Rodeo Legend, Movie Star and Tank Veteran: ‘Hoot’ Gibson Could Do It All
Hoot Gibson was one of the 1920s most popular children s matinée heroes. His 30 year career was filled with western movie roles.
The most surprising thing about Edward “Hoot” Gibson was not that he was a Hollywood box-office draw or that he was a World War I tank corps veteran. The most surprising thing about Hoot was that his nickname had nothing to do with the rodeo, his first love.
Gibson learned to ride horses at a very young age, given that he was born on a Nebraska ranch in 1892. At the age of 7, his family moved to another ranch, this time in California, where he later took his skills to the local rodeo. He earned the nickname “Hoot,” because he used to hunt for hoot owls in Nebraska caves.
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Cornyn: National Day of the Cowboy: Remembering the cowboys behind Lonesome Dove saga
Sen. John Cornyn
Special to the E-T
Keep your saddle oiled and your gun greased because the “National Day of the Cowboy” – the fourth Saturday in July – is finally here. This day celebrates the lasting legacies of the cowboys that pioneered the American West as they worked cattle, beginning after the Civil War in the heart of Texas.
If you’ve read or watched Lonesome Dove then you know the intrepid tale of the two retired Texas Rangers, Augustus Gus McCrae and W.F. Woodrow Call, who traveled from the Rio Grande in Texas to Montana in the 1870s driving a herd of stolen Texas Longhorns. These two men are the epitome of this holiday and helped define the American cowboy experience. Their story is widely regarded as one of the most realistic portrayals of the Wild West.