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Vol. 15, No. 2 • June 2010
The Official Publication Of The North Dakota Cowboy Hall of Fame
What’s inside: 2010 Induction Details pages 3 & 5 NDCHF America's Best Cowboy Museum for 2010 National Award page 6 Gun Road Show & Clint Eastwood's 44 Magnum Exhibit page 6 Inductee Bios pages 10-15 Native American Gallery pages 18-19 Plaques & Obits pages 20-21 Gifts, Dues & Memorials pages 23-25 Medora Season Schedule page 30
- 2010 Induction Issue - 2010 America's Cowboy Museum of the Year - Off & running at Chippewa Downs
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North Dakota Cowboy Hall of Fame Helping Preserve Yesterday and Today for Tomorrow
Matt Crowley
Howard Wanna
Russ Silha
2010 NDCHF Inductions
Friday, June 25 Patio, Center of Western Heritage and Cultures, Medora Social Hour 5:00 p.m. MDT
Double Jeopardy Banquet & Program 7:00 p.m.
Lee Selland
Bob "Aber" Abernethy
Dance 8:30 p.m.
Saturday, June 26 Induction Ceremony Tjaden Terrace, Medora
Taylor Ranch
10:00 a.m. MDT Trustees meeting 12:00 p.m. Musical entertainment
Bob Rindt
Rex Cook
Minot Daily News Photo
1:00 p.m. Welcome - Phil Baird Invocation – Bob Tibor Keynote Speaker Introduction of Ranching Honorees Introduction of Leaders of Ranching & Rodeo Honoree Introduction of Arts & Entertainment Honoree Introduction of Rodeo Honorees Closing – Phil Baird
John "Buzz" Fredericks Jr.
Pre-1940 Ranching MATT CROWLEY
Modern-era Rodeo JOHN “BUZZ” FREDERICKS JR.
Modern-era Ranching RUSS SILHA
Rodeo Arena BOB “ABER” ABERNETHY
Ranch TAYLOR RANCH
Rodeo Livestock DOUBLE JEOPARDY
Pre-1940 Rodeo HOWARD WANNA
Arts and Entertainment ROBERT “COWBOY BOB” RINDT
Modern-era Rodeo LEE SELLAND
Leaders of Ranching and Rodeo REX COOK
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NORTH DAKOTA COWBOY HALL OF FAME
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NDCHF hosts book signing
Executive Director . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Darrell Dorgan Medora Site Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kathy Miller
Board of Directors
Dear Members and Friends: At the 15th anniversary celebration during this year’s Annual meeting, someone asked me what our Board sees coming down the road. The Hall’s five-year strategic plan that we already have in place makes that question easy to answer. First, after we pay off our construction bonds, a second capital campaign will be mounted to expand the exhibit space in Medora. We’ve already had several inquiries about donating some valuable western collections, including North Dakota rodeo photos by Howard Bubel. We need the added space to capitalize on these opportunities. The Hall would like to create a librarian/curator position to dig into our current archival materials. There is an immediate need to do inventory, cataloguing and electronic storage. By linking the archives with our website, the children and grandchildren of the future will gain access to historic information about the western heritage and accomplishments of their families. We want to take the Hall “on the road” across the state and beyond, conducting educational and history workshops, while also showcasing pieces of our Robert Scriver sculpture collection now in storage at Dickinson State University. To do this, the Board could maybe acquire a bus or van with a “classroom-on-wheels” trailer cruising through our Trustees’ districts. The vehicle could be powered with renewable biofuels.
There is an urgent need to collect oral histories among the state’s ranching and rodeo communities, as the storytellers are getting older. We foresee partnerships with museums, colleges and universities to coordinate on-site interviews and share media resources. Gathering these stories would then support a proposed NDCHF western publishing house. With all of the rodeo history research I’ve done, I’m very interested in seeing this particular goal accomplished. Well, these are a few of the lofty ideas in the Hall’s strategic plan. This is what the Board sees down the road, and we can make this happen, folks, with our collective minds, energies and commitments. But first things first. This year’s annual Induction ceremony is set for Saturday, June 26, in Medora. Once again, the Trustees have done their job well and selected a great slate of honorees to be recognized. Please come and help us congratulate those who will be inducted into the NDCHF’s Hall of Honorees. The spirits of those who walked before us, along with the panoramic Badlands view from the Tjaden Terrace, make this event a truly memorable experience. With the introduction of this season’s new Dakota exhibit at the Hall, it seems appropriate to say “Wopida tanka! Mitakuye oyasin.” Many thanks for all of your support all year long. Phil Baird, President
President. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Phil Baird, Mandan Vice-president . . . . . . . . . . . . Robert Tibor, Hebron Secretary/Treasurer. . Russell Danielson, Harwood Virginia Eck . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bismarck Laura Griffin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Medora Shirley Meyer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dickinson Ray Morrell. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mandan Walter Piehl, Jr. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Minot Ross Rolshoven . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Grand Forks Willard Schnell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dickinson Roxanne Solberg-Gillespie. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . York Arlen Sommers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Valley City
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Editorial Advisory Committee Phil Baird Ray Morrell Robert Tibor Send Letters, Address Changes, Memberships and Contributions to: Bismarck Office: 120 N. 3rd St., Ste. 85 Bismarck, ND 58501-3860 Phone: 701-250-1833 Fax: 701-250-1835 Medora Office: PO Box 137 Medora, ND 58645-0137 Phone: 701-623-2000 Fax: 701-623-2001 Website: www.northdakotacowboy.com E-mail: info@northdakotacowboy.com
Vision People of all Nations and cultures will come to understand and appreciate North Dakota’s ranching, rodeo and Native American cultures through the North Dakota Cowboy Hall of Fame.
Mission Statement The North Dakota Cowboy Hall of Fame will strive to preserve and educate about the western history and cultural heritages of North Dakota’s Native American, ranching and rodeo communities.
Operating Hours May-Sept. 10 a.m.-8 p.m. MDT. Oct.-Apr. Open upon request.
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N otes from darrell
NDCHF hosts book signing
2010 is starting out to be an exciting year. Being named the best cowboy museum in the country by the American Cowboy Culture Awards is a major event. It validates what we committed to doing years ago--saving the Plains horse culture and the stories that go with it. How did we end up winning the award previously won by the National Cowboy Hall of Fame in Oklahoma? Sylvia Mahoney has been involved with the National Cowboy Symposium and Celebration for several years.
the Mexican border, and Sylvia and fellow Rotarians were committed to marking the trail from Texas to Mexico.
Lubbock. The National Cowboy Symposium and Celebration is a major four-day celebration, and I’d like you to consider joining us.
It came through Medora, and local Rotarians decided the marker for this segment of the trail should be at the Hall of Fame.
Satrom Tour and Travel, Bismarck, is arranging a special tour for anyone who wants to make the trip. Think about it--four days of great music, cowboy poetry, chuck wagon cookoffs and a symposium on western history and culture.
When we dedicated the monument, we had the Governor and other local dignitaries on hand to meet with the visiting Texans. Sylvia and her friends seemed fascinated with what we were doing to preserve yesterday and today for tomorrow. I put them on our mailing list, and the monument sits proudly at the Hall of Fame with flags flying, a plaque tells the story of the Western Trail.
A couple of years ago, she and two others from a Texas service club came to the Hall of Fame to dedicate a marker for the Western Trail.
Unknown to us, Sylvia nominated us for the award to be presented in Lubbock, Texas. I was shocked and gratified when I got the call.
The Western Trail was one of the major cattle trails that began along
We will be formally presented with the award on September 9 in
Induction plans under way Make your plans now to attend the 2010 Induction ceremony and activities in Medora on June 25-26.
is scheduled for noon, with the keynote speaker and the Induction ceremony following at 1:00 p.m.
The two-day gathering begins on Friday evening, June 25, with a social, banquet and dance on the NDCHF patio.
All horse raffle tickets stubs and money must be turned in before the Induction ceremony starts. The horse raffle drawing will be held immediately following the Induction.
Reservations are required and can be made by calling the Cowboy Hall of Fame in Medora (701-623-2000). On June 26, the event begins with a Trustees meeting at 10:00 a.m. MDT on the Tjaden Terrace. Entertainment
It’s going to be a great time, and I’d like you to be there. You helped build the Hall of Fame; time to come along and take a bow. I also hope to see you in Medora the last weekend in June for our annual Induction program. We have 10 new inductees, and activities begin with the banquet on Friday night on the NDCHF patio and continues with the Induction program on Saturday. Come to Medora, kick up your heels and then pack the saddle bags for the trip to Lubbock in September. Darrell
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HALL OF FAME
receives national award There is a lot of excitement at the North Dakota Cowboy Hall of Fame these days—the organization was recently named the 2010 National Cowboy Museum of the Year. The prestigious award will be presented as part of the American Cowboy Culture Award for Museums during the September 9-12 National Cowboy Symposium and Celebration in Lubbock, Texas. NDCHF Executive Director Darrell
Dorgan says, “This is a huge honor for the Cowboy Hall of Fame. It ranks us among such nationally know museums as the National Cowboy Hall of Fame and Western Heritage Center in Oklahoma City, the Autry Museum in Los Angeles and the Buffalo Bill Historical Center in Cody, Wyoming. In the award nomination, Sylvia Mahoney of the Great Western Trail organization said the Cowboy Hall of Fame was contributing in many ways
to the preservation and promotion of the Western Heritage. Dorgan says, “We are organizing a group tour to Lubbock for the award presentation. Hall of Fame members and friends are invited to join us on the trip.” Reservations for the Lubbock trip can be made through Satrom Travel and Tour, Bismarck, at 1-800-8338787, 701-258-5000 or brenda.rogerson@satromtravel.com.
