Denver, Colorado • Inducted 2008 The first Denver rodeo was staged in January 1932, becoming part of the Livestock and Horse Show, which began in 1906. It has been held each January since 1952 in the Denver Coliseum and draws more than 700,000 spectators to the 16-day event. It is one of the...
Colorado Springs, Colorado • Inducted 2008 The Pikes Peak or Bust Rodeo was first staged in July 1937 by businessman, civic activist and philanthropist Spencer Penrose, in a stadium on the grounds of the Broadmoor Hotel that Penrose named for humorist Will Rogers. It was originally known as the Will Rogers Rodeo,...
Cheyenne, Wyoming • Inducted 2008 “Daddy of ‘em All” Cheyenne Frontier Days was first staged as a one-day event in September 1897. The world’s largest outdoor rodeo and Western celebration, Cheyenne lasts 10 days in Frontier Park each year, centered on the last full week in July. It draws an estimated 300,000 people to...
Calgary, Alberta • Inducted 2008 "The Greatest Outdoor Show on Earth." The Calgary Stampede was first stage in September 1912, the vision of American Wild West show performer Guy Weadick. Held over 10 days each July in Stampede Park, the Calgary Stampede is a non-profit festival, exhibition, and rodeo, which draws more than...
Steer Roping • Inducted 2008 A natural life-hander, Shaun Burchett was taught to rope right-handed by his father, Randy, “because steer roping is not a left-handed world,” and he adapted so well that he would prove to be one of the most talented young steer ropers the sport has ever seen....
Contract Personnel • Inducted 2008 *Inducted as a pair with Leon Adams. For parts of five decades, the husband-and-wife team of Leon and Vicki Adams entertained rodeo fans all over the world with their horsemanship, innovative flair and skill in training animals. Leon Adams received the PRCA Specialty Act of the Year...
Contract Personnel • Inducted 2008 *Inducted as a pair with Vickie Adams. For parts of five decades, the husband-and-wife team of Leon and Vicki Adams entertained rodeo fans all over the world with their horsemanship, innovative flair and skill in training animals. Leon Adams received the PRCA Specialty Act of the Year...
Livestock • Inducted 2007 Skoal Pacific Bell was raised on the Russell Ranch in Folsom, Calif., and earned the name Pacific Bell shortly after he became a bucking bull at age 4 when it became apparent that he liked to throw back his head while bucking as if he wanted to...
Bull Riding • Inducted 2007 Ronnie Rossen once told a reporter that “I just went out there with the idea of ‘Don’t let go’ that’s probably why I have so many scars on my face, I never let go when I should have.” Scars or no, it was Rossen’s brutal, unrelenting approach...
Saddle Bronc Riding • Inducted 2007 Coaching from Bill Smith, Mel Hyland and later from his brother-in-law 1977 World Saddle Bronc champion J.C. Bonine got Bud Munroe off on the fast track to a career in rodeo. It was talent and hard work that turned him into one of the most...
