Deputy Festus Haggen Origin

This video focuses on the beginning of Festus Haggen while in Dodge City after joining forces with lawman Marshal Matt Dilion.

Festus was patterned after "Cedar Jack" (Frederick Munden), a man from Curtis' Las Animas childhood. Cedar Jack, who lived 15 miles south of town, made a living cutting cedar fence posts. Curtis observed many times that Jack came to Las Animas, where he would often end up drunk and in Curtis' father's jail. Festus' character was known, in part, for the nasally, twangy, rural accent which Curtis developed for the role, but which did not reflect Curtis' actual voice. (Wikipedia 2016).

Song: By Robert Belfour - Hill Stomp - Hill Country Blues