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James Drury
James Drury James Child Drury Jr. (born April xviii, 1934), is an American thespian all-time known for his success in playing the championship role in 249 EPISODES of the ninety-minute weekly Western telly series The Virginian, broadcast on NBC from 1962–71. Early years Drury was born in New York Metropolis, the son of James Kid […]
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Clay O'Brien Cooper
Dirt O'Brien Cooper Built-in Dirt O'Brien Cooper on May vi, 1961, and all-time-known as the pint- sized "Hardy Fimps" in the western coming-of-historic period film, The Cowboys (1972); Dirt O'Brien became a favorite with John Wayne, who appreciated a real cowboy when he met one. Remaining pint-sized for several years, Dirt could be establish in pleasant […]
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Truthful West Magazine
Truthful West Magazine True West Magazine (alternate championship: True West) is an American mag that covers the icons like Wyatt Earp, Doc Holliday, Baton the Kid, and Jesse James and relates American One-time West history back to the present twenty-four hour period to show the office gimmicky Western heritage plays in keeping the spirit of the Old […]
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Mathew Caldwell
Mathew Caldwell Matthew Caldwell, (March eight, 1798 – December 28, 1842), also spelled Mathew Caldwell was a 19th- century Texas settler, military figure, Helm of the Gonzales – Seguin Rangers and a signer of the Texas Declaration of Independence. Considering of his recruitment ride ahead of the Boxing of Gonzales, some take called him the […]
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Chuck DeHaan
Chuck DeHaan A cocky taught creative person and true cowboy DeHaan captures the essence of the American west. Since his discovery "that pencils left tracks" DeHaan has left his tracks on the western art world. His epic depictions come from his life experiences as a rodeo passenger, rancher, and cutting equus caballus trainer. His intimate knowledge of […]
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Black Kettle
Black Kettle According to wikipedia Black Kettle (Cheyenne: Mo'ohtavetoo'o) (c. 1803 – November 27, 1868) was a prominent leader of the Southern Cheyenneduring the American Indian Wars. Built-in to the Northern Só'taeo'o / Só'taétaneo'o ring of the Northern Cheyenne in the Black Hillsof present-day South Dakota,[2] he later married into the Wotápio / Wutapai band […]
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John Smith
John Smith John Smith (born Robert Errol Van Orden, March 6, 1931 – January 25, 1995) was an American actor remembered in detail for his leading roles in two NBC western television receiver series, Cimarron City – 26 EPISODES and Laramie – 122 EPISODES A descendant of Peter Stuyvesant, the Dutch governor of New Netherland in […]
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Marty Robbins
Marty Robbins Perhaps best known for his songs celebrating the American West. Robbins' highest charting anthology is 1959's Gunfighter Ballads and Trail Songs. Information technology charted to #vi on the all- genre Billboard 200, and was as well certified Platinum by the Recording Industry Clan of America. The anthology's get-go single, "El Paso", became a hit on […]
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James Arness
James Arness Best known for portraying Marshal Matt Dillon for twenty years in the CBS television serial Gunsmoke. Arness has the distinction of having played the role of Dillon in v separate decades: 1955 to 1975 in the weekly series, so in Gunsmoke: Return to Dodge(1987) and four more made-for-television set Gunsmoke films in the 1990s. […]
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H.B. "Hub" Baker
H.B. "Hub" Baker – Preservationist attended high school in Brenham Texas and higher at Texas A&M. Hub competed in high schoolhouse rodeos and qualified for the Texas High Schoolhouse Rodeo Finals in tie-down roping and cutting competition. Hub showed cutting horses at the NCHA futurity in the late 1960s. His love for the western way […]
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Benjamin Tyler Henry
Benjamin Tyler Henry – Inventor of the Henry Rifle (March 22, 1821–June eight, 1898) was an American gunsmith and manufacturer. He was the inventor of the Henry rifle, the starting time reliable lever-activeness repeating rifle. Henry was born in Claremont, New Hampshire in 1821. He apprenticed to a gunsmith as a young man and worked his way up to shop foreman at the Robins & Lawrence Arms […]
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S. Omar Barker
South. Omar Barker – Cowboy Poet and Writer (1894–1985), an oft-recited cowboy poet was born in a log cabin in New Mexico where he lived his entire life equally a rancher, teacher and writer. He published many books, including Vientos de las Sierras (1924), Buckaroo Ballads (1928) and Rawhide Rhymes: Singing Poems of the Old […]
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Enough Coups
