When the famous "Hollywood" sign fell into disrepair in 1978, various entertainers agreed to buy a letter for $27,777.77. Gene bought the first "L."

Personal Appearances – 1955

Spring 1955

Gene Autry's Spring Tour of 1955 began on February 17, 1955, in Great Bend, Kansas, and ended March 20, 1955, in Richmond, Virginia, with Gene making appearances in 32 cities.

Fall 1955

Gene Autry's Fall Tour of 1955 began on October 17, 1955, in La Crosse, Wisconsin, and ended November 6, 1955, in Oakland, California, with Gene making appearances in 21 cities.

1955 (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 1955

City Order	Date	City	State/ Province	Country	Venue/ Show Title	Show Time	Sponsor(s)	Hotel	Miles
1	February 17, 1955	Great Bend	Kansas	USA	Municipal Auditorium	-	Harry Peebles	Vara	0
2	February 18, 1955	Wichita	Kansas	USA	Forum	-	Mary Floto	Allis	122
3	February 19, 1955	Topeka	Kansas	USA	Municipal Auditorium	-	Harry Peebles	Kansan	176
4	February 20, 1955	Omaha	Nebraska	USA	Civic Arena	-	St. Philomenis	Fontenelle	167
5	February 21, 1955	Sioux City	Iowa	USA	Municipal Auditorium	-	Melody Ranch Enterprises	Warrior	97
6	February 22, 1955	Cedar Rapids	Iowa	USA	Coliseum	-	Station WMT	Montrose	282
7	February 23, 1955	Ottumwa	Iowa	USA	Coliseum	-	Melody Ranch Enterprises	Ottumwa	128
8	February 24, 1955	Quincy	Illinois	USA	Memorial Gym	-	Mart Heinen Club	Springfield (after show)	128
9	February 25, 1955	Champaign	Illinois	USA	Chanute Field	-	March of Dimes	Springfield (after show)	107
10	February 26, 1955	Springfield	Illinois	USA	Armory	-	ABC Club	Leland	102
11	February 27, 1955	Peoria	Illinois	USA	Bradley Field House	-	Bradley Alumni	Pere Marquette	67
12	February 28, 1955	Terre Haute	Indiana	USA	Terre Haute House	-	Schulte Gym	Schulte Booster Club	187
13	March 1, 1955	South Bend	Indiana	USA	Palace Theatre	-	Palace Theatre	La Salle	200
14	March 2, 1955	Grand Rapids	Michigan	USA	Municipal Auditorium	-	Variety Club	Pantlind	121
15	March 3, 1955	Saginaw	Michigan	USA	Municipal Auditorium	-	Melody Ranch Enterprises	Bancroft	114
16	March 4, 1955	Toledo	Ohio	USA	Sports Arena	-	Sports Arena	Commodore-Perry	144
17	March 5, 1955	Jackson	Michigan	USA	Municipal Auditorium	-	Melody Ranch Enterprises	Cleveland (after show)	73
18	March 6, 1955	Cleveland	Ohio	USA	Arena	-	Arena	Carter	186
19	March 7, 1955	Hamilton	Ontario	Canada	Forum	-	Forum	Windsor	265
20	March 8, 1955	London	Ontario	Canada	Arena	-	Arena	London	78
21	March 9, 1955	Kitchener	Ontario	Canada	Memorial Auditorium	-	Memorial Auditorium	Walper	64
22	March 10, 1955	Rochester	New York	USA	Sports Arena	-	Lion's Club	Seneca	165
23	March 11, 1955	Troy	New York	USA	R.P.I. Field House	-	R.P.I.	Ten-Eyke (Albany, N.Y.)	-
24	March 12, 1955	Springfield	Massachusetts	USA	Auditorium	-	Joe Grossi	Worcester (after show)	110
25	March 13, 1955	Worcester	Massachusetts	USA	Auditorium	-	Marcel Plante	Sheraton	58
26	March 14, 1955	Kingston	New York	USA	Fieldhouse	-	Lion's Club	Gov. Clinton	112
27	March 15, 1955	New Haven	Connecticut	USA	Arena	-	Arena	Taft	131
28	March 16, 1955	Allentown	Pennsylvania	USA	Rockne Hall	-	Karl Strohl	Traylor	193
29	March 17, 1955	Trenton	New Jersey	USA	Auditorium	-	John Curry	Stacey-Trent	80
30	March 18, 1955	Washington, D.C.	Maryland	USA	Uline Arena	-	Uline Arena	Ambassador	173
31	March 19, 1955	Raleigh	North Carolina	USA	Reynolds Coliseum	-	Reynolds Coliseum	Sir Walter	268
32	March 20, 1955	Richmond	Virginia	USA	Mosque	-	Jack Stone	John Marshall	158

