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Guest Book Archives
HI Everyone: I just wanted to take a moment and wish all of you a wonderful Holiday Season and a New Year marked by answered prayers and realized dreams! Robert _______________________________________________ Happy Holidays and Happy Anniversary to Robert and Marilynn. With much love, Fern Clemmer _____________________________________________________________
HERE IS WISHING YOU MANY MORE TO COME. Dear
Mr. Horton, _________________________________________________________ To Robert and Marilynn , A very happy Christmas and New Year, and a very happy 42nd anniversary too. from Angela Lacosta, Corrwall, England ______________________________________________ Hi, Robert and Marilynn. Happy 42nd anniversary! Have a great new year together. Richard Campbell __________________________________________ I
was just out at Topanga Mall with my wife and 11 year old daughter
and I Dear Mr. and Mrs. Horton, Happy Anniversary and Holiday Blessings! I have been visiting this impressive web site for over a year now, and it's such a pleasure to be able to extend sincere greetings to you both from time to time. Warmly, Pat, Michigan ________________________________________ Dear Bob and Marilynn:
Want to wish you both a lovely Christmas
Day, Happy Holidays, and a beautiful 42nd Anniversary with good
health and happiness in 2003.
Betty Burris
____________________________________________________ Hello
Mr. Horton, Dear
Robert and Marilynn: I
hope you have a very Happy 42nd Anniversary and a lovely
Christmas and New Year. Forty-two
years is an amazing accomplishment in this day and age.
It takes a lot of hard work to sustain a happy marriage.
My husband and I will be celebrating our 49th
anniversary at the same time as yours.
I think the secret of success is to be friends and partners and
for each of us to have our own interests and those we share.
Here’s
to many, many more happy and healthy years. Sincerely,
Toby North Yorkshire, UK ____________________________________________________________ Dear Robert , Thank you for giving us all so much enjoyment with your acting, especially Wagon Train, they were very happy times for me, there was something special about that series, it was a one of a kind! God bless you and your dear wife. Regards, Rod Walton, Retired Police Officer _______________________________________________________ Wishing
you and your wife a healthy and prosperous New Year! I plan on
seeing you in Santa Clarita, CA! I have another poem for you! ____________________________________________________ I used to enjoy watching Wagon Train when I was a little girl (a long time ago!) It is really heartwarming to see that you have had an outstanding career and I am also glad to see that you have had a good and lasting marriage. Thank you so much for being such a fine actor and giving me a lot of cherish memories of westerns that I will never forget. May God richly bless you and your wife. Carolyn Steppe _____________________________________________________ Hi Robert and Marilynn!! ___________________________________________________ Dear Robert and Marilynn Warmest thoughts and best wishes for a wonderful holiday and a happy new year. We also want to wish you a very happy 42nd anniversary on the 31st of December. Congratulations Sincerely Greg and Bernice Wiebeck Palmyra, Nebraska __________________________________________________ Hi Robert, to wish you and Marilynn a fun filled festive season. I would like to thank you for the Christmas Cards and letters over the past 40 years. my admiration for you just grows and grows. I will miss you over in Arizona in March, much to my dismay, I will think of you constantly. Elizabeth will give you a big hug for me, and will tell me all about it when she returns. Please take care of yourself, and have a great Christmas. love to you and Marilynn and Mr. Gable. Love and best wishes for 2003. Diana ( The Lake District ) _______________________________________________________ Hi Robert and Marilynn Christmas Greetings from Toni. I do hope you both have a lovely Christmas and a very Happy Wedding Anniversary on the 31st December. I have a photo of you Robert and I carry it everywhere with me in my handbag and I proudly show other people the photo when I tell them that I am going to America next March to meet you and Marilynn, I am really looking forward to it very much. Merry Christmas and a very happy prosperous New Year to you both. Wagons Roll to March! Love from your loyal fan from Solihull, England. Toni _________________________________________________________________ Hi, Robert and Marilynn, Whatever you decide to do for your anniversary hope all goes well and you enjoy it. My very best wishes to you both for the year to come. Love Eira _______________________________________________________________ Just wanted to say
congratulations on forty two years. We
have been married Hello Mr. and Mrs. Horton, my name is ECC I don't know if you remember me from 1991, have a great new year. _______________________________________________________________ Congratulations, Mr. and Mrs. Horton, on your upcoming anniversary. I am a long-time fan of the "Wagon Train" series. It was my favorite television show as a child. As a middle-aged adult, I enjoy it just as much via videotapes of various episodes. Richard Boner Charlotte, N.C. ________________________________________________________ Dear Robert and Marilynn, Holiday greetings. Congratulations on your 42nd wedding anniversary. A lasting and good marriage is a much more significant achievement than any kind of entertainment industry award. Robert, thank you for how polite you were to me and the other 50-plus year old teenagers you met in Tombstone. In particular, thank you for suggesting Tender Warrior: God's Intention for a Man as a book I might want to read. The author, Stu Weber's choice of Flint McCullough to illustrate the positive attribute of pro-vision, compared wth his use of real people to illustrate other positive attributes, is another indicator about what a strong impression Flint made. Merry Christmas Virginia (Austin, TX) ________________________________________________ Hello Mr. Horton, ________________________________________________ Mr.
Horton: Hi, my name is Angela and I live in the UK. When I was a young girl I watched Robert as Flint McCullough every week and when he left the series I broke my heart. In fact I stopped watching Wagon Train altogether! My bedroom walls were plastered with Flint McCullough posters which I had taken out of magazines and comics. I have never forgotten Robert and am so pleased to have the chance to let him know how much pleasure he gave me all those years ago. With love. __________________________________________________ Hi: Just to say that I was a great fan of Robert Horton and Wagon Train. I am really pleased to see the web sites that have information on both. It is nice to be reminded of the great western era and hopefully this will give me the opportunity to thank one of it's star for giving us so much pleasure in the fifties and sixties. Thank you, from Arlen Bone Cheshire, UK __________________________________________________________ Guten morgen aus
Deutschland, Herr Horton! I wish to extend a very special thank you to the following people:
Dear Robert and Marilyn, _____________________________________ As
a child Robert Horton was my hero. I'm glad
to see him still alive and well. Dear Mr. Horton, I want to add to what's already been said from some of the women that have sent you emails. I was 8 when Wagon Train began and right from the beginning I was in love with you - as much as an 8 year old girl can be. As I got older, you were my fantasy man for many years. It's wonderful to hear that you have had a successful marriage and seem to be as nice a man as you are good-looking. May God Bless You and keep you in the palm of HIS Hands. Peggy Burghauser Baltimore, Maryland Dear
Mr. Horton, I
always enjoyed seeing you in Wagon Train and The Man
called Shenandoah. You played the parts well.
