I'm 84....Always liked Seargent Preston of the Yukon, Sky King, and the Lone Ranger much better. I used to come inside from play about 4 PM so I could listen to the Lone Ranger....my mother thought it terrible that I listened to such violent programming.....and, chances were likely, I'd probably wind up being a criminal! Do you have ANY idea of why the Lone Ranger and Tonto broke up and filming came to an abrupt halt? The Lone Ranger finally found out what Kemo Sabe actually meant!
@@blackholeentry3489 I'm 68. I remember watching Sgt. Preston after school and waking Saturdays before dawn to watch Sky King, Ivanhoe, (starring Roger Moore) and Commando Cody, Sky Marshall of the Universe all before Mighty Mouse and the rest of the cartoons came on.
Certainly do! Still have photos of him from a parade in Phoenix Arizona with Trigger. When I was just a little girl. Lovely Memories. The children today sadly do not know of.
In 1957 I was in 1st grade, had my Roy Rogers lunch box, thermos and raincoat. I sang his songs to the class on those free time days. In 1961 in the 5th grade, my first rodeo in Bonifay, Fla., Roy, Dale and Pat with Nellybelle and Bullet were the guests of honor and performed. What a great childhood, my heroes🤠
Wow! 75 year old here and a fan of the 'King of The Cowboys' since childhood, but I never knew the background of his early life. I am now all the more in awe. A great entertainer and a devout person. Win-win.
I also grew up with Westerns and Western cowboy heroes. Moved to AZ for 7 years and enjoyed the Southwest. Nice experience for a NY-Long Island kid. Best to you
... also Elton John. When as a kid the media finally confirmed that he was a queer it broke my heart and twisted me up inside. I had been a big fan of his music before that. Really the icons from then on out were generally pretty disgusting and got worse year after year.
I only hope and pray that Roy and his family we're actually saved by grace through faith in Jesus Christ's death burial and Resurrection according to the scriptures and that way they will be in heaven and all of their sins forgiven unto the blood of jesus! This is the gospel of the grace of God is given by the Apostle Paul😊 the Apostle Paul said! The whole world will be judged according to my gospel! Given to me not by man but by the revelation of Jesus Christ! Paul said twice that if even an angel came from heaven or someone else with a different gospel other than that that we have given unto you! They are a cursed
@@markeverson5849Dale Evan’s was a speaker at an christian seminar that I attended in 1972. She was a wonderful Christian and testified of Roys faith also. I loved them they were my Heros growing up. I went to the museum when it was in Apple valley in 2000.
@@markeverson5849I’m sure he is understanding now singing in Heaven …Why he was so happy!!!!! ruclips.net/video/elL0kEDcLVA/видео.htmlsi=XBvdgoPv2tipgj-T 5
I was born and raised in Apple Valley and we used to see Roy and Dale all the time, I would take Dale’s groceries out for her when I worked at Safeway when I was in high school and my dad did lots of work on their house and both museums, the first one in Apple Valley and the second one in Victorville. They were both very nice and friendly and it was a very sad day when I heard that Roy had passed, it’s too bad there isn’t more like them.
So true. I wish this video had covered more of what they did besides movies. The children they helped and those they adopted is a huge story in itself, and so important to mention. There's a book that tells all about it.
I understand what you mean, but those early days of TV shows teaching moral principles, and how to be a good citizen are long gone. So that you know, the later 50's and early 60's were promoting family unity shows because families were still reeling from WWII and breaking apart.
But if you were back in those days, and you knew what the future held, what then? I'm 80 now. What scares me is that all the science fiction and futurist I read, back in the 1960s, has happened. That's not good.
Roy was my hero as a child. I would sit in front of the television on Saturday morning, waiting for the stations to come on the air, back then, t.v. went off at 10pm and back on as early as 6am for the local station, but most later at 8am. Later in life, I use to travel to California quite often, when in the Apple Valley area, I would stop by the museum. I saw Dusty and Roy as I was leaving the museum once, but never had the opportunity to shake Roy’s hand. I was fortunate to purchased several items from the museum, sure miss those days as a kid watching Roy and Trigger on Saturdays.
I’m only 20 years old. I grew up on Roy Rodgers. Some might say he was my childhood hero. I’ve recently rediscovered his music and have been loving it. I am also watching his movies and love them no matter hold old or “cheesy”. I wish I could have visited the museum
They sure don't make them like this anymore. A devout Christian and PROUD of it. My kind of person. Roy and Dale never had any scandal's like you see now days. God Bless and RIP Roy and Dale. You will never be forgotten. God bless all who read this. Jim
There were scandals back in Roy Roger's days what there was not was the internet were everything gets spread in an instant. Humans haven't changed very much, what has changed is the ability to gather information, everyone knows everyone 's business.
I'm 77 and grew up with Roy Rogers. As a kid I never missed a TV show and always stayed to watch Roy and Dale sing Happy Trails. They both kept me "smilin until then."😊
I'm 80 now. Many ten-cent admissions on Saturday afternoons at the Ritz Theater! Roy, Gene, Rocky, Buster Crabbe, Sunset Carson, Lash, Bob Steele, Johnny Mack Brown, Gilbert Roland, and the even earlier silent film stars.
