{"id":223,"date":"2006-09-22T09:08:09","date_gmt":"2006-09-22T09:08:09","guid":{"rendered":"\/yorktownsquare\/2006\/09\/22\/roy-rogers-took-york-county-st\/"},"modified":"2006-09-22T09:08:09","modified_gmt":"2006-09-22T09:08:09","slug":"roy-rogers-took-york-county-st","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yorkblog.com\/yorktownsquare\/roy-rogers-took-york-county-st\/","title":{"rendered":"Roy Rogers took York County stage, but not alone"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Shorty Fincher&#8217;s Valley View Park played host to the likes of Hank Williams Jr. and Sr., Porter Waggoner, the Osmond Brothers, Kitty Wells and the Harmonica Cats.<br \/>\nSome performers who traveled to the eastern York County venue were in their early stages of stardom.<br \/>\nBut Roy Rogers performed during the Hellam Township park&#8217;s heyday in the 1950s when he also was a top box office star.<br \/>\nRogers did not perform alone.<br \/>\nHis horse, Trigger, joined him on the eastern York County stage&#8230; .<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><br \/>\nIn 1971, Roy Rogers again traveled to York County.<br \/>\nOn the York Fair stage, he was joined by another performer close to him: his wife Dale Evans.<br \/>\nFincher himself was an accomplished performer, known for his group &#8220;Prairie Pals.&#8221; His instruments included mouth harp, bazooka, drum and a five-string banjo.<br \/>\nAs for his first banjo, he recalled his father made it. His first tune? &#8220;Boil That Cabbage Down.&#8221;<br \/>\nA small case exhibit at the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.yorkheritage.org\">York County Heritage Trust&#8217;s<\/a> Historical Society Museum, 250 E. Market St., tells more about Valley View.<br \/>\nAnd see previous post: <a href=\"\/yorktownsquare\/2006\/08\/shorty-fincher-elvis-three-sto.html\">&#8220;Shorty Fincher, Elvis, Three Stooges shared stage.&#8221;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Shorty Fincher&#8217;s Valley View Park played host to the likes of Hank Williams Jr. and<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,6,16,11,8,13,9,17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-223","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-archives-all-posts","category-events","category-famous-york-visitors","category-local-landmarks","category-people","category-pets-animals","category-small-town-life","category-york-celebrities"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Roy Rogers took York County stage, but not alone - York Town Square<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/yorkblog.com\/yorktownsquare\/roy-rogers-took-york-county-st\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Roy Rogers took York County stage, but not alone - York Town Square\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Shorty Fincher&#8217;s Valley View Park played host to the likes of Hank Williams Jr. and\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/yorkblog.com\/yorktownsquare\/roy-rogers-took-york-county-st\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"York Town Square\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2006-09-22T09:08:09+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Jim McClure\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@JamesMcClure\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Jim McClure\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/yorkblog.com\\\/yorktownsquare\\\/roy-rogers-took-york-county-st\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/yorkblog.com\\\/yorktownsquare\\\/roy-rogers-took-york-county-st\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Jim McClure\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/yorkblog.com\\\/yorktownsquare\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/b48a19c4bb41c9ee494a3eb75485cdd0\"},\"headline\":\"Roy Rogers took York County stage, but not alone\",\"datePublished\":\"2006-09-22T09:08:09+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/yorkblog.com\\\/yorktownsquare\\\/roy-rogers-took-york-county-st\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":190,\"commentCount\":1,\"articleSection\":[\"Archives, all posts\",\"Events\",\"Famous York visitors\",\"Local landmarks\",\"People\",\"Pets &amp; 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