The song Shenandoah I especially like and would be
interested in purchasing the CD "The Man called
Shenandoah" if it becomes available. I
never knew what you did when you left TV until
recently when I got on your website. I admire
you for your many achievements. Your website
is informative and I visit it often. Thank you
for the memories. So glad we are able to get
videos of Wagon Train and hope to be able to get
them for The Man called Shenandoah. God Bless
you and Marilynn. One of you many loyal fans. Bernice
Wiebeck Palmyra, NE Dear Mr. Horton, Hi
Alicia I
am a long time RH fan but only just found the
website. Brilliant! I
live in the UK and only have tapes of the re-runs of
WT on C4 in 1989 - the first three series. Can I get
tapes from Columbia House or other sources? I will
be writing to them any way to add my voice to get
all the WT episodes out, but especially the
Shenandoah tapes where I first 'met' Bob. Best
wishes Eira Hello
Robert: I
see the e-mail generation has got to you too! Thank
you for being a great guy. Glad
to be a fan of yours Best
wishes to you and Marilynn always. Eira I have just seen the message about your CD's. I would like to add my name to your list of customers if you are getting more made. Hello,
I will never forget the TV show you were in about a
poker game you were playing. Was it on Alfred
Hitchcock Presents or Twilight Zone? I'd sure
appreciate knowing the title and episode number so I
can purchase a copy of this wonderful show.
I've always wanted my poker playing husband to see
this and would love to get a copy for us to watch.
Your acting was so realistic and genuine. Also
was a fan of Wagon Train way back when. That
was a classic TV show! Thanks, Dear
Mr. Horton: Dear
Mr. Horton, I’m
sending you this message to tell you how much I have
enjoyed watching you in the classic TV western
series Wagon Train. I thought you did an excellent
job of playing your role as Flint McCullough,
especially in the action scenes. I think you are a
great actor and should be proud of your talents. Thank
you so much for your time, and for being the best
part of my growing years. Terry
Hintz Moses Lake, WA. Hi I
have been a fan of Mr Horton’s since ......sorry I
don't have that many of fingers!!! I live in the UK and remember Wagon Train and Shenandoah! I would do
anything to watch these programmes again. They were
both wonderful with him in and so very, very
disappointing if he was only a very bit part as in
some Wagon Trains. And the records he made. I made a
lot of friends in his Fan Club then in the
UK. Pearl, Betty and Mary in Scotland. I am so
glad I put Robert Horton in my search engine. I
still think he is irreplaceable - but unfortunately
we don't get any thing on him now over here. I
do so wish there was a lot more. And the
musicals - you are to lucky over there!! And we had
the meetings like in Tombstone! Lucky you in the
US!!! Very
best wishes and thanks for being a "star" Jane (Morriss) Robert,
Having enjoyed your many achievements over the
years, it is very interesting to look through your
web site. I have wondered many times in viewing
your movies etc., what was your Horton lineage? After
retirement, I created a very fulfilling hobby of
tracing my Horton Ancestry. Starting from
only my g-grandfather, I have been able to trace
my Horton lineage to about 1700 in London England.
We have about 40 Robert Horton’s plus about 2000
others so far. My g-g-g-grandfather
Robert Horton was born in London and christened
at St. Sepulchure on Dec 26 1751, the son of
Drayton and Ann Horton who lived on Cow Lane.
Robert came to America, in 1769, was in the Rev War
in the Virginia Line from Culpeper Co and I
recently found documentation that he survived the
winter of 1777-1778 at Valley Forge with General
Washington. I believe that all the
Horton’s in America can be traced back to
England. We have a pretty extensive
compilation of Roberts descendants.
Again, we have enjoyed your career and now your web
site and would like to extend a Thank You.
If you are ever interested in viewing our Horton
site, let me know as it is on the web. We can
get you the address.
An Old Fan, Bill Horton
Dear Mr. Horton, I particularly
liked you in "110 in the Shade" and your
rendition of Dear
Robert, Wow,
I just found this site tonight and what a gush of
memories have rushed forth over the past two hours!
I'm a writing and history teacher now, but if there
was one defining television show in my life, then it
would be "A Man Called Shenandoah". Great
acting, stories, and supporting casts mesmerized
that nine year old boy like no other television show
has before or since. Having watched "Wagon
Train", you became a favorite of mine, so
it was with no small amount of happiness when I
discovered that you would be returning to
series tv in MCS. (That discovery came in August of
1965 when I first saw the ABC commercial heralding
the 9/13 premier of the series; the very same
commercial clip found on your website. Talk about
deja vu!) To this day I can still remember anxiously
awaiting the debut of the show. That first episode's
opening moments when Shenandoah is discovered,
rescued from a driving blizzard, and brought
unconscious into town by the bounty hunters grabbed
my attention and held it. Was I transfixed. Needless
to say, the cancellation of the show was quite
a major disappointment, as the show had become
a very much anticipated and settling influence in my
young life. That show deeply moved me, and has left
an indelible mark on me today. Those stories fired
my imagination about the West, story writing, and
storytelling in general. And in some not-so-small, and
lasting way, you and the show continue to have a
positive effect on me and, unknowingly to them, my
students. Thanks very, very much. Sincerely, Robert Hartshorn Eighth
Grade Teacher Warren
Middle School Warren,
NJ P.S.:
Please tell me how I can purchase a copy of
your cd, "Man Called Shenandoah". Also,
Columbia House is getting a letter from me pleading
for release of the series in video. From the
outpouring of fan support as evidenced on this site,
Columbia should seriously consider. ____________________________________________ Dear Mr. Horton, I
remember watching all the Wagon Train episodes while
in Jr. High. Diane in Clinton I just want to give a very big 'thank you' to all my fans who so generously remembered my birthday again this year with such warm wishes and cards! Fans like you have truly made it all worthwhile. Most sincerely, Robert Horton _______________________________ I just found
the web site and have been very hopeful for years
that "The _______________________________________ Bonjour! We are your fabulous nieces, (Eve’s Daughter’s Katie and Carlan.) We were thoroughly impressed by this phenomenal website. It was enlightening to see the vast accomplishments of you both. We adore the both of you, and anticipate continuing our growing relationship. We wanted to drop you a quick hello and let you know that we were thinking about you. Au revoir, Katie and Carlan _________________________________ Many thanks Mr. Horton for Flint and all the rest, also a belated happy birthday! Miri II I can only add you are a wonderful actor and gentleman, I wish you belated greetings on your birthday. Thanks to your character of Flint I am returning back to school and studying to be a legal assistant. ECC ___________________________________________ For years and
years I have had the same dream. Some
handsome, raven haired ________________________________________ DEAR MR. HORTON, MY SISTER AND I USED TO WATCH YOU ON T.V. WE NEVER MISSED. WE ALSO PLAYED BY THE HOURS DOLLS. WE HAD A FLINT MCCULLOUGH DOLL. I REALLY THINK WE WERE IN LOVE WITH YOU. I'M NOW ALMOST 55 AND MY SISTER IS 52. I ALWAYS WONDERED WHAT HAPPENED TO YOU. I JUST TOOK A CHANCE TO FIND YOU AND HERE YOU ARE. I THINK I WILL GET SOME OF THE MOVIES OF THE WAGON TRAIN. THANKS FOR THE WONDERFUL MEMORIES. LOVE, REBECCA PIGHINI OF
SCOTTSDALE AZ. Hello
Bob, I honesty never thought I'd have the
opportunity to speak with you. Isn't Email wonderful?
I've loved westerns all my life and Wagon Train was
the best. I remember oh so well, as a little girl,
taking one look at Flint and kissing my childhood
goodbye!!!!!!!!! . It was never easy though.
Mum and Dad were VERY strict about bedtime.
But kids have their ways and I got hold of a pair of
binoculars and whilst listening to the sound track
from my parents TV, I watched the action through my
bedroom window and into the neighbours house over
the road. Through their window and TV,
via the binoculars I could see everything perfectly.
