One to the first singing cowboys and had a traveling wild west show.
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  • 1895
    07/21 - Born in VEVAY, IN, 505 Liberty Street.
    1898
    Lived on the southwest corner of 10th and Wilson streets in Columbus, IN.
    1911
    Joined Wild West Show.
    (During WWI).
    Married a girl whild stationed in Ft. Knox, Kentucky.
    1917
    Pawnee Bill Circus at Coney Island.
    1920
    World Champion Cowboy?
    1924
    Contract with Cosmopolitan Pictures (owned by William Randolph Hearst).
    Weds Jeanne Knudson for three years.
    1925
    Purchased Tarzan.
    1925
    08/17 - Weds Mary Leeper of South Bend, IN.
    1926
    First National contract.
    1929
    Universal contract. Started Singing Cowboy trend .
    1930
    Tiffany studios.
    1932
    Pocatello Kid ().
    1933
    Universal.
    1934
    Mascot.
    1934
    In Old Santa Fe (first Gene Autry film) . Honor of the Range .
    1936
    Diamond K Ranch Wild West and Circus.
    1937
    Trailin Trouble () 1937-40 - Cole Brothers Circus. 02/01 Indpls Star Tour near Indiana.
    1939
    11/15 - Weds Bertha Rowland Denham.
    1940
    Original Tarzan dies, believed buried under an elm in the Hollywood Hills.
    1943
    Monogram's Trail Blazers.
    1945
    Circus.
    1964
    Tarzan 2 dies.
    1968
    Bertha dies.
    1969
    Bigfoot 'Mr. Bennett, country store owner' [*] .
    1973
    03/27 - Died, buried in Forest Lawn Memorial Park (Find-a-Grave).
    1993
    08/21 - Birthplace marker.
    Trail Blazers, Monogram's Trail Blazers


    Kermit Maynard
    Brother to Ken. Known for Montie movies.
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  • 1897
    09/20 - Born in Vevay, IN, 505 Liberty Street.
    1898
    Move to Columbus. Columbus Comercials basketball team.
    1918
    1918-21, 26 - Indiana University.
    1924
    02/23 - Wed Edith.
    1926
    Did stunt work for brother Ken.
    1927
    Went by the name Tex Maynard for Rayart. Gun-Hand Garrison (as Tex Maynard). Prince of the Plains (as Tex Maynard). Ridin' Luck (as Tex Maynard). Wanderer of the West (as Tex Maynard). Wildborn.
    1933
    World Champion Cowboy.
    1934
    (1934-36) Ambassador Films.
    1936
    (1936) Republic.
    1937
    12 - IU basketball squad Christmas Holiday tournament against UCLA and Southern Cal.
    1930
    The Phantom of the West.
    1931
    The Lightning Warrior. Phantom of the West (stunt for Tom Tyler).
    1932
    Outlaw Justice. Fighting Trooper.
    1933
    42nd Street 'uncredited'. Drum Taps.
    1934
    Wilderness Mail.
    1935
    His Fighting Blood. Trails of the Wild. Northern Frontier. Code of the Mounted. The Red Blood of Courage.
    1936
    Timber War. Phantom Patrol. Song of the Trail. Wildcat Trooper.
    1937
    Valley of Terror. Roaring Six Guns. Fighting Texan. Galloping Dynamite. Rough Riding Rhythm. Whistling Bullets. Wild Horse Round-Up.
    1938
    The Great Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok [serial]. Western Jamboree. Law West of Tombstone. Wild Bill Hickok.
    1939
    The Night Riders. Colorado Sunset. Henry Goes Arizona.
    1940
    Pony Post. North West Mounted Police. The Return of Frank James. The Showdown. Law and Order. The Range Busters. Heroes of the Saddle.
    1941
    Fighting Bill Fargo. King of the Texas Rangers. Man From Montana. Wyoming Wildcat. Trail of the Silver Spurs. Belle Starr. Billy the Kid. Boss of Bullion City. Royal Mounted Patrol. Sierra Sue. Stick to Your Guns.
    1942
    Trail Riders. Along the Sundown Trail. Arizona Stagecoach. Riders of the West. Stagecoach Buckaroo. Below the Border. Arabian Nights. Home in Wyomin'. Jesse James, Jr. The Lone Prairie. The Mysterious Rider. Perils of the Royal Mounted. Prairie Pals. Rock River Renegades.
    1943
    The Texas Kid. Devil Riders. Raiders of Red Gap. Death Rides the Plains. Fugitive of the Plains. Beyond the Last Frontier. The Blocked Trail. Santa Fe Scouts. Silver Spurs. 05/10 - Son born William Frederick.
    1944
    Wild Horse Phantom. Frontier Outlaws. Brand of the Devil. The Drifter. Oath of Vengeance. Thundering Gun Slingers.
    1945
    They Were Expendable. Fighting Bill Carson. Stagecoach Outlaws. The Gangster's Den. Enemy of the Law. Flaming Bullets. Jungle Raiders.
    1946
    Tumbleweed Trail. Terrors on Horseback. Ambush Trail. Galloping Thunder. Rustler's Roundup. Stars Over Texas.
    1947
    Return of the Lash. Law Comes to Gunsight. Along the Oregon Trail.
    1948
    Fury at Furnace Creek. The Gallant Legion. A Southern Yankee.
    1949
    Range Land. Riders In the Sky.
    1950
    Trail of Robin Hood. Silver Raiders.
    1951
    Saturday Roundup (tv). Fort Dodge Stampede.
    1952
    The Black Lash.
    1953
    Pack Train.
    1956
    Blazing the Overland Trail Girls in Prison.
    1958
    Once Upon a Horse.
    1960
    North to Alaska.
    1962
    Screem Extras Guild.
    1969
    IU reunion. Retired form Screen Extras Guild.
    1971
    01/21 - Died heart attack. Ashes at Valhalla Cemetery. [Find-a-Grave]
    1993
    08/20 - Birthplace marker.