 (Courtesy of Minard Coons) Above - Gene Autry with his trusty guitar and riding the original Champion (with that unique face blaze and three white socks).  (Courtesy of Minard Coons) A smiling William "Hopalong Cassidy" Boyd and Topper entertain the crowd. A notation on the back of the photo identifies this appearance as "Western Ways, Tucson, Az.", but no date is included. Newspaper reports indicate that Boyd and Topper attended the 1951, 1952, and 1954 Tucson event.  (From Old Corral collection) Above are Roy Rogers and the original Trigger, circa late 1930s, after signing with Republic Pictures. Trigger was originally 'Golden Cloud' and was the palomino ridden by Olivia DeHaviland in ADVENTURES OF ROBIN HOOD (Warners, 1938) with Errol Flynn. |
