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# North Dakota Cowboy

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- [Fred Berger](https://northdakotacowboy.org/fred-berger/) - Fred Berger was born on June 24, 1957, to Joe and Darlene Berger in Mandan, ND where he lived his entire life. Fred spent his childhood working for his father’s cattle and bucking bull business. It was his early years as a cowboy that instilled in him an impenetrable work ethic. But to work that
- [Jeff Gorrell](https://northdakotacowboy.org/jeff-gorrell/) - Jeff Gorrell was born September 10, 1957, the third child and oldest son, to Jay and JoAnn Gorrell in Williston ND. The Gorrell’s ranched in the Trotters/Squaw Gap area for many years. Jeff attended school at Plainview Elementary and graduated from Beach High School in 1975. At the age of 4 Jeff picked up a
- [Charles Bahm](https://northdakotacowboy.org/charles-bahm/) - Charles “Charlie” Bahm was born on April 14, 1883, south of New Salem in what was then the raw frontier of North Dakota. From an early age, he was immersed in ranch life, herding the family’s cattle out of wheat fields while still a boy. One early moment foreshadowed a lifetime in the cattle business:
- [Virgil](https://northdakotacowboy.org/virgil/) - Virgil was born and raised by Dale Kling near Grassy Butte, North Dakota, on the Kling Ranch. His mother is a mare called Apples, an Appaloosa mare with Rock Island bloodlines from Shane Franklin. His sire is Big John, a grey draft horse with unknown breeding leased from John McNeely in 2007. Virgil was branded
- [James P. Langley](https://northdakotacowboy.org/james-p-langley/) - James P. Langley was born in Warwick, North Dakota, into a family shaped by grit, land, and hard work. His father came north from Kansas in 1904 after hearing that land would be opened for homesteading on the Fort Totten Indian Reservation. Like many early settlers, he began life on the prairie in a modest
- [Richardton Saddle Club](https://northdakotacowboy.org/richardton-saddle-club/) - “Clover Leaf. Potato Race. Stake Race. Gown Race. Musical Chairs. Pack-up-and-Go.” Those words, handwritten on a stack of old Standard Oil Company loading tickets, are the historical remains of the Richardton Saddle Club’s early youth rodeo competitions, which began in the late 1950s. Today, the club rates as the oldest known saddle club in North
- [Buddine Fredericks](https://northdakotacowboy.org/buddine-fredericks/) - Wilhelmina Mary “Buddine” Fredericks was born and raised on her family’s ranch on the Fort Berthold Indian Reservation. She attended the Elbowoods Agency Indian School, where she excelled academically and in extracurricular activities, graduating from Elbowoods High School in 1946 at just 16 years old. She went on to attend Dickinson State Teachers College and
- [Jeff Kvamme](https://northdakotacowboy.org/jeff-kvamme/) - Jeff Kvamme was born on April 17, 1965, to Jerry and Dorothy Kvamme. He was raised on the family farm in Voltaire, ND. In his younger years, Jeff loved wrestling and football; he was a State Champion in both sports. His true passion, however, was the sport of rodeo. Jeff started his rodeo career at
- [Oak Coulee Ranch](https://northdakotacowboy.org/oak-coulee-ranch/) - R. John Dawson was born in England in 1873. He came to Iowa with his parents when an infant. In 1901, Dawson bought the land that was to become the Oak Coulee Ranch. In 1902 Dawson stocked his ranch by shipping 100 head of cattle from Iowa to Mandan. In the book “Morton Prairie Roots”
- [Howard Bubel](https://northdakotacowboy.org/howard-bubel/) - Howard Bubel grew up with a deep connection to the land and livestock on the family farm located northwest of Center, North Dakota, in Oliver County. From a young age, he learned the values of hard work, integrity, and community that would guide him throughout his life. Howard attended a local country school before graduating
- [Wayne Halvorson](https://northdakotacowboy.org/wayne-halvorson/) - Wayne Halvorson was born and raised in North Dakota, where his deep roots in agriculture and ranching shaped the foundation of his life and career. Growing up on his family’s ranch, Wayne learned the values of hard work and dedication from an early age. Alongside his sisters, he continues to help manage the family ranch
- [Dale Pahlke](https://northdakotacowboy.org/dale-pahlke/) - Dale Pahlke was born in Sutherland, Nebraska and grew up on a ranch north of Valentine. After graduating from Todd County High School in Mission, SD, he attended South Dakota State University, where he earned his Bachelor of Science degree. Dale began his banking career in 1972 as a bank teller at Farmer’s State Bank
- [Henry Breuer](https://northdakotacowboy.org/henry-breuer/) - Henry ‘Almit’ Breuer was born November 3, 1935, in Elbowoods. He grew up on the Fort Berthold Reservation, where he rodeoed, ranched and farmed his entire life. Breuer is an enrolled member of the Three Affiliated Tribes. Almit started riding exhibition bareback horses for $3.00 a head and steers for $1.00 a head at the
- [Peggy Ward](https://northdakotacowboy.org/peggy-ward/) - Peggy was raised on a cattle and horse ranch on the Standing Rock Reservation north of Timber Lake, South Dakota. At an early age, Peggy loved horses and knew she wanted to train them to rodeo. Her dad, Ken Ward, gave her "Nubbins" to train for barrel racing. In the late 50's and early 60's,
- [Edwin Arnold Hall](https://northdakotacowboy.org/edwin-arnold-hall/) - Edwin "Eddie" Arnold Hall (Man That's All Around - Macee Xagaheetar) was born January 19, 1947, in Elbowoods, North Dakota, to James, Sr. and Sarah (Fredericks) Hall. As an enrolled member of the Mandan, Hidatsa, and Arikara Nation, he belonged to the Low Cap "Aphu'hgawigaa" Clan and was a child of the Dripping Dirt Clan
- [Esley Thornton](https://northdakotacowboy.org/esley-thornton/) - Esley was born to Guy Fox and Grace Parshall Fox at their family home near Shell Creek Oct. 23, 1934. He was the third oldest of 15 siblings. Esley went to school at Elbowoods High School, where he was a member of the last graduating class in 1953.Upon graduating from high school, Esley served in
- [Lester Anderson](https://northdakotacowboy.org/lester-anderson/) - Lester "Les" Anderson was born May 10th, 1913, on the family homestead in Coburn Township near the Sandhills, south of Leonard, ND. He went to "country school" in Coburn Township for eight years while working on the family farm. At the age of fourteen he was, in his words, a "full-fledged operator''. Lester's father had
- [Andrew Nohle](https://northdakotacowboy.org/andrew-nohle/) - Andrew Nohle, born in 1858 to German immigrants, was raised on the family farm in upper state New York. He grew up to be the quintessential “renaissance man”; a pioneer rancher who became instrumental in the development of western North Dakota. Going west to North Dakota in 1881, Nohle first worked at a Grand Forks
- [Kaye Burian](https://northdakotacowboy.org/kaye-burian/) - A ranching background and a deep love of the outdoors have provided North Dakota artist Kaye Burian with inspiration and perception which enables her to paint her favorite subjects. Kaye was born in Dickinson, North Dakota in 1943. She was raised on the family ranch/farm which was located north of Belfield, North Dakota in Billings.
