The National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum acquires James Cathey’s 68,000 rodeo negatives, preserving pivotal Western sports history.

Rodeos surged in popularity during the 1960s-’80s, a uniquely western legacy that the county continues to this day. In the agricultural hub of Sonoma County, where cattle roam free in pastures along ...

In June 1960, the mayors of Jackson and Cape Girardeau received tickets to a jointly sponsored rodeo at Arena Park from their towns' junior chambers of commerce presidents. Displaying appropriate ...