At 77, I still fondly remember how much I enjoyed the Roy Rogers TV show. I never knew much about his early life but I knew that Dale wrote several books, they adopted several of their children, and I believe one of them passed away at a young age. I regret that I never got to Apple Valley to visit the museum but I'm eternally grateful for all the wonderful memories I have of those better days. Roy Rogers was, indeed, a good man.
I met Roy Rogers many years ago at the museum .I had taken my dad there and my dad didnt believe me that Roy was there. It was really fun meeting him and he was a gracious man. I also me Dale Evans years later at a fundraiser in the Santa ynez Valley in CA....she was a doll. Loved all those old movies.
Me and my wife went to the museum in Branson not knowing they were getting ready to shut it down. His son DUSTY was in the gift shop marking some items down that were not going to the auction block. We bought several items dirt cheap, my favorite being a gallon whiskey jug which was very old. The ladies running the gift shop were talking and one of them said, there he goes marking items down again. Well I guess he was just carrying out his daddy's wishes. Paid 20 bucks for the jug and I'll die owning it, thank you DUSTY.
One of America's more accomplished and respectable people of all time, one who made a big difference to the betterment of the country he loved so dearly.
In 1999, I went to Victorville California and toured the museum. Growing up with Roy Rogers &Dale Evans western adventures on Saturday mornings, I thoroughly enjoyed the museum. Always, ❤ and Happy Trails.
Do you remember George Gabby Hayes doing a show where his title was the old miner in the 50's? He stood at a desk in a mine and would show old westerns.
I was out in the area with a friend one Saturday, decided to pay the museum a visit. There was a classic car club run that made a stop there, and while everyone was checking out the rides, Roy stepped out of a hidden door in the side of the building, with a baseball hat on. (Building was made to look like an old western fort!) He made sure to greet everyone, and take pictures, a REAL classy gentleman, who acted exactly as he did on screen. The museum was very interesting, with lots of guns of all kinds, every type of memorabilia you could imagine! Was sorry to hear it was closed and never got to go there again.
Thank you ,we were the lucky ones to live the dream of cowboys and Indians I had and wore the Roy Rogers outfit many times lived it I was Roy Rogers for awhile thank you again Skipper D
Roy was a decent human being and a role model for many of the “Boomer” and earlier generations. I imagine as these generations pass away the museum attendance would slowly fade away also.
The Musium in Apple Valley, California was closed quite a few years ago. They moved items to the East coast and opened a museum there. Heard it has closed in the last few years.😢😢
This was wonderful and everyone who is old enough to remember him has to see this video. If you know someone who grew up in the 50's, tell them about this video.
As a Costco employee we heard of a California store that shopped on a certin day for his construction company . He could be identified as filling up a flat bed with office supplies wearing a ballcap that read Roger's Construction Co. If approached and ask if he was Roy Rogers he would answer yes and would spend time with the gathering crowd . A true gentleman!
I will never forget how much I wanted to be like him that's why I still sing his songs, and ride today. "Don't Fence Me In" I still sing by starting off my performances. My Dad knew how much I loved him, and let me watch him on TV, ( and sitting in front of the TV ) was not Dads favorite for us. Thank you so much for sharing. I will continue to sing his songs till God calls me home. " There A Yellow Rose In Texas ". That's where I live. So May the good Lord take - a - liken to ya! ❤
I grew up watching the Roy Rogers movies and TV show. I also lived in the Victor Valley near the museum. My dad used to run into him in local stores and would talk with him. He said he was always friendly and would talk with everyone. I remember seeing Roy riding his Honda 250 Scrambler around Victorville. Roy was a big part of my childhood and I was sad to see the museum close.
Me too, visited the museum as a child. Let's just say, I was a bit traumatized, seeing a stuffed Trigger, Buttermilk and Bullet, I cried. Dale once joked, saying she feared if she went first he'd have her stuffed right beside Trigger, Buttermilk and Bullet. Alas, time passes on and kids forget and find new heroes.
I used to show my horse in Apple Valley which was close by the museum and I used to go to LA horse hows and pass by it too. I regret I never stopped in.😞
I grew up admiring RR, his love of Country, Family and GOD. A real Man's, Man. God Bless RR, DE and his entire family. Our Generation will miss you and the wonderful memories he left us. 👍👍🙏🙏🙏🙏
Roy Rogers - What an amazing Legacy! In the early 1950s my family owned a service station and grocery store in Irving, Texas west of Dallas. I was young at the time and after school a van parked at the edge of our property. The van was occupied by the Sons of the Pioneers and performed on our property while I had a chance to listen to their tunes. Loved it!
Thanks for this, I met Roy Rogers in 1969, when he was in Toronto, to open a Roy Rogers restaurant, my 2 year old son and I had a picture taken of us with Roy, he told the audience that he was 58 years old at that time. I also saw him in Toronto at the CNE (Canadian National Exhibition) I think it was in 1954, not exactly sure. I was always a big fan of Roy's.
As one of the three cowboys of that age he will always be the favorite, although I was never able to meet him or Gene Autry I did however get to meet and talk with John Wayne at a western art show in Georgetown, Colorado back in the late 70s.
Roy Rogers was my hero when I was a child, I had a postcard from him when i was about 8 years old, it was signed "Happy Trails"from Roy Rogers and I treasured it for years, and he's still my hero at 84 years old,
I grew up watching Roy and Dale and even had the opportunity to meet her at a rodeo in our city when I was young. To this day, my morning coffee is poured into a Roy and Dale mug from the museum gift shop. They will hold a special place in my heart and memory for as long as I live. (Note that my avatar is a photo of Roy and Gabby Hayes).
