Here's what I found in the ONE LIFE TO LIVE: THIRTY YEARS OF MEMORIES book (since I wasn't watching the show in 1988--I started in 1992):
(In 1988), a drugged horse threw a blind Clint Buchanan, who hit his head on a rock and lost consciousness. When he awoke, Clint realized that his vision had returned: he could see! But what he saw caused him to blink in amazement. He had been inexplicably transported back 100 years in time to an Old West town called Buchanan City. As he hobbled into town, Clint happened upon a showdown between two bitter rivals - the ranchers and the farmers. To Clint's amazement, the head rancher, Buck, looked remarkably like his own pa, Asa. It dawned upon Clint that he had somehow slipped back in time and landed in the home of his Wild West ancestors! Clint was astounded by the sight of Buck Buchanan's right-hand man, Cody Vasquez, who looked exactly like Clint's own son, Cord! Equally amazing was Ginny Fletcher, the town's uptight schoolmarm, who was the spitting image of Viki! Clint realized that Ginny was Viki's own great-grandmother. Before long, Clint learned why destiny had hurled him 100 years back in time. An old Native American clairvoyant, Clear Eyes, explained to Clint that he had been called into the past to bring Farmer McGillis' clan and Rancher Buchanan's family together to mend their fences. Clint eventually accomplished the mission and watched with deep satisfaction as the two families celebrated their newfound friendship with the marriage of Cody Vasquez to his true love, sweet May McGillis. Clint’s next mission was to reunite Ginny Fletcher with her estranged paramour, Randolph Lord. It dawned on Clint that if he did not accomplish his goal, then Viki would never be born.
And for the record, as of now, Viki’s name is Victoria Lord Riley Burke Riley Buchanan Buchanan Carpenter Davidson, with Banks soon to be added, I suspect. LOL. Erika Slezak even poked fun at Viki's many marriages in her appearance on THE VIEW last week.
Brian
