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4 unusual facts about Windwagon Smith


Rockin' thru the Rockies

The conclusion of this film is reminiscent of Early American folklore as the Stooges leave Indian territory a la Windwagon Smith.

Windwagon Smith

The story appears in "Windwagon Smith and Other Yarns" in 1947, by Wilbur Lang Schramm while he was a professor at University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign.

The Walt Disney cartoon "The Saga of Windwagon Smith" was released on March 16, 1961, directed by Charles Nichols and with music by Rex Allen.

By 1853 Thomas had displayed a prototype with oversized wheels to the U.S. Army at Fort Leavenworth and formed an Overland Navigation Company.


Joe and Beth Krush

--earliest i have found, not known to be their debuts--> Joe did Windwagon Smith and Other Yarns, a collection of short stories by Wilbur Schramm.


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