Going to movies as a boy in 1950s Ireland ☘was great when Roy Rogers movies were playing he was everybody's hero him and Trigger🐎🐎🐎🐎🐎🐎🐎🐎🐎🐎🐎 🐎🐎🐎🐎🐎🐎🐎made Our teenage years wonderful he even visited Ireland in 1950s he was a real Superstar 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟 God bless Roy Rogers
I grew up on the same road they lived on. They moved but still remained in the area. I left my home town, Lucerne Valley, in 1978. But my sisters and I were delighted to encounter Roy Rogers ;at a hotel we walked to to ride the elevator (this is small town stuff). We got on and rode it all the way to the third floor and Roy got in. We sere stunned. He looked at us, a young boy and two sisters, and asked how we were doing. My sisters were gagaing, but I asked him if I could get and autograph for my grandmother since she was a big fan. He agreed and he produced a pen and signed a del taco receipt. In the 2000's I moved back to Commiefornia from Florida to Apple Valley and lived there for 35 years. In our early years there we got a call from my dad to come to Jilly's, a small local restaurant, to meet them quick. I took my wife and I and we were sat a table away from Roy and Dale. My wife tells of her breakfast with the Rogers. The Apple Valley museum was a staple of Apple Valley for nearly 50 years. It got moved to Victorville and the site was turned into a bowling alley. Roy's beloved restaurant, the Apple Valley Inn, fell into a sort of a strip mall. The property his museum was in, was the Apple Valley Airport, which supplied rich people to the AV Inn to get land pitches similar to time share shit. Both Roy and Dale died and are interred at Sunset Hills Cemetery in Apple Valley. They have a gorgeous waterfall (in the desert) and decorations around them. Our son, after 13 years in Afghanistan, took a one way walk into the desert one day. He is buried on the hillside across the street from the King and Queen of the Cowboys.
Every time I play a Roy Rogers song on my guitar, and sing along, I keep remembering Roy and his wife Dale. They were such a great influence on so many youths across the world. My favorite song is "Blue Bonnet Girl" followed by "Cool Cool Water" which he performed with the Sons of the Pioneers. I have an original copy of the sheet music. Last but not least was "Empty Saddles in the Old Corral." I am proud of the stand he and his wife took about their Christian faith in a business that doing so was controversial.
I was grateful that I got to see the Roy Rogers Museum there at Victorville and k n o w that Roy Rogers was the best thing that ever happened to the Victorville area and he was greatly loved all throughout Apple Valley and Victorville and Roy Rogers and Dale Evans will be remembered for what they done for the people of Victorville.
As of this summer 2024 Trigger.Buttermilk,and Bullet,are at The John Wayne Experience at the Ft. Worth Stockyards. RFD TV is down there as well. I did get to go to the museum in Branson when it was there. Seeing Trigger was good as seeing Roy himself. Now I’ve seen him twice. They don’t make men like Roy Rogers anymore. Thank you for sharing your video.
Add my love to the museum. Got to visit it once and was amazed at how packed it was with both big and mundane items from their lives. It was like a time capsule not only of their careers, but the decades they lived through. In a way, it reminds me of Forrest J. Ackerman's "Famous Monsters of Filmland" collection of film memorabilia he kept in the lower floor of his house and would show to visitors. Sad that both collections are gone...
My wife & children went there in 2004 i think, Dusty performed, singing songs & talking about Roy. It was the highlight of our Branson trip. So sad it closed.
My grand parents lived in Victorville in the early 1960's. Visiting the often, Grandpa would take my brother and sister to the brand new bowling alley. That's the building that became the RR museum. Ahh, the good old day's 😢
Made a military move to Victorville CA in the late ‘80,s and lived in Apple Valley. Had the great pleasure of meeting Roy and Dale. Two of the most down to earth polite people I ever met. Just plain nice. Should read their book “Angel Unaware”.
Roy Rogers realized that his fan base would ventually die off. He told his son to close the museum when it started to lose money. Which is precisely what Dustin Rogers did. Dustin sold off the items of the museum, and made a mint. Smart business decision.
Happy Trails to you until we meet again. I grew up in that era. He, along with many other cowboys and cowgirls, came to Lawrence Stadium in Wichita Kansas to our yearly rodeos. It was such a thrill to see him in person. Of course we had our Roy Rogers T-shirts and lunch pails. He may be gone, along with Dale, but never forgotten.❤🤗
Roy would have hated Trump. He was Christian, worked hard and wasn't born with a silver spoon. Your buddy doesn't even attend church and can't quote a single verse of the Bible. Don't compare an American hero to that trash
Happy birthday Roy Rogers!! I grew up watching your movies and your TV series and they were the best. Much respect for you and for your family from Pigeon Forge Tennessee.
Thank you for such a heart warming documentary. Wonderful to hear the fruits of service of a life grounded in the Principles of the Saviour, a light in a darkening world.
I had a black bicycle growing up - it was named Fury. I had a silver bicylcle - it was named Silver - I had a gold bicycle - it was named Trigger. You can still see Trigger and Bullet if you go to Ft. Worth Texas in the cowboy museum. Great display. I saw all of Texas. The most memorable part of the vacation was seeing Bullet and Ttrigger and the Hat that Hoss Cartwright wore on Bonanza. These memories are priceless.
