Tom Mix was one of the biggest film stars of the silent picture era and Hollywood's first western star. He made 291 films in his career and both John Wayne and Ronald Reagan based their cowboy performances on him. On October 12, 1940, Mix was involved in a single car accident on Highway 80 in Arizona that ended his life. In this video we travel to the monument in central Arizona dedicated to Mix and check out the wash where the car accident that killed him happened.

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