GUN ROAD SHOW COMING
The NDCHF is pleased to again host a Gun Road Show on June 12-13 at the Cowboy Hall of Fame, Medora. Doug Wicklund, one of the nation’s top firearms experts, will be available to examine people’s firearms and appraise them. Wicklund, with the National Rifle Association’s National Firearms Museum in Fairfax, Virg., is in charge of the NRA’s 4,500-piece collection. At 7:00 p.m. Saturday evening,
Wicklund will also present a program on "The Guns of the West".
Harry’s famous quote, “Go ahead, make my day.”
In past years, the Gun Road Show brought hundreds of people and guns in from the Upper Midwest. At the 2009 show, Wicklund appraised one gun at $40,000.
The 2010 “Guns of Dakota” collection will again feature a .36-caliber Colt that once belonged to “Buffalo Bill” Cody.
Wicklund plans to bring with him some guns used in Clint Eastwood’s “Dirty Harry” movies. The .44 Magnum is one connected to Dirty
This incredible revolver was presented to Cody by Samuel Colt and is on loan to the Cowboy Hall of Fame from the National Rifle Association’s National Firearms Museum.
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F undraising 2010 horse raffle under way The 2010 North Dakota Cowboy Hall of Fame horse raffle is well under way and looks to be another successful NDCHF fundraising project. Proceeds from the 2010 raffle will be used to continue making improvements and additions at the Hall of Fame. Trustees and others are hard at it selling tickets and sending in checks and stubs. And more tickets are requested each week. This year, the out-of-state ticket sellers, especially those in the Rockies and Puget Sound areas, are giving the locals a run for the rifle. Our friends from the Medora Cowboy Poets Gathering are also helping sell tickets again this year, and we appreciate their efforts and support.
So far, $7,500 has been received at the Bismarck office, and those stubs are ready for the June 26 drawing in Medora.
in-law, Ron and Karen, who donated a gray filly named GR Hall of Famer for the 2010 horse raffle. Anyone else who would like to sell tickets or who want more tickets can call Judith Hammer at the Bismarck office (701-250-1833).
The NDCHF also appreciates the generosity of inductee Harris Goldsberry and his son and daughter-
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Cowboy Hall of Fame Inductee Harris Goldsberry and his son and daughter-in-law Ron and Karen have been raising some of the country’s finest Quarter horses for more than 50 years.
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a gray filly sired by the legendary Eddies Badger Skip.
Name: ___________________________________
From their beautiful 100-year-old ranch along the Little Missouri River north of Medora, they are donating this outstanding gray filly, born June 2009, for the annual NDCHF Horse Raffle. The colt is from sire Eddies Badger Skip and dam Zanna Roman. The Goldsberrys hold annual production sales and are nationally recognized for raising horses used for ranch work, pleasure riding, rodeo and showing.
Address: _________________________________ City, State, Zip: ____________________________
Money raised through this raffle will be used by the NDCHF to continue making improvements at the Center of Western Heritage and Cultures: Native American, Ranching and Rodeo in Medora, ND.
Phone No.: _______________________________ Email: ___________________________________
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HARRIS, KAREN & RON GOLDSBERRY
The drawing will be held in Medora on June 26, 2010, at 3:00 p.m. MT at the annual NDCHF inductions. You need not be present to win. Ticket holders must be 21 years of age to enter. The value of the horse is estimated at $3,000. If the winner decides to not accept the horse, the NDCHF will give the winner $1,000 in cash.
This is not a charitable donation. BILLINGS COUNTY LOTTERY PERMIT #2009-03.
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Bring in your branding iron Over 100 NDCHF ranchers have put their brands on the NDCHF patio wall over the past five years. Have you? The cost to preserve your brand for posterity is just $100 for members or $200 for non-members (which includes a one-year Ranch Boss membership). It will be there for generations to come. The Hall of Fame maintains a propane torch to heat up the branding irons. Electricity is also furnished for those who bring electric irons. Call Kathy Miller at the Cowboy Hall of Fame in Medora (701-623-2000) to arrange your branding.
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F undraising NDCHF offers original display boards The display boards, with bios, photos and brands, are in excellent condition, have been shrink wrapped and are ready to be mailed to anyone interested in purchasing them for $200 each.
Consider NDCHF license plate
The boards make great gifts for special occasions and holidays.
Twenty-seven original inductee display boards are still available for $200 each.
If you are interested in purchasing any of the remaining original boards, simply send payment to the Bismarck office or the Medora site, and we will box them and send them to you. Remaining boards include:
Ranches Eaton Bros. Custer Trail Ranch Long X Ranch VVV Ranch
Scott Gore Frank Marshall Robert McLeod Joe Wicks
Modern-era Ranching Freida Bohnsack Harris Goldsberry
Rodeo Producers George Gardner
Pre-1940 Ranching William J. “Bill” Follis Andrew Johnston Donald Stevenson William “Bill” Taylor Rodeo Livestock Old Shep Modern-era Rodeo Franklin “Tex” Appledoorn Jack Chase Delvin Reich Pre-1940 Rodeo George Bruington George Defender
Special Achievement Dickinson Match of Champions Minot Y’s Men’s Rodeo Arts & Entertainment Einar Olstad Cy Taillon Great Westerners of ND Ray Schnell Sr. Cowboy Long Rider Don Hart Leaders of Ranching & Rodeo Earl Northrop
For those who still don’t have the special NDCHF license plate, you can still order it. Executive Director Darrell Dorgan says, “The plates are being proudly displayed on vehicles all around the state and beyond. They are a fun gift idea and an excellent marketing tool for the Cowboy Hall of Fame.” Project Manager Judith Hammer says, “Remember—NDCHF gets $15 of each special license plate ordered, plus the organization receives a lot of free advertising from the plates on vehicles." You can order the special plate either through NDCHF’s Bismarck office in Bismarck or directly through the ND Department of Transportation. If you need a form, call the Bismarck office at 701-250-1833 or go to www. dot.nd.gov. Click on Applicaton for Organization Plate (SFN 54397), complete the form and mail it to the ND DOT.
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F undraising NDCHF continues sale of theater chairs
Theater chair.
Would you like to put your name or the name of a friend or loved one on a piece of the Cowboy Hall of Fame? The opportunity continues for you to honor that special someone with a chair in the NDCHF Tom Leach Theater for just $500. NDCHF Executive Director Darrell Dorgan says, “This is your chance to recognize family members, friends or yourself at the Cowboy Hall of Fame. For $500, you can have a brass plaque put on a theater chair.” He says, “There are only 12 unsold chairs left, and it will be ‘first come, first served’ for the remaining chairs.” Chairs have been purchased honoring the following: • • • • • • • • •
L. Ray Baird Paige Baker Sr. & Cora Baker Orris & Alice Bang Robert & Ruth Bayer Georgia Bosch Joe R. Bosch Almit & Marlyne Breuer (3 chairs) Henry & Margaret Breuer Vic Christensen
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Emmet & Dorothy Dorgan Alick & Grayce Dvirnak Donald & Delanis Eckroth George & Thelma Fenton Joe & Sandi Frenzel, Little Missouri Cattle, LLP Lemore & Rosella Greenshields Florence Hauer Joe Hauer Kenneth & Irene Henry Marvin L. Kaiser Arnold Krogen Rep. Theodore A. & Helen W. Lang Lynn, Bonita, & Lydia Laske (Laske Quarter Horses) Preston & Sharon Leingang C.F. Martell A. Lynn McMillan Richard Miller Jim & Jean Nesheim Evelyn Neuens Ralph
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Northrup Ernest Ramberg Randy & Russell Ressler Willard Schnell Nickadomus Senn & Lorance Wolf Kurt & Madonna (Tescher) Tibor & family L.W. Veigel 1909-1995 Mary Ellen Veigel 1911-2008 Beverly Jean Wenger
Call 701-250-1833 or 701-623-2000 for more information or to purchase a chair.
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2010 Inductees shares to get a start. Crowley drilled the first artesian water wells in the area. He married Pauline Shoemaker in 1914 and built a wood-frame house for his bride. The house had running water and a Delco plant to provide electricity. Together, they raised three cowgirls on their spread north of Hebron.
