They Sold Trigger!

Saturday mornings growing up in Cleveland found me in front of the Black and White TV watching Western Seriels.  Sunday afternoons found me at the local movie theater watching Cowboy Movies.  I longed for the chance to own a horse.  Trigger was my favorrite movie horse of all time!

THE END OF AN ERA....
The Roy Rogers Museum in Branson, MO has closed its doors forever.
The contents of the museum were sold at a public auction.
Roy Rogers told his son, if the museum ever operates at a loss, close it

and sell the contents. He complied.
One of many pairs of Roy 's boots sold for $21,250.

Trigger sold for $266,500.

In the 1938 movie The Adventures of Robinhood, with Errol Flynn and Olivia de Havilland; Olivia rode Trigger in that film.

Trigger was bred on a farm co-owned by Bing Crosby. Roy bought Trigger on a time payment plan for $2,500. Roy and Trigger made 188 movies together.
Trigger even outdid Bob Hope by winning an Oscar in the movie Son of Paleface in 1953.
It is extremely sad to see this era lost forever. These were the great heroes of our childhood, and they did teach us right from wrong, and how to have and to show respect for each other and the animals we share this earth with.
You and I were able to grow up with these great people even if we never met them. In their own ways they taught us patriotism and honor. We learned that lying and cheating were bad, and that sex wasn't as important as love. We learned how to suffer through disappointment and failure and work through them. Our lives were drug free.
So it's good-bye to Roy and Dale, Gene and Hoppy, The Lone Ranger and Tonto. Farewell to Sky King and Superman and Sgt. Friday. Thanks to Capt.. Kangaroo,
Mr. Rogers and Buffalo Bob, and all those people whose lives touched ours, and made them better.
It was a great ride through childhood.
HAPPY TRAILS, MY FRIENDS