Giddy Up, Partner! Rare Snapshots of Roy Rogers’ Cowboy Chronicles!
Childhood on the Ohio River
The Slye family, eager for a new start, left the city behind in 1912. Andrew Slye and his brother Will built a 12×50 ft houseboat from salvaged lumber and sailed up the Ohio River to Portsmouth, Ohio.
They bought land with dreams of building a home, but the Great Flood of 1913 had other plans, forcing them to live on the houseboat for several more years. Imagine young Roy, a future cowboy star, navigating childhood on a floating home! Those early years on the river undoubtedly shaped his adventurous spirit and love for the great outdoors.
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