Plenty Coops – Native American Main In Crow chosen Alaxchiiaahush / Alaxchíia Ahú (″Many State of war Achievements″), he is better known by his English name every bit Plenty Coups. (1848 – 1932) was the Ashbacheeítche (″Chief Of The Camp″, band principal) of the Mount Crow Band) of the Crow Nation (Apsáalooke), a visionary leader, and a groovy […]
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Jeanette Sterns Keim (Jean Marlowe)
Jeanette Stearns Keim (Jean Marlowe) – Preservationist and Entertainer The ancestors of Jean Marlowe, (Jeanette Stearns Keim) came to Texas in a covered wagon earlier the Civil War. She was built-in and raised in Fort Worth where she grew up with the ringing of cowbells and traditional Texas music. She completed ii degrees at the […]
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Granville T. Woods
Granville T. Forest – Inventor is known as the "Black Edison." He was a prominent inventor and electrical engineer who developed over 50 significant patents over the course of his life. Woods was born on April 23, 1856 in Columbus, Ohio. He attended schoolhouse until he was 10 years one-time and and then, equally was typical […]
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Douglas Harman
Douglas Harman – Historian Doug Harman is an avid supporter of the preservation of Texas history through such efforts every bit the Chisholm Trail Region, The Texas Ceremonious State of war Museum, the Texas Heritage Trails Program, Log Cabin Heritage Foundation, Texas Cowboy Hall of Fame, and many more. He has written more than than threescore published articles actualization […]
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Barry Corbin
Barry Corbin – Actor & Humanitarian: Corbin began his career as a Shakespearean actor in the 1960s, but today he is more likely to exist seen in the role of the local sheriff. To moviegoers, he is well remembered as John Travolta'south uncle Bob Davis in Urban Cowboy or Roscoe Brownish, July Johnson's bumbling deputy […]
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Robert Fuller
Robert Fuller – Actor: In his five decades of tv set, Fuller was known for his deep, raspy vocalisation and was familiar to television set viewers throughout the 1960s and 1970s from his roles every bit Jess Harper on Laramie and Cooper Smith on Wagon Railroad train. He too appeared many times in series such every bit Death Valley Days, […]
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Choctaw Code Talkers
Choctaw Lawmaking Talkers, 1917 – 1919 The Choctaw Lawmaking Talkers were a grouping of Choctaw Indians from Oklahoma that pioneered the utilise of Native American tongues as armed services code. Their exploits took place during the waning days of World War I. Major General E. St. John Grebble commanded the 36th Partitioning stationed at Campsite Bowie, […]
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John Chisum
John Chisum, Stockman, 1824 – 1884 Chisum became one of the major stock men in North Primal Texas before the Civil War. During the war, he supplied cattle to the Confederacy. He became associated with Charles Goodnight before moving to New Mexico where he created a vast ranch which in 1875 employed 100 cowboys and […]
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Donald Jury
Donald Jury, Preservationist, 1942 – Don Jury's exposure to the Stockyards began every bit an outside auditor for Swift & Company in 1966. In 1974, Don joined Justin Industries as Chief Fiscal Officeholder. Mr. Justin gave Don a special assignment to assist two of Justin Boot Visitor's oldest dealers in the Stockyards. In 1983, Jury joined […]
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Billy Bob Barnett
Billy Bob Barnett, Baton Bob'southward Founder, 1946 – Billy Bob Barnett is the founder of Baton Bob's Texas. On April ane, 1981, Mr. Barnett took what was originally a cattle barn, an airplane manufacturing plant and a department store, and opened what is now internationally known equally "The Earth's Largest Honky-Tonk." Billy Bob's has provided […]
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Bruce Greene
Bruce Greene, Creative person, 1953 – I of the nigh highly respected artists in the Western art earth is Bruce Greene. He is a member of the renowned Cowboy Artists of America and has served twice every bit President. His art hangs in prestigious homes, offices and museums where Western Art is a part of their presentation. […]
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West. O. Rominger
W.O. (William Oran) Rominger, Stockman, 1870-1926, William Oran Rominger was born in 1870 and in 1904 moved his family from Cleburne, Texas to Fort Worth and started W.O. Rominger & Co. Horse and Mules with his blood brother C.O. Rominger. Rominger became a prominent businessman in Fort Worth and the Stockyards and was influential and suportive […]
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Clint Walker
Clint Walker, Histrion, 1927 – 2018 Once described as "the biggest, finest-looking Western hero always to sit on a horse, with a pair of shoulders rivaling Rex Kong'due south," Clint Walker near unmarried-handedly started the western craze on TV in the mid-1950s equally Cheyenne Bodie in the series, Cheyenne. The fictional character of Cheyenne Bodie, was […]
