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unusual facts about Ruby Ridge: An American Tragedy



American Front

In 1992, Heick and AF associates were the first out-of-state activists to arrive at the Randy Weaver stand-off at Ruby Ridge.

Boundary County, Idaho

In 1992, Boundary County was the scene of the infamous Ruby Ridge siege by 350-400 armed federal agents against Randy Weaver and his family.

Butte County, California

Several movies have been filmed in Butte County, including Gone with the Wind, The Outlaw Josey Wales, Friendly Persuasion, Magic Town, The Klansman, Ruby Ridge: An American Tragedy, The Adventures of Robin Hood and Under Wraps.

Jess Walter

As a reporter he covered the Randy Weaver/Ruby Ridge case for the Spokane Spokesman-Review newspaper and authored a book about the case, Every Knee Shall Bow (revised edition titled Ruby Ridge).

Scottsboro: An American Tragedy

Subsequently, the train was stopped by an armed posse in the town of Paint Rock, Alabama, and two white women got out making an accusation that they had been raped by nine black teenagers, the Scottsboro Boys, on the train.

The Memory of Justice

The film was inspired by Telford Taylor's book Nuremberg and Vietnam: An American Tragedy, and Taylor is interviewed extensively during the film.

The Siege at Ruby Ridge

The film is a docudrama about the confrontation between the Weaver family and the US federal government at Ruby Ridge in 1992, as well as the events leading up to it.


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