When he was a young man, Gene received an offer from a professional baseball team to become a player. Gene turned down the offer because it would have meant a fifty-dollar-a-month pay cut from his telegrapher's job.

Personal Appearance – 1949

Spring 1949

Gene Autry's Spring Tour of 1949 began on January 4, 1949, in Amarillo Texas, and ended February 26, 1949, in St. Louis, Missouri, with Gene making appearances in 47 cities.

1949 (Undated)

Tour dates, venues and additional details for these locations will be added when available. If you would like to know more about the tours or about a specific appearance on this list, please contact the Libraries and Archives of the Autry Museum.

The information in the table below on Gene Autry's Personal Appearance Tour is from the files of Gene Autry Entertainment. The current view of these tours is by date, but you can re-sort the information by clicking on the red header such as City or Venue. This will then present the data alphabetically by the header subject.

Gene Autry Tour – Spring 1949

City Order	Date	City	State/ Province	Country	Venue/ Show Title	Show Time	Sponsor(s)	Hotel	Miles
1	January 4, 1949	Amarillo	Texas	USA	Municipal Auditorium	-	Boys' Ranch, Cal Farley	Herring Hotel	0
2	January 5, 1949	Wichita Falls	Texas	USA	City Auditorium	-	A&M Club, Lou Bloodworth	Kemp Hotel	-
3	January 6, 1949	Fort Worth	Texas	USA	Will Rogers Memorial Auditorium	-	-	Blackstone Hotel	-
4	January 7, 1949	Tyler	Texas	USA	Tyler High School Auditorium	-	-	Blackstone Hotel	-
5	January 8, 1949	Houston	Texas	USA	City Coliseum	-	-	Rice Hotel	-
6	January 9, 1949	Houston	Texas	USA	City Coliseum	-	-	Rice Hotel	-
7	January 10, 1949	Dallas	Texas	USA	Fair Park Auditorium	-	-	Adolphus Hotel	-
8	January 11, 1949	Shreveport	Louisiana	USA	Municipal Memorial Auditorium	-	-	Washington-Youree	-
9	January 12, 1949	Monroe	Louisiana	USA	Neville High School Auditorium	-	-	Frances Hotel	-
10	January 13, 1949	Jackson	Mississippi	USA	Municipal Auditorium	-	-	Hotel Heidelberg	-
11	January 14, 1949	Memphis	Tennessee	USA	Auditorium	-	-	Peabody Hotel	-
12	January 15, 1949	Little Rock	Arkansas	USA	Auditorium	-	Phillip A. Back	Hotel Grady-Manning	-
13	January 16, 1949	Little Rock	Arkansas	USA	Auditorium	-	Phillip A. Back	Hotel Grady-Manning	-
14	January 17, 1949	Joplin	Missouri	USA	Auditorium	-	-	Hotel Conner	-
15	January 18, 1949	Muskogee	Oklahoma	USA	City Hall	-	-	Seevers Hotel	-
16	January 19, 1949	Oklahoma City	Oklahoma	USA	Auditorium	-	-	Skirvin Tower Hotel	-
17	January 20, 1949	Wichita	Kansas	USA	The Forum	-	Mrs. Wm F. Floto	Allis Hotel	-
18	January 21, 1949	Independence	Kansas	USA	Memorial Hall	-	-	Booth Hotel	-
19	January 22, 1949	Kansas City	Missouri	USA	Municipal Auditorium	-	-	Muehlebach Hotel	-
20	January 23, 1949	Kansas City	Missouri	USA	Municipal Auditorium	-	-	Muehlebach Hotel	-
21	January 24, 1949	Topeka	Kansas	USA	Municipal Auditorium	-	-	Jayhawk Hotel	-
22	January 25, 1949	St. Joseph	Missouri	USA	St. Joseph Auditorium	-	-	Hotel Robidioux	-
23	January 26, 1949	Omaha	Nebraska	USA	Omaha City Auditorium	-	-	Hotel Frontenelle	-
24	January 27, 1949	Des Moines	Iowa	USA	KRNT Radio Theater	-	D.C. Peterson	The Savery	-
25	January 28, 1949	Cedar Rapids	Iowa	USA	Auditorium of Memorial Building	-	-	Hotel Montrose	-
26	January 29, 1949	Chicago	Illinois	USA	Civic Opera House	-	Herb Carlin	Stevens Hotel	-
27	January 30, 1949	Davenport	Iowa	USA	Masonic Temple	-	-	Blackhawk Hotel	-
28	January 31, 1949	Hammond	Indiana	USA	Civic Center	-	-	Stevens Hotel	-
29	February 3, 1949	Muncie	Indiana	USA	Field House	-	Wilbur Peipenbrink, Pres. Jr. Chamber Of Commerce	Roberts Hotel	-
30	February 4, 1949	Toledo	Ohio	USA	Sports Arena	-	Sports Arena, Virgil Gladieux	Hillcrest Hotel	-
31	February 6, 1949	Cleveland	Ohio	USA	Sports Arena	-	Al Sutphin	Carter Hotel	-
32	February 7, 1949	Buffalo	New York	USA	Auditorium	-	Ed Don George	Statler Hotel	-
33	February 8, 1949	Syracuse	New York	USA	Fair Park Auditorium	-	Ed Don George	Hotel Syracuse	-
34	February 9, 1949	Rochester	New York	USA	Fair Park Auditorium	-	Ed Don George	Hotel Rochester	-
35	February 10, 1949	Scranton	Pennsylvania	USA	Armory	-	Frank Moore	Hotel Casey	-
36	February 11, 1949	Philadelphia	Pennsylvania	USA	Arena	-	Peter Tyrell	Pen-Sheraton	-
37	February 13, 1949	Washington D.C.	District of Columbia	USA	Uline Arena	-	Uline Arena	-	-
38	February 14, 1949	Altoona	Pennsylvania	USA	Jaffa Temple	-	Jaffa Temple, J. Stevens Baird	Penn-Alto Hotel	-
39	February 15, 1949	Pittsburgh	Pennsylvania	USA	The Gardens	-	The Gardens, John Harris	Hotel Webster Hall	-
40	February 16, 1949	Wheeling	West Virginia	USA	Convention Hall	-	R.E. Watt, Jr. Chamber of Commerce	McClure Hotel	-
41	February 17, 1949	Charleston	West Virginia	USA	Auditorium	-	-	Daniel Boone Hotel	-
42	February 18, 1949	Huntington	West Virginia	USA	City Auditorium	-	-	Prichard Hotel	-
43	February 19, 1949	Louisville	Kentucky	USA	Broadcast	-	-	Kentucky Hotel	-
44	February 20, 1949	Lexington	Kentucky	USA	Woodland Auditorium	-	J.L. Frank	Kentucky Hotel	-
45	February 21, 1949	Louisville	Kentucky	USA	Armory	-	Frank McDonagh, Irving Wayne	Kentucky Hotel	-
46	February 22, 1949	Owensboro	Kentucky	USA	-	-	-	McCurdy Hotel	-
47	February 23, 1949	Evansville	Indiana	USA	Memorial Coliseum	-	Memorial Coliseum	McCurdy Hotel	-
48	February 24, 1949	Nashville	Tennessee	USA	Memorial Auditorium	-	J.L. Frank	Hermitage Hotel	-
49	February 25, 1949	Paducah	Kentucky	USA	New Arena	-	-	Irvine S. Cobb Hotel	-
50	February 26, 1949	St. Louis	Missouri	USA	Opera House	-	Tom Packs	Statler Hotel	-