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Eddie Sandoval
Eddie Sandoval, Apache Lord's day Dancer, 1943 – Edward (Eddie) Sandoval is an educator, preservationist and historian who is widely recognized for his many years of representation and preservation of Native American heritage. After receiving a Main's degree in education, Eddie went on to a career as an educator and counselor with Tarrant County College. In […]
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Johnny Fry
Johnny Fry, Pony Express Passenger, 1840 – 1863, Johnny Fry, born in 1840 , was the first official westbound rider of the Pony Express. His offset trip was on April 3, 1860. The Pony Express was a mail service delivering letters, newspapers, and mail. The route ran from St. Joseph, Missouri to Sacramento, California. During […]
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Margaret Borland
Margaret Borland, Trail Boss, 1824 – 1873 Margaret Borland was a Texas rancher that was born in Ireland in 1824. Margaret was married and widowed iii times. Her first husband, Harrison Dunbar, was killed in a private argument in Victoria soon after she bore their just child. Margaret married Milton Hardy several years subsequently; Hardy […]
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Wilson Franklin
Wilson Franklin, Boot Maker, 1952 – Wilson D. Franklin moved to Ft. Worth from San Angelo, Texas in 1973 to manage G.Fifty. Leddy's Kick and Saddlery. He had just turned 20. Wilson is the 3rd generation of Leddy's, which is still family endemic and operated. Wilson's begetter and gramps instilled in him a commitment to […]
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North Fort Worth Historical Society
N Fort Worth Historical Guild – The NFWHS was founded by Charlie and Sue McCafferty and chartered in 1976 to preserve the Stockyards and Northward Fort Worth. For more than 37 years the Society has researched and recorded the history of this part of Tarrant Canton. The historical significance of the livestock and meat packing […]
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Leander Harvey McNelly
Leander Harvey McNelly (March 12, 1844–September four, 1877) was a Confederate officer and Texas Ranger captain. McNelly is best remembered for leading the "Special Forcefulness", a quasi-military branch of the Texas Rangers that operated in south Texas in 1875-76.
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Vicente Oropeza
Vicente Oropeza – The first recognized champion of the world in the "Trick and Fancy Roping" event belonged to Vicente Oropeza (sometimes spelled as Vincente Oropeso) of Puebla, United mexican states. The yr was 1900. It has long been accepted that the American Cowboy beginning learned his trade from the Mexican Vaquero. The Vaquero had been "cowboying" […]
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Cathy Williams
Cathy Williams traveled with the eighth Indiana, accompanying the soldiers on their marches through Arkansas, Louisiana, and Georgia. She was present at the Boxing of Pea Ridge and the Red River Campaign. At one fourth dimension she was transferred to Little Rock, where she would accept seen uniformed African-American men serving equally soldiers, which may accept […]
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Mary D & F. Howard Walsh Sr
Mary D & F. Howard Walsh Sr — "Howard and I never thought we were special or annihilation," said Mary D. Fleming Walsh, his wife of 61 years. "We liked to requite rather than keep the coin, then we have always given as much equally we could." Requite they did, in the millions. And Fort […]
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Great American Cattle Drive
Great American Cattle Bulldoze of 1995 was organized to re-enact and commemorate the great cattle drives of the 1870 and 1880s. The starting point was in the Fort Worth Stock Yards, the destination was Miles Metropolis Montana. The drive passed through six states. Because the open range of the 19th century Due west had long since […]
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John Barclay Armstrong
John Barclay Armstrong (Jan 1, 1850 – May 1, 1913) was a Texas Ranger lieutenant and a Usa Marshal, unremarkably remembered for his role in the pursuit and capture of the famous gunfighter John Wesley Hardin. Armstrong resigned his position at the Rangers in 1881, and was shortly later on appointed U.S. Marshal. He established […]
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Loyd Jinkens
Loyd Jinkens – "Mr. Quarter Horse" Jinkens was built-in in 1900 in Nolan Canton, Texas, south of Sweetwater. His father, T. C., ranched a big spread due south of Sweetwater and ran effectually 200 broodmares in addition to a large herd of cattle. The action in the famed Fort Worth Stockyards lured Jinkens, and he began […]
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Francis Augustus Hamer
Francis Augustus Hamer (March 17, 1884 – July 10, 1955) was a Texas Ranger, known in popular culture for his involvement in tracking downwardly and killing the criminal duo Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow in 1934. In a career that spanned the final days of the Wild Westward well into the automobile age, Hamer acquired […]
