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John Hart spent a week at the Antler Ridge Deer Ranch in Sterling, Michigan as guests of Ed & Judy Gilkes. Ed is a John Hart fan and a collector of assorted cowboy memorabilia as well. Ed has a museum on his ranch where he displays his Roy Rogers shirt, a Roy Rogers saddle, a black Lone Ranger saddle, a Sergeant Preston of the Yukon costume, the original Hawkeye costume that John wore in the show and many other outfits and pieces of memorabilia.
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The Souvenir Program for John's appearances in
the West Branch & Rose City, Michigan parades
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John arrives at the Antler Ridge Deer Ranch on June 30, 2001
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Antler Ridge family room with L to R:
Ken Cagle, John, Don Cagle and Gary Cagle
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Ed & Judy had a cookout at their ranch for John on Monday, July 2, 2001.
In the picture are, L to R: Don Cagle as "The Lone Ranger", Ed Gilkes,
Gary Cagle as "The Duke" and John Hart is seated
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This is a photo of Judy Gilkes
and John Hart at the ranch
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A local newspaper, The Ogemaw County Herald, had some coverage of John's visit to the area including a couple of stories in the Herald and a photo of John and the 3 Cagle brothers who portray their favorite cowboys, Rooster Cogburn, The Lone Ranger and The "Duke". John appeared in two 4th of July parades, the Rose City parade and the West Branch parade. Also in the Thursday, July 12, 2001 edition of the Herald, was a photo of John Hart and Lon Chaney, Jr. as Hawkeye & Chingachgook. Another photo from one of the parades was one of the three Cagle brothers dressed as their favorite cowboys and riding their horses.
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Another local newspaper, the Arenac County Independent, in Standish, Michigan, also had coverage of John's visit to the area including a couple of stories and a photo of John and the 3 Cagle brothers who portray their favorite cowboys, "Rooster Cogburn", "The Lone Ranger" and "The Duke". There was also a photo of John as "Hawkeye" and Lon Chaney, Jr. as "Chingachgook". The Arenac County Independent also had a nice feature story on Ed Gilkes in their Wednesday, May 16, 2001 edition. Included were several photos of some of Ed's collection of cowboy memorabilia.
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Round table discussion. From left to right, starting with
the man with his back to the camera: Don Cagel, Gary
Cagel, Ed Gilkes, a newspaper reporter, Cliff Parent,
John Hart and Ken Cagel
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Judy Gilkes standing with John Hart. John wore
this outfit for the 2 parades and the autograph
session and John left the outfit with Ed for
display in his museum.
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