Pre-1940 Ranching
MATT CROWLEY Matt Crowley, born in southern Minn. in 1875, was the third North Dakotan to be inducted into the National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum in Oklahoma. His Irish-born parents boarded an immigrant train and moved their family to Dakota Territory in 1887, bringing along purebred registered Herefords from Iowa to start their ranching operation. After only four years of formal education, Crowley worked with his dad until 1910, when he established his own ranch near Elm Creek in Mercer County on land he purchased from the railroad. Crowley later increased his holdings by purchasing acreage from homesteaders who were leaving the area. He allowed those homesteads to revert to grasslands for pasture use. His original ranch house was only a sod shack, and he boarded cattle on
In 1933, Crowley donated 2.35 acres of land to the State Historical Society of North Dakota for the Crowley Flint Quarry State Park. He supplied horses for the Beulah rodeo for many years and did plenty of horse trading, mainly with “Badlands Bill” McCarty out of Medora. Crowley’s brands were the Lazy J and the Jumping J. Active in the Western North Dakota Stockmen’s Association, the North Dakota Farm Bureau and the American National Cattlemen, Crowley was honored by the North Dakota Agricultural College’s Saddle and Sirloin Club in 1937. Crowley served as a County Commissioner during the ‘30s and was a representative to the North Dakota State Legislature during the 1931 session. He died in 1955.
Modern-era Ranching
RUSS SILHA Francis Russel Silha (pronounced Sheelha) was born in 1924 on the family ranch northeast of Bowman. He lived there all of his life, operating the Lazy JS Ranch on his own from 1963 until his death in 1997. Silha’s son has since took over the operation and continues the family tradition of raising Corriedale sheep,
Polled Hereford cattle and American Quarter horses. He was exempted from the military in World War II because two of his brothers were already serving. In 1947, he married Frances Susag, and they raised a family of five on the Lazy JS. Silha got the rodeo bug in the late ‘40s and took part in as many local events as he could. His specialty was calf roping. Through the years, he was an active member in the Polled Hereford, Horned Hereford, American Quarter Horse, American Corriedale and North Dakota Stockmen’s associations. In 1968, the Silhas were awarded a well-deserved Soil Conservation Award. Their ranch was on the North Dakota Hereford tour several times, and Silha was named the very first North Dakota Master Purebred Sheep Producer in 1979. In January 1971, the American Polled Hereford Association gave him its Recognition Award and, in 1994, he was nominated for the AQHA Best
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Remuda Award. Silha raised and trained Border Collies for himself and others to assist in ranch duties. He served on the Bowman County Fair Board in the ‘50s and the Grainbelt Township Board for four decades. He was an enthusiastic charter member of the North Dakota Cowboy Hall of Fame. Both of his parents were born in Wisconsin and later moved to North Dakota. Ironically, Silha was in Wisconsin when he died in 1997 at age 73.
Ranch
TAYLOR RANCH The 110-year-old Taylor Ranch is situated in the sandhills of McHenry County, the third most populous cattle county in North Dakota. The four Taylor brothers arrived in Towner in 1900 from Montgomery County, Indiana. They operated a livery stable in town, a brick plant east of Towner and the cattle and horse ranch toward the southeast.
Pearl, the matriarch, had bought those Herefords with her school teaching pay and in her own name. When Pearl’s youngest son Bud turned 18, he moved back out to reclaim the family’s cattle- and horse-raising legacy. After serving in the South Pacific during World War II, Bud came back home and began ranching again. The Taylor family helped build the rodeo arena in Towner for the first RCA Rodeo in 1951. And it was the Taylor Ranch that introduced one of the area’s first registered Quarter horse studs in 1956. Ryan Taylor is the fourth generation to own and run cattle on the same place, and there’s already a fifth generation in the wings and learning the ropes. He says, “The ranch isn’t the biggest in the state, comprising 3,200 of mostly contiguous acres of sandy rangeland and native hay meadows, but it’s never been a passive investment for distant shareholders or a holding that came without great hardship and sacrifice. It’s not a farming outfit, as 90 percent of the ranch land has never been broken. It’s a cowboy outfit that’s still managed from the back of a horse.” Three significant factors to consider regarding the Taylor Ranch are: •
In 1927, part of the livery stable was moved to the ranch by teams of horses. That barn is still in use today. Cattle and horses were grazed on Taylor pastures and on unfenced and unclaimed surrounding land. The Taylors were raising registered Purebred Herefords as early as 1915 and, although a series of tragedies took the lives of the three men on the ranch within two years, their widows regrouped, put the cattle out on shares and moved into town with the children.
It’s a family homestead that was started from scratch—no railroad acres, open range or land purchases made with outside money.
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Strong, resilient ranch women persevered and kept the ranch intact.
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There are cattle in that area because there is grass and hay; grass and hay are abundant because the land is too poor for farming. Where there are cattle, there are horses to work the cattle. Where there are horses and cattle, there are cowboys and ranchers, genuine ones and good ones.
Pre-1940 Rodeo
HOWARD WANNA Howard Wanna was born on the Sisseton-Wahpeton Sioux Reservation in South Dakota in 1906. Sent off to Indian boarding school in Wahpeton, he met and became fast friends with Martin Old Dog from Fort Berthold. He found his way to Elbowoods and spent many years with the Old Dog family and at other ranches in the vicinity, doing ranch work in exchange for room and board. This entailed breaking of horses and ponies, a natural progression into the sport of rodeo. He also cared for Hereford cattle and cut hay. Wanna (often misspelled as Warner) was a familiar figure at local rodeo events in Sanish, Yucca, Beulah, Minot and Killdeer, as well as Reservation rodeos at Elbowoods, Nishu, Independence and Shell Creek. Those who knew Wanna called him “a darn good cowboy”. During the 1920s, Wanna participated in bronc riding, bareback racing, horse races and saddle horse tug of war at Fort Berthold Indian Fairs. His skills were captured by photographers Frank Fiske and Leo Harris. In fact, the photo of him on
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He has two sons who also went the cowboy way and have done well in the arena. For 32 years, he taught school in addition to sharing his horse expertise and teaching horse sense.
Sky High at the Beulah Cowboys Reunion in 1928 was used on the advertising billboard. Wanna personifies and symbolizes American Indian history of the early 20th Century. He was born during the bleakest period and his life reflects the astonishing changes and challenges faced by his people on the plains as they settled on their allotments and began cattle ranching, the buffalo and horse culture left behind. He was among the first generation of Indian cowboys, and this is his contribution to the world of rodeo and ranching. He was participating in a time before formal rodeo associations were organized so he never held office. It was a time when all of the cowboys worked together to run a rodeo–they drove the horses to the rodeo grounds, took care of them during the rodeo and helped out in other ways, all volunteer work. Wanna served in the U.S. Army in the Pacific Theater from 1942 to ‘45. While in Burma, he contracted cholera, which left him very weak. After an honorable discharge, he returned to South Dakota to recuperate. He died tragically with two other relatives in a house fire in 1949.
Modern-era Rodeo
LEE SELLAND Lee Selland was born in 1935 and raised near Steele. From 1963 to 2005, he competed in more than 650 rodeos throughout North Dakota, Montana and beyond, participating in calf roping, steer wrestling, team roping and cow cutting. Over the years, he belonged to the Rodeo Cowboys, Roughrider, Northern Plains Rodeo, North American Professional Rodeo, Professional Rodeo, U.S. Team Roping Championship and North Dakota Cutting Horse associations.
Now a retired teacher, Selland owns and operates a horse stable near Bismarck.
Modern-era Rodeo
JOHN “BUZZ” FREDERICKS JR. During his rodeo career, Selland won an impressive 22 championships around the country. In 1970, he claimed an unprecedented achievement, winning four North Dakota Rodeo Association championship saddles—calf roping, steer wrestling, team roping and allaround cowboy. Selland held offices in a number of organizations, including as president of the Bismarck Horse Club and the Steele Rodeo, North Dakota High School Rodeo and North Dakota Cutting Horse associations. He also served as director of the U.S. Team Roping Championship. He has produced and managed rodeos from Towner to Wishek and taught countless rodeo schools and judges clinics. Selland also has trained countless numbers of champion horses for the rodeo arena, including Dulce Honey Too, voted the best heeling horse in the U.S. by the team ropers and was named the champion heeling horse at the Bob Feist Invitational. Many of his students later became rodeo champions. In 1975, Selland was named North Dakota Cowboy of the Year and was chosen by the North Dakota Rough Riders Association and the State Highway Department Tourism Bureau to be featured in the state’s “roughrider” travel promotion.
John “Buzz” Fredericks Jr. lived his entire life on the Fort Berthold Reservation, save for his college years in Texas and New Mexico. Fredericks was born north of Halliday in 1933 and was just 14 years old when he rode in his first bareback competition. He went on to enter bareback, saddle bronc and steer wrestling events from 1947-‘64. During the ‘50s, Fredericks took up bull riding, steer riding and wild horse racing, closing out his rodeo days in the team roping contests during the late 1960s and ‘70s. Fredericks rodeoed throughout North Dakota and into South Dakota, Wyoming and Montana. He was a member of the Roughrider Cowboys and North Dakota Rodeo and AllIndian Rodeo associations. He also rodeoed throughout the U.S., appearing at Madison Square Garden in 1959 and at the Pendleton Roundup,
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the Truth” in New York City.
Calgary Stampede, Cheyenne Frontier Days and the Denver Stock Show during the 1950s and ‘60s.
Over the years, Aber has provided stock for many rodeos throughout North and South Dakota, Montana and Wyoming and including the National Finals Rodeo for 30 consecutive years beginning in 1966.
