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Saddle Pals

by | Jun 1, 2005 | Art, Guns and Culture

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Western fans know that every movie cowboy worth his hide had a trusty, four-legged saddle pal to help him tame the “reel West.” Roy Rogers rode Trigger, Gene Autry had Champion and Hopalong Cassidy brought justice to the silver screen aboard Topper. But what about the frontiersmen of the real Wild West? Good and bad men alike had their favorite steeds, or at least thought enough of them to leave their names for history to record. Here are a few examples. Among famed frontier scout Kit Car


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