Edmund R. Gibson

(1892-1962) born at Tekamah, Burt County. Cowboy and motion picture actor, considered one of three cowboy stars of the 1920s, he performed his own stunts, appeared in 200 silent films and 75 talkies, competed in rodeos and played in Wild West shows, was World's All Around Cowboy Champion in 1912. Consult New York Times obituary, August 24, 1962, p. 25 and Lee O. Miller, The Great Cowboy Stars of Movies and Television (Arlington House, 1979) 271-275 and Sunday /Omaha/ World Herald Magazine of the Midlands, January 14, 1990, p. 16 and American National Biography, Vol 8 (1999) 932-933.

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