- [Victor Hugo Stickney](https://northdakotacowboy.org/victor-hugo-stickney/) - The “Cowboy Doctor,” Victor Hugo Stickney, was born April 13, 1855. He was raised on the family farm in Vermont. Stickney had two sisters and seven brothers. Stickney worked his way through college with an assortment of jobs. Graduating from Dartmouth Medical School in 1883, Stickney went west to the Dakota Territory’s open spaces. His
- [Robert Luger](https://northdakotacowboy.org/robert-luger/) - Born September 1, 1946, to Raymond “Butch” Luger and Thelma Lucy Luger in Fort Yates, ND, Robert was riding horseback at a very early age. He went to St Bernard’s Mission School. Robert went to Fort Yates High School where he was on the state champion track team and played on the undefeated football team.
- [Audrey Hall-Davy](https://northdakotacowboy.org/audrey-hall-davy/) - Audrey Hall-Davy, grew up in a rodeo family near the Little Missouri Badlands. She learned trick riding when her father brought a professional trainer to the ranch. After learning her skills, she performed throughout the Midwest. Audrey is recognized as the first North Dakota state rodeo queen.
- [Fred Sorenson](https://northdakotacowboy.org/fred-sorenson/) - The dictionary definition of cowboy is “a man, typically one on horseback, who herds and tends cattle.” Throughout his lifetime, Fred Sorenson embodied this definition of cowboy, himself, and he also supported other cowboys and the cowboy way of life. He developed his horse and cowboy skills early on. He was born in 1943 when
- [Bonita Bohnsack Laske](https://northdakotacowboy.org/bonita-bohnsack-laske/) - It started when Bonita was a little girl, riding in grand entries at the Bohnsack Rodeos and helping her mother start a cow herd. Bonita soon found the horse of her dreams, a mare with combined speed and agility. Before graduating high school, Bonita lost her mother to cancer. She focused on her education, rodeo
- [Shaun Stroh](https://northdakotacowboy.org/shaun-stroh/) - Born in Dickinson, ND in 1972, Shaun made his way back home in 2003 and has called Dickinson home ever since. Shaun's rodeo career began in 1991, his senior year of high school. That year, he won the High School Finals and he's never looked back. Shaun was educated in Glendive, MT and Dickinson, ND
- [Jim Thompson](https://northdakotacowboy.org/jim-thompson/) - Jim was born September 19. 1947 in Bowman, North Dakota. To Paul and Stella (Burt) Thompson. He grew up in Oregon from 1951-1960 as his dad ranched in Baker, La Grande, and North Powder. During that time Jim was active in 4-H showing the grand champion steer at the Union County Fair twice. The Thompsons
- [Why Not Minot (Bucking Bull)](https://northdakotacowboy.org/why-not-minot-bucking-bull/) - Born in 1993, #311 Why Not Minot was raised by Wayne Eckroth. The Flasher, ND, cowboy has long been engaged in the life of bull riding and raising remarkable athletes. Eckroth not only has been one of the best stock contractors, rodeo and bull riding producers for the past forty-plus years in North Dakota, his
- [Froelich Ranch](https://northdakotacowboy.org/froelich-ranch/) - Matt J. and Katherine (Fitterer) Froelich started the original Froelich ranch in Sioux County (on the Standing Rock Reservation) in 1928. Matt was born September 4, 1881, at Speier, Russia, but was of German descent. Matt immigrated to the United States and arrived in Mandan, ND, on June 9, 1910. Five children were born to
- [Lawrence Hopkins](https://northdakotacowboy.org/lawrence-hopkins/) - Lawrence Hopkins was born in Kenmare, North Dakota, on July 4, 1907. He lived in the Kenmare area as a boy and went to work as a ranch hand at an early age. He married Bernadette Manners in 1928 and they became barbershop/cafe owners in Regan, ND. In the Spring of 1939, Lawrence and Bernadette
- [Arnold Bendish](https://northdakotacowboy.org/arnold-bendish/) - Born in 1940, Arnold Bendish lived his entire life in the Fort Rice vicinity, except for the time he attended high school in Bismarck. He broke horses at the Wachter Ranch at age 20 and ranched with his dad until the elder Bendish retired. Bendish then established his own spread by purchasing the Gwyther Place
- [Stuart Ternes](https://northdakotacowboy.org/stuart-ternes/) - Stuart Ternes was born on April 17, 1958, to Victor and Mary Ternes. He was raised with three brothers; Farley, Flint, and Tracy north of Raleigh, ND near the Dogtooth Hills. In a pinch one evening as a baby, he was bottle fed mare's milk. Stu won championships at multiple levels; College, NDRA, NPRA, and
- [Ken Neuens](https://northdakotacowboy.org/ken-neuens/) - Ken “Kenny” Neuens was born February 16th, 1942, in Dickinson, ND, to Walt and Evelyn Neuens. He spent the first five years of his life on the home ranch 17 miles north of Medora. After a devastating flood, Ken and family moved to Bismarck. At the age of 13, Ken and Sparky Trotter had a
- [Dorvan Solberg](https://northdakotacowboy.org/dorvan-solberg/) - Born May 20, 1934 in Williston, Dorvan Solberg is an American Quarter Horse Association Director Emeritus and North Dakota Cutting Horse Association Director Emeritus. He was one of the individuals who signed on the original Articles of Incorporation of the North Dakota Quarter Horse Association on January 13, 1969. Upon incorporation he was also listed
- [Anchor Ranch](https://northdakotacowboy.org/anchor-ranch/) - Anchor Ranch, west of the Cannonball River in Grant County near present day Shields, North Dakota, was established by William V. Wade, a notable person in Dakota Territory. In 1889, Wade trailed his herd of Hereford cattle and horses from Emmons County, across the Missouri River, in order to "squat" on free grazing land. After
- [VVV Ranch Weinreis Brothers](https://northdakotacowboy.org/vvv-ranch-weinreis-brothers/) - The history of the VVV Ranch, along the Little Missouri River in southwestern North Dakota, began 122 years ago. In the heart of the North Dakota Badlands between Medora and Marmarth, the ranch was first established as the JXL Ranch in 1883 by a wealthy Englishman, Sir John Pender, and operated by Gregor Lang, according
- [Alick Dvirnak](https://northdakotacowboy.org/alick-dvirnak/) - Alick Dvirnak, born in January 1919, was 10 years old when his parents moved their large family into the original log cabin on one of the oldest ranches in North Dakota, the historic Diamond C Ranch northwest of Killdeer on the south slopes of the Killdeer Mountains. Dvirnak lived there until 1992, when he and
- [Roger Stuber](https://northdakotacowboy.org/roger-stuber/) - Roger Stuber was born in 1940 on the Slope County ranch established in 1909 by his grandfather. The Stuber Ranch borders the HT, Logging Camp, TP and Burke ranches. Stuber and his brother Richard continued to brand their Herefords with the iron their father registered back in the day—the S over 5. Stuber left the
- [Kennedy Ranch](https://northdakotacowboy.org/kennedy-ranch/) - Kennedy Ranch, through good times and the poor years over six decades, this McKenzie Co. ranch established a great legacy for the family of Angus K. Kennedy, Sr. and for western North Dakota. With decades of hard work, livestock knowledge and land stewardship, the legacy of the Kennedy Ranch was shaped by the Angus Kennedy
- [Tibor Brothers](https://northdakotacowboy.org/tibor-brothers/) - he Tibor Brothers, members of a family of 14 children, began playing for local events when they lived south of Almont. It all started when a grandfather gave them their first musical instruments. First known as the ‘Rhythm Cowboys’, Albert, Charlie and Bernie played on KDIX radio and for barn dances and local music shows.
