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(From Old Corral image collection) From L-to-R are Robert 'Bobby' Blake as Little Beaver, Roy Barcroft, Jack Kirk, Tom London and Bill Elliott in a lobby card from CHEYENNE WILDCAT (Republic, 1944), one of the Red Ryder adventures. (From Old Corral image collection) Above from L-to-R are William Haade, Bud Geary, Wild Bill Elliott, and on the far right is Kenne Duncan in a still from SHERIFF OF LAS VEGAS (Republic, 1944). (From Old Corral image collection) Above from L-to-R, Roy Barcroft, Ted Adams and Allan Lane in STAGECOACH TO DENVER (Republic, 1946). (From Old Corral image collection) Above are Kenne Duncan vs. Wild Bill Elliott in a lobby card from CALIFORNIA GOLD RUSH (Republic, 1946), one of the best of the Red Ryder adventures. (From Old Corral image collection) From L-to-R are Tom London, Allan Lane with Peggy Stewart in his arms, whiskered Emmett Lynn, Pierce Lyden, and in the front is Bobby Blake as Little Beaver. Lobby card from RUSTLERS OF DEVIL'S CANYON (Republic, 1947), one of the seven Red Ryder adventures which starred Allan Lane. (From Old Corral image collection) From left to right are Roy Barcroft, Edmund Cobb and Allan Lane in a lobby card from OREGON TRAIL SCOUTS (Republic, 1947). This was Allan Lane's fifth (of seven) Ryder films, and the story tells how Little Beaver (Bobby Blake) came to be Red's sidekick. (From Old Corral image collection) In all 23 Red Ryder features that were churned out by Republic, Robert 'Bobby' Blake played Little Beaver and rode 'Papoose'.  Above is Blake with Bill Elliott. (Courtesy of Les Adams) Above from L-to-R are Don Kay 'Little Brown Jug' Reynolds (as Little Beaver), Jim Bannon and sidekick Emmett Lynn in a scene from RIDE, RYDER, RIDE (Eagle Lion, 1949), the first of the four Bannon Red Ryder adventures. (Courtesy of Minard Coons) Above are Jim Bannon (as Red Ryder) and Peggy Stewart in a lobby card from RIDE, RYDER, RIDE (Eagle Lion, 1949), one of a quartet of Red Ryder adventures starring Bannon.  Stewart also was the heroine to Bannon in THE FIGHTING REDHEAD (Eagle Lion, 1950).

Make sure to visit the sections on the Old Corral devoted to Wild Bill Elliott, Allan 'Rocky' Lane, Jim Bannon and Don Barry.

In addition to creating the Red Ryder character and comic strip, Fred Harman was also one of the foremost painters of the American West.  There's more info at the Fred Harman Art Museum in Pagosa Springs, Colorado: http://www.harmanartmuseum.com/

As mentioned, the Fred Harman museum is located in Pagosa Springs, Colorado, and their Pagosa Springs Sun newspaper has many articles about the annual Red Ryder Roundup celebration. Below are links to articles about the annual Red Ryder Roundups held in 2009, 2011 and 2012:
http://www.pagosasun.com/archives/2009/06june/061809/redryderrodeo.html
http://www.pagosasun.com/archives/2009/07july/070209/pg1festivefourth.html
http://www.pagosasun.com/archives/2011/06June/060911/redryderrodeo.html
http://www.pagosasun.com/archives/2011/06June/062311/aerodeo.html
http://www.pagosasun.com/archives/2012/06June/061412/rrrodeo.html

If you're interested in attending a future Red Ryder Roundup, you can check the Calendar of Events at the Pagosa Springs, Colorado Chamber of Commerce website: http://www.pagosaspringschamber.com/

There's info on comic strip syndicator and comic book publisher Stephen Slesinger at:
http://www.stephenslesinger.com/index.php?id=50
http://www.stephenslesinger.com/index.php?id=16

The carToonopedia site has info on the Red Ryder comic strip: http://www.toonopedia.com/redryder.htm

The Grand Comics Database Project (GCD) website has images of the covers for the Dell Red Ryder comic books which had a lengthy run of about 140 issues during the period 1942-1955: http://www.comics.org/series/152/covers/

You can read the script to the March 22, 1949 Adventures of Red Ryder radio program "Roaring River Renegades" at the Generic Radio Workshop website: http://www.genericradio.com/series.php?tag=redryder

Info and history on the Daisy Red Ryder B-B gun:
Daisy still produces the Red Ryder B-B gun and the Daisy homepage is at: http://www.daisy.com/index.html
And the Daisy history page is at: http://www.daisy.com/history.html
The Daisy Airgun Museum in Rogers, Arkansas, has a history of the Red Ryder B-B gun: http://www.daisymuseum.com/html/history.htm

At the Postcards website, they have several images and postcards showing Little Beaver Town:
http://www.66postcards.com/postcards/nm/NM038090.html
http://www.66postcards.com/postcards/nm/NM038270.html
http://www.66postcards.com/postcards/nm/NM038180.html

Thanks to Brian Macdonald for some Little Beaver trivia - U.S. Navy Destroyer Squadron 23 was formed in 1943, and had it's nickname The "Little Beavers" bestowed on it by Captain Arleigh Burke soon after the battle of Cape St. George, in recognition of the squadron's fighting spirit. More at: http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/agency/navy/desron23.htm

There's more on the Little Beavers, Destroyer Squadron 23, and the Little Beaver logo:
https://sites.google.com/site/ussclaxton/story-of-the-little-beaver-logo
http://www.public.navy.mil/surfor/cds-23/Pages/History.aspx

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