Roy Rogers and Dale Evans Honored With Plaque

Above, the plaque dedicated yesterday. Photo by Gary Julian.

This last weekend, Roy Rogers (and Dale Evans), were remembered by the Billy Holcomb Chapter of E Clampus Vitus with a plaque dedication in Apple Valley, California. They were longtime residents there and had their Roy Rogers Museum in Apple Valley and nearby Victorville.

Above, Roy Rogers and Dale
Evans with Trigger in the 1950s.

The Roy Rogers Museum was later moved to Branson, Missouri but has since closed down and its collection auctioned off.

Interestingly, Roy Rogers's horse Trigger and dog Bullet are stuffed and on display at the John Wayne: An American Experience exhibit in Fort Worth, Texas.

Clampers from far and wide hit the "Happy Trails" and attended the weekend event at the Horsemen's Center in Apple Valley. 

I had a close encounter with Roy Rogers and Dale Evans back around 1988 at the Warner Center Marriott Hotel restaurant in Woodland Hills, California. We were having breakfast there and their party came in and were seated at a table next to ours. 

Unfortunately, I was unable to attend the clampout as I have one in Arizona coming up with the Lost Dutchman Chapter (covering Arizona and New Mexico).

It was a nice tribute to the "King of the Cowboys".

Satisfactory! (And so recorded!)