 (Courtesy of Clarence Schwab and Larry Blanks) What a great photo above! A smilin' Victor Daniels / Chief Thunder Cloud in his buckskins and working at Corriganville circa 1952-53. The lucky young lad in the picture is Clarence "Clem" Schwab.  (Courtesy of Barb Turner) Above - Barb Turner's Aunt Lillian (Brown) Collins Cox with a smiling Victor Daniels in front of the Corriganville sheriff's office. 1954 photo.  (Courtesy of Barb Turner) Above - Barb Turner's grandmother, Martha Ann (Bloomfield) Brown with Daniels in front of the photo store which he operated at Corriganville. 1954 photo. |
 (Courtesy of Kathy Martin) |  | Kathy Martin sent me this photo and asked if we could find out more info, and I forwarded to Bill Raymond, who worked at Corriganville in the 1960s. Apparently, the 'Romona' signature on the back of the photo is Bill Willingham's daughter Romona. Bill Raymond said that the stable background is definitely NOT at Corriganville, and he/his contacts don't recognize the 'Barbara Williams' who is in the photo with Daniels/Chief TC. Perhaps a website visitor can provide more info on this. |
| Below are photos of the grave markers of Smoke and Sunny, two horses owned by Victor Daniels (Chief Thunder Cloud). Smoke (Smoky) was the horse ridden by Dick Foran in his 1930s singing cowboy westerns at Warner Bros. The markers are old and the inscriptions are somewhat difficult to read, so I've included that info under each photo. Special thanks to Mike Dearbaugh for the photos. Those and more info about the S.O.P.H.I.E. Pet Cemetery in Calabasas, California is at the Find A Grave site: http://www.findagrave.com/cemeteries/1517.html |
 (Courtesy of Mike Dearbaugh) The inscription on the grave marker reads:
 (Courtesy of Mike Dearbaugh) The inscription on the grave marker reads:
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| Weblinks on Victor Daniels, the Lone Ranger serials and radio program, Clayton Moore, more ... | |  |
I've received some e-mails asking whether the two Lone Ranger serials are "lost" or available on videotape. I've looked into this matter for the past twenty years or so, and have put together a webpage outlining some facts and some scuttlebutt about those two cliffhangers. To go to that page, click HERE.
Want more information on Lee Powell, who was the first cinema Lone Ranger? Go to the Frontier Marshal page of my western trio series site by clicking HERE.
Want to visit some other Lone Ranger websites. Here are some good'uns:
Check out Mark Largent's LONE RANGER website. There you will find the various Lone Rangers of TV, radio, serials, et al. I was pleased to provide the serial info and pictures. Click below on Mark's new website home at: http://www.endeavorcomics.com/largent/lr1.html
The IMDb does have a brief biography and film listing for Victor Daniels / Chief Thunder Cloud: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0862086/
Find A Grave website lists the interment location for many celebrities, and you can find the Chief Thunder Cloud marker at Forest Lawn - Glendale (which Scott Michaels took, and is displayed earlier on this site): https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/2081/chief-thundercloud
Daniels' second wife, Frances C. Courtright Daniels (1901-1982), is also interred at Forest Lawn - Glendale: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/85375388/frances-daniels
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