Livestock • Inducted 1998 Miss Klamath is remembered as the undisputed queen of saddle broncs in the early 1950s. An unknown when she first started bucking, Miss Klamath soon developed a reputation for unseating all riders. Bronc riders of the era wondered if anyone would ever make a qualified ride on...
Contract Personnel • Inducted 1998 Andy Womack was a successful Phoenix building contractor who developed and built the largest single housing project in Arizona using the assembly line process. His stint as three-time chairman of the Jaycees Rodeo of Rodeos in Phoenix sparked his interest in the sport, where he developed close friendships with clowns Jasbo...
Lifetime Achievement • Inducted 1998 Sonny Linger has spent nearly his entire life in rodeo, from his days as a contestant in the 1940s to his four decades of effort at the Wrangler National Finals Rodeo as the chute boss and then the livestock superintendent. His great ability with animals will...
Rodeo Notable • Inducted 1998 The Justin name has been synonymous with the cowboy boot for more than a century. John Justin began his career in the family business at age 6, putting laces in 16-inch lace-up boots, for no pay. In the early 1950s, his lifelong dream of running the...
Bareback Riding • Inducted 1998 Marvin Garrett told his fourth grade teacher he wanted to be a cowboy when he grew up. To prove it, he began riding steers when he was 12. However, his mother altered the course of history when she said he couldn’t be a bull rider (at...
Steer Wrestling • Inducted 1998 Although his birth certificate says Scott Berry, everyone in rodeo knows him as Ote, thanks to his sister who gave him his nickname as a toddler. She thought that her brother walked like a television comic character named Otis, which was shortened to Ote. Berry, born...
