Wyoming cowgirl Prairie Rose Henderson broke through the glass ceiling when she won the first Cheyenne Frontier Days race for women on August 23, 1899. The outdoor rodeo is still going strong and draws top professionals competing for more than a million dollars.
– True West Archives –
Born in Fredericksburg, Texas, in 1857, Buck Taylor found himself a protégé on Buffalo Bill Cody’s Nebraska ranch; he ended up performing cowboy stunts in the Wild West show arena under the billing “King of the Cowboys.”
– Courtesy Robert G. McCubbin Collection –
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