# Hollis Boyd

Hollis makes the wager that starts the peach run. The local tycoon holds court in the downtown square.

Character · Fictional · Established

Stable ID: `southern-highway-1977-hollis-boyd` · Revision 1 · Updated 2026-10-30

Context: [Southern Highway, 1977](/field-guide/collections/southern-highway-1977/)

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## At a glance

- fictional portly adult man about fifty-five, light ruddy skin, jowly self-satisfied grin, silver hair, generic forgettable everyman features

- Loud, backslapping, theatrical Southern big-talk; makes everything a bet and a show.

## Appearances

- [Southern Highway, 1977](/research/johns-world/johns-world-new-1977-microverse.html) (context: [Southern Highway, 1977](/field-guide/collections/southern-highway-1977/))

## Sources

- Unpublished source notes: Southern Highway, 1977: character.json (revision sha256:684875500f4a69c4e0566513710c9722c398ca828fee1bcd3fc460f3cd02e369)

## Reference library

### Source reference

![Hollis Boyd: life reference.png](/field-guide/assets/imported/universe-southern-highway-1977-characters-hollis-boyd-life-reference-a74aba8673.png)

Existing source reference for Hollis Boyd.

[Download original](/field-guide/assets/imported/universe-southern-highway-1977-characters-hollis-boyd-life-reference-a74aba8673.png) · Unpublished source notes: Southern Highway, 1977: life\_reference.png · v1 · SHA-256: `a74aba86739b779f4248cea94174128a5c07db9e785416b068109fc78fc3855b`