When I was stationed out there 83-84 my folks and brother came out to visit, I took them to go through the musem in Victorville. I remember my dad had a work vehicle that was named Nellybelle like Pat Brady's Jeep. We all had a nice tour that day.
I was lucky enough to meet Roy Rogers back in the late 60s at the Apple Valley Inn. My parents were good friends with Smokey Rogers(no relation) who played a banjo at the Apple Valley Inn, they had known Smokey since the days when he owned the Bostonia Ballroom in El Cajon California. We got to tour Roy Rogers' ranch while Smokey was giving us a tour of the area hoping we would buy some land, great times back then.
I’m now 70 years old and Roy and his lovely wife were a huge part of my childhood.
I'm 84....Always liked Seargent Preston of the Yukon, Sky King, and the Lone Ranger much better.
I used to come inside from play about 4 PM so I could listen to the Lone Ranger....my mother thought it terrible that I listened to such violent programming.....and, chances were likely, I'd probably wind up being a criminal!
Do you have ANY idea of why the Lone Ranger and Tonto broke up and filming came to an abrupt halt? The Lone Ranger finally found out what Kemo Sabe actually meant!
I'm 72 and Roy&Dale were heroes from my childhood. ❤
I'm 77 and still get misty-eyed when I hear him sing "Hoppy, Gene and Me".
What a role model he was. When times were better _for real._
@@blackholeentry3489 I'm 68. I remember watching Sgt. Preston after school and waking Saturdays before dawn to watch Sky King, Ivanhoe, (starring Roger Moore) and Commando Cody, Sky Marshall of the Universe all before Mighty Mouse and the rest of the cartoons came on.
The youth of today are about as far from Roy Rogers as earth is from Mars. All of us in our 70's remember him well.
By goverment manipulation our progenity recieved indoctrination not education
@visualverbs, yup
Correction how about the Kyber Belt which is PAST Pluto !!!!
I'm from the 50s and loved watching him.
Certainly do! Still have photos of him from a parade in Phoenix Arizona with Trigger. When I was just a little girl. Lovely Memories. The children today sadly do not know of.
In 1957 I was in 1st grade, had my Roy Rogers lunch box, thermos and raincoat. I sang his songs to the class on those free time days. In 1961 in the 5th grade, my first rodeo in Bonifay, Fla., Roy, Dale and Pat with Nellybelle and Bullet were the guests of honor and performed. What a great childhood, my heroes🤠
Me too.
And the watch.
@@robertboyle255 damn, I never got a watch!!!🤣🤠
I was born in 68.
Nostalgic for a time I never knew.
Jealous of those born in 48.
I still have mine
Wow! 75 year old here and a fan of the 'King of The Cowboys' since childhood, but I never knew the background of his early life. I am now all the more in awe. A great entertainer and a devout person. Win-win.
I grew up watching Roy, the Lone Ranger, the Rifleman, Gunsm and Bonanza. All had important lessons for young people
I also grew up with Westerns and Western cowboy heroes. Moved to AZ for 7 years and enjoyed the Southwest. Nice experience for a NY-Long Island kid. Best to you
They were 'morality' themed but done so well you did not realize it.
Me too
I still watch them with the exception of Roy Rogers everyday
Me too, in Australia. I would add Wagon Train to your list.
One day, historians will admit that having kids grow up with Roy Rogers was better than growing up with P. Diddy.
True words indeed. Our old heroes were the best role models for an entire generation.
We don’t have to wait in history, I’m saying it today.
@@debbrown4731 Then, perhaps, that day has come.
Top call.
... also Elton John. When as a kid the media finally confirmed that he was a queer it broke my heart and twisted me up inside. I had been a big fan of his music before that. Really the icons from then on out were generally pretty disgusting and got worse year after year.
"Happy Trails" such a GREAT memory......great show.....Loved it
Still occasionally say the title to friends who might "get it."
Roy and Dale use to come out to my Uncles ranch with their horses it was so much fun...I thought those days would never end God how I miss them
Yes, But YOU Got To Meet A Legend WOW , That Was A God Thang 🙌🏻🙌🏻
Must have been in Chatsworth.
I only hope and pray that Roy and his family we're actually saved by grace through faith in Jesus Christ's death burial and Resurrection according to the scriptures and that way they will be in heaven and all of their sins forgiven unto the blood of jesus! This is the gospel of the grace of God is given by the Apostle Paul😊 the Apostle Paul said! The whole world will be judged according to my gospel! Given to me not by man but by the revelation of Jesus Christ! Paul said twice that if even an angel came from heaven or someone else with a different gospel other than that that we have given unto you! They are a cursed
@@markeverson5849Dale Evan’s was a speaker at an christian seminar that I attended in 1972. She was a wonderful Christian and testified of Roys faith also. I loved them they were my Heros growing up. I went to the museum when it was in Apple valley in 2000.
