Texas Cowboy Hall of Fame Ranch Rodeo at Cowtown Coliseum

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Ohosted by Red Steagall On a normal year, The Fort Worth Stock& 24th at the Historic Cowtown Coliyards takes a step back in time during the seum in the Fort Worth Stockyards. last weekend each October with the Red Real working cowboys and cowgirls Steagall Cowboy Gathering and Ranch from 30 legendary ranches battle for bragRodeo. For nearly 3 decades, visitors have gin’ rights and big bucks at the Texas Cowenjoyed the unique look into events that boy Hall of Fame Ranch Rodeo. Events deare inspired from work on the ranch. This year, things have changed with COVID 19. Although the Cowboy Gathering with the trade show, western swing music, cowboy poetry and chuckwagon cookoff have been postponed until 2021, The Texas Cowboy Hall of Fame will keep part of the celebration of western heritage alive but scaled back to meet the Governors restrictions and safe distancing. The Texas Cowboy Hall of Fame Ranch Rodeo will be hosted by Red Steagall October 23rd pict everyday work on the ranch including Ranch Bronc Riding, Wild Cow Milking, Ranch Girls Breakaway Roping, Maverick Branding, and Team Doctoring. Cowtown Coliseum was built in 1908 and was the home of the World’s first indoor rodeo. It was the original home of the Fort Worth Stock Show and Rodeo, and also hosted concerts by Enrico Caruso

and Elvis Presley. Cowtown Coliseum is the only venue that hosts rodeo events every weekend year-round. Now under the management of Stockyards Heritage Development Co., Cowtown Coliseum is ex

panding the focus on western heritage and rodeo activation. Stockyards Heritage has restored the historic Mule Barns and created new shopping and dining opportunities. The Drover Hotel is slated to open in January 2021.

The Texas Cowboy Hall of Fame located in the historic Exhibit building in the Stockyards celebrates those who have shown excellence in competition, business and support of rodeo and western lifestyle in Texas. More than 140 Cowboys and Cowgirls, Ranchers, Artists and Entertainers have their personal mementos on display in individual booths. George Strait, Tuff Hedeman, Roy Cooper,

Walt Garrison, Willie Nelson, Lane Frost and Red Steagall are among the honorees. The Texas Cowboy Hall of Fame is open Thursday thru Sunday and for special events. www.tchof.com. It’s a 501(c)(3) non profit, and proceeds of the Ranch Rodeo benefit the Texas Cowboy Hall of Fame.

Tickets to the Texas Cowboy Hall of Fame Ranch Rodeo are on sale now at the Cowtown Coliseum Box Office or online at www.StockyardsRodeo.com. The Texas Cowboy Hall of Fame Ranch Rodeo will be televised by The Cowboy Channel, which makes its home in the Fort Worth Stockyards.

Working together with Stockyards Heritage and Cowtown Coliseum, The Texas Cowboy Hall of Fame Ranch Rodeo hosted by Red Steagall invites you to help us continue to celebrate the Western Lifestyle. Tickets on sale at Cowtown Coliseum Box Office or www.StockyardsRodeo.com Go Rounds: Friday, October 23rd at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, October 24th at 1:30 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. Tickets: $30 Adults, $15 Kids (12 and under) General Admission, $50 VIP Reserved, available at the Coliseum Box Office or www.StockyardsRodeo.com Television: Taped for national broadcast by Cowboy Channel and RFD-TV Presented by: Stockyards Heritage Development Co. Sponsored by: King Ranch, Lucchese, Stockyards Public Improvement District #11, Cavender’s, Budweiser, Tony Lama, American Hat Company, M.L Leddy’s, Panhandle Western Wear, Debbie Garrison, American Paint Horse Association

About the photographer Peter Robbins

My passion has been to document the cowboys life and times over the past twenty years. In the 1980s I did war correspondence in Central America and realized I didn’t like being a voyeur in other peoples life (usually their misery), so when Rancher Tom Moorhouse wanted me to photograph their work on the ranch, he insisted I help as well. I told him I wasn’t a cowboy, he said he could fix that. So after twenty years of working on and photographing ranches and cowhands, I have a lot of dear friends and have watched a lot of young men and women grow up to be

outstanding horseman and cowboys. Parke Greeson, the man in this photo is one of those people , like many of the ranch bronc riders in Red’s rodeo. I have watched him grow to be an outstanding man. I love being on the arena floor when they open the gates and get a low angle of the bronc ride. Peter Robbins Fine Art and Photography www.peterrobbinsart.com.