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, La Salle County,

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., and is buried in Hi Jolly Cemetery in Quartzsite.

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The Phantom Riders ''The Phantom Riders'' is a 1918 silent American Western film directed by John Ford and featuring Harry Carey. The film is considered to be lost. Plot As described in a film magazine, Dave Bland (Steele), head of a band of cattle rustlers op ...

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The Black Horse Bandit ''The Black Horse Bandit'' is a 1919 American short silent Western film directed by Harry Harvey and featuring Hoot Gibson. Cast * Hoot Gibson * Helen Gibson * Pete Morrison * Vester Pegg * Buck Connors See also * List of American films ...

'' (1919) * ''

The $1,000,000 Reward ''The $1,000,000 Reward'' is a 1920 American drama film serial directed by George Lessey and produced by Harry Grossman. This is now considered to be a lost film, as there are no available copies of it. Cast * Lillian Walker as Betty Thorndyke * ...

'' (1920) * ''

Action Action may refer to: * Action (narrative), a literary mode * Action fiction, a type of genre fiction * Action game, a genre of video game Film * Action film, a genre of film * ''Action'' (1921 film), a film by John Ford * ''Action'' (1980 fil ...

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Outlawed An outlaw, in its original and legal meaning, is a person declared as outside the protection of the law. In pre-modern societies, all legal protection was withdrawn from the criminal, so that anyone was legally empowered to persecute or kill them ...

'' (1921) * '' The Duke of Chimney Butte'' (1921) * ''

In the Days of Buffalo Bill ''In the Days of Buffalo Bill'' is a 1922 American silent Western film serial directed by Edward Laemmle. The film, which consisted of 18 episodes, is currently classified as lost. Cast * Art Acord as Art Taylor * Duke R. Lee as Buffalo Bil ...

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Tracked to Earth ''Tracked to Earth'' is a 1922 American silent Western film directed by William Worthington and written by Wallace C. Clifton. The film stars Frank Mayo, Virginia Valli, Harold Goodwin, Duke R. Lee, Buck Connors, and Arthur Millett. The ...

'' (1922) * '' The Social Buccaneer'' (1923) * ''

Fighting Fury ''Fighting Fury'' is a 1924 American silent Western film directed by Clifford Smith and starring Jack Hoxie, Helen Holmes and Fred Kohler. Hoxie has a dual role portraying a father and son. Cast Preservation A fragment of ''Fighting Fury ...

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The Back Trail ''The Back Trail'' is a 1924 American silent Western film directed by George Marshall and Clifford Smith and starring Jack Hoxie, Eugenia Gilbert and Al Hoxie.Langman, p. 17 Cast * Jack Hoxie as Jeff Prouty * Al Hoxie as The Tramp * Eugenia ...

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Ridin' Thunder ''Ridin' Thunder'' is a 1925 American silent Western Western may refer to: Places *Western, Nebraska, a village in the US *Western, New York, a town in the US *Western Creek, Tasmania, a locality in Australia *Western Junction, Tasmania, ...

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Hidden Loot ''Hidden Loot'' is a 1925 American silent Western film directed by Robert North Bradbury and written by Harry Dittmar. The film stars Jack Hoxie, Olive Hasbrouck, Edward Cecil, Jack Kenny, Buck Connors and Bert De Marc. The film was released on ...

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The Radio Detective ''The Radio Detective'' is a 1926 American adventure film serial directed by William James Craft and William A. Crinley and released by Universal Pictures. The film is considered to be lost. Cast * Jack Dougherty as Easton Evans (as Jack Daugh ...

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The Ridin' Rascal ''The Ridin' Rascal'' is a 1926 American silent Western film directed by Clifford Smith based upon the novel ''Mavericks'' by William MacLeod Raine. The film stars Art Acord, Olive Hasbrouck, and Buck Connors. Plot As described in a film maga ...

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The Yellow Back ''The Yellow Back'' is a 1926 American silent Western film directed by Del Andrews and produced and distributed by Universal Pictures. It was marketed as a ''Blue Streak Western''. It is preserved in the Library of Congress collection. Cast * ...

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The Fighting Three ''The Fighting Three'' is a 1927 American silent Western film directed by Albert S. Rogell and starring Jack Hoxie, Olive Hasbrouck and Marin Sais. The film's sets were designed by the art director David S. Garber. Cast * Jack Hoxie as Jack C ...

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The Broncho Buster ''The Bronco Buster'' (also ''The Broncho Buster'' per convention at the time of sculpting) is a sculpture made of bronze copyrighted in 1895 by American artist Frederic Remington. It portrays a rugged cowboy character fighting to stay aboard a ...

'' (1927) * '' The Mojave Kid'' (1927) * ''

Straight Shootin' ''Straight Shootin is a 1927 American silent Western film directed by William Wyler. It is a silent five-reel Western released by Universal Pictures as part of their Blue Streak Series. Cast * Ted Wells as Jack Roberts * Garry O'Dell as Malpa ...

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Jaws of Steel ''Jaws of Steel'' is a 1927 American silent family adventure film directed by Ray Enright and featuring dog star Rin Tin Tin and Jason Robards, Sr. Warner Bros. produced and distributed the film. Darryl Zanuck, under the alias Gregory Rogers, ...

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The Phantom Flyer ''The Phantom Flyer'' (aka ''The Phantom Ranger'') is a 1928 American silent Western and aviation film directed by Bruce M. Mitchell and starring Al Wilson, Lillian Gilmore and Buck Connors. The film was produced and distributed by the Univer ...

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The Fearless Rider ''The Fearless Rider'' is a 1928 American silent Western film directed by Edgar Lewis and written by Basil Dickey and Gardner Bradford. The film stars Fred Humes, Barbara Worth, Ben Corbett, Gilbert Holmes, Buck Connors and William Steele. Th ...

'' (1928) * '' Hell's Heroes'' (1930) * ''

The Lone Rider ''The Lone Rider'' is a 1930 American western film directed by Louis King and starring Buck Jones, Vera Reynolds and Harry Woods (actor), Harry Woods. It was remade twice by Columbia Pictures, Columbia first as ''The Man Trailer'' (1934) and then ...

'' (1930) * ''

Headin' for Trouble ''Headin' for Trouble'' is a 1931 American pre-Code Western film directed by J.P. McGowan and starring Bob Custer, Betty Mack and John Ince. Main cast * Bob Custer as Cyclone Crosby * Betty Mack as Mary Courtney * John Ince as Poker Slade ...

'' (1931) * ''

Trails of Danger ''Trails of Danger'' is a 1930 American pre-Code Western film directed by Alan James and starring Hal Taliaferro. Plot An American soldier returns from World War I without any money and finds himself forced into the life of a western criminal ...

'' (1931) * ''

Desert Vengeance ''Desert Vengeance'' is a 1931 American western film directed by Louis King and starring Buck Jones, Barbara Bedford (actress), Barbara Bedford and Douglas Gilmore.Pitts p.86 It was produced and distributed by Columbia Pictures. Cast * Buck Jones ...

'' (1931) * ''

Alias John Law ''Alias John Law'' is a 1935 American Western film directed by Robert N. Bradbury and starring Bob Steele. It was produced by Supreme Pictures and released by William Steiner Productions on a states-rights basis. It was remade in 1950 as ''We ...

'' (1935) * ''

West of the Santa Fe ''West of the Santa Fe'' is a 1938 American Western film directed by Sam Nelson and written by Bennett Cohen. The film stars Charles Starrett, Iris Meredith, Dick Curtis, Robert Fiske, LeRoy Mason and Bob Nolan. The film was released on Octobe ...

'' (1938)

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