Roy Rogers: King of the Cowboys
He was born Leonard Slye in Cincinnati, Ohio, on November 5, 1911. The building where he was born (412 Second St. to be exact) was torn down decades ago, but it's very easy to find the spot today. The King of the Cowboys was born in the middle of what is now the Cincinnati Reds baseball stadium --- right over second base!
This Ohio boy went on to become the greatest singing cowboy of the silver screen, a founder of the Sons of the Pioneers, and he even married his leading cowgirl, Dale Evans. A lot of biographies have been written about Roy Rogers, so we're not going to post one here. Roy did a great job telling his story "in his own words", and you can read some of our favorite stories below. Happy Trails.