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Ten
Things You Should Know About
Texan
Dan Blocker
AKA "Hoss" Cartwright
by John Troesser |
Ten small facts
about everyone's favorite Cartwright.
1. His birth name was Bobby Don Blocker.
2. Born in DeKalb,
Texas - he was raised in O'Donnell
from age six.
3. At 14 pounds - he was the largest baby ever born in Bowie
County.
4. He was sent to military school in San
Antonio at the age of 12.
5. He once taught school for a few years in
Sonora, Texas.
6. He was an Infantry
sergeant during the Korean War.
7. He had a Master's Degree in Drama from
Sul Ross in Alpine, Texas.
8. He married his college sweetheart, Dolphia Lee Parker.
9. He was
a part owner in the Bonanza Restaurant Chain.
10. He died of complications
from an operation in 1972. |
Chuck
Miklos and Dan
Blocker
Photo courtesy of Frank Miklos |
Dan
Blocker's grave in the Woodsmen Cemetery, near downtown DeKalb.
Photo courtesy of John DeBusk |
Mary
A. Blocker tombstone
Photo courtesy of John DeBusk |
First published
June 2001
©
John Troesser
Gleaned from The Handbook of Texas Online.
Our special
thanks to John DeBusk, Frank Miklos and Ken Rudine for supplying the above photographs.
Dan
Blocker ForumDan
Blocker was in the Korean war with my father. I have attached a photo of Dan and
three other men from their company. My dad and Dan met a number of years later
when Dan was in Pittsburgh on a promotional tour for Bonanza. - Frank Miklos,
November 01, 2002
I
went to Sul Ross College and was in many classes, and out of class, with Dan and
he was a very dear friend and beer drinking buddy of mine. I was also a classmate
of his wife Dolphia's sister Elaine Parker all thru grade and high school. TOP
PEOPLE!! I never get enough hearing or reading of them. Keep it up. Sincerely,
J. Frank Woodward, Alpine, Texas. Now of El Paso, Texas, June 05, 2001 |
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