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I met a friend in San Jose California who also belonged to Las Madres, which was a support group for brand new mothers. Her name was Mindy and she and I hit it off very well; we shopped, had lunch together and she visited my home frequently while we were each expecting our new babies.
One day she said she had to go to “grandma's” house to try on some maternity blouses her grandmother was making for her. She said grandma had gone out and she would probably be back, but if not, she was to go inside and try on the blouses which were lying by the sewing machine. As it tuned out, “grandma” wasn't home yet.
While she was trying them on she told me to make myself comfortable so I walked around looking at the pictures. Whoever lived in this home was a huge Roy Rogers and Dale Evans fan.
When Mindy came back into the room I said to her, “Your grandparents really love Roy Rogers and Dale Evans.” She said, “Of course. My grandma is Dale Evans.”
I had no idea I was standing in their home! Mindy's father was Dale Evan's son!
I lost track of Mindy many years ago. It wasn't too long after that when I moved away from California to be near my family in Alabama. I will never forget Mindy – I really liked her. And I will never forget standing in “Grandma's” house and seeing all those pictures and the cowboy boots on the hearth.
Roy Rogers, born Leonard Franklin Slye (November 5, 1911 – July 6, 1998), was an American singer and cowboy actor. He and his wife Dale Evans, his golden palomino, Trigger, Dale's buckskin quarter horse, Buttermilk and his German Shepherd wonder dog, Bullet, were featured in more than 100 movies and The Roy Rogers Show. Rogers's nickname was "King of the Cowboys". Evans's nickname was "Queen of the West."
Leonard Slye moved to California to become a singer. In 1934 he formed Sons of the Pioneers, a Western cowboy music group which hit it big with songs like "Cool Water" and "Tumbling Tumbleweeds". From his first film appearance in 1935 he worked steadily in western films, including a large supporting role as a singing cowboy in a Gene Autry movie while he was still being billed as "Leonard Slye". In 1938, when Autry temporarily walked out on his movie contract, Slye was immediately rechristened "Roy Rogers" and assigned the lead in Under Western Stars. Rogers became a matinee idol and American legend and a competitor for Gene Autry as the nation's favorite singing cowboy was suddenly born. In addition to his own movies, Rogers played a supporting role in the John Wayne classic Dark Command (1940). Rogers became a major box office attraction.
In the early 40's The Roy Rogers Show ran on radio for nine years before moving to television for six more years, (from December 30, 1951 through June 9, 1957). The show starred Roy Rogers as a ranch owner, Dale Evans as the proprietor of the Eureka Cafe in fictional Mineral City. A sidekick was featured always too; either Andy Devine, or the crotchety George "Gabby" Hayes. But it was more often Pat Brady (and his jeep Nellybelle) who played as Roy's sidekick and Dale's cook.
"Happy Trails," which was written by Dale Evans Rogers, was the theme song for the 1940s and 1950s radio program and the 1950s television show and was played at the end over the credits.
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