It was Mix's "death car".
Cowboy film star Tom Mix spent his last night at a Tucson ranch with then-Pima County Sheriff Ed Echols and famed western writer Walt Coburn.
The trio gathered at Coburn’s Catalina Foothills ranch, eating mesquite-grilled steaks and drinking Mexican beer on the veranda while enjoying a blazing sunset across the Tucson sky.
Later that evening, Mix went to the old Santa Rita Hotel in downtown Tucson, where he reserved a room and met with owner Nick Hall. Months earlier, Mix had ridden his famed horse Tony into the hotel lobby and notably chipped a piece of marble out of the grand staircase.
But on Oct. 11, 1940, they shared several drinks with band musicians into the early-morning hours.
Around noon the next day, Mix spoke with Tucson motorcycle policeman Richard Lease on his way north out of town. The officer was driving a new Harley-Davidson, the first radio-equipped motorcycle in the city. Hours after, Mix lay dead under his famed Cord convertible at a washed-out bridge along Highway 79 on the way to Florence. He was 60 years old.
Cowboy film star's death car restored in Arizona
Tom Mix - Wikipedia
Cowboy film star Tom Mix spent his last night at a Tucson ranch with then-Pima County Sheriff Ed Echols and famed western writer Walt Coburn.
The trio gathered at Coburn’s Catalina Foothills ranch, eating mesquite-grilled steaks and drinking Mexican beer on the veranda while enjoying a blazing sunset across the Tucson sky.
Later that evening, Mix went to the old Santa Rita Hotel in downtown Tucson, where he reserved a room and met with owner Nick Hall. Months earlier, Mix had ridden his famed horse Tony into the hotel lobby and notably chipped a piece of marble out of the grand staircase.
But on Oct. 11, 1940, they shared several drinks with band musicians into the early-morning hours.
Around noon the next day, Mix spoke with Tucson motorcycle policeman Richard Lease on his way north out of town. The officer was driving a new Harley-Davidson, the first radio-equipped motorcycle in the city. Hours after, Mix lay dead under his famed Cord convertible at a washed-out bridge along Highway 79 on the way to Florence. He was 60 years old.
Cowboy film star's death car restored in Arizona
Tom Mix - Wikipedia
