AUTRY

In the late 1920's John and Molly Marvin built the Butler Hotel. It resulted in a fateful meeting. One afternoon then undiscovered Gene Autry traveled through Butler and stopped by the hostelry. Striking up a conversation with proprietress, Molly, young Autry discovered her own talented musician sons were in New York; Johnny was already playing on the radio and Frankie waiting to be discovered. She provided Autry with addresses and urged him to look them up when he went to New York City. The rest they say is show business, but the talented troubadours grew up on Butler, provided America with a wealth of talent and lightened the soul of a depression-laden nation... This page is password secured. You can view this page after entering the password... About Us

Primary location: Butler United States