What to Know
- Gene Autry Birthday Celebration
- Sunday, Sept. 29; 10:30 a.m. and 12 p.m. Gene Autry Tours; 2 p.m. screening of “Melody Ranch”
- Autry Museum of the American West
- Included with admission
- Guests wearing cowboy boots or hats will be treated to a special gift
- Discounts on Gene Autry merchandise will be available in the gift shop
The call of the trail, the thrill of roaming the range, the crackle of the campfire, and the strum of a lonesome guitar: Our American mythos is steeped with colorful and moving cowboy lore.
The movies, of course, easily cast a lasso around our cowboy-directed fancies early on, and few film stars kept fans riveted, and humming along, like Gene Autry so winningly did.
The Golden Era legend ruled the sagebrush-strewn silver screen, with “Riders in the Sky” and “Mule Train” among his many well-remembered works…