A fiery horse with the speed of light, a cloud of dust and a hearty "Hi Yo Silver!" The Lone Ranger. "Hi Yo Silver, Away!" with his faithful companion Tonto, the daring and resourceful masked rider of the plains, led the fight for law and order in the early west. Return with us now to those thrilling days of yesteryear. The Lone Ranger rides again.

Cowboys were the heroes of many baby boomers. On saturday mornings the TV was the babysitter for a generation. Kids everywhere loved cowboys and cartoons. One of the most well known cowboys was "The Lone Ranger" with his faithful companion, Tonto. Clayton Moore was "The Lone Ranger", not just an actor, he was a hero. To millions of baby boomers he was it and no one will ever be able to change their minds about their hero.

Clayton Moore was born September 14, 1914 in Chicago, IL. Jack Carlton Moore. As a kid he was known to his friends as Jack and later in Hollywood he was called Clay by his friends. Moore was the youngest of three boys. He was born into a middle class family and had many fond memories of growing with his brothers.

Moore knew he wanted to be a cowboy from the time he was a young boy. However, his road to becoming a matinee idol had many turns. He did some modeling for awhile in New York with one of his brothers, he even worked in a trapeze act during the 1934 World's Fair in Chicago.

In New York he found his way into acting. Once he caught the bug, he soon headed to Hollywood. In his early days in Hollywood he found work as a extra and sometimes even a stuntman. In 1949, he received the role of the Lone Ranger and played the Lone Ranger until the 1950's. He appeared in 169 episodes of the Lone Ranger and two movie features .

It 1956 the Lone Ranger changed over to a new technology--color