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Fun Autry Fact:

In 1940, and probably for several years before and after, the Gene Autry cap pistol was the main industry in Kenton, Ohio, a town of then 7,000.

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The Strawberry Roan
from Hot Lead (1950)
The Gene Autry Show, Season 1, Episode 19


Gene Autry serenades Champion, World's Wonder Horse and Alan Hale, Jr. with "The Strawberry Roan" from The Gene Autry Show, Season 1 episode "Hot Lead." In 1948, Gene starred in the popular movie The Strawberry Roan. Alan Hale would go on to play the Skipper on Gilligan's Island.

Written by Fred Howard and Nat Vincent


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