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    VINTAGE

    Aug 26, 2021 1 minute
    BY JAC DARSNEK, TRACES OF TEXAS

    The Bull-Dogger

    CIRCA 1900

    amed rodeo cowboy Bill Pickett was born in 1870 in and 1922’s . Pickett was friends with Western film stars Will Rogers and Tom Mix, both of whom he instructed in the art of cowboying. Tragically, Pickett died in 1932 at age 61 after a horse kicked him in the head. He’s buried on the 101 Ranch near Ponca City, Oklahoma, where he had lived for about 20 years.

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