- [Cy Taillon](https://northdakotacowboy.org/cy-taillon/) - James C. “Cy” Taillon’s influence on the sport of rodeo cannot be underestimated. Called the “golden voice” of professional rodeo, millions of people heard his rich voice over the microphone at countless rodeo performances. Cy was rodeo’s Walter Cronkite – slim, well-groomed, distinguished and trusted. His style and dedication to excellence helped bring rodeo “out
- [Robert Rindt](https://northdakotacowboy.org/robert-rindt/) - Robert Rindt was well known in North Dakota for his more than 40 years of teaching; performing rope, 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
- [Frederick Louis "Ted" Cornell](https://northdakotacowboy.org/frederick-louis-ted-cornell/) - Frederick Louis "Ted" Cornell, a noted North Dakota western artist and self-made man, was born February 6, 1918, at Belfield. A son of Charles and Lulu (Anderson) Cornell, he was raised on his parents' Teepee Bottom Ranch south of Medora. Ted attended a country school south of Medora and graduated from the eighth grade. After
- [Einar  Olstad](https://northdakotacowboy.org/einar-olstad/) - Einar Hanson Olstad was born March 7, 1878, at Lillehammer, Norway, a son of Hans and Ida (Kirkebø) Olstad. He was one year old when the family moved to Sioux Falls, Dakota Territory, where his father established a blacksmith shop. Einar began painting when he was about 14 years old, selling scrap copper, lead and
- [Raymond P. Erhardt](https://northdakotacowboy.org/raymond-p-erhardt/) - Ray Erhardt was best known for his contributions to the rodeo arena with Ray’s Rodeo Photos. During his photography career, he snapped pictures in North Dakota and beyond from local western events, to ND high school and amateur rodeo, rodeo pageantry, barrel racings, bullridings, bronc matches, NDCHF events, Canadian Cowboys Association, PBR and PRCA rodeos.
- [William  Lowman](https://northdakotacowboy.org/william-lowman/) - William “Bill” Lowman was born in Beach, ND, 1947 to Harold and Anna Lowman. He was raised on the family ranch in Sentinel Butte and rode horseback with his two brothers and sister to school at the one-room Westerheim School three miles from the ranch headquarters. Lowman grew up wrestling and roping calves during branding
- [Monty Carson](https://northdakotacowboy.org/monty-carson/) - Monty Carson, spent nearly two decades, carving out a reputation for himself as one of North Dakota’s most accomplished bareback riders. In 1977 and 1979 he finished among the top 25 bareback riders of the PRCA. In post-rodeo life, Monty partnered with his brother producing team roping competitions across the northern Great Plains.
- [Alan Woodbury](https://northdakotacowboy.org/alan-woodbury/) - Alan Woodbury was born to parents John and Ida Woodbury in Carson, ND. He is one of 7 Woodbury children. As a young boy, Woody enjoyed sports and competition. He was the point guard on the Carson HS basketball team and earned All-conference football recognition. Alan graduated high school in 1962 and then attended NDSU,
- [Whiz Bang](https://northdakotacowboy.org/whiz-bang/) - Whiz Bang #2 was foaled in the fall of 1948 on the Walt Neuens ranch north of Medora, a ranch which had been sold to Jimmie Stevens in 1947. Stevens either sold or gave the dam and the foal to Jim Barnhart. Whiz Bang's dam was a big buckskin mare sired by a Kolbjorn Bye
- [Walt  Neuens](https://northdakotacowboy.org/walt-neuens/) - Walt was born August 11, 1911, in Medora, a son of William and Margaret (or Margarette) (Schrieber) Neuens. He and his siblings were raised on the family ranch 17 miles north of Medora. Walt attended a rural elementary school north of Medora and high school in Medora and Belfield, graduating in 1930. Walt started his
- [Long X Ranch](https://northdakotacowboy.org/long-x-ranch/) - The Long X Ranch, the largest and most famous cattle ranch in McKenzie County, is synonymous with cattle drives and the era of open range in Dakota Territory. William D. and George T. Reynolds, brothers from Texas, purchased land from Hall and Braden, who had intended to operate a sheep ranch on Squaw Creek. The
- [Jim Johnston](https://northdakotacowboy.org/jim-johnston/) - James Leon ‘Jim’ Johnston was born north of Watford City on October 6, 1937, to Andrew ‘Andy’ and Leva (Thompson) Johnston. After Jim's father died in 1939, he and his brothers lived with their Uncle Ben Johnston, a bachelor who ranched north of Watford City. Jim attended rural McKenzie County schools and after the 8th
- [Bill Hamann](https://northdakotacowboy.org/bill-hamann/) - For 50 years, William ‘Bill’ Hamann was a familiar figure in western North Dakota's cattle industry. Born near Richardton on March 26, 1904, he began his livestock career in that area in the late 1920s buying cattle through auctions and over local scales throughout western North Dakota and eastern Montana. During the 1930s, he established
- [Badlands Bill McCarty](https://northdakotacowboy.org/badlands-bill-mccarty/) - ‘Badlands Bill’ McCarty was a colorful and rugged horse-trading cowboy. Born in Iowa in 1875, Will Harrison was part of a family that moved often. His father died when he was young, and he went to live and work for a family named McCarty. Bill became hooked on horses early in life and by 1896
- [Earl Henderson](https://northdakotacowboy.org/earl-henderson/) - Earl Isaac Henderson was born in Rice County, Minnesota, on January 17, 1883, a son of Isaac and Mary (Hobbs) Henderson. The family came to Dakota Territory in the spring of 1886. As a child, Earl learned to care for livestock on his father's ranch eight miles south of Richardton. He was self-taught, reading everything
- [Jack Dahl](https://northdakotacowboy.org/jack-dahl/) - Jack Dahl was born January 15, 1930, a son of Max and Eleanor (Reed) Dahl. He was raised near Chaffee, where his family farmed, raised beef cattle and operated a feedlot. Jack graduated from North Dakota State University, Fargo. In 1952, he married Dottie Davis, purchased their current ranch at Gackle, and entered the U.S.