Have a happy life Bob and thank you for making mine
better for knowing you. ____________________________________________ DEAR MR. HORTON, MY SISTER AND I USED TO WATCH YOU ON
TV, WE NEVER MISSED. WE ALSO PLAYED BY THE HOURS DOLLS. WE HAD A FLINT MCCULLOUGH DOLL. I REALLY THINK WE WERE IN LOVE WITH YOU.
I'M NOW ALMOST 55 AND MY SISTER IS 52. I ALWAYS WONDERED WHAT HAPPENED TO YOU. I JUST TOOK A CHANCE TO FIND YOU AND HERE YOU ARE. I THINK I WILL GET SOME OF THE MOVIES OF THE WAGON TRAIN. LOVE, REBECCA PIGHINI, OF SCOTTSDALE AZ.
Nora ________________________________________
Robert!! _______________________________________
Dear Robert,
_________________________________________
Mr. Horton, ______________________________________
Happy
Birthday! ______________________________________
Happy Birthday, Robert! I am a most
loyal fan of yours. When I was little, I staged
"Wagon Train" episodes in our backyard in
Pennsylvania and I always played Flint McCullough -
relegating the damsel in distress parts to my little
sister. I also loved "Shenandoah". Have
enjoyed your work so much. Thank you! And
I hope this is a great birthday for you. _________________________________
Happy
Birthday Robert!! ______________________________________ Happy
Birthday Bob! ___________________________________ Dear
Mr. Horton, Hi
Robert,
I wish
you a very happy birthday and hope you will have
many years to come and good health to you and your
wife Marilynn.
I
hope to meet you and your wife Marilynn next year in
Scottsdale.
Have a
great Birthday and I will be thinking of you
tomorrow.
Your
devoted fan from Solihull, England, Toni.
________________________________
To Robert: Many happy
returns from a Scottish fan who has just discovered
your website! I use to be an avid fan of Wagon
Train in the 1950`s, and particularly loved Flint.
Love from Kathy
________________________________
Hello
Bob, I just wanted to say happy birthday for the
29th. I hope you and Marilynn are well. Hope you enjoyed
your visit to Tombstone and meeting all your fans as
well. I'm not so lucky as I am in the UK.
Think of
you often, please take care
Diana
________________________________
Robert: A very happy
birthday to you. This wish comes from the biggest
Wagon Train fan in Ohio! I subscribe to and receive
the WT tapes from Columbia House regularly and watch those
tapes over and over again. You certainly were a
valuable asset to that program and your interaction with
the other characters/cast members is superb, if not
actually legendary. I'm sure it was lots of fun to
work with Ward, Frank, and Terry. It makes me wish i
could ride on your train with you and the other guys!
The episodes that centered around your character are
excellent! I'm curious, what was your favorite
episode and why? Again, a very happy birthday to you
and may you have many more!! Doug Hendricks __________________________________
When I was a boy in the late 1950s my
family would gather around the TV to watch Wagon Train. The
family values and, at times the religious values, left an
imprint on my life. Just in the last few
years I have been able to see reruns of Wagon Train with my
family, which we enjoyed very much. I wish you a happy
birthday and good health into the future. God bless you and
your wife. W. David Porter Hi Robert. I'm
a big fan of "A Man Called Shenandoah". Have a
great and happy birthday! All the best to you and your wife
always. Richard Campbell.
___________________________________
Happy Birthday Mr. Horton, July 29th is a special day,
because it is my birthday too! May you have many
more, and may you stay in good health. With great
appreciation and Thanks for your Western starring
contributions, Flint and Shenandoah are my favorite western
characters. God Bless. Russ Bilodeau
___________________________________________
Happy Birthday, Bob. Know you and
Marilynn have wonderful plans for your "special"
day and I hope that day will be special for you in every way
possible.
__________________________________ Dear Mr. Horton,
Happy Birthday! That quote you shared by George Bernard
Shaw on the home page most certainly applies to you. May
each candle on your birthday cake further remind you of just
how much you have brightened so many lives.
Warmly,
Pat, Michigan
_________________________________
Mr. Horton, Hi Bob, just to
wish you a very happy birthday on the 29th, I heard all about
your visit to Tombstone wish I was there but living in the Lake
district UK it's not easy. I think of you as Flint often and how
you filled my childhood with joy and happiness, and now when I
visit your web site I am still filled with the warmth of
memories of long gone days.
I play your
records every day, mostly when I'm on my computer, they
keep me happy and refreshed even after hours on the key board,
your voice has a calming and tranquil effect on me, when it comes
to Flint McCullough I forget the real world.
I am still
trying to find my long lost friend Joyce
Reed from Burradon Newcastle-upon-Tyne UK. we
loved Wagon Train, and she would be delighted if she found your
web site.
Always think
about you and the beautiful Marilynn, and hope you are both
well.
Have a lovely
birthday. Take
care and lot's of love
Diana (The
Lake District UK)
________________________________________
Dear
Robert: _____________________________
Especially on your
birthday,
May happiness
welcome you
where ever you go.
Joann Lassiter,
North Carolina
________________________________
Dear Robert,
Happy, Happy Birthday! The first part
of this message is to say that I hope you and Marilynn will be able
to celebrate your birthday in some happy way. May the
next year of your life be a good one, with more excellent years
following.
Second, I want to thank you for helping me have a
joyous weekend at the Tombstone Film Festival. I traveled to
Tombstone for the opportunity to meet you (my favorite entertainer)
and to chat with you sometime. Whenever I interacted with you
or observed you in Tombstone your manner was always polite (about
being considerate, not about using correct fork), gracious, and
congenial. In particular, at the OK Corral reception, you
were very good about letting people take your picture, and helping
people get their picture taken next to you. I came home from
Tombstone with a great picture of you and me standing next to each
other -- a wonderful souvenir of this trip. You were
conscientious about showing up, on-time, with a cheerful
disposition, for whatever the festival organizers had put on your
schedule. With absolutely no inside connections, I was
able to sit at the same table as you at the Friday dinner simply by
noticing an empty seat and asking to sit in it. Some of my
friends are surprised that I was brave or assertive enough to walk
up and make this request, but I couldn't let such a good opportunity just
pass me by. Your actions showed consideration for other
people's feelings. (A Wagon Train parallel is how Flint talked to
Andy Devine's five daughters in the Jess McAbbee Story, one of my
favorite light episodes.)
Part Three: You do look somewhat older than
you did forty years ago, but you are still good looking.
Happy Birthday
Virginia (Austin, TX)
___________________________________ Mr. Horton, Dear Robert:
I hope that you have a
wonderful birthday with good health and peace for the coming years.
In this time of such terrible tension and stress, it is nice to look
back on the many, many hours of entertainment you provided in a time
when television and films were not so violent and crude.
The many hours I spent
watching your performance on TV, film and on the stage were some of
the happiest times I can recall.
It is nice to know that
you have been rewarded for that with a long, happy marriage, many
devoted fans and friends and the time to enjoy all of them.
Living here in England
we do not get a chance to see your performances very often, but I do
play your albums and reflect on your career as my favorite
entertainer. From the first time I saw you in a live performance
on television back in the 50's (Tongue of Silver, remember that?) and
meeting you backstage at 110 In the Shade in New York, you have never
disappointed in providing pleasure every time.