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Joseph Sterling Bridwell
Bridwell was born in Northview in Webster County in southern Missouri and attended public school in nearby Marshfield, Missouri. Later on a curt fourth dimension in Oklahoma, Bridwell relocated in 1909 to Wichita Falls. Showtime involved in the barbed wire and real estate business organisation, he commencement drilled for oil in 1917 and formed the Cashion Oil Company. […]
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Graham H. Childress
Rancher, philanthropist, descendant of George C. Childress, credited with being the author of the Texas Declaration of Independence in 1836. In 1967 Graham became a rancher in Terrell County and active in his church and community affairs. He served every bit a county commissioner for twelve years and he has served on the Terrell County Appraisal […]
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Cabeza De Vaca
Explorer Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca was born 1490, in Extremadura, Castile, Spain. He was treasurer to the Spanish expedition under Pánfilo de Narváez that reached what is now Tampa Bay, Florida, in 1528. By September all only his party of 60 had perished; it reached the shore near present-day Galveston, Texas. The survivors lived […]
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5 Civilized Tribes
The V Civilized Tribes was a confederation, formed in 1859, of Due north American Indians in what was then WESTERN INDIAN TERRITORY (in present-day Oklahoma). The group comprised the Iroquoian- speaking CHEROKEE and the Muskogean-speaking CHICKASAW, CHOCTAW, CREEK, and SEMINOLE. They were described equally "civilized" considering of their early on adoption of many of the white human being's […]
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Fort Worth Stock Show & Rodeo
Southwestern Exposition and Livestock Show, known normally every bit the Fort Worth Stock Show and Rodeo is the oldest continual running livestock evidence and rodeo. Information technology has been held annually in Fort Worth, Texas since 1896. A nonprofit organization, the Stock Bear witness has provided millions of dollars in grants and scholarships from in its tenure and […]
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James Hampton
From his first film, The Cliffdwellers, which was nominated for an University Award for "Best Brusque Subject field Film" in 1962, to the multi-honor winning pic Slingblade, James Hampton's career every bit an actor, writer and director spans 50 years. Along the style, he has been nominated for a Gilt Globe for his role equally "Caretaker" in […]
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Fountain Goodlet Oxsheer
F.Thou. Oxsheer was a rancher and businessman as well as community peace officer in the Central Texas town of Calvert. He moved to West Texas where he helped constitute the Jumbo Cattle Visitor and too established ranches on the Llano Estacado. He was one of the early settlers on the Texas High Plains and among […]
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Stylle Reed
It was in college at the University of North Texas at Denton that he discovered his talent and dear of landscape painting. Stylle comes by it naturally, built-in into a family surrounded by fine art. His creative person male parent, Sleepy Read, painted abstracts and modernistic art, just also painted landscapes of rural Texas. Stylle has 25 years […]
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Bob Simpson
Previous owner of XTO, formerly Cross Timbers Oil Co., sold in recent years to Exxon Oil. More importantly, he purchased and renovated major buildings in downtown Fort Worth, saving them from the wrecking ball and restoring them in authentic way. These contributions and restoration efforts have been entirely funded by him personally, not using state […]
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"Stagecoach Mary" Fields
"Stagecoach Mary" broke all boundaries of race, gender and age. She drove the mail stagecoach along the trails that linked Cascade to the remote homesteads. She began life equally a slave in Hickman County, Tenn. She learned to read and write. When Mary heard that the United States Mail service was looking for someone to […]
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Pastor Christer Segerliv
Pastor Chris was built-in in Helsingborg, Sweden. He has been promoting our Western heritage throughout all of Europe, Africa, and Australia. He has built an entire "Texas Town" giving Europeans a true Western experience at their conference eye, with the parties and dinners they concord there. For those that tin can't come to Hoor, Sweden, he […]
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William "Billy" Dixon
Billy scouted the Texas Panhandle for the Army, hunted buffalo for the railroad train companies, defended the Adobe Walls settlement confronting Indian attack with his legendary buffalo rifle, and was one of eight civilians in the history of the U.S. to receive the Medal of Award. Dixon led the founders of Adobe Walls to the Texas […]
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