@@markeverson5849I’m sure he is understanding now singing in Heaven …Why he was so happy!!!!! ruclips.net/video/elL0kEDcLVA/видео.htmlsi=XBvdgoPv2tipgj-T 5
I was born and raised in Apple Valley and we used to see Roy and Dale all the time, I would take Dale’s groceries out for her when I worked at Safeway when I was in high school and my dad did lots of work on their house and both museums, the first one in Apple Valley and the second one in Victorville. They were both very nice and friendly and it was a very sad day when I heard that Roy had passed, it’s too bad there isn’t more like them.
So true. I wish this video had covered more of what they did besides movies. The children they helped and those they adopted is a huge story in itself, and so important to mention. There's a book that tells all about it.
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@@dsa5661 Thank you friend, for sharing these wonderful memories. Blessings, gg🙏🙏🙏✝️✝️✝️❤️❤️❤️🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🙋☝️☝️☝️
I have never forget Roy and his show every morning on Saturday morning in New York. RIP our King 🙏🕊️🙏
Love you so much ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤MISS YOU ❤️ 💗 💓 💖 💛 ♥️ ❤️ 💗 💓
I wish we were back in those days,,,
David you speak for all of us who were there the first time years ago. Happy trails.
I understand what you mean, but those early days of TV shows teaching moral principles, and how to be a good citizen are long gone.
So that you know, the later 50's and early 60's were promoting family unity shows because families were still reeling from WWII and breaking apart.
Unfortunately, those wonderful days are gone. Must now find happy trails elsewhere.
But if you were back in those days, and you knew what the future held, what then? I'm 80 now. What scares me is that all the science fiction and futurist I read, back in the 1960s, has happened. That's not good.
@@Ray-qb7tk black folks, lgbt folks, and independent women didn’t think the moral principles of the 1950’s were very good.
Roy was my hero as a child. I would sit in front of the television on Saturday morning, waiting for the stations to come on the air, back then, t.v. went off at 10pm and back on as early as 6am for the local station, but most later at 8am.
Later in life, I use to travel to California quite often, when in the Apple Valley area, I would stop by the museum. I saw Dusty and Roy as I was leaving the museum once, but never had the opportunity to shake Roy’s hand. I was fortunate to purchased several items from the museum, sure miss those days as a kid watching Roy and Trigger on Saturdays.
I am an old Marine myself, friend. Now near 80. We had our heroes in the days of our youth, and lots if great memories. Semper Fi.
I’m only 20 years old. I grew up on Roy Rodgers. Some might say he was my childhood hero. I’ve recently rediscovered his music and have been loving it. I am also watching his movies and love them no matter hold old or “cheesy”. I wish I could have visited the museum
WOW! I'm 85, and Roy Rogers was my childhood hero! We would go to the Saturday matinee to see his movies in 1949 and it cost .09c for the admission!
Who's Roy Rodgers?
@@townhall05446 Perhaps RUclips isn’t for you.
I’m 66 , I’m an Airforce Brat, saw the Museum going from One Air Base to Another, AWESOME 👏
Sounds like you were brought up well!
They sure don't make them like this anymore. A devout Christian and PROUD of it. My kind of person. Roy and Dale never had any scandal's like you see now days. God Bless and RIP Roy and Dale. You will never be forgotten. God bless all who read this. Jim
The great entertainment before Hollywood went woke and anti-christian anti-American anti-Constition
There were scandals back in Roy Roger's days what there was not was the internet were everything gets spread in an instant. Humans haven't changed very much, what has changed is the ability to gather information, everyone knows everyone 's business.
Well if you had seen him when he use to entertain and hang around the rodeos during the off season of filming.......
As a devout Christian, you must be extremely appalled at how TRump has hijacked your religion.
Loved Roy & Dale . ❤👍 They were the King & Queen and Christian cowboys!
I'm 77 and grew up with Roy Rogers. As a kid I never missed a TV show and always stayed to watch Roy and Dale sing Happy Trails. They both kept me "smilin until then."😊
@@mikealvarez2322 me too
He was/is my hero. I'm 86 so he was there when I was a kid!
What about gene autry
I'm 80 now. Many ten-cent admissions on Saturday afternoons at the Ritz Theater! Roy, Gene, Rocky, Buster Crabbe, Sunset Carson, Lash, Bob Steele, Johnny Mack Brown, Gilbert Roland, and the even earlier silent film stars.
I love how he knew his time would pass and refused to let his memory be a burden to his family. Truly a great hero.
When Roy died in '98 I was 50 years old and living in England. My dad, who would have been 77, called to tell me of Roy's passing. We both cried
At 77, I still fondly remember how much I enjoyed the Roy Rogers TV show. I never knew much about his early life but I knew that Dale wrote several books, they adopted several of their children, and I believe one of them passed away at a young age. I regret that I never got to Apple Valley to visit the museum but I'm eternally grateful for all the wonderful memories I have of those better days. Roy Rogers was, indeed, a good man.
I met Roy Rogers many years ago at the museum .I had taken my dad there and my dad didnt believe me that Roy was there. It was really fun meeting him and he was a gracious man. I also me Dale Evans years later at a fundraiser in the Santa ynez Valley in CA....she was a doll. Loved all those old movies.
Me and my wife went to the museum in Branson not knowing they were getting ready to shut it down. His son DUSTY was in the gift shop marking some items down that were not going to the auction block. We bought several items dirt cheap, my favorite being a gallon whiskey jug which was very old. The ladies running the gift shop were talking and one of them said, there he goes marking items down again. Well I guess he was just carrying out his daddy's wishes. Paid 20 bucks for the jug and I'll die owning it, thank you DUSTY.