I hope your lovely wife
has recovered from her auto accident and that you and she are able to
celebrate your birthday with much joy.
Sincerely, Toby,
North Yorkshire, UK
_______________________________________
Just wanted to let you
know I got to see the site today. VERY impressive! Let me know when you
need another hair cut.
See ya soon, Bryan
Russo
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To Robert Horton:
I always remember you
because in Spring of 1959, I was working at the Sahara Hotel in Phoenix,
Arizona. You used to have rooms there when you were filming in the area. I
was a student at Arizona State University. You were great in Wagon Train.
I always wondered what you did after that period. I was in the military
then and with the war in "NAM going on, I lost contact on
your endeavors. I am also retired in Southern California and have been
married to a wonderful person for 41 years.
Woody Nold __________________________________________
Dear
Mr. Horton,
This is such an honor for me to be able to email you. I’m new on the
computer, and I always wondered what you were doing, as I am a 47 year-old
male, and as a child you were my favorite western star. I have all the Wagon
Train videos, and the ones without you are not as exciting. I am an antique
toy collector. I have all the Wagon Train guns, holsters and lunch boxes.
The only thing I do not have is a Wagon Train rifle that I had when I
was a little kid, maybe some day it will pop up on Ebay and I will grab it.
As a child I came from an abusive alcoholic father, so to escape from him I
would go into my room, strap on the guns and holsters and pretend I was you.
Today I council alcoholics and drug addicts. I am very happy to hear that
you are well, and I will always be your biggest fan, the biggest thrill of
my life would be if you ever did write back. But I know you must be a busy
man and would understand if you didn’t. Thanks for being there for me as a
child and protecting me. Gary
Mason ____________________________ Dear Mr. Horton, I'm eagerly looking forward to meeting you at the
Tombstone Film Festival next weekend. It is my opportunity to personally thank you for
enriching my teen-age years and my older years, too, thanks to VCR's and the
internet. Virginia __________________________________
Just wanted to let you know
i got to see the site today. VERY impressive ! Let me know when you need
another hair cut.
See ya soon,
Bryan Russo
__________________________________
It was wonderful reading about you and seeing your pictures again. As
a young boy, I grew up watching Wagon Train and when I was a young man
driving a truck, I took the handle Wagon Master because of you and Mr. Ward
Bond. _______________________________ Dear Mr. Horton:
Just a short note of thanks for all the pleasure you
(and a guy named Flint McCullough) gave me as a kid growing up in the
fifties. The westerns of those times were among the best shows that
have ever appeared on television. They embodied the finest human
ideals and at the same time gave us a hell of a good time. We have
not seen their like since, nor, I suspect, will we again.
I'm looking forward to seeing you at the Tombstone Film
Festival next month.
My very best wishes,
Bill Altimari, Tucson,
Arizona
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To Robert Horton From Mae Augustine, Gilbert, SC
________________________________
Dear Mr. Horton, (NOTE From Editor: For the genealogists out there: Elijah
Edmund Horton was Robert's great-grandfather. He was born in England, the son
of Edmond [born Leamington, England, 1807], and came to Utah in 1860.) ________________________________
Mr. Horton, ________________________________
Mr. Horton,
I believe I appreciate your character more now than I did at the time Wagon
Train was on. I was a little kid and I only know that I liked western
things. I have, however, come to appreciate your honesty and strength of
character. After enduring the 8 miserable scandal laden years of our
former president Clinton, I love the thought that your kind of character and
honesty remains in the world. You were (as I've heard it quoted) simply,
the "greatest". _______________________________
Dear Mr. Horton: I have been in love with Flint since the first day
I laid eyes on him.
I am so thrilled to have found this information
about him. I had a difficult childhood, but Wagon Train and Flint always gave
me something to look forward to. At least I had my Friday nights with Flint
and nobody could ever take those away.
I still love Flint and I always will. (Anonymous)
_________________________________ As I'm writing this note, I'm listening to a CD that has your
rendition of Dear Mr. Horton, Thank you for your great Wagon Train series. I can't
remember what years these were Good day Mr. Horton...a buddy of mine just told me of your WEB
page and it Dear Mr. Horton,
How did the world ever exist without the internet? I was surfing and remembered a pleasant experience back in the 60's. You were in Indianapolis for , I believe Oklahoma, at an outdoor stage at Butler University called the Hilton U Brown Theatron. You were driving a Ford Thunderbird at the time. I think you said Ford furnished it for some commercials you did for them. I was a service manager at
Hatfield Ford in Indianapolis where you brought the car for a repair of some sort. After some
conversation you were so kind to offer tickets to the show and said just go to the box office and they
would be there in your name. They were and the show was great of course. So that it can't be said
that we were not grateful, a somewhat belated thank you very, very much.
I was reading your bio and was pleased to see your interest in aviation. I retired from the Air Force
Reserve some years ago after a long career in aircraft maintenance. Good luck, good health and thank you for
pleasant memories of the good times some years ago. I can
still picture you and Ward Bond. The polite dialog in the script sure wouldn't fly in this day and age
which is a sad thing isn't it.
Tom Stephany _________________________________
Dear Mr.Horton,
We are two sisters who live in Australia and we were absolutely thrilled to
find your wonderful web page. We have been fans of the early westerns such as The Virginian and Laramie etc,
for many years but our two favorite western shows were (and still are) Wagon Train and A Man Called
Shenandoah. We would rush home from school every night so we could see you. We would like to thank you
very much for your many wonderful performances over the years and we wish you all the best for the future.
Love from Susannah & Julia (From Australia).
XXX
______________________________________ Dear Mr. Robert Horton, My name is also Robert
Horton, and throughout much of my life, when I am introduced people comment "just like Robert
Horton the actor". Now I am always surprised when I look at the phone book and
see that there are quite a few Robert Horton's just in Southern California alone. It might be that
we are all named after you!
I visited your web-page www.roberthorton.com
for the first time today and quite enjoyed it. Thank you, Robert
Horton
Alta
Loma, Calif.
