Forgive me, I've not seen the series in quite some time and really can't remember the answer to this. What state was this show based in? Some places say Sweetwater was in Kansas, some say it was somewhere around in the Nebraska territory, one said Wyoming. . . but I can't find a definitive answer! Can anyone help?
Hi,
From what I've read in fan fictions and what the 1st season has said is that the town of Sweetwater was in Nebraska Territory that (don't quote me on this because I'm not totally sure) is now Wyoming. The boxset for TYR season 1 is wrong on the back when it says where it all took place in the story. I hope I didn't make you more confused. :)
Shauna 8)
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I live in kansas, and so far as i know, there are only four stations, and none of them is near a town called sweetwater. here is a link to a page that tells about them. http://www.xphomestation.com/kssta.html.
this other site lists more:
http://www.nps.gov/archive/poex/hrs/hrs4b.htm#6
if you look at the map that is run in the opening credits, you see that the route takes a sharp swing north here in kansas, then goes west/northwest. i think the calling of the place kansas had perhaps to do with territory names of the time. one thing for sure-it wasn't shot out here! they have them running around in mountains way too often, and the *only* hills (Not moutains!) are in northeast kansas....the nearest moutains are the rockies, all the way across the state! ^_^
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They filmed the pilot in Northern California. The show was shot in Tuscon Arizona. That's why they had cacti, mountains and canyons in the show. It did take place in Nebraska Territory because in the second season they had a episode called "Kansas" where Jimmy, Kid and Noah went there from the Nebraska Territory. In the episode where they go to Rock Creek Teaspoon says it's in the Nebraska Territory. The season 1 box was incorrect. Just thought I'd let you know. :)
Shauna 8)
yes, i'm from california, and recongnised both the terrain of the north, and the desert of arizona. (joshua trees,etc) and thought it was funny that they should be pretending that the PX ran through the desert at all! ^_^
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The pilot for The Young Riders was shot at Columbia State Historic Park, an old mining town in the California gold mining country and the surrounding areas. Publicity photos for Season 1 of the series were shot at Paramount Ranch, a recreational and film location site in the Santa Monica Mountains National Recreational Area of Southern California, which with I work as a volunteer. (Home of Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman when that show was in production.) The cover shot for the Season 1 DVD set, as well as the covers for some of the inside plastic disk cases, are some of those early publicity photos.
The remainder of the series was shot at Old Tucson Studios in Tucson, Arizona and its adjuct set, called Mescal, which is approximately 40 minutes away. Old Tucson operates as a tourist attraction, so you can visit it. However, a bad fire destroyed many of the original sets in the 1990's (after The Young Riders had completed production, I believe). When they rebuilt, they didn't really recreate what had been there before, sadly. So, the "new" Old Tucson doesn't have the historical feel so much anymore. Nor, buildings that you would recognize from The Young Riders too much. At one time, they offered tours of the Mescal set, but, I don't think they are doing that at the present time. At least, not the last time I looked at the Old Tucson website.
There's actually a Sweetwater County in southwest Wyoming, and one of the main towns is Rock Springs (as opposed to Rock Creek). If you look on the map in the opening credits, that's the general area indicated-- between Laramie and Salt Lake City. That area is all sagebrush desert and low rocky mountains... if anything, it's more desert-like than what you see on the show. I'm pretty sure that's where they meant the setting to be, even though it was filmed elsewhere.
shareSweetwater County in Wyoming was formed in 1867, which is years after the show was set. That couldn't be the place the show was meant to be in.
There is also a Sweetwater in Nebraska, but I don't know when it was formed. There was also a Rock Creek in Nebraska (now called Beemer). Those places seem more likely to be the locations portrayed.