
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#1732875851835144-641: Was going through financial distress . It is located on the Rio Grande , bordering Mexico , between Big Bend National Park and Big Bend Ranch State Park . The Robert E. Lee on Traveller statue is on display at the resort. Lajitas is zoned to schools in the Terlingua Common School District . In 1912, Lajitas had a school with 50 students. In the 1970s the community had one telephone, and newspapers were delivered one day later than their normal dates. Additionally, there were no televisions,
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