___________________________________ Mr. Horton, Dear Mr. Horton, Wow! When I was searching for a web site I never expected to find one about you - but this is great. As a child, I couldn't wait to get home from school and watch Trailmaster (is my memory correct? or did I imagine that name?) - everything else says Wagon Train and nobody I ever talk to remembers Trailmaster - only Wagon Train. Anyway, you were my hero and I watched many a show! As a young man, my Dad looked an awful lot like you. He's battling prostate cancer right now and could use any prayers you have. By the way, he was a big fan of any western and enjoyed Wagon Train very much. I'd sure like to see what you look like today. Do you still do any acting? I must admit I haven't followed your career; but I hope you still act - you're very talented. It would be a thrill to meet you in person or to see you live on stage. This is crazy! I've never in my life written to any movie star before (and not to Dear Abby either) but here goes. Thanks for the memories!!! Pauline ___________________________________ My brother and I grew up watching wagon train. Our cousin John Cason was in Duke Shannon story. Do you remember him? Regards, Robert Pelton ________________________ Dear Mr. Horton, Thank you one million times for
Flint. What a saving grace for a poor little girl with
no friends. I was able to watch wagon train and have
dreams to last me a life time. _______________________________ Happy Birthday Marilynn, I hope you had a wonderful day, I am so sorry this message is late. All good wishes to a beautiful lady, hoping you and Bob are well, and looking after yourselves. I think of you both very often out there in that wonderful country USA. My love to you both and not forgetting Mr. Gable. Diana ( The Lake District UK ) _______________________________ To: Marilynn
Horton __________________________________ Hi,
Marilynn! _____________________________ Dear Marilynn, Your friend always, Betty Burris _________________________________ Dear Mrs. Horton, I've enjoyed "meeting" you through your section of this web site. Here's wishing you a wonderful birthday. Sincerely, Pat ________________________________ Hello Marilynn I wish you a very happy birthday and I hope you will have a wonderful day with your hubby Robert. Love from Toni (England) _________________________________
________________________________ Dear Marilynn, Your husband made an excellent choice when he selected you. Happy Birthday! Virginia ________________________________ Happy Birthday, Marilynn! Hope you have many more. All the best to you and Robert. Richard Campbell _________________________________ Dear Marilynn,
May you be blessed by God above, With lots of happiness and love. Happy Birthday! Joann Lassiter North Carolina _______________________________________ Mr. Horton, Mr. Horton,
I fondly remember your performances in
"A Man Called Shenandoah," one of the best shows ever
made. It had special meaning to me because I too wondered from where
I came. I have asked Alicia to help me find a CD of your recording
of the theme song from your TV show, which I listened to many
times growing up. I used to own it on a record but a tornado
destroyed it and I have never been able to find it again. I am now 52
years old in May. You are truly a great actor and your performance I
could relate to. I really hope I can get your CD and wishing you a
prosperous and healthy life.
An old fan Charles L. ______________________________________
Dear Mr. Horton, I want to wish you and your wife the best on your years together. I had a big crush on you when I watched wagon train. Our family loved that show and the rest of the great actors. I am now 47 years old and still think you are great. I haven't seen you since "As the World Turns," but hope you are well. Thank you for a great show. Patti, from Wisconsin ______________________________________ Hello Robert
Hope that you are both well and had a lovely
Christmas . All good wishes for this New Year. Many many
thanks for the lovely desk diary you sent to me, I use this every day so
I am able to remember you each day. Will write to you soon in the
meantime all our very best wishes to you both and of course Mr. Gable.
Love from Elizabeth Holmes, Kirkham, Preston, England. XXXX _________________________________ Hello Mr. Horton, ____________________________________
Dear
Mr. Horton, I
use to watch "Wagon Train" when I was young. Even though
they were the reruns. You were the ONLY reason I would watch the
show! I thought, and still do think, you were incredibly handsome.
Dear Mr. Horton, You have been the hero of my dreams since the first episodes of Wagon Train....romances have come and gone and am happily married for the second time, but no matter what has gone on in my life, at night I have escaped to Flint---I can't tell you how many different adventures we have shared over the years! Thank your for many smiling nights! A Long Islander, and theatergoer, I am sorry I missed you on Broadway---have no idea how that happened! But now I am wondering how I can get a copy of the ll0 In The Shade score---preferably on a CD, but tape will do---and I suppose I could dig out a record player if I must! And also, how do I get copies of your albums? I was so wrapped up in Wagon Train and Flint (and later the soap---wasn't happy when you "died") I missed the whole music thing! It is time to make up for lost music in my life. Also---went through the episodes listed for the seasons and have Columbia House ones featuring you (returned the others)---how does one go about purchasing the Available ones? Know my sister (I really don't understand how you can have been starring in her dreams all these years when you were appearing in mine!!!---and all those other fans, too!!) is interested in the information, too. Thank you for many years of enjoying the show (and I'm glad they can still be enjoyed today) and the dreams.....Pat Duffield, Lake Ronkonkoma, NY ed. note: To answer Pat's questions: there is a CD available for the score of "110 in the Shade," but the only place you can generally find it is on ebay (the record album comes up for sale more frequently and is cheaper). As for his other albums, yes sometimes the records come up for sale on ebay, but at the moment the only way to get a CD of those albums is through Mr. Horton at his personal appearances. Copies of the Wagon Train episodes marked "Available" can be obtained through Megan (go to the Home page and just click on her name). My husband and I were just thinking about our favorite television shows and actors, and we thought about you and Wagon Train, then tonight, we were watching an older rerun of Walker Texas Ranger and we both that you were playing the part of an ex-ranger whose daughter was shot in a robbery at a jewelry store, If it wasn't you, than someone else has your voice, I was in the kitchen and when I heard this man speak (Wade was his name on the show) I knew just who I thought it was. We missed the credits, and did not get to see the cast of actors. My husband and I miss the good shows like Wagon Train, (our all-time FAVORITE) The Virginian, Rawhide etc. We all miss seeing Flint and the gang. We just wanted to let how mush we liked the show. I hope all is well with you and your family. May God take care of you and bless you always. Vicki Smith ______________________________ Hi Sir, Many thanks to all of you for your Christmas Greetings and for your congratulations on our forty-first Wedding Anniversary. We return the warm thoughts to you all and wish you the best of all in 2002. Robert __________________________________ Dear Mr. Horton My sincere thanks for all
the wonderful childhood memories you gave me. I spent many hours along
with my Father watching you first in Wagon Train and later in
Shenandoah, such happy and less troubled times. ___________________________ Dear Robert Horton, ________________________________ A sincere thank you for providing such wonderful memories
from the films you I hope your New Year has started out happily, and I also
wish you a rather belated congratulations on your 41st anniversary.
I now have a computer for the first time, thanks to my son, who took me
shopping and helped me choose the perfect one for my needs. I
noticed on your web site that messages may be sent to you, so I'm taking
the plunge, hoping my first attempt at an e-mail letter will reach you.
I enjoyed the web site so very much, and seeing all the pictures brought
back many memories of your various talents, Bob, and of the enjoyment you
gave people in your unforgettable career. ________________________________ Dear Mr. Horton,
You cannot imagine how
thrilled I was to finally find a Web site devoted to you. I have
been a fan since I first saw you on Wagon Train. You were my first
love. To you I wrote my first fan letter (at six years old) and was
rewarded with a photo that remained on my mirror for the longest time.
I had a complete scrapbook devoted to you - every TV Guide article and any
magazine that mentioned your name. Thank you, thank you, thank you
for all the wonderful moments you gave me by watching you on the screen
and hearing your voice. I especially loved "A Man Called
Shenandoah." Since it was on past my bed time, I used to sneak
down the back stairs and watch you between the door cracks. (I
really think my mom knew but tolerated it - I always scampered back to bed
when the show was over.)
My mom passed away when I
was 12, and to help me feel better, my dad special ordered your album
"The Very Thought of You." I treasured that album for many
years for two reasons, your voice and that fact that my dad gave it to me.
Unfortunately, my record collection and scrapbook were lost in later
years. For the past 10-15 years, I've looked high and low to replace
that ablum (the scrapbook was irreplaceable). I looked in every flea
market or record store I passed that even hinted of records from the
Sixties. By the Grace of God, my daughter-in-law, who knows of
my admiration for you, found that album somehow and presented it to me
this past year for my birthday. I enjoy it as much today as I did
over 35 years ago. "Summer Green and Winter White" is my
favorite song.
To this day, if I see your
name in the credits of anything, I watch it. You were and are one of
my heroes. Thank you again, from the bottom of my heart, for the
comfort and strength you unknowing provided to me.
