Robert Redford on My Father-In-Law, A.C.

A.C. on the cover of National Geographic

My father-in-law was a larger than life man. Sometimes it seems he could have been an American tall tale, like Pecos Bill or Paul Bunyan. He was a rancher and a rodeo star and I think everyone who ever met him has a story to tell that will make you laugh, shake your head and say "Only A.C.". Back in the 1970s Robert Redford took an interest in the Outlaw Trail, which ran right through the ranch A.C.'s ancestors had homesteaded and A.C. was currently running. Robber's Roost was a point of historical interest for Redford and A.C. was a human link to the past. Redford eventually featured A.C. in his book about the trail, as did National Geographic when they published an excerpt of Redford's book.









Check out this short interview clip of Robert Redford's observations of A.C. and his type's influence on the American West.

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