I've seen this before, saw it again today, and realized I didn't own the DVD (grin). So, I ordered it today to remedy that.There is some disagreement over which movies are part of the "Lonesome Dove" saga. But 3 of them star Robert Duvall. I've not seen the other two. But the thing that drew me to "Broken Trail" was its historical nature. I grew up in John Day, Oregon ... where the trail ride began. Even today, local ranchers herd their cattle through the town once yearly to move them to pasture lands south of town. And at one time, my stepdad owned a 10,170 acre ranch west of John Day (outside of Dayville on Hwy. 26). Most westerns leave me flat with their glitzy cowboys wearing fancy costumes - with their hair never falling out of place ... since I grew up around "real" cowboys.Just wanted to fill in a couple of historical details that might make the film more understandable. There were many Chinese immigrants in the John Day area during the time depicted in the film. Many of them worked on the narrow-guage railroad and many more worked in the gold mines. Everyone has heard of the California gold rush in 1849. But few have heard of the Oregon gold rush in 1862 after gold was discovered in Canyon Creek (near Canyon City, 2 miles south of John Day). But back then, Canyon City was called Whiskey Gulch ... and grew in population to exceed the current population of Oregon's state capital, Salem - at least until the gold ran out. Even today, Canyon City has a yearly event called the "'62-Days Celebration" including a parade through the center of town (that I marched in a few times).So, this explains why there were a lot of Chinese girls in the area ... like the girls depicted in the film. In John Day during the film's timeframe, there was a business located in the Kam Wah Chung building (now a historical museum, see photo below). And part of the "business" they transacted likely included the sale of girls ... though area historians might not mention it openly (grin).I won't take any stars away for this ... but I found it interesting that Duvall mis-pronounced Oregon as O-REE-GONE and that his British horse buyer pronounced Oregon correctly (Oar-EEE-Gun).The landscape of this film was Canadian ... but, at least early on, matched the landscape of the Wallowa range they likely drove the horses over. So, this was like a time-travel adventure to me ... depicting the area in which I grew up as it was "back in the day."P.S. One final note. The film is aptly dated during the "Boer War" fought by Britain (1899 apx.). By then, the economy of eastern Oregon was on the wane ... making the sale of ranches (and Chinese girls, for that matter) an economic necessity. It was around that time that my stepdad's parents (1st generation immigrants from Scotland) bought their ranch. The gold was starting to dry up - and a lot of other businesses that depended on that gold income were failing. Even the trade of horses, popular during the prior year (Spanish-American War), was drying up ... making the Boer War trade with the British a godsend to those who had horses to sell. It was a good way for them to get rich quick since the British were paying much more money than the horses were actually worth.