With every good wish, Karen Bothwell-Bond ___________________________________ Hi Bob, Hi Bob We met in LA years ago. I was a Boy Scout Executive. Have always enjoyed your acting and being one of your namesakes. Keep happy. Robert (Bob) James Horton __________________________________ Happy Anniversary to Marilynn and Robert - New Years Eve Love and best wishes Elizabeth and family - Kirkham, Preston England. ___________________________________ Dear Mr. Horton, during the recent holidays there was the
original film _________________________________ Merry Christmas , Shenandoah, and a Happy New
Year! Richard Campbell. Dear Mr. Horton, Holiday Greetings and Happy Anniversary to you and Marilynn. Having just recently joined the internet community, imagine my delight in finding that Flint is alive and well! What a wonderful website in which to rekindle fond memories of playing cowboys as a little girl in the 3rd grade. I, of course, would be Flint McCullough and my best friend would be Jess Harper. (I got the better deal.) This was the beginning for one more loyal fan in following your outstanding singing and acting career. Thank you for the years of enjoyment you have given through your talents. Appreciatively, Pat , Michigan ________________________________ To the most deserving actor in the universe!!! I'm
so glad to see a web site dedicated to Robert Horton! And Mr. Gable is lucky
to have such a cool adopted mom and dad. I hope that he appreciates them a
whole lot. I HAVE LOVED YOU SINCE WAGON TRAIN. I AM 54 YEARS
OLD AND I REMEMBER KEEPING YOUR TV GUIDE PICTURE UNDER MY PILLOW. I HOPE
LIFE HAS BEEN WELL __________________________________ Robert, Happy Anniversary to a most wonderful couple--wishing
you all the best! Sharon Schrader, your number one fan!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ___________________________________ Dear Robert and Marilynn __________________________________ Dear Robert & Marilynn,
Best wishes for a holiday season filled
with many blessings and for a wonderful year in 2002.
Warm and enthusiastic congratulations for your 41st wedding anniversary. You two reaching this milestone makes me both happy for you and proud of you. HURRAY!! Loyal fan - Virginia _________________________________ __________________________________ Hi Bob,
Came across your web site whilst just browsing and enjoyed
reading the up to date info as I have been a fan since the very first
episode of Wagon Train- just wanted to say Hello and glad that you are both
fit and well.
I remember the Royal Command Performance well and also I didn't
miss a single episode of Wagon Train, when it came on TV a second time a few
years back we actually had VCR's and I taped a couple of episodes - pity we
didn't have colour in those days- unfortunately we only had black and white - your
Appaloosa Stormy Night would have looked great in colour, as would have the
background scenery, always wondered which part of America it was filmed in.
It's been lovely to say Hello and may I take this opportunity
of wishing you both a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.
Sincerely Carol Clowes ____________________________________ Mr. Horton,
My name too is Robert Horton. All of my life I
have had many women tell me what a great actor and handsome man
you are. I was born in 1962, and all my teachers could remember
my name because of you !
I was recently speaking with a receptionist.
When she asked my name she said "Oooh, I remember an actor named
Robert Horton." I told her she was telling her age.
I hope everything is going well with you. It
has been a pleasure sharing your name.
Sincerely, Robert Horton _______________________________ (The following letter was forwarded to me by Mr. Horton, it has no date, nor does it say where these folks are from, but he wanted it included here) Dear Mr. Horton, I think too often in our hurried, fast paced life we live that greatness and kindness are taken for granted and we seldom give a proper "thank you" when we should. All 16 of your fans here are richer because of your great talent and career and we are proud to have the opportunity to tell you how we feel. We decided that we should let you know a little about ourselves, the loyal sixteen fans that are devoted to your wonderful career. Our group consists of four women and twelve men. We have an accountant, two students, a truck driver, an attorney, a family practice physician, three self employed businessmen, a school teacher, two farmers, and four of us are retired! We promise not to make ourselves a bother in the future and do really appreciate your kindness and remarkable career. You are truly a wonderful person and we feel honored to be able to share a small part of your life and career by writing to you occasionally and saying "hello"! In Gratitude, Your Loyal Fans! ____________________________________ Have a very Merry Christmas and and a Happy and Holy New Year. Thank you, Joann Lassiter, North Carolina May you both have a healthy and happy New
Year and a 41st Anniversary. I hope the new year brings you as much
happiness as you have brought to all your fans in the past. ____________________________________ Congratulations on your 41st wedding anniversary. All the best to both of you. Way to go, Shenandoah! Richard Campbell, PA. Dear Mr. Horton,
Brad who wrote a few days ago isn't the only person
who appreciates your singing. I bought a copy of your LP "The Man Called
Shenandoah" as a college undergraduate (1964-1967) and still have
this record today even though it is warped and some songs don't play well. (I
do have a non-warped replacement album.)
I recently got copies of some of your audio
recordings from Megan. One particularly wonderful song is you singing
Shenandoah (traditional words). This is "hauntingly
beautiful." On a rainy Sunday, I compared your Shenandoah with other
versions, one by Harry Belafonte, two different versions by the Mormon
Tabernacle Choir, and the Kingston Trio "Across the Wide Missouri."
Your version is the best; the Kingston Trio is second.
I also got from Megan a video tape with copies of
some of your singing performances. The Impossible Dream (The Quest) is one of
my favorite songs, so I was glad to see/hear you singing this on the Ed
Sullivan Show. My ratings for the Impossible Dream are:
* Richard Kiley (Original Cast LP) - Good
* Ed Ames - Much better (Favorite song on treasured old Ed Ames double
LP.)
* Robert Horton - Even better then Ed Ames version
Your version of "They Call the Wind Maria"
is also the best I've ever heard. You and Marty Robbins both sing
El Paso equally well. (I give honest praise, no fake flattery.)
Thank you for these songs. Virginia _______________________________ Bob: I was so happy to get a chance to talk with you in Laughlin so
I could see for myself why Alicia thinks you're so special. Looking forward to
seeing that picture of you and Robert Fuller on Alicia's site. (How is it
you look younger than Bob? Perhaps an upright married life v. many years
of boys nights out?) Hope to see you at another show sometime. outrider@peterbrown.tv [Sorry we couldn't find that 7 watt bulb for
your night light.] Terrific website. We just read the
whole thing! ______________________________________ Dear Mr. Horton,
Please help me clear something up. When I was in the Air
Force and stationed in Taiwan in 1974, I was in the base dubbing studio
and found a 33 LP that stopped me cold. I recorded the album
on Sony cassette tape and enjoyed the very best versions of Mariah,
Shenandoah, Ghost Riders, etc I had ever heard. The tape has deteriorated
and the music gone. I swear the album had your picture on it and the
songs were done by you. I have never been able to find another or any
info about it.
Please, did I imagine that album? And if I didn't
WHERE the hell can I get a copy? If that was you I listened to a
hundred times, thank you for such an effort, your and extraordinary
talent.
