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<p>[QUOTE="say_it_slowly, post: 310366, member: 50"]wikipedia:</p><p><br /></p><p>After the original Trigger (Golden Cloud) died in 1965 at Rogers' new ranch in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_Valley,_California" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_Valley,_California" rel="nofollow">Apple Valley, California</a>, Rogers arranged for Everett Wilkensen of Bischoff's Taxidermy in Los Angeles, CA (now Bischoff's Taxidermy and Animal FX in Burbank, CA) to preserve/mount the horse.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trigger_(horse)#cite_note-6" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trigger_(horse)#cite_note-6" rel="nofollow">[6]</a> The hide was professionally stretched over a foam likeness of Trigger, and the resulting mount was put on display in the Roy Rogers and Dale Evans Museum when it opened in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_Valley,_California" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_Valley,_California" rel="nofollow">Apple Valley, California</a> in 1967. The mount was later moved with the museum to first <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victorville,_California" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victorville,_California" rel="nofollow">Victorville, California</a> in 1976, and then to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Branson,_Missouri" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Branson,_Missouri" rel="nofollow">Branson, Missouri</a> in 2003.</p><p><br /></p><p>At some point, a 24-foot (7 meters) replica of a rearing Trigger was produced to sit atop the Roy Rogers Museum in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victorville,_California" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victorville,_California" rel="nofollow">Victorville</a>. The 1300-pound (600 kg) replica could be seen from the freeway and served as a landmark until the museum closed and moved to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Branson,_Missouri" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Branson,_Missouri" rel="nofollow">Branson</a>. When the fiberglass replica of Trigger was being made, Rogers was approached by the owners of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denver_Broncos" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denver_Broncos" rel="nofollow">Denver Broncos</a>. Rogers allowed another statue to be made and then broke the mold. "Bucky the Bronco", Trigger's twin, stands above the south scoreboard of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sports_Authority_Field_at_Mile_High" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sports_Authority_Field_at_Mile_High" rel="nofollow">Denver Broncos stadium</a>.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trigger_(horse)#cite_note-7" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trigger_(horse)#cite_note-7" rel="nofollow">[7]</a></p><p><br /></p><p>After the closing of the Victorville museum in 2009, its contents were placed at public auction on July 14–15, 2010, at <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christie%27s" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christie%27s" rel="nofollow">Christie's</a> auction house in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_City" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_City" rel="nofollow">New York City</a>.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trigger_(horse)#cite_note-8" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trigger_(horse)#cite_note-8" rel="nofollow">[8]</a> Trigger's preserved taxidermy remains sold for $266,500 to television channel <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RFD-TV" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RFD-TV" rel="nofollow">RFD-TV</a>, which plans to start a Western museum.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trigger_(horse)#cite_note-9" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trigger_(horse)#cite_note-9" rel="nofollow">[9]</a> Bob Tinsley, a Victorville developer who had built Roy Rogers' home in nearby <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_Valley,_California" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_Valley,_California" rel="nofollow">Apple Valley</a>, bought the fiberglass replica in April 2010. Tinsley's plan is to make the statue a part of historic Apple Valley Village. He explained, "I just couldn't see letting him go anywhere else."<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trigger_(horse)#cite_note-10" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trigger_(horse)#cite_note-10" rel="nofollow">[10]</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="say_it_slowly, post: 310366, member: 50"]wikipedia: After the original Trigger (Golden Cloud) died in 1965 at Rogers' new ranch in [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_Valley,_California']Apple Valley, California[/URL], Rogers arranged for Everett Wilkensen of Bischoff's Taxidermy in Los Angeles, CA (now Bischoff's Taxidermy and Animal FX in Burbank, CA) to preserve/mount the horse.[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trigger_(horse)#cite_note-6'][6][/URL] The hide was professionally stretched over a foam likeness of Trigger, and the resulting mount was put on display in the Roy Rogers and Dale Evans Museum when it opened in [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_Valley,_California']Apple Valley, California[/URL] in 1967. The mount was later moved with the museum to first [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victorville,_California']Victorville, California[/URL] in 1976, and then to [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Branson,_Missouri']Branson, Missouri[/URL] in 2003. At some point, a 24-foot (7 meters) replica of a rearing Trigger was produced to sit atop the Roy Rogers Museum in [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victorville,_California']Victorville[/URL]. The 1300-pound (600 kg) replica could be seen from the freeway and served as a landmark until the museum closed and moved to [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Branson,_Missouri']Branson[/URL]. When the fiberglass replica of Trigger was being made, Rogers was approached by the owners of the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denver_Broncos']Denver Broncos[/URL]. Rogers allowed another statue to be made and then broke the mold. "Bucky the Bronco", Trigger's twin, stands above the south scoreboard of the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sports_Authority_Field_at_Mile_High']Denver Broncos stadium[/URL].[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trigger_(horse)#cite_note-7'][7][/URL] After the closing of the Victorville museum in 2009, its contents were placed at public auction on July 14–15, 2010, at [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christie%27s']Christie's[/URL] auction house in [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_City']New York City[/URL].[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trigger_(horse)#cite_note-8'][8][/URL] Trigger's preserved taxidermy remains sold for $266,500 to television channel [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RFD-TV']RFD-TV[/URL], which plans to start a Western museum.[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trigger_(horse)#cite_note-9'][9][/URL] Bob Tinsley, a Victorville developer who had built Roy Rogers' home in nearby [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_Valley,_California']Apple Valley[/URL], bought the fiberglass replica in April 2010. Tinsley's plan is to make the statue a part of historic Apple Valley Village. He explained, "I just couldn't see letting him go anywhere else."[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trigger_(horse)#cite_note-10'][10][/URL][/QUOTE]
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