Gene Autry 1946 to 1955. That title was changed to "Gene Autry and Champion", and ran an additional 20 issues from 1955 to 1959, making it the longest-running (by number of issues) cowboy actor comic book. Meanwhile, Autry was the subject of an "Air-Western-Adventure Strip" comic strip syndicated by General Features from 1952–1955. The strip was produced in association with Whitman Publishing. The Mexican publisher Editorial Novaro released 423 issues of "Gene Autry" comics from 1954 to 1984. Autry retired from show business in 1964, having made almost 100 films up to 1955 and over 600 records. He was elected to the
Cayuse horse described the two cayuses as the best horses that he owned, because of their unrelenting spirit and hardiness that helped them survive the extreme conditions in northern British Columbia. There is also an example of it in John Steinbeck's book, "The Red Pony". The horse is mentioned in "Don't Fence Me In", a popular American song written in 1934 by Cole Porter and Robert Fletcher. There is a line "On my Cayuse, let me wander over yonder...' It was recorded by Roy Rogers, Gene Autry and Bing Crosby, among many others. Cayuse horse Cayuse is an archaic term used in