Stan Paregien, Editor
Snub Pollard
(Deceased)
Snub Pollard, cowboy actor, was born as Harold Fraser on November 9, 1889.Snub Pollard died of cancer on January 19, 1962. His remains are at Forest Lawn Cemetery (Hollywood Hills; Sheltering Hills-Lot 545) in Los Angeles, CA.
Joseph C. Porter
Joseph C. Porter is the curator of Western American history and ethnology at Joslyn Art Museum's Center for Western Studies in Omaha. He is also the author of Paper Medicine Man: John Gregory Bourke and His American West (University of Oklahoma Press, 1986), a book which in 1987 won the WWA's Spur Award for "Best Western Nonfiction of 1986". It also won the 1986 David Wooley Evans and Beatrice Cannon Evans Biography Award presented by Brigham Young University.
Ruth N. Potts
Under her own name, Ruth N. Potts is the author of The Lost Kachina (Woodhill, 1979) and Nugget (Manor Books). She wrote under the name of "Rachel Palmer" for Love Beyond Desire and No Sweeter Song (both Harlequin Super-romances).
James Powell
James Powell is a Range Conservationist for the U.S. Soil Conversation Service. He and his wife have four children.He is the author of Deathwind, A Man Made for Trouble, Stage to Seven Springs, Vendetta, The Malpais Rider, A Summer With Outlaws (Walker & Co.) and The Mule Thieves (Walker & Co., 1986).
Tyrone Power
(Deceased)
Tyrone Power, actor, was born Tyrone Edmund Power, Jr., on May 5, 1914 in Cincinnati, OH. His great-grandfather, Tyrone Power (1795-1841), was a famed Irish comedian. His father, Tyrone Power, Sr., was a star in the theatre and in films.He was quite a womanizer, and his son seems to have adopted that lifestyle.
After appearing in a few small movie roles, Tyrone Power went east to do stage work. But in 1936 he signed a contract with 20th Century Fox .
After serving in the Marine Corps in World War II. He was a pilot and saw action in the South Pacific. Then Power returned to making movies in Hollywood. His postwar movie work was largely unremarkable. In an odd parallel to his father's life, Power's first and second marriages fell apart due to his highly publicized extra-marital affairs with co-stars.
He was working on the set of a film, "Solomon and Sheba," being shot in Spain when, halfway through a dueling scene with George Sanders, Power and died of a heart attack before reaching a hospital.
Tyrone Power's Western film credits included Northern Frontier (1935), Jesse James (1939), The Mark of Zorro (1940), Brigham Young: Frontiersman (1940), Rawhid (1951) and Pony Soldier (1952).
Power is "Zorro" (far right) in this 1940 film.
Tyrone Power died of a heart attack on November 15, 1958 in Madrid, Spain. Two days after Tyrone's death, his body was flown back to California to Hollywood's Chapel of the Psalms for burial at Hollywood Memorial Park Cemetary. On November 21, 1958 - the day of his funeral - crowds lined the streets, some carrying box lunches, to witness the event. Only Tyrone's closet friends and family were allowed inside the chapel, which seated about 150 people. Mourners in attendance included Henry Fonda, Yul Brynner (recently cast as Tyrone's replacement as King Solomon), Gregory Peck, James Stewart, and Loretta Young.
Navy chaplain Thomas W. Gibson conducted the service, as Tyrone was denied Catholic funeral rites because of his divorces. César Romero gave the eulogy, reading from Thomas Wolfe's "The Promises of America." Power's remains are at Hollywood Forever Cemetery (Section 8, bench near the water ), Hollywood, CA. Power's tombstone, etched with the masks of Comedy and Tragedy, bears an inscription from "Hamlet," it reads: "Good night, sweet prince..."
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Robert L. Powers
There aren't too many real live, honest-to-God working cowboys who earn a significant amount of income from writing--but Robert L. Powers is one of 'em. Bob was born in Old Kernville, Calif. and is the fifth generation descendent of early pioneers. And he does most of his writing in his log cabin which he built several years ago.
Robert L. Powers' articles have appeared in Nevada Magazine. He is the author of six nonfiction books telling the 200 years of ranching history in the Kern River Valley of California. His first book, South Fork Country, told about the cowboys of the South Fork area. He second book, North Fork County, detailed the history of old Kernville and the making of the town as it stands today. Hot Springs Country (1979) tells of the first pioneers to the area now called Lake Isabella. Kern River Country (1979) tells about the gold rush in the Greenhorn mountains. Indian Country is the legend of the Tubatulabal Indians. His latest book is Cowboy Country
His local newspaper, the Kern Valley Sun, did a five-photo spread on him in September, 1981 and followed that up with a major multi-page feature and photo essay on him in February, 1982. And the Bakersfield Californian did a major feature on his in January, 1985, with two large color photos and one black and white. Bob told one reporter, "It seems that in all of my books, I have some personal experiences. For me writing is not a business, it's a hobby. My pleasure is sharing these experiences."
Stefanie Powers
Stefanie Powers was born Stefania Zofia Federkiewicz on Nov. 2, 1942 in Hollywood, CA. She graduated from Hollywood High. At age 15, Stefanie was signed to a movie deal with Columbia Pictures and was labeled as one of the brightest up and coming stars in America. After a relativiely short stint in films, Stefanie took a break from Hollywood for almost five years.
When she returned, Stefanie Powers focused her acting talents on television with over 100 guest appearances in a few years. She starred in the TV series, "Hart to Hart." In addition to her international fame as Jennifer Hart, Stefanie was also the star of such TV series as, "The Girl from U.N.C.L.E.", "The Feather and Father Gang" and "Maggie".
Her marriage to actor Gary Lockwood in 1966 ended in 1972. In 1974, Stefanie formed a friendship with actor William Holden. Through many similarities and interests, their relationship blossomed into one of romance that would last until the sudden death of Holden in 1981. Stefanie is also President of the William Holden Wildlife Foundation, Director of the Mount Kenya Game Ranch, and international speaker on wildlife preservation, spokesperson for AVID Microchip Technology, and works with both the Cincinnati Zoo and Zoo Atlanta.
Stefanie Powers appeared in Western roles in "McLintock!" (1963), "Stagecoach (remake, 1966), "The Magnificent Seven Ride" (1972) and "Gone with the West" (1972).
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Teach us to number our days aright,
that we may gain a heart of wisdom.
--- Bible: Psalm 90:12
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