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| Written by Brian McCauley | |||
| Wednesday, 24 June 2009 08:00 | |||
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The words have become a part of American culture, even for those who don’t remember turning on the radio to catch the latest adventure of the masked hero or flipping on the television to see Clayton Moore hop on his trusty horse, Silver, alongside his loyal partner, Tonto. “Hi ho Silver, away!” will forever be linked to the Lone Ranger, Local residents and business people got a chance to experience some Lone Ranger culture of their own Friday at the Miami County Swan River Museum.  Last year, Louisburg native Bud Bortner allowed the museum to display some of his extensive Lone Ranger collection at the museum during the month of June, and fans of the masked hero again have the chance to see Bortner’s collection, with a few new additions, while the exhibit stays on display this year through the end of the month. Last year’s exhibit helped celebrate the 75th anniversary of the Lone Ranger, and this year marks the 60th anniversary of the television show, Bortner told the crowd that gathered at the museum Friday for the Paola Chamber of Commerce’s weekly coffee event. “It’s one of the finest private collections any place around,” said Wayne Johnson of the Miami County Historical Society. Everything from a Lone Ranger Ranch play set to Lone Ranger rings, which children could get by mail, are on display at the exhibit. The Lone Ranger character was a masked Texas ranger in the American Old West who fought injustice alongside his American Indian friend, Tonto. “The Lone Ranger” was originally a radio show, which premiered in 1933, and then became a TV series that ran from 1949 to 1957 and starred Clayton Moore as the Ranger. Bortner went over a few tidbits of Lone Ranger trivia and asked questions of the crowd, many of which were about Moore, who was the face of the Lone Ranger for most of his career before he died in 1999. Attendees at Friday’s event even donned Lone Ranger masks, some more reluctantly than others, to get into the mood of the display. “We like to have fun here at the museum,” Betty Bendorf said after she put her mask on. “But don’t go across the street (to Great Southern Bank). “They might not understand.” The museum is located at 12 E. Peoria St., Paola.
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