- [Tim Feland](https://northdakotacowboy.org/tim-feland/) - Tim Feland was born November 30, 1956, to Art and Marie (Cronin) Feland in Bismarck, ND. At the age of four, he started roping and dragging calves with his dad, at the ranch. In junior high and high school, he competed in Little Britches in the calf roping and team roping divisions. In both 1973
- [Wade Sundby](https://northdakotacowboy.org/wade-sundby/) - Wade Sundby was born in 1956 to Orvin and Ginger Sundby in Williston, ND. The Sundbys were always involved in cattle and horses as Orvin owned a meat packing business in Williston. Wade was a standout at Williston High School, having records in football, 4H Champion Steer, softball championship, 1976 State Champion Wrestler, and many
- [Adolph Burkhardt](https://northdakotacowboy.org/adolph-burkhardt/) - Adolph Burkhardt was born on March 13, 1915, on a ranch north of Hebron, ND. His parents, Rudolph and Karolina Burkhardt had immigrated from Russia in 1910. He walked to and attended the Elm Creek country school when not needed during planting and harvesting seasons. At the age of 17 he went to work for
- [John "Jack" McCrory](https://northdakotacowboy.org/john-jack-mccrory/) - John "Jack" McCrory was a Civil War veteran, a pioneer rancher, a mentor to many and an entrepreneur. He was born in 1842 in New York and moved west with the family to Minnesota when he was 12. Jack enlisted in the Union Army at age 20 and served with the Minnesota Infantry through the
- [Lansford Ghost Riders](https://northdakotacowboy.org/lansford-ghost-riders/) - The Lansford Ghost Riders, organized in the early 1950s, was a group of young men and women ranging from 6-18 years of age. The club was started by Jack Sidener, a young rancher, farmer, and horseman. He came up with the idea of starting a horse club with student riders from the Lansford area. Jack
- [Evelyn Neuens](https://northdakotacowboy.org/evelyn-neuens/) - Born July 16, 1912, to Dan and Olive (Syverson) Connell, Evelyn grew up on a ranch 20 miles south of Medora and attended the Lebo School through the 8th grade. She liked to work outside, trading her inside chores for her sisters’ outside chores. Evelyn attended a year of high school in Missoula, Montana, and
- [Frank  Marshall](https://northdakotacowboy.org/frank-marshall/) - Lyndon Earl ‘Frank’ Marshall was born to Albert S. and Maude (McLain) Marshall on December 13, 1914, on the family farm/Hereford ranch near Forbes. Lyndon soon received the nickname ‘Frank’ and got his first pony at about five years old. He taught the pony to climb steps, open latches and let himself into the kitchen,
- [Franklin "Tex" Appledoorn](https://northdakotacowboy.org/franklin-tex-appledoorn/) - Franklin ‘Tex’ Appledoorn was born January 28, 1933, to William and Sarah (Hell) Appledoorn at Zenith. When he was five years old, the family moved into Dickinson. During his youth, Tex’s cowboy cravings caused neighborhood challenges as he was always roping other kids. Friends dubbed him ‘Tex’ because he would tie his horse to the
- [Brooks Keogh](https://northdakotacowboy.org/brooks-keogh/) - Brooks James Keogh was born August 4, 1914, at Williston, the son of Frank and Elizabeth (Carney) Keogh. He grew up near Keene on the Keogh Ranch founded by his father and uncle in 1899. He attended rural schools, Williston High School and the College of St. Thomas in Minnesota, graduating in 1938. Brooks worked
- [Minot Y’s Men’s Rodeo](https://northdakotacowboy.org/minot-ys-mens-rodeo/) - The 50-year-old Minot Y’s Men’s Rodeo began in 1955 when North Dakota’s first indoor rodeo was held in the new Minot City Auditorium. Since the rodeo’s inception, the Y’s Men have volunteered time, talent and financial resources to provide audiences with a quality show and competitors with an opportunity to further their careers. They accomplished
- [Nelson Sunrise Ranch](https://northdakotacowboy.org/nelson-sunrise-ranch/) - Nestled at the edge of the Heart River bottoms, the Sunrise Ranch began as a 160-acre homestead filed by Swedish immigrant Magnus Nelson in 1883. The original acreage is the center of the present-day Nelson Sunrise ranching operation 17 miles southwest of Mandan. Grandson Clifford Nelson once said, “When Grandpa arrived, there was literally nothing
- [Theodore ‘Ted’ Albers](https://northdakotacowboy.org/theodore-ted-albers/) - Theodore ‘Ted’ Henry Albers was born December 31, 1881, in Illinois to Johann and Margaretha (Wagoner) Albers. They homesteaded in Oliver County, Dakota Territory, in 1884 where Ted was raised. Ted raised, sold and traded horses, served as Pinto Postmaster and was the proprietor of three stage lines carrying mail, passengers and freight. He also
- [Alex LaSotta](https://northdakotacowboy.org/alex-lasotta/) - Alex LaSotta was born February 9, 1895, at Royalton, Minnesota. At age seven, he came with his family to Golden Valley County. Shortly after, Alex and his brother, John, ran away from home because of their mean stepfather. The brothers eventually reached the Calamity Joe Meyers ranch on the Little Missouri River and Alex stayed
- [Margaret Barr Roberts](https://northdakotacowboy.org/margaret-barr-roberts/) - Margaret Barr Roberts was born September 15, 1853, in Ireland, daughter of James and Margaret (McCormick) Barr. She immigrated to the U.S. with her family around 1864. In April 1871, Margaret married John Lloyd Roberts from Wales, becoming a pioneer wife of a cattle dealer and butcher. The couple arrived in Bismarck in March 1877.
