Rex Allen and Willcox Arizona

A few of us may remember a movie star cowboy named Rex Allen. I did because I used to go to Saturday matinees and he would star in cowboy flix with his horse KoKo. He, like Roy Rogers and Gene Autry were matinee idols of many in the 1950's and singing was always a part of those Westerns. Rex Allen's voice was great. You have to take my word for it! The town of Willcox Arizona was his home as a child and below are some pictures of where he grew up.

A real life statue of Rex Allen in

Willcox Arizona across from his museum. Rex

Allen's horse KoKo was buried in this square and later

Rex Allen's ashes were sprinkled over his horse.

Rex Allen died at age 79 in 1999.

The Rex Allen Museum is located in Willcox AZ.

It's full of mementos and displays even though

the front looks unassuming.

Carter's Drive in at Willcox AZ. We stopped

for a late lunch on excellent hamburgers!

Carter's Coffee Policy

A train passes thru Willcox AZ with one

windmill turbo blade on each flatbed car. These

blades are extremely large. You can make out

the size by clicking the pix as it passes throught town.

Another view of the wind turbo blades on

train passing thru Willcox AZ. Click

to enlarge.