Wish I'd gone to the museum.
One of America's more accomplished and respectable people of all time, one who made a big difference to the betterment of the country he loved so dearly.
Respectable. How often do you hear that, any more?
In 1999, I went to Victorville California and toured the museum. Growing up with Roy Rogers &Dale Evans western adventures on Saturday mornings, I thoroughly enjoyed the museum. Always, ❤ and Happy Trails.
Happy Trails, Roy and Dale. Thanks for your amazing work in so many fields. God bless you both. See you in heaven!
Gabby Hayes was a special favorite of mine seeing him with Roy Rogers when I was a very young boy back in the 1950's. He was a "natural" at comedy.
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Do you remember George Gabby Hayes doing a show where his title was the old miner in the 50's? He stood at a desk in a mine and would show old westerns.
An incredible life lived well. I'll never forget him or Dale,really special people!!
He was a fine man. God bless him and his entire family. ❤
It's so sad to hear that the Roy Rogers Museum, which kept the legacy of the "King of the Cowboys" alive, had to close.
I loved the TV show, I wish the movies had still been in the theater, but I was born in '61. Thank you for making this, he was a great man.
Roy Rogers, and the Lone Ranger were what I waited for on the old black n white TV, Saturday morning. 😮
I was out in the area with a friend one Saturday, decided to pay the museum a visit. There was a classic car club run that made a stop there, and while everyone was checking out the rides, Roy stepped out of a hidden door in the side of the building, with a baseball hat on. (Building was made to look like an old western fort!) He made sure to greet everyone, and take pictures, a REAL classy gentleman, who acted exactly as he did on screen. The museum was very interesting, with lots of guns of all kinds, every type of memorabilia you could imagine! Was sorry to hear it was closed and never got to go there again.
Thank you ,we were the lucky ones to live the dream of cowboys and Indians I had and wore the Roy Rogers outfit many times lived it I was Roy Rogers for awhile thank you again Skipper D
I watched the Roy Rogers and Dale Evans show and had a Dale Evans cowgirl outfit that I loved. Such wonderful childhood memories.
I met Roy once at St. Mary Hospital brothers meeting. Nice guy. My wife took care of both he and Dale in hospice before they passed.
Bless you for that. I mean it sincerely. They were a huge part of my youth.
I listen to Roy & Dale every Christmas. They’re great.
I am now 68 years old and wish I go visit the museum. His movies were a golden part of my upbringing.
Roy was a decent human being and a role model for many of the “Boomer” and earlier generations. I imagine as these generations pass away the museum attendance would slowly fade away also.
The Musium in Apple Valley, California was closed quite a few years ago. They moved items to the East coast and opened a museum there. Heard it has closed in the last few years.😢😢
This was wonderful and everyone who is old enough to remember him has to see this video. If you know someone who grew up in the 50's, tell them about this video.
As a Costco employee we heard of a California store that shopped on a certin day for his construction company . He could be identified as filling up a flat bed with office supplies wearing a ballcap that read Roger's Construction Co. If approached and ask if he was Roy Rogers he would answer yes and would spend time with the gathering crowd . A true gentleman!
I will never forget how much I wanted to be like him that's why I still sing his songs, and ride today. "Don't Fence Me In" I still sing by starting off my performances. My Dad knew how much I loved him, and let me watch him on TV, ( and sitting in front of the TV ) was not Dads favorite for us. Thank you so much for sharing. I will continue to sing his songs till God calls me home. " There A Yellow Rose In Texas ". That's where I live. So May the good Lord take - a - liken to ya! ❤
We have this in common, Roy and Dale were great role models and heroes to our generation.
Helotes, Tx here
I grew up watching the Roy Rogers movies and TV show. I also lived in the Victor Valley near the museum. My dad used to run into him in local stores and would talk with him. He said he was always friendly and would talk with everyone. I remember seeing Roy riding his Honda 250 Scrambler around Victorville. Roy was a big part of my childhood and I was sad to see the museum close.
Me too, visited the museum as a child. Let's just say, I was a bit traumatized, seeing a stuffed Trigger, Buttermilk and Bullet, I cried. Dale once joked, saying she feared if she went first he'd have her stuffed right beside Trigger, Buttermilk and Bullet. Alas, time passes on and kids forget and find new heroes.
I used to show my horse in Apple Valley which was close by the museum and I used to go to LA horse hows and pass by it too. I regret I never stopped in.😞
Roy and Dale were special people. We all loved them in my generation.
I grew up watching Roy Roger's as a child. Love every show!
I grew up admiring RR, his love of Country, Family and GOD. A real Man's, Man. God Bless RR, DE and his entire family. Our Generation will miss you and the wonderful memories he left us. 👍👍🙏🙏🙏🙏
Roy Rogers - What an amazing Legacy!
In the early 1950s my family owned a service station and grocery store in Irving, Texas west of Dallas.
I was young at the time and after school a van parked at the edge of our property.
The van was occupied by the Sons of the Pioneers and performed on our property while I had a chance to listen to their tunes. Loved it!
Many thanks for showing this, brought back some great memories.
One of my heroes. He is greatly missed. Thank you for posting this.