Sincerely, Brad Smith ______________________________________ I just discovered this website. Bob , I just wanted to say Hello again... I would love to see you again . We still live in :Lansing Michigan. There is a wonderful Professional Theater here called Boarshead. Among those who work with it is Jeff Daniels from Chelsea, Michigan. Please let me know if you received this message. Hope to hear from you Bob. Rex Sessions __________________________________________ Hi Flint, ___________________________________ Dear Robert Horton Mr. Horton, Dear Mr. Horton, Dear Mr. Horton, I am so glad I found you on the computer. This is my first computer and still Pat _____________________________________ Dear Mr. Horton, Robert, Dear Mr. Horton. Helen ____________________________________
Like so many others who have signed this "guest book", I regard Flint McCullough as my first true crush. He was so much more appealing than the boys my own age! My mother always liked him, too, so we watched "Wagon Train/Major Adams" together. I only wish I could lay my hands on some of the episodes on videotape. Watching them here and there in reruns always takes me back to my youth. But I also enjoy the show for itself - there were some good stories among the episodes. One of your fans since I was a kid. (Born 1950)Watched Wagon Train faithfully and loved your character Flint and also Old Charley. Enjoyed watching you drive those new Ford convertibles down those twisting mountain roads. Ford convertibles were "your kind of car"! I have collected T-Birds for the last 11 years and fell in love with the "square" 'Birds when I saw you drive a convertible model in a Ford commercial. Besides the cars, I also remember watching you in a a western titled APACHE WAR SMOKE with Gilbert Roland. Mr. Horton, thanks for all the good memories and character roles. Health and happiness to you and your family. ____________________________________ Hi Bob (Sept 4 01) hope you had a very happy and healthy
birthday, and I hope I have enjoyed going through the website. I am a friend of Alicia. I always did like Wagon Train and now that I know you have a Black Standard Poodle know you have good taste also. We have a Black Standard Poodle, and this is our 6th Standard Poodle. They are great dogs. My husband also had antique cars for many years, and the kind that could be driven in parades. I think he took a Model A Ford to a show once or twice but he had driveable cars. Mr. Horton: Thank you for sharing your talent with us. I have enjoyed you in Wagon Train and now have the chance for my children to know Flint McCullough through the TV Land reruns. I hope you are doing well and enjoying life. Thank you for sharing your life in pictures and with the web site. Linda O'Dell, AR Belated happy birthday! What a treat this past weekend to see old episodes of Wagon Train. When I was growing up, Wagon Train was my favorite show. I wouldn't miss an episode. I guess you could say as an 8-year old, Flint McCullough was my first "crush"!! I wish TV Land would begin to run the show regularly. Television needs more westerns! Please keep us updated on your appearances. May you have many more wonderful years ahead with Marilyn! _______________________________________ I enjoyed your web site very much. Like many other
"Baby Boomers" I grew up watching Wagon Train, one of my favorite shows. In fact I am watching it right now on TV Land. Hi Robert, Dear Robert Horton,
Skip, Ohio ___________________________________ Dear Mr. Horton, Dear Mr. Horton, ______________________________________ Dear Mr. Horton, HAPPY BIRTHDAY! May everything about your day and the coming year be better than you could imagine! Thanks for all the hours of great entertainment and so many dreams to dream. I want to share with you that my daughter is the fourth generation of Wagon Train fans in our family. I use to watch Wagon Train with my grandmother and mother, who were both big fans of yours and Wagon Train. When my daughter was ill a couple of years ago she borrowed my Wagon Train tapes and she was hooked and is now a self-proclaimed fan of Flint's. Four generations of our family have enjoyed Wagon Train more than any other television program. I know if my family were here they would join me in extending our love and prayers to you and wishing you a wonderful birthday. May the Lord bless you today and thru eternity. From a long time fan of yours, Alinda Headley _____________________________________
I've just found this site & think its brilliant! I
truly thought I was the only Robert Horton fan left, how wrong could I be! He was my first hero on TV and I was lucky enough to see
him in 1961 at Lewisham Odeon where he was appearing with his then new wife,
Marilynn, they sang some duets & were marvellous. He handled a heckler in
the audience with politeness & humour that shut the heckler up good. I'll watch this site regularly now, thank you site makers
& thank you Mr. Horton for being you. Stella Dorey __________________________________________ Hi, found the episode guide on your new site, it's great. I'd really love to get all 34 episodes of A MAN CALLED SHENANDOAH on VHS. I saw that show in 1st grade and I still remember it! TNT ran 28 episodes in the '90's, but they never ran all 34. I must have asked TNT (and other channels, like TBS, TVL, NIK and WESTERN CH.) a hundred times to show MAN, but they never do. If Mr. Horton is really reading this, I'd like to thank him for doing the MAN series, and his acting and singing in it is truly haunting. I have his SHENANDOAH theme on a TV cowboy CD. Mr. Horton, thank you for being the best actor ever. And, I really hope to get SHENANDOAH on VHS. Any price would be an honor to pay to re-see these TV gems! Thank you. Richard Campbell. __________________________________________ Wagon Train left a lifelong impression. I had to watch it through the crack in the living room door as it featured after my bedtime. born 1950.
I have just bought 3 wagon train books via the web and a shop in N. E. England. On
holidays in Spain bought a model wagon in Nerja. Why? well, possibly because I've been tracing my family tree from Wales circa 1750. My namesake went to America, but I have no details. 2 yrs ago I put out a trace on the net and heard nothing until June when an unknown distant cousin e-mailed from New Zealand with details of family unknown to me in Ohio and also Seattle. How did they get from Ohio to Seattle. My money is on Wagon Train. I await more detail. Regards to you. Channel 4 here, reran all
of Wagon Train some years ago, am awaiting more. A big thrill for me as a kid in Wales was performing as Flint - it is the name of a county in Wales, during our patron
saint's day festival known as an Eisteddfod that's Welsh for chair, the prize performance
is rewarded with an ornate chair like a throne. Stood me in good stead as I do occasional
TV and film extra work here in Scotland . Kind regards hope to see you in some productions. _____________________________________ Dear Mr. Horton, Many many more years of health and happiness. And many thanks for the happy hours of entertainment you have given us. Toby, UK ______________________________________
Happy Birthday Bob. Sorry it's a bit late, but I hope you enjoyed your day. Dear Mr. Horton, Hope you had a wonderful birthday. ______________________________________ Bob,
________________________________________ Happy Birthday to my favorite cowboy! Happy Birthday, Robert Horton!! Dear Robert Dear Robert, Angela Lacosta, England ________________________________ Dear Robert HAPPY BIRTHDAY; ____________________________________ Happy birthday Robert! All my very best wishes to you and continued happiness for the future.