At the 1956 National College Finals, Fredericks was steer wrestling champion and 3rd in bareback riding. In 1957, he was the runner up in saddle bronc. During his college career, he won at the University of Arizona, Hardin-Simmons and New Mexico A&M.
He holds the record as the only pro-rodeo contractor to have the top animal in each riding event at the NFR, including Old Shep (1975 Saddle Bronc of the Year), Double Jeopardy (1977 Bareback Horse of the Year) and Top Hand (1977 NFR #1 Bull of the Year).
His RCA winnings in bareback, saddle bronc and steer wrestling came at rodeos in New Salem, Hazelton, Beulah and Killdeer, North Dakota, and at the State Line RCA rodeo and in Plentywood, Montana. Fredericks finished 9th in the nation in NIRA saddle bronc standings in 1954 and 5th in saddle bronc in 1956.
rodeo throughout his life. He was born in 1934 and raised on a ranch north of Sentinel Butte.
However, his achievements go beyond the rodeo arena. Fredericks was a school teacher, Community Action Program director and consultant in Indian education, agriculture and economic development. He owned a ranch west of Twin Buttes where he raised cattle, horses and eight children.
Aber began competing in bareback riding and joined the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association in 1953. He was the North Dakota bareback champion in 1956, 1967 and 1968. He won the All-Around at the South Dakota State Fair in Huron in 1956 and in Salt Lake City in 1957.
Fredericks was involved in the National Indian Cattleman’s Association as president from 1974‘79, American Indian Agricultural Credit Consortium as president and Board member in the 1970s and the American Quarter Horse Association. He also served on the National College Rodeo Board of Directors while participating in college rodeo. It was said that Fredericks was “a cowboy’s cowboy, hanging with the best at both ends of the arena. He never bragged, but he always showed up.” He died in 2006.
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BOB “ABER” ABERNETHY Bob “Aber” Abernethy has been intimately involved with the sport of
While sitting in the top five in the National PRCA standings in 1959, Aber was seriously injured with a fractured neck, which later contributed to his early retirement from competition.
Aber has also received seven additional plaques from the NFR for saddle broncs and bareback horses. His horse, Old Shep, was the first bucking horse inducted into the North Dakota Cowboy Hall of Fame. He is well-known for the care he provides his animals, which is instrumental in producing great rodeos. Aber has owned a ranch north of Beach since 1967, and he and his wife Sally now live in Beach.
Aber then took up rodeo judging, stock contracting and rodeo producing. He has produced the North Dakota Winter Show rodeo since 1963. Over the years, Aber has also produced the Home On The Range Champions Ride, West Fargo College Rodeo, Mandan Jaycees Rodeo, Jamestown Buffalo Days Rodeo, Dickinson Roughrider Days Rodeo and the Wolf Point (Montana) Stampede. He and Duane Howard conducted one of the first rodeo schools in the U.S. It was held in Beach, and many of the young men who attended went on to become well-known rodeo contestants. As a result of the rodeo school, the two appeared on “To Tell
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DOUBLE JEOPARDY Double Jeopardy was born in May 1970 and went to the National Finals in Oklahoma City for eight straight years from 1976-‘83.
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raising horses and Brahma cattle on his B.R. Ranch west of Sawyer. He produced his own “Wild West Shows” there for several years, one to two per year from the 1970s through the early ‘90s. He also enjoyed sharing his expertise with 4-H members and Boy Scouts and loved entertaining and teaching.
Bob Aber paid just $500 for him in 1975; the previous owner complained that the horse was no good for his purposes as he always had to walk home after Double Jeopardy bucked him off. The steed’s rodeo career got off to a fine start in Forsyth, Montana, and he appeared throughout the tri-state area, including in Cheyenne and Dickinson and at the Valley City Winter Show. Double Jeopardy was the most decorated of the Aber bucking stock. He was the first-place bareback horse at the 1977 NFR in Oklahoma City and came in third in 1978 and 1979.
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Joe Alexander, seven-time world bareback champion, said that Double Jeopardy was the rankest he ever rode. Monte Carson, out of Grassy Butte, hightailed 800 miles from another rodeo just to ride him in Ellendale. And he didn’t go home disappointed.
Living near Drake, in McHenry County, Rindt was 17 years old when he began participating in rodeos. He rode his horse 40 miles to Towner to enter a rodeo— and rode back home afterward with the $15 he won in the saddle bronc riding event.
Double Jeopardy died in 1983 after breaking a leg at the Winter Show that year. He was transported for veterinary care to Fort Collins, Colorado, but the injury could not be repaired, and Double Jeopardy had to be euthanized.
For the next 50 years, he worked between 10 and 15 rodeos each year. He and Doris once performed a specialty act for President Truman at a Missouri rodeo.
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ROBERT “COWBOY BOB” RINDT Robert Rindt was well known in North Dakota for his more than 40 years of teaching; performing rope and whip, trick shooting and tumbling acts; and producing rodeos and other entertainment shows. His wife, Doris, was his partner in many of those acts, and they were once featured in Life Magazine for a Minot State University performance. Rindt was so good with a whip that he could cut a small piece of paper out of Doris’ mouth at 15 feet. His riding tricks included hanging from the side of a horse by only one stirrup. Not limited to trick acts, he also rode saddle broncs and Brahma bulls and bulldogged steers.
Both he and Doris taught school in a number of locales from 1945‘66. Although his classroom was 6th grade, he and Doris also taught band and music. Doris was hired to teach physical education and dancing, and Rindt taught leather craft before and after school. While teaching at Fort Totten, he was affectionately called “Uncle Bob”. He was 66 years old and still roping, riding and cracking the whip. Duane Howard recalled meeting Rindt at a late-1940s Indian Fall Fair in Fort Totten. Howard says that Rindt had a trailer load of the best tack he had ever seen. Rindt hosted play days and “mount money rodeos” where Howard, among others, learned the basics of bronc riding and steer wrestling. His influence and magnanimity were lifelong gifts to countless kids. After his formal retirement from teaching, Rindt spent most of his time
Rindt was a teacher, rodeo cowboy and throwback to the wild and wooly days when “cowboys were cowboys”. He is fondly remembered by many for his contributions to North Dakota’s sport of rodeo showmanship. “Cowboy Bob” died in 1997.
Leaders of Ranching and Rodeo
REX COOK Born on his parents homestead north of Sentinel Butte in 1928, Rex Cook has come to personify the quintessential “renaissance man”. He broke his first horse at age 12 and bought his first ranch land when he was just 14, while working for his neighbor Richard Moore. After graduating from high school, he started teaching with an emergency teaching certificate at the Goldsberry Country School, 45 miles north of Medora. He entered the calf roping and wild horse race contests in his first rodeo that same year—and also announced the rodeo! The course was set: he’d
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divide his time between rodeo arenas and corrals and schoolhouses. To pay his way through college, he mastered the art of saddlemaking. To date, he’s created well over 100 saddles and was honored to demonstrate his craft on the State Capitol grounds during the 1989 centennial celebration. Before making saddles, he learned leatherwork by making bridles and belts and do leather carving. Over the years, he learned saddle making by working in a saddle shop, studying with experienced saddle makers and reading books on saddle making. Cook has received Traditional Arts Apprenticeships from the North Dakota Council on the Arts to teach saddle making to several individuals and in college classes. After a stint in the military, Cook returned to Dickinson and began a career in the Dickinson Public Schools and spent a stint as manager of the Dik-ota Clay Products Company. All the while, Cook maintained a steady interest in horsemanship and
rodeos–riding, training and selling cutting horses and promoting team roping as a rodeo event. Along with Tex Appledoorn, he produced the 1958-‘59 North Dakota Team Roping Championship in Belfield. Merle Aus and Jim Jefferies were two of his team-roping partners. His knowledge and expertise were conveyed to scores of Dickinson State College students during the 20 years he taught horsemanship classes. Cook also traveled to the Iowa State Fair to co-teach horse-training clinics. He judged countless horse shows throughout the tri-state area and as far away as North Carolina.
U.S. Team Roping and the Wrangler Roping associations. During the 2007 Dickinson Roughrider Days Rodeo, he was presented with the RodeoRancher of the Year Award. At present, Cook was the first chairman of the NDCHF Trustees and serves on the boards of the North Dakota Council on the Arts and the Theodore Roosevelt Nature & History Association. He and his wife Ann, who is also an educator, have two children and continue to reside in Dickinson.
