Tom Mix, Boys Mounted Troop Of America, Baxter Springs Ks. Antique Photo 1929 For Sale

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VERY RARE PHOTO OF TOM MIX WITH THE BOYS MOUNTED TROOP OF AMERICA AUGUST 24 1929 IN BAXTER SPRINGS KANSAS.

NOT A REPRODUCTION OR PRINT; 44" x 8"

TOM MIX STARTED THIS TROOP IN BAXTER SPRINGS IN 1926 AND THEY DISBANDED IN 1932. HARD TO FIND AN ACTUAL END DATES.

THEY WERE FASHIONED AFTER THE BOY SCOUTS BUT WERE NEVER AFFILIATED. TEACHING HORSMANSHIP AND LIFE SKILLS.

PIC 1; HAS THE TITLE, PIC 2; IS TOM MIX, PIC 3; IS THE PHOTOGRAPHER YOUNGER'S SIGNATURE

THE FRAME IS HAND PAINTED WOOD GRAIN, AND ALL ITS COMPONENTS APPEAR TO BE OLD AND ORIGINAL. THE PAPER ON THE BACK IS DETERIORATING BUT THE CARDBOARD SEEMS SOLID.

OVERALL THE PICTURE IS IN MY OPINION TO BE BRIGHT AND VIVID. NO FOXING, FLAKING OR DETERATION

THE FOLKS BELOW ARE LIKELY IN THE PICTURE.

QUAPAW, OK — Paul Millard Cook Sr., 95, died Nov. 13, 2009, at his residence after an illness. He is a member of the 32 Degree Mason, Midwest Hunters Association. He served as commander in the V.F.W. in both Commerce, and Picher. He had always been active in Boy Scouts of America and served as a Boy Scout leader. As a youth, he was a member of the Tom Mix Patrol Boys Mounted Troop from 1926 to 1932 and a member of the First United Methodist Church, of Baxter Springs. He was a member of Show Me Birds, a resort in Baxter Springs, and loved to hunt and fish.

WATKINS - C. Curtis. The life of Charles Curtis Watkins, who died Wednesday, February 27 in Kansas City, can be defined by 3 lifelong passions: his family, his work and his horses. Born in Webb City, MO in 1915, he lived in Baxter Spring, KS and Joplin, MO until early adulthood. Curtis was always proud of his work. None more so, than at age 9, when he started his first job and in later years loved to tell about when he "peddled ice" from a mule drawn wagon for 50 cents a day. As a youth, he was a charter member of the Boys Mounted Troop of America, a group founded by the famous cowboy, Tom Mix. One year the entire troop of 100 boys and their 100 horses traveled by train to Kansas City to ride in the American Royal parade. His love of horses included breeding, raising, training and showing saddle bred horses. He showed horses at the American Royal and, as a student at the University of Arkansas, brought horses to the campus to give riding lessons. Later in life, he became a cowboy and enjoyed owning quarter horses and participating in trail rides in the West. He graduated in 1937 from the University of Arkansas

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