- [George Gardner](https://northdakotacowboy.org/george-gardner/) - George Gardner was born March 28, 1878, at Hopkins, Missouri. His family moved to a ranch near Dillon, Montana, there he met and married Ina Baker. George’s cowboy interests and spirit of adventure led the couple to cast its lot with Col. William ‘Buffalo Bill’ Cody, traveling throughout the U.S. and Europe with Buffalo Bill’s
- [Gary Graham](https://northdakotacowboy.org/gary-graham/) - From rodeo rider to horse trainer to self-employed business man, Gary Graham achieved success and accomplished championship goals during his lifetime. He was born August 6, 1945 at Minot, N.D., the son of the late Robert and Harriett (Foss) Graham. He graduated from Stanley High School in 1963, and then traveled down the rodeo trail
- [William "Bill" Taylor](https://northdakotacowboy.org/william-bill-taylor/) - William Lemuel ‘Bill’ Taylor was born on January 23, 1874, in Rolla, Missouri, the first son of James and Martha (Hoagland) Taylor. On the family home place in Sumner County, Kansas, Bill played cowboy by riding a corn-stalk horse, roping his mother’s geese and shooting a wooden gun. Shortly after Bill turned 13, his father
- [Figure Four](https://northdakotacowboy.org/figure-four/) - Figure Four was born in the late 1940s on the Figure Four Ranch about 30 miles northwest of Killdeer. Bred by ranch owner Vic Christensen, he was born to a gentle saddle mare, and his sire is unknown. Vic sold the horse to Nick Fettig of Killdeer in the early 1950s, where Figure Four became
- [Scott Gore](https://northdakotacowboy.org/scott-gore/) - Scott Byron Gore was born December 16, 1880, at Deadwood, South Dakota. The son of Bruce ‘R.B.’ and Ella (Ayres) Gore, he came to North Dakota in the 1890s and worked for the Pierre Wibaux W Bar Ranch. Scott homesteaded along the Little Missouri River, establishing a cattle and horse ranch at the mouth of
- [Pearl Cullen](https://northdakotacowboy.org/pearl-cullen/) - Pearl was born October 4, 1910, to Henry and May (Clark) Edwards. She grew up on a farm south of Hazen, along with many Shetland ponies and larger horses, where she learned the value of horseflesh. Pearl graduated from Hazen High School in 1928 and earned a teaching certificate from Dickinson Teacher’s College in 1934,
- [Birdhead Ranch](https://northdakotacowboy.org/birdhead-ranch/) - The Birdhead Ranch, McKenzie County’s second largest, was established in 1891 by Joseph and Robert Stroud. Located on the Missouri River bottom near the mouth of Timber Creek southeast of Williston, it was sold to Landers and Green in 1892 and, in 1893, to the Morning Star Cattle Company - Jeff Hanley; Cornelius, Robert and
- [Dale Jorgenson](https://northdakotacowboy.org/dale-jorgenson/) - Dale Jorgenson was born on August 19, 1936, to Carl and Helen (Dodge) Jorgenson. He grew up on a ranch southeast of Watford City and began his rodeo career competing in high school and amateur rodeos. After graduating from high school, Dale attended Dickinson State College and competed on the rodeo team. In 1958, he
- [Freida Bohnsack](https://northdakotacowboy.org/freida-bohnsack/) - Freida Bohnsack was an ambitious North Dakota pioneer. As a rancher on the frontier, she was ahead of her time. From the 1930s to the 1950s, she was a rancher, an entrepreneur and a single parent. Freida was born April 10, 1898, near Hillsboro, a daughter of Charles and Hulda (Kreinke) Bohnsack. She graduated from
- [George Bruington](https://northdakotacowboy.org/george-bruington/) - George Bruington was destined for rodeo, starting in 1925 participating in bareback and saddle bronc riding, team tying, calf roping and bulldogging. ​ Born on August 16, 1909, in a sod house near Amidon, he was a son of Ward and Mabel Bruington. George started trading horses when he was 10 years old, the beginning
- [Harris Goldsberry](https://northdakotacowboy.org/harris-goldsberry/) - Harris Goldsberry was born March 17, 1915, in the Badlands 50 miles northeast of Beach. Born to James and Susan (Brown) Goldsberry, Harris lived his entire life on the family ranch near where he was born. He always wanted to be a horseman and rancher. He learned horse trading at a young age and by
- [Philip Baker](https://northdakotacowboy.org/philip-baker/) - Philip was born on September 30th , 1909, near Independence, North Dakota. He was a member of the Knife clan, being born to Mandan-Hidatsa parents. He spoke three languages fluently and was passable in a fourth - Mandan, Hidatsa English and Lakota. He was a proud but fiercely independent member of his tribe, never asking
- [Killdeer Mountain Round-up Rodeo](https://northdakotacowboy.org/killdeer-mountain-round-up-rodeo/) - The Killdeer Mountain Round-up Rodeo began in 1923 and is North Dakota’s oldest professional sporting event. Originally, the rodeo was held in a natural arena in the Killdeer Mountains surrounded by cars. Families brought picnic lunches to the rodeo and later danced the night away. The rodeo began as part of the Dunn County Fair
- [Mark Carl Kuhn](https://northdakotacowboy.org/mark-carl-kuhn/) - Mark was born on December 16, 1960, to John M. and Martha Kuhn. He has 6 siblings - John, Luke, Carmey, Concetta, Matt, and Suzanne. Mark was raised on the family farm in Lefor, ND. He went to school in Richardton, ND. He has records that he holds in track and football. In his younger
- [Tom Needham](https://northdakotacowboy.org/tom-needham/) - Tom Needham was born on November 5th, 1950, in Minot, ND, to Donald and Florence Needham. He grew up and was raised with his twin sister, Theresa, and other siblings, Judy, Barbara, and Bruce on their farm/ranch south of Parshall, ND. Tom started out his rodeo career in high school, competing three out of four
- [Fred Kist](https://northdakotacowboy.org/fred-kist/) - Freddie's enthusiasm for the sport of cowboys began when he won a blue ribbon at the New Salem Horse show in the Pleasure Horse Class when he was 10 years old. After winning his first prize he built a chute at the old Kist Livestock Sales Ring in South Mandan. He began bucking calves after
- [Rootie (Dasher Dude)](https://northdakotacowboy.org/rootie-dasher-dude/) - Dasher Dude, 2000 black mare, was born on the Roth Ranch in Glen Ullin, ND. Duane Fleck from Solen, ND, bought the filly for $800 for his daughter, Britany. Britany broke Rootie and trained the mare to barrel race. The little mare, 14.2 hands tall, was intelligent and athletic. She figured out the barrel racing