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NDCHF Inductees (1998-2010): (P) = Pre-1940 RANCHERS 1998 Vic Christensen A.C. Huidekoper Angus Kennedy Sr. John Leakey 1999 Paige Baker Sr. John W. Goodall Frank P. Keogh 2000 Ben Bird (P) Bill Follis (P) Ole Solberg (M) 2001 Jay N. Grantier (P) Andrew Voigt (P) Frank Kubik Jr. (M) 2002 Freida Bohnsack (P) William “Bill” Taylor (P) Harris Goldsberry (M) 2003 Theodore Albers (P) Margaret Barr Roberts (P) Brooks Keogh (M) 2004 Earl Henderson (P) Jack Dahl (M) 2005 Edward S. Hall (P) Raymond “Butch” Luger (M) 2006 Andrew Johnston (P) Leonard Davis (M) 2007 Donald Stevenson (P) Jake Larson (M) 2008 William Connolly (P) Alick Dvirnak (M)
2009 Perfecto Fernandez (P) George Fenton (M) 2010 Matt Crowley (P) Russ Silha (M) RANCHES 1999 Cannonball Ranch 2000 Eaton Brothers’ Custer Trail Ranch 2001 Eaton Ranch-Towner 2002 Birdhead Ranch 2003 Nelson Sunrise Ranch 2004 Long X Ranch 2006 VVV Ranch 2008 Anchor Ranch 2010 Taylor Ranch RODEO 1998 Duane Howard Alvin Nelson Jim Tescher Tom Tescher 1999 Dean Armstrong Emanuel Chase Joe Chase Pete Fredericks 2000 Louie Pelissier (P) Gene McCormick (M) 2001 Elmer J. Clark (P) George Defender (P) Wilfred “Sonny” Ehr Jr. (M) Delvin Reich (M) 2002 George Bruington (P) Scott Gore (P) Dale Jorgenson (M) 2003 Alex LaSotta (P) Lyndon “Frank” Marshall (P) Franklin “Tex” Appledoorn (M)
(M) = Modern-era 2004 Walt Neuens (P) “Badlands Bill” McCarty (P) Jim Johnston (M) 2005 Joe Wicks (P) Alvin R. “Gabby” Gabbert (M) 2006 Robert B. “Bob” McLeod (P) John L. “Jack” Chase (M) 2007 John “Johnny” Quilliam (P) Henry “Almit” Breuer (M) Harold “Harry” Olson (M) 2008 George Charging (P) Mervel Hall (M) 2009 Melvin Griffin (P) Angus Fox (M) Brad Gjermundson (M) 2010 Howard Wanna (P) Lee Selland (M) John "Buzz" Fredericks Jr. (M) RODEO ARENA (including Rodeo Producers) 2000 Fettig Brothers Rodeo 2001 John Stevenson 2003 George Gardner 2005 Leslie “Jim” Barnhart 2005 Frank Wetzstein 2007 Samuel Rhoades 2008 Steve Tomac 2010 Bob "Aber" Abernethy RODEO LIVESTOCK 2000 Old Shep 2001 Old Fitzgerald 2002 Figure Four 2004 Whiz Bang 2006 Little Yellow Jacket 2008 Red Pepper
2010 Double Jeopardy LEADERS OF RANCHING & RODEO 2001 George M. Christensen, DVM 2001 Earl Northrop 2002 Pearl Cullen 2004 William Hamann 2006 James P. “Jim” Jefferies 2008 James F. “Jim” Weekes 2010 Rex Cook SPECIAL ACHIEVEMENT 1998 Killdeer Mountains Round-up Rodeo 1999 Dickinson Match of Champions 2000 Home On The Range Champions Ride 2001 Sanish Rodeo 2003 Minot Y’s Men’s Rodeo 2006 Mandan Rodeo 2009 50 Years in the Saddle ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT 1998 Louis L’Amour 1999 Ted Cornell 2000 James "Cy" Taillon 2001 Frank B. Fiske 2004 Einar Olstad 2007 Tibor Brothers 2010 Robert "Cowboy Bob" Rindt GREAT WESTERNER 1999 Theodore Roosevelt 2000 Ray Schnell Sr. 2001 Sakakawea 2005 Sitting Bull 2009 Arthur Link LEGACY AWARD 2005 Evelyn Neuens 2009 Willard Schnell COWBOY LONG RIDER 2006 Donald W. “Don” Hart 2009 John Hovde
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They Were Ready: The 164th Infantry in the Pacific War, 1942-1945 by Terry L. Shoptaugh and published by the 164th Infantry Association, 2010, 400 pages, hardcover
The fi Th first U U.S. S A Army unit i to take the offensive in World War II was the North Dakota National Guard. Federalized in 1940 as war loomed, they became the 164th Infantry Regiment and fought in ferocious campaigns in the Pacific against the Japanese. Probably all of us know some members of the famed 164th. We grew up with them. They came from Hettinger, Williston, Valley City, Rugby and many small towns in North Dakota, wherever there was an armory. When I was growing up, people pointed out these heroes and told about their exploits. Someone had to. The members of the 164th who survived and returned home didn’t talk about it; they simply resumed their lives. This new book, by historian Terry Shoptaugh, is important because it details some of the history of this little known band of heroes. Those heroes joined with the Marines to stop the Imperial Japanese Army on an island called Guadalcanal, where they experienced some of the toughest combat of World War II. Most of the members of the 164th came from small towns and farms across the state. Many joined the National Guard in the late 1930s for
the $1.00 they were paid for monthly drills and the $15.00 they received for their two-week summer training camp. With war on the horizon, the 164th was sent to train for one year in Louisiana. When the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, it insured the Dakota kids would not see home for years, if at all. And many of them were just kids. There are cases where kids as young as 15 joined and served. The Marines had been sent to the small South Pacific island of Guadalcanal to stem the Japanese advance toward Australia. They were barely hanging on when, in October 1942, the 164th went ashore to join the fight. Within hours, the first two were killed. Through it was tough going, the kids from North Dakota distinguished themselves and, in many cases, fought to the death. Eventually, the tide turned, and the Japanese were forced to retreat. The 164th went on to fight at Bougainville in the Philippines and in several other engagements, always distinguishing themselves. Members were in contact with the enemy for more than 600 days, and 325 were killed. They were awarded
more than 1,200 Purple Hearts, six Distinguished Service Crosses, 89 Silver Stars and 199 Bronze Stars. As the war was slowly coming to an end, one company, which was usually made up of about 100 men, from a small North Dakota community only had about 10 of their original members left. Some had been sent to serve with other units, but most were recovering from wounds or had been killed. Members of the 164th were more than Army buddies; they were also friends and neighbors who deeply missed home. Nine of the Guadalcanal survivors wrote a letter home to Rugby, telling a bit of what they’d seen, saying all they wanted was to go home and settle down for good. They wrote, “. . . In all our travels, we’ve seen many strange lands and people, and we wouldn’t trade one old beaten up, trod-on snow bank in North Dakota for all these tropical splendors.” Those who survived did come home and quietly resumed their lives as ranchers, farmers, merchants and factory workers. They raised families and seldom talked about their traumatic experiences. Those who survive today are still a quiet bunch. Author Terry Shoptaugh spent years interviewing and gathering information and stories, preserving an important part of our heritage and history. If there’s a shortcoming in this book, it’s the lack of a listing, by community, of the 164th Regiment members. There are still a few out there, and I think you would know them if their names were listed. They Were Ready: The 164th Infantry in the Pacific War, 1942-1945 can be purchased at bookstores throughout North Dakota.
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Racing part of Turtle Mountain horse culture He says, “My brother Howard and I were jockeys for many of the races, although Howard was a better rider and much more successful. In one day, he rode 15 head and won all 15 races.” Eventually Russell Davis and his friend Ed Moore got into the racing end of things and agreed to build a rodeo grounds on the Davis ranch. Jim Davis says, “That led to at least three rodeos each of the next three years. Mostly, the riders were from the North Dakota reservations.” He says, “When Howard and I finished high school and went off to college, the races on our ranch ended because my dad depended on us to help with them.” remembers that his father, Russell Davis, liked to organize community events on the Turtle Mountain Reservation where he grew up.
He says, “It was a big part of our family history and, I believe, led to many of our local Native people going into professional horse racing.”
And some families have been participating in the sport for several generations.
Jim Davis says, “He developed a half-mile race track on the our ranch and held races there almost every Saturday and sometimes on Sundays during the summer months.”
Davis says, “My grandfather, Robert Davis, was probably the first Native American in North Dakota who raced thoroughbred horses in the 1950s and ‘60s. That’s where my dad got the interest in racing.”
Informal racing provided fun weekend entertainment Home-grown, family-style horse racing developed on some of the small farms and ranches in the Turtle Mountains.
Davis says, “Some 60-80 head of horses converged on our homestead during those summer weekends, most being ridden from near and not-so-near locations throughout the reservation. Only a few came in by truck or trailer.”
Called bush meets, these events provided inexpensive weekend entertainment, after a week of hard work.
The 15-25 races each weekend brought all types of horses-thoroughbreds, Shetlands, half Shetlands and work horses.
People would drive their teams to the race, take off the harnesses and then race those same horses.
He says, “The horses were mostly ridden bareback, but there was usually one race that included saddles.”
Jim Davis, president of Turtle Mountain Community College and enrolled member of the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa,
Davis says, “Bets were made on every race, although there was not such a thing a pari-mutuel betting at the time.”
Horse racing has been going on in the Turtle Mountains of North Dakota for many years. People in the area still talk about the informal tracks throughout the hills.
Chippewa Downs offers summer activity On a more formal basis, the Chippewa Downs race track started about 60 years ago in Belcourt. It is now the only active horse race track in North Dakota.
