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Gene Autry

Gene Autry famously met Will Rogers while working as a telegraph operator at the railroad depot in Chelsea. After hearing Gene sing and strum his guitar, Rogers told him he was good enough to play on the radio. This chance meeting inspired Gene to pursue a music career. While the railroad depot is no longer there, as you drive through the town of Chelsea, you will cross over the railroad tracks that gave Autry one of his first jobs.