- [Dean Meyer](https://northdakotacowboy.org/dean-meyer/) - 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 remembering that all he ever wanted to do
- [Dave Hermanson](https://northdakotacowboy.org/dave-hermanson/) - David "Dave" Arthur Hermanson was born to Arthur and Christine Hermanson on October 4, 1946. He was the second of eight children. Dave grew up on a farmstead south of Litchville, ND. At a very early age, Dave took an interest in horses. His dad, Art, was instrumental in teaching Dave the ropes. Dave became
- [Sheldak Ranch](https://northdakotacowboy.org/sheldak-ranch/) - The owners of Sheldak Ranch began to make their mark on the equine world in 1963. Their stallions Mighty Tim, King David and lmaginate became leading sires, all from Sheldak Ranch bred-and-raised foals. Those foals have gone on to win thousands of major awards through 2018 around the world including: National & World Champion Cutting
- [Vernon Goldsberry](https://northdakotacowboy.org/vernon-goldsberry/) - Vernon O. Goldsberry was born March 14, 1920, the son of James and Susie (Brown) Goldsberry. During the depression, when Vernon was 15 years old, he went to work for local rancher and horse dealer, Richard Moore. From 1935 to 1938, he rounded up broke wild horses that roamed and grazed freely in the Badlands
- [Thore Naaden](https://northdakotacowboy.org/thore-naaden/) - “Thore Naaden, who said he wouldn’t trade ranching for any other life has gone on his last roundup …” is the opening line in a November 1954 article in Bar North, the North Dakota Stockmen’s Association magazine. Thore was born into a sailor’s family in Stavanger, Norway, in 1886, but spent his life on the
- [Jim Chamley](https://northdakotacowboy.org/jim-chamley/) - Jim Chamley was born in the northwest corner of North Dakota, and raised on a ranch at White Earth. He graduated from high school in Stanley. Although he migrated to other parts of the country, eventually settling in Colorado Springs, Colorado, Jim maintained strong ties to North Dakota. Jim is the founder and managing partner
- [Wilfred ‘Sonny’ Ehr Jr.](https://northdakotacowboy.org/wilfred-sonny-ehr-jr/) - Wilfred ‘Sonny’ Ehr Jr. was born in Minot on February 12, 1941, a son of Wilfred Sr. and Fay (Smith) Ehr. From the beginning, he was a fierce competitor and seemed destined for rodeo. Sonny won two state high school calf-roping titles in the late 1950s and got his first taste of national rodeo success,
- [Sakakawea](https://northdakotacowboy.org/sakakawea/) - Sakakawea is one of America’s most famous people. Though she was the youngest adult member and the only woman on the Lewis and Clark Expedition, her great contributions to the Corps of Discovery’s grueling journey to the Pacific Coast and back have rendered her the most celebrated woman in American history. She served as guide,
- [Sanish Rodeo](https://northdakotacowboy.org/sanish-rodeo/) - f there was ever an event that drew contestants and crowds, it was the Sanish Rodeo, held for three days each July. In its short, seven-year existence, it became second in the state in prize money paid and second to none in the number of contestants competing daily. The rodeo was initiated by a group
- [Old Fitzgerald](https://northdakotacowboy.org/old-fitzgerald/) - Old Fitzgerald #22 was owned by John Steen, a horse buyer from Linton, and had the distinction of bucking off top cowboys before they could make a qualified ride. He was a Percheron-cross work horse that was discovered while working in the fields around Fort Yates in the late 1940s. Old Fitzgerald was first bucked
- [John C. "J.C." Stevenson](https://northdakotacowboy.org/john-c-j-c-stevenson/) - 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 wife, Karen Jacobs, were married on October 26, 1938,
- [Jay Grantier](https://northdakotacowboy.org/jay-grantier/) - Jay Newman Grantier was born near Mount Pleasant, Iowa, on January 6, 1869, the first son of Lewis and Sylvia (Randall) Grantier. The family came to Dickinson in the spring of 1882. As a young man, he worked as a printer’s devil and a buffalo hunter’s camp tender. By 1885, he and his father had
- [George M. Christensen](https://northdakotacowboy.org/george-m-christensen/) - George M. Christensen was born March 18, 1920, near Williston to Lars and Sina (Dybevik) Christensen. They raised cattle, horses and small grains, George grew up learning cowboy techniques that later served him well. He graduated from Williston High School in 1937 and joined the National Guard, eventually receiving the Silver Star, Bronze Star and
- [George Defender](https://northdakotacowboy.org/george-defender/) - George Defender was born at Kenel, South Dakota, on the Standing Rock Indian Reservation in 1891, a son of George Sr. and Mary (Packineau) Defender. At 16, he started working on the Dye and Zimmerman Ranch, a half-million-acre lease spread throughout the reservation and in Dewey, Corson and Ziebach counties in South Dakota. The DZ
- [Frank Kubik Jr.](https://northdakotacowboy.org/frank-kubik-jr/) - Frank Kubik Jr. was born near Dickinson on June 8, 1917, a son of Frank Sr. and Anna (Kralicek) Kubik attending rural school in Dunn County and Dickinson. After receiving a teaching certificate from Dickinson State Teacher’s College, he taught in Slope and Dunn counties. On September 22, 1939, Frank married Doris Zander of Dickinson,
- [Frank Bennett Fiske](https://northdakotacowboy.org/frank-bennett-fiske/) - Frank Bennett Fiske was born June 11, 1883, at old Fort Bennett, 30 miles north of Pierre in southern Dakota Territory. When he was six months old, his father, George Edward Fiske, left the military and moved his family to a ranch about 60 miles north of Pierre. George and Louise (Otter) Fiske gave up
- [Elmer Clark](https://northdakotacowboy.org/elmer-clark/) - Elmer Clark was born March 12, 1894, to George ‘Stuttering Clark’ and Emma (Spinny) Clark on Bull Creek southeast of Belfield. The family moved to 11 miles northwest of Amidon in 1902, where he attended school nearby and later in Dickinson and Nova Scotia, Canada. ​ In the spring of 1907, he started working for
- [Eaton Ranch - Towner](https://northdakotacowboy.org/eaton-ranch-towner/) - The Eaton Ranch was established in 1890 and is located in the Mouse River Valley about seven miles southwest of Towner. The principle brand, the 7E, was fired registered in 1899 by the founder, James Briggs Eaton. “J.B.” was born in 1858 and raised on a farm in Illinois. After completing a couple of years
