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How Roy Rogers found God

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Guideposts Classics: Roy Rogers on Finding Faith In this story from March 1953, the beloved cowboy star reveals how his wife, Dale Evans, patiently but persistently invited him to know God. During the 1940 and 1950s he was the biggest cowboy star in Hollywood known as The King of the Cowboys. Roy Rogers (born Leonard Slye) moved to California in 1930, aged 18. He played in such musical groups as The Hollywood Hillbillies, Rocky Mountaineers, Texas Outlaws, and his own group, the International Cowboys. In 1934 he formed a group with  Bob Nolan  called  Sons of the Pioneers . While in that group he was known as Leonard Slye by  Roy Rogers From   - Posted on Mar 6, 2014 What’s wrong with a guy who isn’t scared when he nearly breaks his neck filming Western pictures, but gets the shakes when he has to make a simple speech? For years I asked myself this question. I was shy from my boyhood days when we lived on the Ohio River in a three-room housebo...