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This Week in the West: Tom Mix, the Highs and Lows of Hollywood’s First Cowboy Superstar
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🎙️ Episode 62: Tom Mix, the Highs and Lows of Hollywood’s First Cowboy Superstar
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This episode of This Week in The West tips its hat to Tom Mix, one of the first true cowboy superstars, remembered on the week of his birth, January 6, 1880. From his towering white Stetson—one example of which lives in the Museum’s collection—to his fearless stunt work and charismatic screen presence, Mix helped define what audiences expected from Western heroes in the early days of Hollywood.
Born in rural Pennsylvania and shaped by ranch work, military service and a…
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