Hi All, I'm looking for information about where Gene Autry (THE Gene Autry) lived as a youth. I'm told that Gene was born six miles west of Tioga, Texas, in Cooke County, Texas, on September 29, 1907. One biography states that Gene's family moved from Tioga, Texas, to Achille, Oklahoma, when Gene was an infant. An "autobiography" of Gene indicates that Gene's family moved to Ravia, in Johnston County, Oklahoma, when Gene was "about 15", and that Gene "finished high school" in Ravia. Another source indicates that Gene's family moved from Achille back to Tioga before moving to Ravia. Another source indicates that Gene "grew up" in Ravia. I don't know dates on any of the moves, nor do I know how long the Autry family remained at Ravia once they settled there. There are stories (and they may be only stories) in my Reed-Bullard-Patton family about a relationship with Gene's parents at Tioga, Texas, and about attending school with Gene at Stonewall, in Pontotoc County, Oklahoma. This supposedly occured during the early teens, and there is mention of Gene roping some of the older boys during recess. I'm trying to determine whether these family stories might have a basis in fact. I would appreciate help from anyone who knows anything about where Gene Autry "really" lived between 1907 and 1923. Thank you, Mike Landwehr