Thanks for this, I met Roy Rogers in 1969, when he was in Toronto, to open a Roy Rogers restaurant, my 2 year old son and I had a picture taken of us with Roy, he told the audience that he was 58 years old at that time. I also saw him in Toronto at the CNE (Canadian National Exhibition) I think it was in 1954, not exactly sure. I was always a big fan of Roy's.
As one of the three cowboys of that age he will always be the favorite, although I was never able to meet him or Gene Autry I did however get to meet and talk with John Wayne at a western art show in Georgetown, Colorado back in the late 70s.
@@jamesstrickland517 That must have been interesting.
I remember the Pioneers and as a child would sing with them. I loved watching Roy Rogers. ❤
HAPPY TRAILS TO YOU!
@@sirwm3107 until we meet again. 😥
I actually met Roy and Dale several times because one of my High School girlfriends was their grand daughter Mindy. Good People!!!
I loved and respected Roy Rogers. It is so sad that the museum was closed, and that his ethics have been forgotten.
WOW!! I still love Roy Rogers, so Happy Trails to All!!
I was never a big fan, but I am sad to see a tribute like this fall to the side
Thank you, Top, for your service
Roy Rogers was my hero when I was a child, I had a postcard from him when i was about 8 years old, it was signed "Happy Trails"from Roy Rogers and I treasured it for years, and he's still my hero at 84 years old,
...I was there watching hours of Roy and Dale on TV ...Great times!
Yup, 74 years old here and I remember Roy Rodgers and Dale Evans! "Happy Trails to you, until we meet again!" 🙏💞🕊️😊
I grew up watching Roy and Dale and even had the opportunity to meet her at a rodeo in our city when I was young. To this day, my morning coffee is poured into a Roy and Dale mug from the museum gift shop. They will hold a special place in my heart and memory for as long as I live. (Note that my avatar is a photo of Roy and Gabby Hayes).
I SAW ROY WHEN I WAS A KID AT A CARNEVAL WITH HIS HORSE TRIGGER,I WAS SO HAPPY AND EXCITED!!!!!! ILL NEVER FORGET THAT NIGHT!!!!!!!
That's awesome! What a great memory with your family your parents treated you to!
Going to movies as a boy in 1950s Ireland ☘was great when Roy Rogers movies were playing he was everybody's hero him and Trigger🐎🐎🐎🐎🐎🐎🐎🐎🐎🐎🐎 🐎🐎🐎🐎🐎🐎🐎made
Our teenage years wonderful he even visited Ireland in 1950s he was a real Superstar 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟 God bless Roy Rogers
Just hearing the name Roy Rogers puts a song in my heart and a smile on my face❤
Roy Rogers was one of a kind when I was a kid
I feel blessed that I got to see the museum before it closed.
I grew up on the same road they lived on. They moved but still remained in the area. I left my home town, Lucerne Valley, in 1978. But my sisters and I were delighted to encounter Roy Rogers ;at a hotel we walked to to ride the elevator (this is small town stuff). We got on and rode it all the way to the third floor and Roy got in. We sere stunned. He looked at us, a young boy and two sisters, and asked how we were doing. My sisters were gagaing, but I asked him if I could get and autograph for my grandmother since she was a big fan. He agreed and he produced a pen and signed a del taco receipt.
In the 2000's I moved back to Commiefornia from Florida to Apple Valley and lived there for 35 years. In our early years there we got a call from my dad to come to Jilly's, a small local restaurant, to meet them quick. I took my wife and I and we were sat a table away from Roy and Dale. My wife tells of her breakfast with the Rogers.
The Apple Valley museum was a staple of Apple Valley for nearly 50 years. It got moved to Victorville and the site was turned into a bowling alley. Roy's beloved restaurant, the Apple Valley Inn, fell into a sort of a strip mall. The property his museum was in, was the Apple Valley Airport, which supplied rich people to the AV Inn to get land pitches similar to time share shit.
Both Roy and Dale died and are interred at Sunset Hills Cemetery in Apple Valley. They have a gorgeous waterfall (in the desert) and decorations around them.
Our son, after 13 years in Afghanistan, took a one way walk into the desert one day. He is buried on the hillside across the street from the King and Queen of the Cowboys.
Every time I play a Roy Rogers song on my guitar, and sing along, I keep remembering Roy and his wife Dale. They were such a great influence on so many youths across the world. My favorite song is "Blue Bonnet Girl" followed by "Cool Cool Water" which he performed with the Sons of the Pioneers. I have an original copy of the sheet music. Last but not least was "Empty Saddles in the Old Corral." I am proud of the stand he and his wife took about their Christian faith in a business that doing so was controversial.
Cool, Cool Water was a family favorite to sing together!!
I play guitar too, mostly hymns, but I agree that the old cowboys and their songs live on in my memories.
@@johnj.flanagan-hymnsoffaith That's so coincidental as I too play hymns as well as Christian songs that I have written. Praise the Lord!
Good man. Somebody folks can actually look up to. God Bless. NW ga.
Alot better than any show today
I was grateful that I got to see the Roy Rogers Museum there at Victorville and k n o w that Roy Rogers was the best thing that ever happened to the Victorville area and he was greatly loved all throughout Apple Valley and Victorville and Roy Rogers and Dale Evans will be remembered for what they done for the people of Victorville.
