“Hoppy’s Favorite” Six-Guns

Although created as a fictional cowboy hero, Hopalong Cassidy—as portrayed by actor William Boyd—has become as real to millions of Western fans as if he had actually ridden out of the pages of true history. Together, “Hoppy” and Boyd made their own Western history, and in the process became one iconic figure for generations. From the time of Boyd’s initial portrayal in 1935’s Hop-A-Long Cassidy as the character created by Clarence E. Mulford in his 1906 epic Bar 20, the die was ca