- [Earl Northrop](https://northdakotacowboy.org/earl-northrop/) - Earl Northrop was born to Theo and Mabel Northrop on June 12, 1921, in Monango. He was raised on a ranch near Merricourt and at an early age, began trailing horses with his father from Mobridge, South Dakota, to Merricourt. During this time, Earl acquired his lifelong love of horses, storytelling, laughter and respect for
- [Andrew Voigt](https://northdakotacowboy.org/andrew-voigt/) - Andrew Voigt was born February 7, 1867, in Saxony, Germany, a son of Wilhelm and Theresa (Meyer) Voigt. The family immigrated to St. Augusta, Minnesota, in 1879. Andrew married Anna Berger in 1889 and left for North Dakota in 1901 to survey the area. His wife and seven sons--William, George, Edward, Joseph, Victor, John and
- [Delvin Reich](https://northdakotacowboy.org/delvin-reich/) - Delvin Reich was born February 17, 1932, to Otto and Bertha (Betz) Reich and was raised in the Red Butte area south of Hazen. He enjoyed grade school baseball, hunting and fishing, but horses and rodeo were his true passions. Delvin moved to a ranch south of Zap in 1955 and earned a record number
- [Eaton's Custer Trail Ranch](https://northdakotacowboy.org/eatons-custer-trail-ranch/) - The Eaton Brothers Custer Trail ‘Dude’ Ranch began in 1868 when Howard Easton left Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, to come west to live the kind of romantic life the western legends are made from. He ‘squatted’ on land in the Missouri breaks near Medora in 1879. His brother, Alden, joined him in 1881 and Willis, another brother,
- [Fettig Brothers Rodeo](https://northdakotacowboy.org/fettig-brothers-rodeo/) - 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. The Fettig brothers–Jack, Ray, Phil and Tony--started raising bucking horses and contracting rodeos in the
- [Louis Pelissier](https://northdakotacowboy.org/louis-pelissier/) - Louis ‘Louie’ Pelissier was born in Medora, North Dakota, on March 20, 1897, the son of George and Kate (Roberts) Pelissier. Raised on Sully Creek south of Medora, he had little formal schooling, but could “figure in his head” faster than his well-educated siblings. Early in life, Louie had the idea to be a cowboy
- [Gene McCormick](https://northdakotacowboy.org/gene-mccormick/) - Gene McCormick was a dedicated cowboy and rancher who loved rodeo and won many ropings and doggings in his career. He was respected as a cowboy, rancher, father, friend and helping hand. Born in Bismarck to Charles and Ruth (Madland) McCormick on January 27, 1926, he was raised on a farm north of Menoken. As
- [Old Shep](https://northdakotacowboy.org/old-shep/) - Owned by the Aber Rodeo Company of Beach, Old Shep #22 was one of the great bucking horses. Born north of Wibaux, Montana, in 1962, he was purchased by Bob Aber as a two-year-old colt from Bill Teeters. Aber took Old Shep to rodeos in North Dakota, eastern Montana, South Dakota and Minnesota and leased
- [Pete Fredericks](https://northdakotacowboy.org/pete-fredericks/) - Pete Fredericks was active in high school rodeo. In 1953, he won the National High School Rodeo State Championship in bareback riding and in 1955 was the National High School Rodeo State Champion saddle bronc rider and steer wrestler. The next year, Pete earned the all-around champion title. He was a North Dakota high school
- [Joe Chase](https://northdakotacowboy.org/joe-chase/) - Joe Chase was born on February 19, 1933, to Joseph Sr. and Anna F. (Fredericks) Chase. He grew up and graduated from Elbowoods High School. ​ As a high school junior, Joe claimed his first rodeo title and buckle at the September 1949 North Dakota State Saddle Bronc Championship at the old Sanish rodeo grounds.
- [Dean Armstrong](https://northdakotacowboy.org/dean-armstrong/) - Dean Armstrong was born June 19, 1930, to Hugh Hunt and Gladys Bell (Smith) Armstrong. He grew up in Steele and at Sentinel Butte. Dean's dad was also a cowboy and produced the Diamond Bar Wild West Show that traveled throughout the U.S. One of the six talented, young North Dakota cowboys traveling in the
- [Emanuel Chase](https://northdakotacowboy.org/emanuel-chase/) - Emanuel Chase was born on December 22, 1925, to Joseph Sr. and Anna F. (Fredericks) Chase. He grew up and attended school in Elbowoods. He was still young when his father died, and he helped raise his four siblings. ​ In the 1940s, Emanuel, the oldest brother of Joe and Emerson Chase, had the foresight
- [Duane Howard](https://northdakotacowboy.org/duane-howard/) - Duane Howard’s idol was Casey Tibbs and he grew up dreaming of becoming a rodeo cowboy. He learned fast and in 1952, at age 18, the son of Benson County ranchers Floyd and Stella Howard became the first North Dakotan to win a National High School Rodeo title when he became the National Reserve Champion
- [Vic Christensen](https://northdakotacowboy.org/vic-christensen/) - Vic Christensen was the son of pioneer ranchers Hans and Johanna Christensen. The Christensen family arrived in Dakota Territory at Fort Lincoln in the 1870’s. The family moved to a Dunn County site in the 1880’s and then to the Figure Four Ranch near Fort Berthold in McKenzie County. Initially, the Figure Four was principally
- [Angus Kennedy Sr.](https://northdakotacowboy.org/angus-kennedy-sr/) - Angus Kennedy Sr. was born in Ontario, Canada, in 1886. In 1901, when Angus was 15, his family moved to Miles City, Montana. He arrived in the Tobacco Garden Bay area of McKenzie County in 1904 with just a saddle and a pack horse. Angus found jobs with local ranchers but soon went into the
- [A.C. Huidekoper](https://northdakotacowboy.org/a-c-huidekoper/) - Arthur Clark “A.C.” Huidekoper came to Dakota Territory in 1881 from Pennsylvania and started what would become the biggest horse ranch in North Dakota. A.C. and a man named Tarbell founded the famous HT Ranch in Slope County 10 miles west of Amidon where they raised horses, specializing in Percherons. At one time, A.C. had
- [Louis L’Amour](https://northdakotacowboy.org/louis-lamour/) - Louis L’Amour is one of the world’s most widely read authors. Born at Jamestown on March 22, 1908, he sold his first short story for $6.35. His first novel, Hondo, became a best seller in 1953 and was later made into a movie starring John Wayne. Louis wrote more than 100 books and is one
