Tom Mix Was Hollywood’s Original Cowboy Tough Guy (Photo)
Jan 10, 2014 · The big racing-type automobile in which Tom Mix cowboy actor, was killed in a highway accident near a Arizona on October 12 is picture after it was to intended in Florence garage on Oct. 16, 1940. Mix was pinned under the over turned partially wrecked car.
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Oct 11, 1990 · A stone monument with a bronze plaque topped by a metal cutout of Tony the Wonder Horse, a couple of hundred yards north of the crash site on Arizona Highway 79, marks the end of the ride for Tom Mix, one of the most popular movie stars of the silent era. Photos 4-27-2014 by Leon Worden.
Silent screen star’s car is beautifully restored and back in Florence ...
Feb 7, 2013 · Tom Mix, silver screen legend, had friends and family connections to Arizona. He was killed in a one car accident on what is now Arizona 79 while driving from Tucson to Florence. Travelers along the route can see a highway marker near …
The Day Tom Mix Died: Unraveling the Mystery on a Desert …
TRUE 36 WEST According to Arizona historian Marshall Trimble, Tom Mix was "America's First Superhero." "Mix's movies were pure frolic and delight," says Trimble. "He was the man in the white hat who rode into town and battled the bad guys.
Along with Tom Mix, who helped carry Wyatt Earp’s Casket?
Jun 5, 2018 · At Wyatt Earp’s funeral, held the Tuesday after he died on January 13, 1929, his pallbearers were attorney W.J. Hunsaker, Arizona Territory...
Tom Mix Monument along SR 79 marks end of the trail for a …
May 3, 2017 · Arizona tips its cowboy hat to Tom Mix, a Western film superstar a century ago, with a stone monument along a quiet stretch of State Route 79 about 17 miles south of Florence.
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Mar 26, 2009 · plaque reads: Jan. 6 1880 - Oct 12. 1940 - In Memory of Tom Mix - Whose spirit left his body on this spot and whose characterization and protrayal in life served to better fix memories of the Old West in the minds of living men."
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Photos taken during Bill and Bonnie Mullin's Tom Mix Monument visit.
Tom Mix, A Legend in his Own Time - Prescott NOW
Mar 31, 2024 · Mix broke into the film industry in 1909, did his own stunts in action-packed westerns, and along with “Tony, the wonder horse,” became Fox’s highest paid star but left after a salary dispute with studio head Joseph P. Kennedy, Sr.
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May 28, 2008 · On October 12, 1940, while driving his 1937 Cord Sportsman through the Arizona desert he took a turn too fast, a suitcase broke loose and struck him in the head and his car plunged into a ravine. The ravine was later named "The Tom Mix Wash" in his honor.