First, there was Yellowstone, then there was its prequel 1923, and then Taylor Sheridan hit us with another prequel about the Dutton family in December 2021 called 1883. It follows the Duttons as they flee the pestilence and poverty-stricken plains of Texas and make their way West in search of a better life which will eventually lead them to their home state of Montana and the famed Yellowstone Ranch. The series stars Isabel May as Elsa Dutton, Tim McGraw as James Dillard Dutton, Faith Hill as Margaret Dutton, and the straight-out-of-central casting cowboy Sam Elliot as the irascible Pinkerton Agent Shea Brennan, who is about as rough and tumble as they come in the Yellowstone universe, which is saying something for the scowling, gravelly-voiced actor who has made a career out of such roles. For the show's backdrop, Sheridan and his crew used a variety of locations as facsimiles for the late 19th century through the Texas Hill Country and through the Midwestern United States. For the trying five-month shoot, some of the places chosen have been used before in both Texas and Montana.