Livestock • Inducted 2015 Travis Tryan’s Precious Speck, best known as “Walt,” is widely recognized as one of the best horses ever to carry a team roping header into an arena. Walt was voted the American Quarter Horse Association/PRCA Team Roping Head Horse of the Year four times, in 2003 and then from...
Sidney, Iowa • Inducted 2015 In 1923, brothers Henry and Earl Tackett – just back from the wilds of Wyoming – decided to entertain visitors attending the Old Soldiers Reunion in Sidney with some real Western-style action. A circle was formed with Model T cars and makeshift fencing, and the Tacketts...
Red Bluff, California • Inducted 2015 Founded in the fall of 1921 as an adjunct to the Tehama County Fair, the Red Bluff Round-Up was the first Northern California rodeo to join the Cowboys’ Turtle Association – precursor to the PRCA – and has overcome interruptions due to hoof-and-mouth disease, The...
All-Around • Inducted 2015 Tom Nesmith, a soft-spoken Oklahoma cowboy who was recognized as one of the most technically sound cowboys of his era, competed at an elite level as both a steer wrestler and tie-down roper for more than a decade, winning two gold buckles and qualifying nine times for the...
Contract Personnel • Inducted 2015 *Inducted as a pair with Byron Hendricks. The Hendricks Brothers – identical twins Byron and Lee – entertained rodeo audiences from 1940 into the mid-1960s, with a variety of acts that included daredevil Roman riding, bridle-less jumps, dancing horses and dogs. The Flying Twins Act, with Byron and...
Contract Personnel • Inducted 2015 *Inducted as a pair with Lee Hendricks. The Hendricks Brothers – identical twins Byron and Lee – entertained rodeo audiences from 1940 into the mid-1960s, with a variety of acts that included daredevil Roman riding, bridle-less jumps, dancing horses and dogs. The Flying Twins Act, with Byron and Lee...
Notable • Inducted 2015 Jack Hannum was a five-time qualifier for the National Finals Rodeo and a longtime administrator with the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association. He is largely credited with elevating the PRCA judging system to the major-league level. Hannum made his big breakthrough as a competitor in his first full year on...
Guymon, Oklahoma • Inducted 2015 The Pioneer Days Celebration has its roots in the Depression era of the early 1930s, when Guymon, Okla., was the epicenter of the “Dust Bowl.” City fathers were looking for a way to bring visitors to town, and a reason to celebrate in the midst of...
Bareback Riding • Inducted 2015 Throughout his long ProRodeo career, Mark Garrett was known for his ability to perform under pressure, and that was never more evident than when he won his only gold buckle with a clutch ride in Round 10 at the 1996 National Finals Rodeo in Las Vegas. His...
Steer Wrestling • Inducted 2003 Louisiana cowboy Steve Duhon was a son of a horse trainer and part-time rodeo contestant. He became interested in horses when he was 5 years old, and it was that interest in horses and rodeo that led Duhon to a crossroads. He had to choose between...
