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Steamboat: Wyoming’s Wildest Resident
It’s Cheyenne Frontier Days, so a great opportunity to talk about one of the quintessential Wyoming images: a cowboy on a bucking bronc. Wyoming’s original bucking bronc was a horse named Steamboat. His origin story is a bit murky. Some … Continue reading
Posted in Agricultural history, Livestock industry, Rodeo history, Uncategorized, University of Wyoming history, Wyoming history, Wyoming History Day
Tagged Albany County Fair, Bucking broncos, Cheyenne Frontier Days, Cowboy Culture, Frontier Life, Guy Holt, Rodeo cowboys, Rodeo History, Steamboat, University of Wyoming College of Agriculture and Natural Resources, University of Wyoming history
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Joseph S. Palen: Cheyenne Frontier Days Chronicler
If you’re interested in the history of Cheyenne Frontier Days (CFD), a great place to start is the J. S. Palen papers at the American Heritage Center. Born in 1912 in Salina, Kansas, Palen became fascinated with cowboy culture at … Continue reading
All Things Wyoming: The Wyoming Pioneers Oral History Project
In 2014, the American Heritage Center completed a project funded by a generous grant from the Wyoming Cultural Trust Fund. The largest part of the project was to digitize the Wyoming Pioneers Oral History interviews which were recorded during the … Continue reading