As of this summer 2024 Trigger.Buttermilk,and Bullet,are at The John Wayne Experience at the Ft. Worth Stockyards. RFD TV is down there as well. I did get to go to the museum in Branson when it was there. Seeing Trigger was good as seeing Roy himself. Now I’ve seen him twice. They don’t make men like Roy Rogers anymore. Thank you for sharing your video.
RIP Roy and Dale..Happy Trails to You until we meet again..❤😢
Happy Trails Indeed ❤️❤️
I had the privilege of waiting on Roy and Dale. Very sweet people.
😮Very unique and interesting story about a legendary man for our own history 😮
Add my love to the museum. Got to visit it once and was amazed at how packed it was with both big and mundane items from their lives. It was like a time capsule not only of their careers, but the decades they lived through. In a way, it reminds me of Forrest J. Ackerman's "Famous Monsters of Filmland" collection of film memorabilia he kept in the lower floor of his house and would show to visitors. Sad that both collections are gone...
LOVED ROY AND TRIGGER AS A KID RIP SIR AMEN 🙏
Willie Nelson loved Roy and Trigger as well. He named his guitar after Trigger.
My wife & children went there in 2004 i think, Dusty performed, singing songs & talking about Roy. It was the highlight of our Branson trip. So sad it closed.
Roy Rogers is the person We need today a Child Hood Hero. Who gave love to all not hate or ill will to people
My grand parents lived in Victorville in the early 1960's. Visiting the often, Grandpa would take my brother and sister to the brand new bowling alley. That's the building that became the RR museum. Ahh, the good old day's 😢
I went to this museum in the 70s, it was fantastic and I cherish the fact that I was privileged to see it
Sat down with Roy and Dale thanksgiving 1966, 1st cav an khe viet nam, Hugh Obrien was there too. Great memory.
Made a military move to Victorville CA in the late ‘80,s and lived in Apple Valley. Had the great pleasure of meeting Roy and Dale. Two of the most down to earth polite people I ever met. Just plain nice. Should read their book “Angel Unaware”.
We loved him and still do.
I visited Roy's museum at Apple Valley on the morning, Armstrong walked on the Moon in 1969. Never forgotten! RIP Roy and Dale.
Roy Rogers realized that his fan base would ventually die off. He told his son to close the museum when it started to lose money. Which is precisely what Dustin Rogers did. Dustin sold off the items of the museum, and made a mint. Smart business decision.
He was certainly one of my heros as a kid growing up in the late 1950s!
My dad took us there several times! It was fantastic! So many great memories! My grandpa loved the sons on the pioneers! They were tight!
Never forget the ending song to the show as Roy and Dale sang Happy Trails to you. Its still my moniker when signing cards now n them,,"Happy Trails"
My mom and I lovec to watch Roy Rogers. I still love the movies and show.
Happy Trails to you until we meet again. I grew up in that era. He, along with many other cowboys and cowgirls, came to Lawrence Stadium in Wichita Kansas to our yearly rodeos. It was such a thrill to see him in person. Of course we had our Roy Rogers T-shirts and lunch pails. He may be gone, along with Dale, but never forgotten.❤🤗
Roy Rogers was my childhood. May he RIP.
He is why we need to make America Great Again. Thank you Roy
Roy would have hated Trump. He was Christian, worked hard and wasn't born with a silver spoon. Your buddy doesn't even attend church and can't quote a single verse of the Bible. Don't compare an American hero to that trash
Not with Trump or Kamala. 99% of our politicians are corrupt sociopaths.
He was just a wonderful human being. I do miss him and those days.
Happy birthday Roy Rogers!! I grew up watching your movies and your TV series and they were the best. Much respect for you and for your family from Pigeon Forge Tennessee.
This was the America 🇺🇸 I grew up in ❤. Everyone had the Right to succeed and we did ❤ WE didn’t cry, whine, and beg OR BLAME ‼️ WE WORKED‼️
i grew up going to Roy Rogers movies. He will always be the King of the Cowboys.
I loved Roy Rogers when I was a kid in the 60's
Thank you for such a heart warming documentary. Wonderful to hear the fruits of service of a life grounded in the Principles of the Saviour, a light in a darkening world.
I had a black bicycle growing up - it was named Fury. I had a silver bicylcle - it was named Silver - I had a gold bicycle - it was named Trigger. You can still see Trigger and Bullet if you go to Ft. Worth Texas in the cowboy museum. Great display. I saw all of Texas. The most memorable part of the vacation was seeing Bullet and Ttrigger and the Hat that Hoss Cartwright wore on Bonanza. These memories are priceless.
When I was stationed out there 83-84 my folks and brother came out to visit, I took them to go through the musem in Victorville. I remember my dad had a work vehicle that was named Nellybelle like Pat Brady's Jeep. We all had a nice tour that day.
I was lucky enough to meet Roy Rogers back in the late 60s at the Apple Valley Inn. My parents were good friends with Smokey Rogers(no relation) who played a banjo at the Apple Valley Inn, they had known Smokey since the days when he owned the Bostonia Ballroom in El Cajon California. We got to tour Roy Rogers' ranch while Smokey was giving us a tour of the area hoping we would buy some land, great times back then.
He was a lovely person. Met him in Apple Valley.
My 4th grade teacher read Dale Evans book "Angel Unawares" to our class.One of the most moving books I've ever read.Thank you,Mrs.Clements.