A new museum is being built in Fort Worth to celebrate cattle raisers. From their website: “For more than a quarter of a century, the Cattle Raisers Museum has entertained and educated visitors with the real story of the cattle and ranching industries in the Southwest. In late 2009, we’ll…
I’ve written about Roy Rogers before but here is some sad news. A letter from Roy Rogers, Jr.: I have been personally agonizing over how to start this letter. I guess by saying thank you. Thank you for the years of love, support, prayer, loyalty to the Rogers Family. You,…
PRESS RELEASE 2009 Rodeo Hall of Fame Inductees and Honorees Announced Posted: Jul 24 2009 The Board of Directors of the Rodeo Historical Society announces inductees into the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum® Rodeo Hall of Fame in Oklahoma City. Recipients of the Tad Lucas and Ben Johnson Memorial…
From Wikipedia: “Roy Rogers (born Leonard Franklin Slye) (November 5, 1911 – July 6, 1998), was a singer and cowboy actor, as well as the namesake of the famous Roy Rogers Restaurants chain. He and his second wife Dale Evans, his golden palomino Trigger, and his German Shepherd Dog, Bullet,…
The Chisholm Trail was a trail used in the later 19th century to drive cattle overland from ranches in Texas to Kansas railheads. The trail stretched from southern Texas across the Red River, and on to the railhead of the Kansas Pacific Railway in Abilene, Kansas, where the cattle would…
