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The ProRodeo Hall of Fame is a hall of fame dedicated to the preservation of rodeo artifacts and continued interest in the sport. It is located in Colorado Springs, Colorado, and run by the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association's board. It claims to be the "only museum in the world devoted exclusively to the sport of rodeo."[1]

The museum opened in August 1979. It was closed in January 2005 due to financial issues,[2] but reopened again on April 9, 2005.[3] It gets 40,000–50,000 visitors each year.

Inductees

Human

Horse

  • Steamboat, a gelding bronco, inducted 1979; it is the model of the Wyoming state trademark, Bucking Horse and Rider, with the rider having been Clayton Danks, a Nebraska native who died in 1970 in Thermopolis Wyoming.[4] inducted 1979
  • Scamper, barrel racing. inducted 1996.[5]
  • Midnight , saddle bronc.inducted in 1979
  • Gray Wolf , sire, many of the best bucking horses today decend from gray wolf. inducted 2016
  • War Paint, saddle bronc, 3 time bucking horse of the year. inducted 2011
  • Decent, saddle bronc, despite a injury at the beginning of the 70s he returned to win his 5th and 6th time bucking horse of the year. inducted 1979
  • Scottie, Steer Wrestling, If you had to choose a horse to catch a steer so you could pin it down Scottie would be a neer perfect mount. The chestnut gelding was able to take 3 cowboys to 4 world championships. Many people liked him for the fact that he did not tire up easily, enabling multiple cowboys to show him in quick succession.

Bull

  • Bodacious, bull riding, The only PBR and PRCA world champion and the inaugural champ bull of the PBR. inducted in 1999.[6][7]
  • Skoals Pacific Bell, bull riding, only being ridden 5 times in 150 outs he also was the only 3 time PRCA world champion bull in history. inducted in 2007
  • Tornado, bull riding, bucking off 220 cowboys before being ridden by freckles brown. inducted 1979
  • Red Rock, bull riding,Unridden in 309 outs in his pro rodeo carrier (though he was ridden by lane frost in 1988 it was not actully a event). inducted 1990
  • Oscar, bull riding, in 300 only 8 riders rode him including Don Gay 3 times (2 times he was ridden for 97pts), as well he then became a legend in breeding. In fact the legendary Bushwhacker and many other great bulls come from Oscar. Also he was featured in disney documentary film The Great American Cowboy. inducted in 1979
  • Old Spec, bull riding, ridden 7 times in 350 outs.inducted 1979

See also

References

  1. ^ ProRodeo Hall of Fame
  2. ^ Article from the San Francisco Chronicle's website
  3. ^ Article from American Western magazine
  4. ^ "Questions & Answers". lemen.com. Retrieved September 23, 2013.
  5. ^ Pro-Rodeo Hall of Fame, Scamper, retrieved April 27, 2011.
  6. ^ Life and Times of a Superstar
  7. ^ Tuff Hedeman vs. Bodacious
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