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The Cowboy, 1965

In 1965 the Autorama was visited by a cowboy and a bear, most likely for a publicity photo. Dangerous Dan the Dinosaur, who came up from the bottom of the Cave Train pond every five minutes to look around, ignored the driver and his unusual passenger.

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