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Chippewa Downs is part of an unofficial race circuit that includes Fort Pierre and Aberdeen in South Dakota and Chippewa Downs in North Dakota. Fort Pierre races in April, Aberdeen in May and Chippewa Downs in June. The circuit also included the North Dakota Horse Park in Fargo, though it is not operating this season. ORDA runs Downs The Downs is operated by the Outdoor Recreation Development Association (ORDA), which started in the mid-1980s under authority from the Chippewa tribe on the Turtle Mountain Reservation. Located in Belcourt, the ORDA’s only activity is Chippewa Downs. The Downs offers a covered grandstand and 260 rental stalls for horse boarding, whether temporary for a race weekend or long-term for area racers. Since the early 1990s, the Downs has offered pari-mutuel betting and is a state-sanctioned race. The Downs brings in horses from around the north central U.S., and visitors are often surprised by the quality of the racing experience in Belcourt. Doug Demontigny, past ORDA chairman, grew up in the horse-racing business in the Turtle Mountains. A registered pharmacist in Rolla, he remembers growing up in Rugby, where his dad was involved with the State Champion Horse Show. He says, “Back then, everyone had horses. There was little money, so the horse racing in the Mountains provided inexpensive weekend entertainment.”
Demontigny says, “The Turtle Mountains area is unique, with three to four generations of families involved in horse racing.” He says, “The area is especially noted for having the highest concentration of horse racing interests anywhere in the country.” The racing creates career opportunities for many people in the area. The young people can develop marketable skills as jockeys, farriers, groomers, trainers, gate crews, gallop boys (horse exercisers) and others. Demontigny says, “And they are known around the country in horseracing circles.” He raises and runs horses at the Downs, including some thoroughbreds and some Quarter horses.
Utah, Wisconsin, Minnesota, North and South Dakota and Canada.” The young boys from the Turtle Mountains often go to Utah, South Dakota and further south to train horses during the winter. Some of the horses from the Turtle Mountains are raced at Assiniboin Downs in Winnipeg and at Canterbury Downs, near Minneapolis. Horse racing a piece of Turtle Mountain history and culture From the tracks in the fields of generations ago to the Chippewa Downs facility of today, horse racing is clearly a major aspect of the horse culture in the Turtle Mountains.
Chippewa Downs developed over years Blaine Decoteau, current ORDA chairman and enrolled member of the Turtle Mountain tribe, says, “I was raised in Dunseith where my dad raised and raced horses.” He says, “I started out racing as a jockey at county fairs. Since then, I have trained a lot of race horses.” Decoteau looks forward to another great season at the Downs. He says, “Chippewa Downs was built step by step, building by building. This spring, we are adding a new railing along the track.” He says, “We get about 150 entries for a weekend race and run eight to nine races each day. We have eight gates so we can run up to eight horses in each race.” Decoteau says, “We have horses coming in from Montana, Wyoming,
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P laques Family honors loved one with plaque
MARTIN HOVDE and several others. Hovde and his brothers were the local horse experts and helped many people with their horses, whether it be riding or draft horses or mules. He also drove a horse-drawn school bus. In the late 1930s, Hovde was employed as a guide in Glacier National Park for the summer months and at the Spokane (Wash.) Livestock Yards during the fall and winter. In 1940, Hovde began working for Harrington Brothers Livestock, Williston, as a truck driver and cattle buyer. Martin Hovde was born Feb. 14, 1913, in Harvey, N.Dak. In 1915, the family moved to Banks in McKenzie County. In the winter of 1921, they moved to Williams County, crossing the Missouri River on the ice, to the Gemberling Farm south of Epping. They would harness 35 teams every morning during spring and fall work. Martin was well known for his ability for driving horses, often driving six horses on a gang plow and on road maintenance equipment. In his younger years, Hovde helped on the family ranch and for a neighboring rancher, Billy Adams. He also rode on many cattle drives for the Davidson Cattle Company
Hovde was inducted into the U.S. military on June 10, 1942, and served with the 10th Mountain Division Ski Troopers in the Asiatic Pacific and European African theaters. On Dec. 27, 1941, he married Mabel Siverson of Wheelock, N.Dak. After the war, the couple ran the W-W Ranch, owned by W.A. Wright, for 20 years, where they raised cattle and Tennessee walking horses. The Hovdes also raised five children during that time—Jean, John, Doug, Dave and Jim. When the Garrison Dam flooded the ranch, Hovde ranched on his own until retiring at age 77. Hovde was a Board member for the Mutual Aid Telephone Company and was a 4-H leader, charter member of
the MT Saddle Club and trustee at Our Redeemers Lutheran Church. As a member of the Upper Missouri Fair Board, Hovde started and promoted Little Britches Rodeos. He was a supporter of the Williston High School Rodeo Club and a member of the North Dakota Stockmen’s Assn., 50 Years in the Saddle and Elks Lodge. Hovde died Oct. 22, 1994.
Memorial Wall Program honors family and friends The NDCHF’s Memorial Wall and Registry Program is the perfect Holiday gift for members, special friends and others. That special person’s life and accomplishments will be documented for future generations. The card file registry lets you honor someone with a card file for $250. The card file includes biographical information, a photograph and a brand. For $1,000, a person, business or organization can be honored with a 14” x 9” plaque. A $5,000 plaque, 18” x 10½”, includes biographical information. Both plaque sizes include a card file. For more information, call Cathy Langemo at the Bismarck office (701250-1833 or 701-527-7948).
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raised five children. Her passions were her children and grandchildren. Kahl also enjoyed volunteering, reading, baking, cross-stitching and playing with her dog. She is survived by her husband, four daughters and one son.
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Burns Donald Abernethy, 102, of Killdeer and formerly of Beach, died Feb. 2, 2010. Born in Beach in 1907, he was the son of William M. and Maye (Stockwell) Abernethy. He was raised on the family farm near Beach and educated in Beach area schools. Abernethy married Violet “Peg” Johnston in Nov. 1932, and they had two sons. Peg died in 1974. Abernethy married Lois Johnson in Jan. 2001. He moved to Killdeer’s Hill Top Home of Comfort in 2008. He worked as a professional mechanic, farmer and rancher. He enjoyed hunting, dancing and the Culbertson Trail Ride. Abernethy is survived by his wife, two sons and many other family members. Richard Bahm, 67, died in Sidney, Mont., on Mar. 16, 2010. He was born 1942 in Glen Ullin to John and Lydia (Stoller) Bahm and attended area schools. Bahm began his rodeo career as a teenager and rodeoed locally and throughout the U.S. His most memorable rides were at the Cow Palace in San Francisco and at Madison Square Garden. He won in saddle bronc at the 1960 NDRA Typical Junior Cowboy award, 1977 New Mexico State Fair in Albuquerque, Miles City Bucking Horse Sale four times and many years at the Home On The Range Champions Ride. Bahm retired from rodeo in his early 40s and worked for area ranches until moving to Sidney in 1993, where he
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built a cattle herd and ranch. He was a good horse hand and neighbor. He is survived by two daughters and two grandchildren. Morris Richard Jeppson, 87, died Mar. 30, 2010, in Las Vegas. He is known for helping arm the atomic bomb aboard the Enola Gay as it flew to Hiroshima on Aug. 6, 1945, and helped end World War II in the Pacific just nine days later. Lt. Jeppson was making his first and only combat fight. He checked the bomb’s circuits, timing devices and radar components. Jeppson was born in 1922 in Utah. He served in the Army Air Forces from 1943-1946 as an electronics specialist. After military service, Jeppson worked on nuclear projects in Calif. He later founded a company that manufactured high-power microwave heating systems for industrial use and food processing. Jeppson is survived by three daughters, including NDCHF members Sally Jeppson and husband Deane Fay (NDCHF exhibit designers) and many other family members. Gail Kahl, 57, Mandan, died on Mar. 20, 2010, in Bismarck. She was born in 1952 to Gene and Leone (Choine) Morrison in Ind. She was raised and educated in Mandan and was a homemaker, CNA and a physical therapist at the Baptist Home. She married Larry Kahl in Nov. 1971 in Mandan, where they farmed and
Lois Salter, 79, Menoken, died Feb. 26, 2010, in Bismarck. She was born in Canada in 1930, the daughter of Robert and Bernice (Bottenfield) Morford. The family moved to Bismarck when Salter was eight years old, she spent her teenage years in Elbowoods and then moved back to Bismarck. She worked at the Bismarck Bus Depot Restaurant and married Lloyd Salter in Aug. 1948. The couple farmed and ranched in Menoken until Lloyd died in Feb. 2008. She moved to Bismarck in Dec. 2008. Salter was a member of the ND Cattle Women for 40 years, Menoken Homemakers Club, Menoken Township Election Board and Menoken Community Church. She enjoyed bowling, her family, basketball and football games, 4-H activities and rodeos. She is survived by three daughters (including NDCHF member Connie Heaton), one son and many other family members. Kyle “Bud” Sperry Jr., 68, of Trotters, died Mar. 18, 2010. He was born in 1941 in Beach to Kyle and Lillian (Russell) Sperry. He was raised on the family ranch and attended school at CS Divide School and graduated from Beach High School. He worked for area ranchers and on sale days at the Sidney Sales ring. In 1969, Sperry bought his dad’s cow herd. He married Marcia Bonine in Nov. 1971 at Sentinel Butte. The couple ranched, raising cows, horses and two sons. In 2004, Sperry held his first horse sale, with his son Robert and nephew Michael Uetz. Sperry was honored in 2006 by the American Quarter Horse Association for registering horses for 30 years. He loved the rodeo, time with his children and grandchildren. Sperry is survived by his wife, his sons, and many other family members.
