Did you ever look inside your Stetson and wonder who painted the poignant rendering of a cowboy watering his horse from his hat? In my humble opinion, the iconic Last Drop from His Stetson is right up there with the best works of Frederic Remington and Charlie Russell. The artist was Lon Megargee, often characterized as “Arizona’s original cowboy artist.” I first became aware of Megargee around 1949, when an A-1 Beer truck failed to negotiate a curve on Route 66 just east of Ash Fork.
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