Cowboy Heros

Judge Roy Bean holding court at the town of Langtry, Texas, 1900.

Bean is sitting on a barrel holding open his law book.

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An American Story: Cowboy Heroes by Larry

"Two of my favorite actors to ever play cowboys: Clint Eastwood and the one and only, John Wayne.


Once I met Eastwood, just briefly, but I never had a chance to meet John Wayne.


There was the time that I flew into John Wayne Airport in Orange County, California, and did something I’ve never done before or since. I asked someone to take a picture of me in front of a statue.


It was the 9 foot bronze of The Duke.


There he is … captured in mid-stride, his left arm bent with his hand near his belt buckle, and his right hand just inches from a six-shooter strapped low on his waist.


That’s an iconic image of John Wayne and for any cowboy".

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A Western Airlines pilot leans out to talk to cowboys on the runway in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, circa 1950

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