West Texas town wraps filming stint for hit TV series

  • FRIENDS ON SET Tim McGraw, who plays pioneer James Dutton on the “Yellowstone” TV prequel “1883,” autographed the phone case of Lexington Long (left) after welcoming her “backstage” at the 6666 Ranch. | AMBER LONG PHOTOS
    FRIENDS ON SET Tim McGraw, who plays pioneer James Dutton on the “Yellowstone” TV prequel “1883,” autographed the phone case of Lexington Long (left) after welcoming her “backstage” at the 6666 Ranch. | AMBER LONG PHOTOS

    For a few recent weeks in King County, Texas, Samuel Burk Burnett himself might’ve turned the corner and tipped his hat to say hello to mustachioed wranglers and calico-skirted ladies—and felt completely at home.

    The costumes and firearms and horse tack would’ve been familiar to him. The cowhands and the Comanches wouldn’t have surprised the cattleman either—though in 1883 Burnett hadn’t yet purcha…