Gene Autry Tour – Fall 1955

City Order	Date	City	State/ Province	Country	Venue/ Show Title	Show Time	Sponsor(s)	Hotel	Miles
1	October 17, 1955	La Crosse	Wisconsin	USA	Auditorium	-	Joe Givens	Stoddard	0
2	October 18, 1955	Mason City	Iowa	USA	Fieldhouse	-	Station KGLO	Hanford	164
3	October 19, 1955	Mitchell	South Dakota	USA	Corn Palace	-	Corn Palace	Lawler	267
4	October 20, 1955	Rapid City	South Dakota	USA	Auditorium	-	Leo Borin	Alex Johnson	291
5	October 21, 1955	Scottsbluff	Nebraska	USA	Terry's Arena	-	Terry's Arena	Lincoln	262
6	October 22, 1955	Denver	Colorado	USA	Arena	-	Empire Association, Inc.	Cosmopolitan	225
7	October 23, 1955	Laramie	Wyoming	USA	Fieldhouse	-	University of Wyoming	-	125
8	October 24, 1955	Pocatello	Idaho	USA	I.S.C. Gym	-	Pocatello Gridiron Club	Bannock	479
9	October 25, 1955	Butte	Montana	USA	Civic Center	-	Butte Lion's Club	Finlen	262
10	October 26, 1955	Helena	Montana	USA	Auditorium	-	Melody Ranch Enterprises	Placer	66
11	October 27, 1955	Missoula	Montana	USA	Fieldhouse	-	Montana State University	Florence	117
12	October 28, 1955	Spokane	Washington	USA	Coliseum	-	Coliseum	Davenport	207
13	October 29, 1955	Seattle	Washington	USA	Auditorium	-	Frank Hixon	Olympic	290
14	October 30, 1955	Portland	Oregon	USA	Auditorium	-	Oregon Fed. Cr. Child.	-	186
15	October 31, 1955	Corvallis	Oregon	USA	O.S.C. Coliseum	-	Oregon State College	Denton	120
16	November 1, 1955	Medford	Oregon	USA	Junior High Auditorium	-	Lion's Club	Medford	183
17	November 2, 1955	Redding	California	USA	Shasta Gym	-	Shasta College	Lorenz	157
18	November 3, 1955	Sacramento	California	USA	Auditorium	-	Anthony Reid	Senator	162
19	November 4, 1955	Fresno	California	USA	Auditorium	-	Gordon Hewson	California	170
20	November 5, 1955	Stockton	California	USA	Auditorium	-	Valley Amusements	Stockton	126
21	November 6, 1955	Oakland	California	USA	Auditorium	-	Swartz Ent.	Leamington	74

Gene Autry Tour – 1955 (Undated)

