Lots of links on Hoppy, Gene and Roy
In June, 2015, the official Gene Autry Entertainment organization launched a YouTube channel with tunes, film clips, more: https://www.youtube.com/user/geneautryofficial
The official Gene Autry website is at: https://www.geneautry.com, and they have a section devoted to Gene's biography, World War II military duty, the many Champions, Gene's films-TV-radio-record career, and more: https://www.geneautry.com/geneautry/ Gene's Cowboy Code is at: https://www.geneautry.com/geneautry/geneautry_cowboycode.html
Gene Autry was inducted into the Texas Country Music Hall of Fame in 1998: https://www.tcmhof.com/latest-inductees/17-inductees-1998
The Roy Rogers and Dale Evans official website is at: https://royrogers.com/
Cheryl Rogers-Barnett is the adopted daughter of Roy Rogers and his first wife, Arline. Cheryl's website is at: https://www.cherylrogers.com/
Hopalong Cassidy Enterprises / U. S. Television Office, Inc. is the owner and copyright holder of all things Hopalong Cassidy: http://hopalongcassidy.com/ https://www.hopalongcassidyenterprises.com/
The Country Music Hall of Fame winners include Tex Ritter, Bob Wills, Gene Autry, the Sons of the Pioneers, Johnny Bond, Roy Rogers: https://countrymusichalloffame.org/hall-of-fame/members/
The Nashville Songwriters Foundation Hall Of Fame includes Gene Autry, Jimmy Wakely, Johnny Bond, Smiley Burnette, Ray Whitley, Tex Ritter, Bob Nolan, Bob Wills, more: http://www.nashvillesongwritersfoundation.com/Site/inductees
The Western Music Association Hall of Fame winners include Johnny Bond, Tex Ritter, Bob Wills, Gene Autry, the Sons of the Pioneers, Roy Rogers, Jimmy Wakely, Monte Hale, lots more: https://iwesternmusic.org/award.php?2
You can check the number of stars given to Roy, Gene, Hoppy (and other cowboy heroes) at the Hollywood Walk of Fame website: https://walkoffame.com/
The reelclassics website has a list of the Quigley Publishing Annual Top Ten MoneyMakers Poll from 1932-1970, and that includes Gene Autry and Roy Rogers in the 1940s: http://www.reelclassics.com/Articles/General/quigleytop10-article.htm
Although some of the data is incomplete or inaccurate, the Internet Movie Database (IMDb) has information on: Roy Rogers: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001678/
William Boyd: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0101955/
Gene Autry: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000810/
Stan Rojo has gotta have one of the largest collections of Gene Autry memorabilia: https://www.autrycollection.com/
Gene Autry was inducted into the Radio Hall of Fame in 2003: https://www.radiohalloffame.com/gene-autry
There's a website on Newhall, California and the Melody Ranch / Monogram Ranch movie location which was later owned by Gene Autry: https://scvhistory.com/scvhistory/sg032903.htm
The Happy Trails Children's Foundation helps children in need, and also sponsors the Roy Rogers and Dale Evans Festival: https://www.happytrails.org/
Henry Crowell did an interesting article on his work and association with Gene Autry and Champion: https://scvhistory.com/scvhistory/crowell.htm
The Autry National Center, formed in 2003 by the merger of the Autry Museum of Western Heritage with the Southwest Museum of the American Indian and the Women of the West Museum, is at: https://theautry.org/
Find A Grave website has information and pictures of the interment locations for:
Gene Autry (marker shows Orvon Gene Autry): https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/3739 William Boyd (marker shows William Boyd and Hopalong Cassidy): https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/2123 Roy Rogers (marker shows Leonard Franklin Slye and Roy Rogers): https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/3206 Arlene Rogers (Roy's wife - she passed away in 1946): https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/6977 Dale Evans (marker shows Francis Octavia Smith and Dale Evans Rogers): https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/4218
The Roy Rogers World website is no longer working, but the Internet Archive Wayback Machine has a saved version with info and images on Roy, Dale, Trigger, Buttermilk, Bullet (the dog), the films and TV show: https://web.archive.org/web/20201128164802/http://royrogersworld.com/ |