Tom Mix

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Sat 2014 Oct 18, 5:45pm

A little something from the old home town, or, anyway, the town just north of the old home town.

In the photo, these cousins of Pistol Pete are standing on the front porch of the Tom Mix museum, ready to head to an Old West re-enactment.

Before he took his cowboy skills to Hollywood, Tom Mix worked various jobs in Dewey, Okla., including, for a time, working in the cement plant my grandfather managed. I don't know if Mix remembered his roots, but Dewey still celebrates him.

Here's a funny clip from 1932's Justice (or Destry, depending on the re-issue) Rides Again. I had hoped to find Mix doing some of his rope tricks, but a few horse tricks will have to do.

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Hollywooden