I'm still your number one fan after all these years! ___________________________________ Dear Mr. Horton, May I wish you a very happy Birthday and best wishes for the future. ___________________________________ Bob: God bless you on your birthday and in the coming year with every happiness. ____________________________________ Dear Robert, We wish you a Happy, Healthy, Wonderful Birthday, with many, many more to come! Most sincerely, Alicia and Megan ____________________________________ Dear Robert, Wishing you a very happy birthday. Always wanted to send you a birthday card but never knew where to send it. Better late than never. Have a great day. Will love you always. Hello Robert, Dear Mr. Horton: Happy Birthday this coming Sunday!!!....May the birds continue to sing sweeter with each passing day......paloma __________________________________________ Dear Mr. Horton, Dear Bob, When I told my son about the web site on your life and career, he clicked it on for me. I think it is just fabulous from
beginning to end and so deserved in every aspect of your career. I know for a fact that a multitude of people will be so glad to know about you at the
present time and to review all of what you have accomplished through the years. ___________________________________
Hello Mr. Robert Horton. Hello, it was so good to find this site dedicated to Robert Horton. I remember ducking out of Girl Guides so I wouldn't miss Wagon Train or to be more precise 'Flint'. Mr. Horton, Hello Robert and family, Hello, I just wanted to say how pleased I am to have come across this site __________________________________ Just wanted to write a short note of praise for the ladies who run your website. I enjoyed all the pictures, facts and especially hearing you sing the theme song. Thank you all. Mike Shinn, Lancaster, CA ______________________________________________ My TV heroes when I was a child were Flint McCullough and Jess Harper JUST WANTED TO SAY HELLO. I SAW A WONDERFUL OLD EPISODE OF Hi Bob, Dear Mr. Horton ____________________________________________ Dear Robert & Marilynn, I have met Mrs. Marilynn Horton and she made an indelible What a delightful and memory-filled web site. I was six years old when Flint left the wagon train, but I got to play him in all of our make-believe wagon trains as a kid. Dear Mr. Horton: Dear Robert: It was a dream come true to meet you last November at the
Western Dear MRS. Horton, I hope you have a wonderful birthday! And I just want to say again, you are a SAINT for putting up with all of us fans for all these years! You are one terrific lady! Sincerely, Alicia _____________________________ Sorry Robert this is not for you, but for all the British fans that see this fabulous web site please contact me at my daughters e-mail address wyrd-sister@supanet.com, especially Toni who was at the Birmingham Hipperdrome in 1961. Dear Mrs. Horton
Hello Mr. Horton,
______________________________ Thanks Bob, ______________________________ Dear Mr. Horton - Can't tell you how delighted I was to find a web site devoted to you and your many talents. A friend of mine and I have wondered for many years now what you have been doing (not getting much of your work shown over here) and now, thanks to this marvellous site are up-to-date. Thank you for all the pleasure your work has given us over the years (especially 110 IN THE SHADE and your other record albums that are a prized part of our
collections). Hello there Robert, I have been asking or begging my friends to look you up on the internet for ages and at last I have found you. You were my hero I never missed an episode of Wagon Train. Hope you are keeping well and I am so glad I have found you at last after forty odd years of wondering and thinking about what your up to and what you are doing! Dear Mr. & Mrs. Horton, I wish you both a happy and love filled 40th Anniversary on Dec 31, 2000! Forty years of sharing, forty years of caring! How wonderful and blessed you both are to have one another! I wish you both continued joy and good health! Most sincerely, Alicia ___________________________ Happy 40th Anniversary, Mr. & Mrs. Horton
________________________________ Dear Mr. Horton, "Wagon Train" was my favorite show. I watched it religiously as a kid in Montana. Great ensemble playing. _______________________________ Dear Mr. Horton; _______________________________ Happy Anniversary! God bless you and your wife! ____________________________ Dear Bob and Marilynn: My sincere best wishes for a very Happy 40th Anniversary!! I, too, was very much in love with Flint McCullough. That devilish grin would knock any girl off her feet. Again, best
wishes. Hi, I don't know if this email will get directly to you - Robert Horton. However, if so, I just wanted to say that I have always been a fan of yours since you were on the old Wagon Train series. I was 6 years old when the series began. At that time I lived in Roanoke, Virginia. My dad was always a cowboy fan and got me started watching Wagon Train. Actually our whole family watched the show together, including my grandmother - Granny Sally, who stayed with us. An interesting story about my grandmother, she loved the westerns on TV back in the 1950's. My mom told me recently that Granny Sally use to take the bus into town twice a week to watch the western movies. This was in the 1940's through early 1950's, back in Roanoke. I was very saddened when you left the Wagon Train series. Robert Fuller, your replacement was good, but he was not you. I think you were better looking than him. Do you make personal appearances with the western festivals? If so, I sure hope one day to meet
you. It would be great to say in person how much I enjoyed watching you on TV. If you sell pictures of you, I would love to buy one, maybe with an autograph of yours. Congratulations on your upcoming anniversary. Your fan since a little girl - now a much older baby-boomer, who still loves the old TV westerns, but still a little girl in heart. Thanks, Valerie. Hi Mr. Horton! Hi Robert
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Mr. Horton, Congratulations on having created Flint McCullough, a Western hero who endures! Most actors work their whole lives and never infuse a character with such unique qualities as to make them memorable. While I know it was a hard fought battle for the creative freedom to make McCullough more than a stereotypic cowboy, the test of time has proven your instincts impeccable. Well I just found this site, but anyway Mr. Horton hope you had a great birthday and many many
more. When I was young I watched Wagon Train, even at that young of an age the show really drew my
interest. Thank You for your time and a great site..... Mr. Horton, Wagon Train has bought me the most pleasure in watching TV. I started watching Trailmaster in the 60's, and my sisters and I would fight over who was going to be Flint's girlfriend that day. I always won. I have wished for some info on you on the web forever and I'm so glad to at least know you're alive. I hope you are well. I have started collecting Wagon Train videos and at the present time I have 40. Best wishes forever. Lennis Harris, VA ________________________________
As a lad of about eight or nine I watched Wagon Train when it was first broadcast in the UK in the late 50s. I think the first episode I saw was the Gabe Carswell Story. From that moment (and
I still recall it vividly) Flint McCullough became my ideal hero. Robert Horton brought such a completeness to his
characterization, gentleness and strength, humour and energy, resoluteness and patience - oh and a sexual magnetism too. He looked so masculine and "cool" in that buckskin jacket. Even today, as a man of 50, when I write action or adventure stories, it is still Flint whom I conjure up when I begin to describe my leading man. The eventual word-portrait, might not be
recognizable to anyone else, but I know that however much I may elaborate it, at the core of my protagonist is dear old Flint still alive in my heart. I wish you a very happy, healthy, joyous birthday and many, many more! Happy Birthday Mr. Horton! Happy Birthday, Mr. Horton! You were my first "love" . . . way back in 1958 when I was very, very young. It was a long, hot summer during which I never missed an episode of Wagon Train. Peggy Lee was singing "Fever" on the radio, you were riding that beautiful Appaloosa, and during those long, sultry days and nights a child first experienced the awakenings that would lead her to womanhood. Forty-two years later, I still think of you
with warmth, and with happiness that you are well, happy and successful! Your fan always, Linda
____________________________ Mr. Horton, Dear Bob, I have many fond memories of growing up with solid Cowboy heros. It's a pleasure and honor to wish you a wonderful happy birthday. Dear Mr. Horton, I wish you a very happy birthday and many
more. I loved you in Wagon Train and a Man Called Shenandoah. I just thought the world of you, especially as Flint McCullough,
and I liked you in King's Row with Jack Kelly. I prefer your natural hair color though. May this be your happiest birthday ever and may your life be blessed. With Great Admiration, Sharon Happy Birthday Mr. Horton! May you have a long life and good health. Your screen We also enjoyed Wagon Train over here in England and I just want to congratulate you on a fine programme that has enduring appeal. Also like to say a belated happy birthday. Hope you had a good day. ________________________________ Dear Mr. Horton: (now a retired Las Vegas executive). He appeared in one of your later Wagon Train episodes when your character befriends an Indian woman and almost gets killed in the process. Ward Bond only appears in an
obviously added clip at the end. My friend appears as an Indian.
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