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Many thanks to our volunteers!! Annual meeting Ginny Eck Laura Griffin Russ & Helen Danielson Judy Tibbetts Amanda Schaff Brittany Schock, Miss Rodeo Mandan Kelsey Ellis, Miss Ashley Rodeo Emily Carson, Jr. Miss Rodeo ND Winter Show Josie Hettich, Ashley Rodeo Princess ND Winter Show booth Arlen Summers Gary Roehrich
OBITUARY POLICY If you are aware of the recent death of a NDCHF member; a N.Dak. cowboy, cowgirl or rancher; or a friend of western heritage, please inform us and, if possible, provide an obituary or funeral program. Obituaries can be sent to: NDCHF, 120 N. 3rd St., Ste. 85, Bismarck, ND 58501-3860. Space availability may determine inclusion and length.
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F undraising Members Contribute to NDCHF The following are new or renewing NDCHF members from Feb. 5, 2010 through May 10, 2010, deposits only. To contribute through member dues or to other funds, please complete and mail the form on page 19.
Donations Cook Wegner PC (Annual Meeting sponsorship) Ella Murray RNDC Foundation (gift initiated by Mike Metzger) Truist (Rebeka Roth)
Pledges/Capital Fund Kirkwood Bank & Trust North Dakota Farmers Union Educational Foundation Vonny Young*
Memberships Gold Buckle ($500-$999) Phil Baird** Willard** & Linda Schnell Silver Buckle ($250-$499 annually) Allan & Peggy Gustin Dean* & Arlene Helling Dick Nelson*, Dick Nelson Sales & Leasing, Inc. Newby’s Hardware Winston & Barbara Satran Craig* & Bonnie Van Sickle Juanita (Fredericks) Warden* Western Frontier Insurance Agency Trophy Spurs ($200-$249 annually) Lynn* & Janet Asheim Rodger* & Joy Berntson Bradley Brettin Paul A. Christensen* Merle* & Linda Clark Tom Colquhoun* David Dunlop* & Ellen Larvick Dunlop Marlene Fortier* William* & Kay Fortier
Victor* & Gail Goetz Bob* & Connie Knudson Frank Kubik* Art* & Grace Link Allan* & Patricia Goerger Bill* & JoAnn Lowman Dean & Shirley** Meyer Alvin* & Kaye Nelson Wade* & Vickie Peterson Thorris* & Lynell Sandvick Donald* & Sandie Sivertson Kay Stevenson Ranch Boss ($100-$199 annually) Kenneth & Linda Astrup Viola & Morris Baye Raymond & Lois Blegen Alberta Burke* Dale Chilson* Dean Dahl Bart Davis* Robert & Virginia Dambach Robert & Deborah Dwyer Dean & Lila Ellison, Ellison’s Hanging E Ranch Jerry & Beaty Engels Bernice Galusha Lyle Gjermundson, Double S Arena Neal Goerger* Wayne & Connie Herman Norris & Bev Hildre, Hildre Quarter Horses Gordon Jensen* Gene & Norma Johnson Dale* & Barbara Jorgenson Roman & Peggy Kauffmann John & Dorothy Kolden Clyde Krebs, Circle K Feed & Grain, Inc. Gordon & Marlyn Langerud Angelen Larson Karen Novak Fern & R.A. Pokorny Barry & Donna Ronningen, Ronningen Farms
Jim Sagvold* Thomas Samson & Lynn Brokaw Lee Selland, Selland Indoor Arena C. Moyne & Leo Shockey James Solberg Roxanne Solberg-Gillespie** Robert & Cynthia Stauffer Berk & Kay Strothman Wendy Stuber* Mark Stutrud Elsie* & John Trotter Bill Whitmore* Armon* & Peggy Jo Wolff Florian & Gladys Woroniecki Wrangler ($50-$99 annually) Wade Anderson Robert & Valerie Bahm Jean Bartelson Valer Neil & Avis Berger Clayton & Pearl Bertsch DuWayne Bott Robert & Virginia Bubel Kevin Carvell Cameron & Jan Dodge Russell & Debra Dressler Vern* & Dyanne Erickson Mac & Cynthia Fraser Val Ganje Allen Gasho Wayne & Karen Gerbig Elizabeth Grantier Greg Hager Bob & Rose Hansen Deloris Hochhalter* Robert & Deanne Horne Ellen* & Toby Huber James Hovde Donald & Jannene Janssen, Donderose D.J. Ranch Joan & Jack Johnson Sharon Kickertz-Gerbig & Gordon Gerbig Stephoni & Gordon Krance
Katherine L’Amour Bill & Lorri Lengenfelder Riley & Betty Neuhardt Bruce Northrop Lois Northrop Martin Orgaard Tracy Potter & Laura Anhalt Pauline Reimer Allen & Lorraine Schmidt John Slag, Brickdust Livestock Rogna Solberg Hewitt (gift from James Solberg) Cheryl & Arnie Stein Christy & Jack Stensland Cindi (Tescher) Stockwell* Enoch Thorsgard, Thorsgard Cattle Co. Adam* & Paula Jo Wanner Lois Wanner, Knife River Ranch William Well Herbert Wilson Robert & Debra Wisness Laurie Zarak Kid’s Corral ($10 annually) Jayce Doan (gift from Jerry & Renae Doan) Ashley Ellison (gift from Dean & Lila Ellison) Aidan Anthony Turitto (gift from Great-grandma Darlene Turitto) John* & Kathleen Hovde
* Denotes NDCHF Trustees **Denotes NDCHF Board Members (Please notify the NDCHF of any errors or omissions by calling 701-250-1833.)
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North dakota cowboy hall of fame membership/memorials Membership Contribution of $ __________________________________ Category ____________________________________ Memorial Gift of $ _______________________________ In honor of _________________________________________________ Theater Chair Fund $ _________________ Building Fund $ __________________ Foundation $ _________________________ Name ________________________________________________________________ Address ______________________________________________________________ City _______________________ State _________ Zip Code __________________ Phone ___________________________________ Credit Card ___________________________________________________________ Expiration Date _______________________
Mail, fax or email this form (or a copy of it), along with your check or credit card number, to: North Dakota Cowboy Hall of Fame, 120 N. 3rd St., Ste. 85, Bismarck, ND 58501-3860
The North Dakota Cowboy Hall of Fame
is a non-profit 501(c)(3) corporation. All contributions are tax deductible.