City Order	Date	City	State/ Province	Country	Venue/ Show Title	Show Time	Sponsor(s)	Hotel	Miles
-	1955	Aberdeen	South Dakota	USA	-	-	-	-	-
-	1955	Albany	New York	USA	-	-	-	-	-
-	1955	Albuquerque	New Mexico	USA	-	-	-	-	-
-	1955	Allentown	Pennsylvania	USA	-	-	-	-	-
-	1955	Anderson	California	USA	-	-	-	-	-
-	1955	Asheville	North Carolina	USA	-	-	-	-	-
-	1955	Austin	Minnesota	USA	-	-	-	-	-
-	1955	Bangor	Maine	USA	-	-	-	-	-
-	1955	Beloit	Wisconsin	USA	-	-	-	-	-
-	1955	Big Timber	Montana	USA	-	-	-	-	-
-	1955	Billings	Montana	USA	-	-	-	-	-
-	1955	Bloomington	Illinois	USA	-	-	-	-	-
-	1955	Butte	Montana	USA	-	-	-	-	-
-	1955	Canton	Ohio	USA	-	-	-	-	-
-	1955	Cedar Rapids	Iowa	USA	-	-	-	-	-
-	1955	Cedar Rapids	Iowa	USA	-	-	-	-	-
-	1955	Champaign	Illinois	USA	-	-	-	-	-
-	1955	Charleston	South Carolina	USA	-	-	-	-	-
-	1955	Charleston	West Virginia	USA	-	-	-	-	-
-	1955	Charlotte	North Carolina	USA	-	-	-	-	-
-	1955	Cheyenne	Wyoming	USA	-	-	-	-	-
-	1955	Chicago	Illinois	USA	-	-	-	-	-
-	1955	Cincinnati	Ohio	USA	-	-	-	-	-
-	1955	Cleveland	Ohio	USA	-	-	-	-	-
-	1955	Columbus	Ohio	USA	-	-	-	-	-
-	1955	Corvallis	Oregon	USA	-	-	-	-	-
-	1955	Cumberland	Maryland	USA	-	-	-	-	-
-	1955	Daytona Beach	Florida	USA	-	-	-	-	-
-	1955	Decatur	Illinois	USA	-	-	-	-	-
-	1955	Denver	Colorado	USA	-	-	-	-	-
-	1955	Des Moines	Iowa	USA	-	-	-	-	-
-	1955	Des Moines	Iowa	USA	-	-	-	-	-
-	1955	Detroit	Michigan	USA	-	-	-	-	-
-	1955	Dubuque	Iowa	USA	-	-	-	-	-
-	1955	Eau Claire	Wisconsin	USA	-	-	-	-	-
-	1955	Erie	Pennsylvania	USA	-	-	-	-	-
-	1955	Eugene	Oregon	USA	-	-	-	-	-
-	1955	Eureka	California	USA	-	-	-	-	-
-	1955	Evansville	Indiana	USA	-	-	-	-	-
-	1955	Ft. Wayne	Indiana	USA	-	-	-	-	-
-	1955	Ft. Worth	Texas	USA	-	-	-	-	-
-	1955	Fresno	California	USA	-	-	-	-	-
-	1955	Grand Island	Nebraska	USA	-	-	-	-	-
-	1955	Grand Rapids	Michigan	USA	-	-	-	-	-
-	1955	Great Bend	Kansas	USA	-	-	-	-	-
-	1955	Greeley	Colorado	USA	-	-	-	-	-
-	1955	Green Bay	Wisconsin	USA	-	-	-	-	-
-	1955	Harrison	Nebraska	USA	-	-	-	-	-
-	1955	Helena	Montana	USA	-	-	-	-	-
-	1955	Hershey	Pennsylvania	USA	-	-	-	-	-
-	1955	Houston	Texas	USA	-	-	-	-	-
-	1955	Huron	South Dakota	USA	-	-	-	-	-
-	1955	Hutchison	Kansas	USA	-	-	-	-	-
-	1955	Idaho Falls	Idaho	USA	-	-	-	-	-
-	1955	Jackson	Michigan	USA	-	-	-	-	-
-	1955	Joliet	Illinois	USA	-	-	-	-	-
-	1955	Kansas City	Missouri	USA	-	-	-	-	-
-	1955	Kingston	New York	USA	-	-	-	-	-
-	1955	Knoxville	Tennessee	USA	-	-	-	-	-
-	1955	La Crosse	Wisconsin	USA	-	-	-	-	-
-	1955	Lafayette	Louisiana	USA	-	-	-	-	-
-	1955	Lansing	Michigan	USA	-	-	-	-	-
-	1955	Lansing	Michigan	USA	-	-	-	-	-
-	1955	Laramie	Wyoming	USA	-	-	-	-	-
-	1955	Lexington	Kentucky	USA	-	-	-	-	-
-	1955	Little Rock	Arkansas	USA	-	-	-	-	-
-	1955	Manchester	New Hampshire	USA	-	-	-	-	-
-	1955	Marion	Ohio	USA	-	-	-	-	-
-	1955	Mason City	Iowa	USA	-	-	-	-	-
-	1955	McGaheysville	Virginia	USA	-	-	-	-	-
-	1955	Medford	Oregon	USA	-	-	-	-	-
-	1955	Milwaukee	Wisconsin	USA	-	-	-	-	-
-	1955	Milwaukee	Wisconsin	USA	-	-	-	-	-
-	1955	Minneapolis	Minnesota	USA	-	-	-	-	-
-	1955	Missoula	Montana	USA	-	-	-	-	-
-	1955	Mitchell	South Dakota	USA	-	-	-	-	-
-	1955	Mobile	Alabama	USA	-	-	-	-	-
-	1955	Modesto	California	USA	-	-	-	-	-
