ProRodeo Hall of Fame has been approved to operate as a 5 Star Certified Business in El Paso, County, Colorado. This certification will apply to the museum and our indoor event venues. The program encourages businesses to implement safety measures beyond what is already required by public health orders and...
ProRodeo Hall of Famer Paul Mayo, whose style of bareback riding revolutionized the sport, passed away Jan. 24 in Stephenville, Texas. He was 78. A two-time bareback riding world champion and 12-time National Finals Rodeo qualifier, Mayo was inducted into the ProRodeo Hall of Fame in Colorado Springs, Colo., in...
ProRodeo Hall of Famer Leo Camarillo passed away Dec. 30 at the age of 74 in Chandler, Ariz. Camarillo, a five-time world champion – team roping in 1972-73, 1975 and 1983, and all-around in 1975 – was inducted with the inaugural 1979 ProRodeo Hall of Fame class in Colorado Springs,...
A masquerade ball with a Western flair wasn't the image Bob Tallman had in mind for the night he'd be recognized as the 2020 Legend of ProRodeo. But as the "biggest honky tonk in the world" filled with what appeared to be 2020's version of a bunch of masked bandits,...
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – ProRodeo Hall of Fame announcer Bob Tallman has been named the 2020 Legend of ProRodeo. Tallman will be honored at the Wrangler Gold Buckle Gala on Nov. 30 at Billy Bob’s Texas in Fort Worth. “I’ve been the host of the Legend of ProRodeo event three or...
ProRodeo Hall of Famer Walt Arnold passes away World champion steer roper Walt Arnold, a member of the ProRodeo Hall of Fame, passed away Aug. 14 in Silverton, Texas. He was 81. A rancher all his life and a talented horse trainer, Arnold didn’t compete full time in rodeo until he...
It is with great sadness that the ProRodeo Hall of Fame and Museum of the American Cowboy announces today that the Class of 2020 Induction Ceremony and associated activities will be cancelled due to the extreme restrictions placed on events in Colorado from the COVID-19 pandemic. We are so...
The ProRodeo Hall of Fame and Museum of the American Cowboy will reopen its doors to visitors once again on Monday, June 22, 91 days after closing due to the corona virus lock down. The museum will adhere to the health and safety guidelines approved by the El Paso...
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – Renowned bareback horse Grated Coconut of Calgary Stampede headlines an award-winning, eight-member class of inductees that will be enshrined in the ProRodeo Hall of Fame in Colorado Springs, Aug. 1. Grated Coconut, who won a PRCA-record six Bareback Horse of the Year awards, is joined by...
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – The National Park Service (NPS) on Sept. 20 announced $12.6 million in Save America’s Treasures grants to assist funding 41 preservation and conservation projects in 23 states. The ProRodeo Hall of Fame and Museum of the American Cowboy in Colorado Springs, Colo., was a National Save...