KID CORRAL .....................................................................................$10-$49 ANNUALLY WRANGLER CLUB ...........................................................................$50-$99 ANNUALLY RANCH BOSS CLUB ........................................................................$100-$199 ANNUALLY TROPHY SPURS CLUB ....................................................................$200-$249 ANNUALLY SILVER BUCKLE CLUB....................................................................$250-$499 ANNUALLY GOLD BUCKLE .................................................................................$500-$999 ANNUALLY DIAMOND SADDLE CLUB ...............................................................$1,000-$4,999 ANNUALLY TRAIL DRIVERS CLUB .....................................................................$5,000-$9,999 ANNUALLY BRONC RIDER CLUB .......................................................................$10,000+ANNUALLY
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F undraising NDCHF gifts honor loved ones The NDCHF has received honorariums/memorials for the following individuals. (This information includes deposits for Feb. 5, 2010, through May 10, 2010, deposits only.) To honor a loved one, see the memorial/ contribution form on page 21. In memory of Burns Donald Abernethy Fran Armstrong Phil Baird Alvin & Kaye Nelson Winston & Barbara Satran Cindi Stockwell Theodore & Beverly Trinka In memory of Richard Bahm Phil Baird Bradley Brettin Robert & Wilma Freise Robert & Donna Irwin Sheila Marie & Tim Irish, Painted Badlands Ranch Randy & Sue Mosser Alvin & Kaye Nelson Norma Nelson, Nelson Sunrise Ranch In memory of Jake Bakke Don* & Janice Rustad In memory of Ralph & Tina Bartelson Jean Bartelson Valer In memory of Adam Braun Robert & Wilma Freise In memory of Duane Dihle Lee & Carla Wolf In memory of Bill Dixon Gene & Elaine Fedorenko Arlene Isaak Sheila Marie, Painted Badlands Ranch Elmo & Elinor Sorenson In memory of Andrew Erickson Anne & Brent Earsley In memory of Henry “Hank” Fritz Cary & Margie Hande Sharon Kickertz-Gerbig & Gordon Gerbig In memory of Pat Green Phil Baird In memory of Rose Howard Darrell Dorgan John & Connie Soderholm
In memory of Leo Husebye Virginia Eck
In memory of Gordon “Bud”Perschke Robert & Virginia Bubel
In memory of Val Kary Donald Miller
In memory of Kelly J. Riskevich Marvin & Wyonne Riskevich
In memory of Morris Jeppson Phil Baird Darrell Dorgan
In memory of Doris Roberts Sheila Marie, Painted Badlands Ranch
In memory of Kathleen “Katie” Keogh Kaye & Alvin Nelson
In memory of David Savageau Gordon & Marlyn Langerud
In memory of Vivian Knutson Darrell Dorgan Laura & Bud Griffin John & Ferne Nordin Combs Sherry Plummer Bob & Edna Sand Gary & Vicki Summerfield In memory of Oliver Lange Sheila Marie, Painted Badlands Ranch Kaye & Alvin Nelson In memory of Ferdinand “Red” Luger Phil Baird In memory of John Ralph “Butch” Molm Roy Brooks family Charles & Ann Cochran June W. dePaoli Larry & Linda Fritz, Third Creek Ranch Marleen & Chuck Lowman William & Laura Ann Mullins Betty P. Newberger PEO Sisterhood Chapter S Ann Rivers In memory of Olaf Olerud Neil & Laurie Olerud In memory of Myron Olsgaard Olive Olsgaard In memory of Dorthea & Leslie Pelton Dean & Arlene Helling
In memory of George Shipley Marilyn Kemper, PR, George Shipley family In memory of Kyle “Bud” Sperry Myran & Kaye Burian, Lazy 77 Ranch Russ & Helen Danielson Darrell Dorgan Wayne & Karen Gerbig Irene Hamilton Sharon Kickertz-Gerbig & Gordon Gerbig Cary & Margie Hande Robert & Donna Irwin W.K. “River Bill” Johnson Bill & Sheri Madison Sheila Marie & Tim Irish, Painted Badlands Ranch Randy & Sue Mosser Alvin & Kaye Nelson Larry & Peg Njos Gial Weishaar Milo & Julie Wisness In memory of Ron Spicer Kaye & Alvin Nelson In memory of Ralph Vinje Allan & Marylou Voegele In memory of Wade Waagen John & Eldonna Grann Walter Piehl Jr. In memory of Levi Wisness Bob & Eunice Christophersen In memory of Norman Yeager Robert & Virginia Bubel
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2010 Annual meeting auction donors Many thanks to all of the generous auction item donors. Arnie Addicott, Stanley Norm Albers, Buckles by Norm, Bismarck Fran Armstrong, Beulah Phil Baird, Mandan Darlene Berger, Mandan Billings County Historical Society, Medora Al & Lyn Bjornson, Bismarck John Broyles, New Salem Buffalo Gap, Medora Bob Bullinger, Circle Diamond Ranch Supply Capital Trophy, Bismarck Carpet World, Bismarck Greg & Debbie Childs, Laurel, MT Bev Christensen, Mercer Chuppe Chiropractic Clinic, Bismarck Merle Clark, Marmarth Rex Cook, Dickinson Corwin Churchill Appliance, Bismarck Cowboy Café, Medora Dakota Awards, Bismarck Russ & Helen Danielson, Harwood Jim Danks, Killdeer Byron Dorgan, Washington, D.C. Duke’s, Dickinson Forness Farrier, Fargo Fort Abraham Lincoln Foundation, Mandan Bob Freise, Sun City West, AZ Bud & Laura Griffin, Dickinson
Judith Hammer, Bismarck Happy Harry’s, Fargo Joe Hauer, Bismarck Tim & Juanita Hoffman, Hoffman’s Tack, Mandan Hood River Distilling, Bismarck Hotel Donaldson, Fargo John Hovde, Epping Imperial Palace, Las Vegas, NV Jerome Distributing, Dickinson LeRoy Johnson, West Fargo JP Frameshop & Western Edge Gallery, Dickinson Barb Kennedy Johnson, Mandaree Andy Knudson, Plains Perspective, Towner Cathy Langemo, WritePlus Inc., Bismarck Roger & Phyllis Leutz, Hebron Makoche Recording Studio, Bismarck Mark McAllister Medora Chamber, Medora Medora Convenience Store, Medora Darla Miller, Gary’s Gallery, Bismarck National Cowboy Museum, Oklahoma City, OK Alvin & Kaye Nelson, Grassy Butte Newby’s Ace Hardware, Dickinson Norsk Hostfest, Minot ND Stockmen’s Association, Bismarck ND Winter Show, Valley City
WE PUT THE WORLD AT YOUR FEET!
The Region’s Largest Selection Of Floor Covering Carpet • Vinyl • Ceramic Tile • Hardwood • Laminate www.carpetworldfargo.com www.carpetworldbismarck.com
Phyllis O’Neil, Killdeer Merrill Piepkorn, Fargo Bob Penfield, Bowman Pirogue Grille, Bismarck Wayne Pruse, Impact Gallery, Bismarck RCC Western Store, Bismarck Riddle’s Jewelry, Fargo Ray Riehl, Flasher Ross Rolshoven, Grand Forks Runnings, Dickinson Don & Janice Rustad, Kindred Satrom Travel & Tour, Bismarck Willard Schnell, Dickinson Linda Shipley Vettel, Bismarck Rick Stern, Fargo Jim & Gini Stevens, Valley City Stockmen’s Supply, West Fargo Arlene Summers Ryan Taylor, Towner Theodore Roosevelt Medora Foundation, Bismarck Mike Thompson, San Angelo, Texas U.S. Baseball Commissioner, Washington, D.C. Butch Thunderhawk, Bismarck Wanner Western Wear, Dickinson Wild Horse Western Furnishings, Bismarck Vic Wilhelm, Halliday Jane Winkler, Cowgirl Attitude, Bismarck Zimmerman’s Furniture, Bismarck
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M EMBER News Kuntz celebrates coronation Tiffany Kuntz, Miss Rodeo North Dakota 2010, enjoyed the evening of Feb. 20 celebrating her coronation. She will spend the year promoting the sport of rodeo, the western way of life and the great state of North Dakota.
NDSA receives recognition The ND Young Professionals recently selected the ND Stockmen’s Association as the best place in ND for young professionals to work. Jerry Haas, chairman of the Bismarck-Mandan Young Professional Network, says, “Advancement opportunities, along with a strong mentorship program and opportunities for young professionals to be involved in state and national associations are
just a few of the aspects that make the Stockmen’s Association a great place to work for young professionals.”
Mandan rodeo stars qualify Mandan rodeo competitors Cole Hermanson, bull rider, and Brittany Fleck, barrel racer, qualified for the Dodge National Circuit Finals Rodeo in Idaho in April. Check www.dncfr.org/results for the final results.
Hall earns Spelling Bee awards Thadd Hall, NDCHF member and son of Todd Hall and Patti Jo Thomas Hall, represented Killdeer Public School at the Roughrider Regional Spelling Bee in March. He placed 2nd in the oral test and received a 1st-place award in his grade level for the written spelling test.
Former MRND recovers 2009 Miss Rodeo North Dakota Jessinta Hammer continues her recovery from cancer surgery and treatment. Be in touch with her, if you’d like to keep track of her continued recovery, by emailing jessinta.hammer@ vcsu.edu.
Langemo receives communications awards Cathy Langemo, owner of WritePlus Inc. and editor of the Cowboy Chronicle, recently received awards for her work on the Chronicle. She earned 2nd places on four articles published in the Chronicle, as well as 3rd place for the Nov. 2009 issue.
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June 12-13
Winchester Weekend (Gun Show, Speakers, Cowboys)
July 11
Adolph Burkhardt Country Western Concert
Sept. 18-19
ND Cutting Horse Assn. Event Ranch-O-Rama
June 14
Flag Day & All Horse Parade
July 24
National Day of the Cowboy
Sept. 19
Last Day – 2010 NDCHF Season
June 25-26
Induction Activities
Aug. 13-14
Sperry Horse Sale, Ranch-O-Rama
Oct. 30
Craft Show in the Badlands
June 26-27
ND Barrel Racing Assn. Event Ranch-O-Rama
Aug. 21-22
Day of the People (Native American Celebration, NDCHF)
Nov. 5
Medora Chamber of Commerce Wildlife Feed
July 3-4
Independence Day Celebration, Parade & Fireworks
Sept. 6
Wade Westin Music Fest
Dec. 3-5
Medora Chamber of Commerce Oldfashioned Cowboy Christmas
www.dakotacommunitybank.com
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Badlands Tracts And Ranches
Offered by: Little Missouri Real Estate Medora, North Dakota Call: Joe LaDuke • 701-290-9292
29 Acres located south of the Bully Pulpit Golf Course. Great view of the Little Missouri River. Telephone, electricity and a good all-season road. $87,000. 41 Acres located 15 minutes from Medora. Topography ranges from creek bottom to high buttes with panoramic view. Horse friendly. Telephone, electricity and good access on county road. $102,500. 160 Acres in mule deer country. Good access off an all-weather road. Lots of Cedar and Ash trees. Artesian well, electricity and phone. Minutes from Medora. Price is negotiable. 3800-Acre cattle ranch located southwest of Medora on Bullion Creek. Excellent set of ranch buildings, including a ranch-style home with walkout basement. Seven pastures with fresh water in each. The topography ranges from rolling grassy hills to deep creek bottoms with lots of timber to high buttes. It has it all and is one of the best hunting ranches in the Badlands. Reduced to $550 per acre.
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