Gene Autry Tour – 1949 (Undated)

City Order	Date	City	State/ Province	Country	Venue/ Show Title	Show Time	Sponsor(s)	Hotel	Miles
-	1949	Eugene	Oregon	USA	-	-	-	-	-
-	1949	Aberdeen	Washington	USA	-	-	-	-	-
-	1949	Abilene	Texas	USA	-	-	-	-	-
-	1949	Billings	Montana	USA	-	-	-	-	-
-	1949	Butte	Montana	USA	-	-	-	-	-
-	1949	Dubuque	Iowa	USA	-	-	-	-	-
-	1949	Erie	Pennsylvania	USA	-	-	-	-	-
-	1949	Everett	Washington	USA	-	-	-	-	-
-	1949	Helena	Montana	USA	-	-	-	-	-
-	1949	Hoquiam	Washington	USA	-	-	-	-	-
-	1949	Klamath Falls	Oregon	USA	-	-	-	-	-
-	1949	Lake Charles	Louisiana	USA	-	-	-	-	-
-	1949	Medford	Oregon	USA	-	-	-	-	-
-	1949	Midland	Texas	USA	-	-	-	-	-
-	1949	Oakland	California	USA	-	-	-	-	-
-	1949	Pierre	South Dakota	USA	-	-	-	-	-
-	1949	Pine Bluff	Arkansas	USA	-	-	-	-	-
-	1949	Portland	Oregon	USA	-	-	-	-	-
-	1949	Pueblo	Colorado	USA	-	-	-	-	-
-	1949	Rapid City	South Dakota	USA	-	-	-	-	-
-	1949	Rugby	North Dakota	USA	-	-	-	-	-
-	1949	Sacramento	California	USA	-	-	-	-	-
-	1949	Salem	Oregon	USA	-	-	-	-	-
-	1949	San Angelo	Texas	USA	-	-	-	-	-
-	1949	San Antonio	Texas	USA	-	-	-	-	-
-	1949	Santa Ana	California	USA	-	-	-	-	-
-	1949	Seattle	Washington	USA	-	-	-	-	-
-	1949	Spokane	Washington	USA	-	-	-	-	-
-	1949	Stockton	California	USA	-	-	-	-	-
-	1949	Tacoma	Washington	USA	-	-	-	-	-
-	1949	Waco	Texas	USA	-	-	-	-	-
-	1949	Walla Walla	Washington	USA	-	-	-	-	-
-	1949	Yakima	Washington	USA	-	-	-	-	-
-	1949	Calgary	Alberta	Canada	-	-	-	-	-
-	1949	Nanimo	British Columbia	Canada	-	-	-	-	-
-	1949	Vancouver	British Columbia	Canada	-	-	-	-	-
-	1949	Victoria	British Columbia	Canada	-	-	-	-	-

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