Fallbrook can still celebrate Roy Rogers centennial

Although Fallbrook’s connection with Roy Rogers was not a positive one, the Rogers family does not object to the Friendly Village commemorating the Roy Rogers centennial.

In August 1964 Rogers’ 12-year-old daughter was killed in a traffic accident on U.S. Highway 101 through San Onofre which also took the lives of six Fallbrook family members. The husband of one of Rogers’ granddaughters indicated that the tragedy should not prevent Fallbrook from celebrating the Roy Rogers centennial. “There’s no harm,” he said.

The Roy Rogers centennial began late last year, as Roy Rogers was born in Cincinn...