A Los Angeles promoter by the name of Foreman Phillips opened a number of ballrooms and venues for Western swing bands.

 In chapter two of "The Shepherd of the Hills," Young Matt is introduced to the readers in the third paragraph. 

Lately, a number of Eddy's television appearances on the Ozark Jubilee from the 1950s have surfaced on YouTube...

   On June 30, 1928, Cliff married Vilia Clarissa Patefield (1908-2004), and the young couple purchased the Edgar News...

   There are not a lot of details known about Pearl's beginnings. She was not from around here originally. 

Now that ya'll have an idea of the area that Flag covered, the townsite was up on the south side of Compton Ridge, just above ...

John Fullerton will give a presentation on the history of the Shepherd of the Hills country.

Not only are Roy and his horse Trigger well featured, the familiar cast of Gabby Hayes, Dale Evans, with Bob Nolan and the Sons...

Every Saturday and Sunday afternoon, they would air a Roy Rogers/Dale Evans film. I was glued to the TV.

 While on the trip, Ken was asked to temporarily fill in with the Pioneers since their tenor vocalist Lloyd Perryman had to rush back...

The entire family was musical. Dan played fiddle and Nellie the pump organ. Curtis played clarinet in school. 

She was a huge fan of “The Shepherd of the Hills” novel. Around here everyone still calls her "Miss Lizzie." 

Lizzie began to correspond by letter to Harold Bell Wright to get many of the questions answered.

 Eddie Dean's career took off in the early ‘30s. He and his brother previously had their own radio act...

Johnny's professional music career began in Oklahoma City when he began performing at WKY radio, performing alongside Jimmy Wakely. 

Thanks to Mr. Driver this property would become the tourist hotspot for all of The Shepherd of the Hills readers.

A trio freight train yodel would become the sound that brought early popularity to the Sons of the Pioneers as they began a run in radio...

They were caught off guard when I stated to them that in real life, Uncle Ike's daughter Susie was the inspiration for Sammy! 

As I sit here on the front porch of Old Matt's Cabin once again, let's go down the front steps and walk over here by the barn

 Today this church is used as a wedding chapel and you can get all the details about that at our website: theshepherdofthehills.com.