One of the things that made cowboy actor Roy Rogers so famous was his horse "Trigger".
Roy Rogers' had his faithful companion preserved by a taxidermist after its death in 1965 at the age of 30. Trigger was put on display at the Roy Rogers and Dale Evans Museum in Victorville, which was relocated to Branson, Missouri, and closed, in late 2009.
Wednesday one of America's most memorable horses was sold at auction for $266,000 in New York to owners of a Nebraska television station.
The golden palomino was featured in over one hundred movies and The Roy Rogers Show. Trigger had 150 trick cues and could walk 50 feet on his hind legs.
The horse was purchased at the Christies Auction by RFD-TV in Omaha, Nebraska. The station announced plans to acquire more Roy Rogers and Dale Evans memorabilia at the auction and open a museum.
Items at the auction came from the now-closed Roy Rogers and Dale Evans Museum in Branson, Missouri.