-	1955	New Haven	Connecticut	USA	-	-	-	-	-
-	1955	New York	New York	USA	-	-	-	-	-
-	1955	North Platte	Nebraska	USA	-	-	-	-	-
-	1955	Oakland	California	USA	-	-	-	-	-
-	1955	Omaha	Nebraska	USA	-	-	-	-	-
-	1955	Orlando	Florida	USA	-	-	-	-	-
-	1955	Ottumwa	Iowa	USA	-	-	-	-	-
-	1955	Parkersburg	West Virginia	USA	-	-	-	-	-
-	1955	Pensacola	Florida	USA	-	-	-	-	-
-	1955	Peoria	Illinois	USA	-	-	-	-	-
-	1955	Philadelphia	Pennsylvania	USA	-	-	-	-	-
-	1955	Pocatello	Idaho	USA	-	-	-	-	-
-	1955	Portland	Maine	USA	-	-	-	-	-
-	1955	Portland	Oregon	USA	-	-	-	-	-
-	1955	Providence	Rhode Island	USA	-	-	-	-	-
-	1955	Provo	Utah	USA	-	-	-	-	-
-	1955	Pueblo	Colorado	USA	-	-	-	-	-
-	1955	Quincy	Illinois	USA	-	-	-	-	-
-	1955	Raleigh	North Carolina	USA	-	-	-	-	-
-	1955	Rapid City	South Dakota	USA	-	-	-	-	-
-	1955	Redding	California	USA	-	-	-	-	-
-	1955	Richmond	Virginia	USA	-	-	-	-	-
-	1955	Richmond Hill	New York	USA	-	-	-	-	-
-	1955	Roanoke	Virginia	USA	-	-	-	-	-
-	1955	Rochester	Minnesota	USA	-	-	-	-	-
-	1955	Rochester	New York	USA	-	-	-	-	-
-	1955	Rockford	Illinois	USA	-	-	-	-	-
-	1955	Sacramento	California	USA	-	-	-	-	-
-	1955	Saginaw	Michigan	USA	-	-	-	-	-
-	1955	St. Louis	Missouri	USA	-	-	-	-	-
-	1955	St. Paul	Minnesota	USA	-	-	-	-	-
-	1955	Salt Lake City	Utah	USA	-	-	-	-	-
-	1955	San Francisco	California	USA	-	-	-	-	-
-	1955	San Jose	California	USA	-	-	-	-	-
-	1955	Savannah	Georgia	USA	-	-	-	-	-
-	1955	Schenectady	New York	USA	-	-	-	-	-
-	1955	Scottsbluff	Nebraska	USA	-	-	-	-	-
-	1955	Scranton	Pennsylvania	USA	-	-	-	-	-
-	1955	Seattle	Washington	USA	-	-	-	-	-
-	1955	Sheboygan	Wisconsin	USA	-	-	-	-	-
-	1955	Sheridan	Wyoming	USA	-	-	-	-	-
-	1955	Shreveport	Louisiana	USA	-	-	-	-	-
-	1955	Sioux City	Iowa	USA	-	-	-	-	-
-	1955	South Bend	Indiana	USA	-	-	-	-	-
-	1955	Spartanburg	South Carolina	USA	-	-	-	-	-
-	1955	Spokane	Washington	USA	-	-	-	-	-
-	1955	Springfield	Illinois	USA	-	-	-	-	-
-	1955	Springfield	Massachusetts	USA	-	-	-	-	-
-	1955	Stockton	California	USA	-	-	-	-	-
-	1955	Tacoma	Washington	USA	-	-	-	-	-
-	1955	Tallahassee	Florida	USA	-	-	-	-	-
-	1955	Tampa	Florida	USA	-	-	-	-	-
-	1955	Terre Haute	Indiana	USA	-	-	-	-	-
-	1955	Toledo	Ohio	USA	-	-	-	-	-
-	1955	Topeka	Kansas	USA	-	-	-	-	-
-	1955	Trenton	New Jersey	USA	-	-	-	-	-
-	1955	Troy	Ohio	USA	-	-	-	-	-
-	1955	Waco	Texas	USA	-	-	-	-	-
-	1955	Washington	D.C.	USA	-	-	-	-	-
-	1955	Wenatchee	Washington	USA	-	-	-	-	-
-	1955	White Plains	New York	USA	-	-	-	-	-
-	1955	Wichita	Kansas	USA	-	-	-	-	-
-	1955	Winston Salem	North Carolina	USA	-	-	-	-	-
-	1955	Worcester	Massachusetts	USA	-	-	-	-	-
-	1955	Yakima	Washington	USA	-	-	-	-	-
-	1955	York	Pennsylvania	USA	-	-	-	-	-
-	1955	Halifax	Nova Scotia	Canada	-	-	-	-	-
-	1955	Hamilton	Ontario	Canada	-	-	-	-	-
-	1955	Kitchener	Ontario	Canada	-	-	-	-	-
-	1955	Laval	Quebec	Canada	-	-	-	-	-
-	1955	London	Ontario	Canada	-	-	-	-	-
-	1955	Noranda	Quebec	Canada	-	-	-	-	-
-	1955	Ottawa	Ottawa	Canada	-	-	-	-	-
-	1955	St. John's	Newfoundland	Canada	-	-	-	-	-
-	1955	Smiths Falls	Ontario	Canada	-	-	-	-	-
-	1955	Toronto	Ontario	Canada	-	-	-	-	-
-	1955	Vancouver	British Columbia	Canada	-	-	-	-	-
-	1955	Victoria	British Columbia	Canada	-	-	-	-	-

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