“Rollin’, rollin’, rollin’, keep them dogies rollin’...” The theme song from Rawhide lured Delmer and me into our living room on Friday nights. The 1960s TV series spotlighted trail boss Gil Favor and ramrod Rowdy Yates as they led cattle drives from Texas to Missouri. The drovers had to wrangle stampedes, raging rivers, treacherous mountain passes, anthrax and bandits on the dusty trail.
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