by chris@rosepapacreative.com | May 12, 2022 | Inductees, Rodeo Arena
Dean was born August 12, 1949, to Darrel and Geraldine (Jerry) Birdsall Meyer. He grew up on the family ranch in western Ward County near the little town of Berthold. Dean grew up riding a stick horse and watching Casey Tibbs, Dean Armstrong, and the Teschers, and...
by chris@rosepapacreative.com | Apr 3, 2022 | Inductees, Rodeo Arena
Jim Cook was born May 6, 1935 in Beach, ND, to Edward and Bertha (Reed) Cook. He spent most of his childhood north of Sentinel Butte, near the community of Westerheim, living and helping on his grandparents, Ted and Julia Cook’s, ranch. He graduated from Sentinel...
by chris@rosepapacreative.com | Mar 30, 2022 | Inductees, Rodeo Arena
For 40 years, the Killdeer-based rodeo company had some of the nation’s greatest bucking horses–like Spur Dodger, Figure 4 and Reservation Red. Along with great horses, the Fettig brothers were famous for bulls like Dark Angle, Jamboree and Double Duce....
by chris@rosepapacreative.com | Mar 29, 2022 | Inductees, Rodeo Arena
Born Sept. 22, 1900, in Mandan, Frank E. Wetzstein was a Mandan businessman, a rancher and a long-time supporter of the Mandan Rodeo, especially during the 1940s and early 50s. His efforts helped bring big-time rodeo to Mandan, with rodeo performers like Toots...
by chris@rosepapacreative.com | Mar 29, 2022 | Inductees, Rodeo Arena
Steve Tomac was born in Hettinger in 1953, the 2nd oldest in a family of 18 kids. His rodeo career started at a young age at the Black Horse Arena near Meadow, South Dakota. When the clown got laughs from the crowd, Steve thought that looked easy and he’d like...
by chris@rosepapacreative.com | Mar 29, 2022 | Inductees, Rodeo Arena
John C. “J.C.” Stevenson was born south of Leith in 1905 and became an early driving force in establishing rodeo as a major sport in North Dakota. He was educated in Grant County schools and was a life-long resident of the Carson community. J.C. and his...
