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Roy Rogers in a cowboy hat and plaid shirt stands smiling beside his horse, Trigger, holding the reins in an outdoor setting, circa 1945.

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Dale Evans
…horse, Buttermilk, and his horse, Trigger. They were inducted into the National Cowboy Hall of Fame, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, in 1976. In 2025 the U.S. Library of Congress added “Happy Trails” (1952) to the National Recording Registry, a list of audio recordings deemed “culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant.”
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…horse, Buttermilk, and his horse, Trigger. They were inducted into the National Cowboy Hall of Fame, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, in 1976. In 2025 the U.S. Library of Congress added “Happy Trails” (1952) to the National Recording Registry, a list of audio recordings deemed “culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant.”
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Roy Rogers
…Western Stars, which also featured Trigger, the horse that would be his costar until 1965, when Trigger died. Another favorite costar, his sidekick George (“Gabby”) Hayes, joined Rogers in Southward Ho! (1939). For Cowboy and the Senorita (1944), Rogers was teamed with Dale Evans, and, in 1947, 14 months after…
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…Western Stars, which also featured Trigger, the horse that would be his costar until 1965, when Trigger died. Another favorite costar, his sidekick George (“Gabby”) Hayes, joined Rogers in Southward Ho! (1939). For Cowboy and the Senorita (1944), Rogers was teamed with Dale Evans, and, in 1947, 14 months after…
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