sad day from my childhood can u relate or too young?

[Hoos66]

    HAPPY  TRAILS TO YOU!  THESE WERE
THE DAYS, MY  FRIENDS!   

    The   Roy   Rogers   Museum has  closed its doors forever.
  
   Here  is a partial listing of some of the items that were sold at  auction...

Roy 's  1964 Bonneville sold for $254,500, it was estimated to sell  between 100 and 150 thousand dollars.

His script book from  the January  14,1953  episode of This Is Your Life sold for $10,000 (est.  $800-$1,000)
  A  collection of signed baseballs (Pete Rose, Duke Snyder and other  greats) sold for $3,750

A collection of signed bats (Yogi  Berra, Enos Slaughter, Bob Feller, and others) sold for  $2,750.

Trigger's saddle and bridle sold for $386,500 (est.  100-150K)

One of many of Roy 's  shirts sold for $16,250 and one of his many cowboy hats sold for  $17,500.

One set of boot spurs sold for $10,625. (He never  used a set of spurs on Trigger.)

A life size shooting  gallery sold for $27,500.  
Various  chandeliers sold from $6,875 to $20,000. Very unique and artistic  in their western style.

A signed photograph by Don Larsen  taken during his perfect game in the world series against the  Dodgers on Oct. 8, 1953, along with a signed baseball to   Roy from  Don, sold for $2,500

Two fabulous limited edition BB guns  in their original boxes with numerous photos of Roy, Dale, Gabby,  and Pat sold for $3,750.
  A  collection of memorabilia from his shows entertaining the troops  in Vietnam sold  for $938.  I never knew he was there.  His flight  jacket sold for $7,500.

His set of dinner ware plates and  silverware sold for $11,875.  The Bible they used at the  dinner table every night sold for $8,750.

One of several of  his guitars sold for $27,500.

Nellybelle sold for  $116,500.

A fabulous painting of Roy ,  Dale, Pat, Buttermilk, Trigger, and Bullet sold for  $10,625.

One of several sets of movie posters sold for  $18,750.

A black and white photograph of Gene Autry with a  touching inscription from Gene to Roy sold  for $17,500.

A Republic Productions Poster bearing  many autographs of the people that played in Roy 's  movies sold for $11,875.

Dale's horse, Buttermilk (whose  history is very interesting) sold below the presale estimate for  $25,000. (est. 30-40K)

Bullet sold for $35,000 (est.  10-15K). He was their real pet.

Dale's parade saddle,  estimated to sell between 20-30K, sold for $104,500.

One of  many pairs of Roy 's  boots sold for $21,250.

Trigger sold for  $266,500.
  Do you  remember the 1938 movie The Adventures of Robinhood with Errol  Flynn and Olivia de Havilland?  Well Olivia rode Trigger in  that movie.  Trigger was bred on a farm co-owned by Bing  Crosby. Roy  bought Trigger on a time payment plan for $2,500.    Roy and  Trigger made 188 movies together.  Trigger even out did Bob  Hope by winning an Oscar in the movie Son of Paleface in  1953.

It is extremely sad to see this era lost  forever.  Despite the fact that Gene and Roy 's  movies, as well as those of other great characters, can be bought  or rented for viewing, today's kids would rather spend their time  playing video games.  Today it takes a very special pair of  parents to raise their kids with the right values and morals.   These were the great heroes of our childhood, and they did  teach us right from wrong, and how to
have and show respect for  each other and the animals that share this earth.    
You  and I were born at the right time. We were able to grow up with  these great people even if we never met them.  In their own  way they taught us patriotism and honor, we learned that lying and  cheating were bad, and sex wasn't as important as love.  We  learned how to suffer through disappointment and failure and work  through it.  Our lives were drug free.

So it's  good-bye to Roy and  Dale, Gene and Hoppy, The Lone Ranger and Tonto.   Farewell to Sky King and Superman and Sgt. Friday.   Thanks to Capt.. Kangaroo, Mr. Rogers and Capt. Noah and all  those people whose lives touched ours, and made them  better.

It was a great ride through childhood.