- [John Leakey](https://northdakotacowboy.org/john-leakey/) - By age 17, John Leakey had left home and was on the trail driving cattle from New Mexico to the Yellowstone River of Montana. He arrived in North Dakota in October 1893 to work on the Towers Gudgel Ranch. He was involved with the last big North Dakota roundup--of about 30,000 head--in 1894. Born in
- [Alvin Nelson](https://northdakotacowboy.org/alvin-nelson-2/) - Alvin Nelson, born in 1934, is the son of Mobridge, South Dakota, ranchers Tobias and Agnes Nelson. In 1950, at age 16, he walked away from the ranch and rode in his first rodeo. The slight-built, skinny kid won the cow riding and $17.00 and a career was born. Just two years after his first
- [Jim Tescher](https://northdakotacowboy.org/jim-tescher/) - Jim Tescher was one of the country’s premier bronc riders in the 1950s and 1960s. He was one of 15 children of Matt and Antoinette Tescher of Sentinel Butte. Rodeo was a natural as he followed his older brothers, Alvin and Tom, into the rodeo arena in 1945 at age 16. By the early 1950s,
- [Tom Tescher](https://northdakotacowboy.org/tom-tescher/) - Tom Tescher was a tough, ranch-raised kid who grew up dreaming of being a bronc rider. He was the 6th of 15 children of Matt and Antoinette Tescher of Sentinel Butte. He joined older brother, Alvin, in the Medora rodeo arena in 1943 at age 17. Tom won the first North Dakota Saddle Bronc Riding
- [Cannonball Ranch](https://northdakotacowboy.org/cannonball-ranch/) - The historic Cannonball Ranch in Morton County, North Dakota, about 35 miles south of Mandan on Highway 1806, is one of North Dakota's oldest. Located at the confluence of the Missouri and Cannonball rivers, the ranch served as a gathering point for travelers as early as 1865. In addition to a ranch operation, the site
- [Frank P. Keogh](https://northdakotacowboy.org/frank-p-keogh/) - Frank P. Keogh was born on July 18, 1877, in Benson, Minnesota, one of several children of Patrick and Catherine (Keliher) Keogh. The family moved west in 1882 when Patrick was transferred with the Northern Pacific Railroad to present-day Hebron. The family later started ranching operations on the Little Knife River. In 1901 Frank and
- [John Goodall](https://northdakotacowboy.org/john-goodall/) - John Goodall came to Dakota Territory via Missouri, Idaho, Utah, Texas and Wyoming. Born in Portland, Oregon, on September 30, 1857, he was the son of Oliver Perry and Louise (Bell) Goodall. He left home when he was 18 to work in livery barns, on overland freighters and in blacksmith shops. John began trailing cattle
- [Paige Baker, Sr.](https://northdakotacowboy.org/paige-baker-sr/) - Paige James Baker Sr., also known by his Hidatsa name as Sacred Horse, was born in Independence, North Dakota, on January 1, 1913. Born to James and Ethel (Tail) Baker, he attended school in his hometown, the Santee Indian School in Nebraska and the Chemawa Indian School in Oregon. Paige came back to North Dakota
- [Theodore Roosevelt](https://northdakotacowboy.org/theodore-roosevelt/) - Theodore Roosevelt, 26th president of the United States, was born in New York City on Ocober 27, 1858. He graduated from Harvard College in June 1880 and married in October. In September 1883, he traveled to the Badlands to hunt buffalo and other wild game. While there, he decided to purchase the Maltese Cross Ranch
- [Ray Schnell, Sr.](https://northdakotacowboy.org/ray-schnell-sr/) - Ray Schnell was born in Richardton on May 24, 1893, to Frank and Maryann (Engel) Schnell. He grew up on the family farm/ranch southeast of Richardton and, after his father’s death in 1915, he took over the operation. Ray married Clara Kittleson, a school teacher from Minnesota in 1918. In 1924, he attended the Jones
- [Olaf J. "Ole" Solberg](https://northdakotacowboy.org/olaf-j-ole-solberg/) - Ole Solberg was born near Baker, North Dakota, on September 28, 1914, to Christ and Rakkel Solberg, Norwegian immigrants. He graduated from Baker High School, where he was a successful student and baseball player, and attended North Dakota Agricultural College, majoring in animal husbandry. After college, Ole pursued his ranching career on the family homestead.
- [James William ‘Bill’ Follis](https://northdakotacowboy.org/james-william-bill-follis/) - James William ‘Bill’ Follis was born March 19, 1865, on a ranch near Stevensville, Texas. When he was seven, his parents, W.J. and Mary (Hudges) Follis, decided to drive their herd over the trail to Trinidad, Colorado. Young as he was, he rode herd as though he were a grown man. At age 15, Bill
- [Home on the Range Champions Ride](https://northdakotacowboy.org/home-on-the-range-champions-ride/) - For generations, families have been making the trip across North Dakota for an afternoon of bronc riding action at the Champions’ Ride Match at Home on the Range near Sentinel Butte. Running since 1957, the rodeo benefits the boys and girls living at Home on the Range, where the rodeo is held. The ranch itself,
- [Ben Bird](https://northdakotacowboy.org/ben-bird/) - Ben Bird was born in Texas on December 7, 1864. He made his first drive north to Montana in 1884 and, in 1886, hired on for three separate cattle herds that were heading north from Texas. In 1887, Ben brought cattle for the Lone X outfit to the mouth of the Little Missouri near Williston.
- [Marquis de Morès](https://northdakotacowboy.org/marquis-de-mores/) - Antoine Amedee Marie Vincent Amat Manca de Vallombrosa, a French aristocrat with an entrepreneurial spirit, came to Dakota in 1883 to find fortune in the cattle industry. Known as the Marquis De Morès, he was born June 14, 1858. The Marquis discovered a love of horsemanship during his time at St. Cyr, a French military
- [Jake Larson](https://northdakotacowboy.org/jake-larson/) - Jake Larson was born February 16, 1931, at the Larson Ranch near Almont. The TL Ranch has been raising quality cattle since his grandfather started it in 1881. Jake took over the operation in 1949, starting with Hereford cattle and adding crossbred Hereford/Angus/Charolais cattle in 1952. In 1969, Simmental cattle came to the ranch. Jake
- [44 Magnum](https://northdakotacowboy.org/44-magnum/) - 44 Magnum was born in 1991, on a ranch 7 miles northeast of Bottineau, ND. Her owners are breeders Steve and Barb Waagen. In 1994, at 3 years of age and 16.2 hands high, this 1500 lb. blue roan mare bucked for her first time at a Roughrider Rodeo in Stump Lake, ND. She bucked
- [Joe Berger](https://northdakotacowboy.org/joe-berger/) - Born July 22, 1936, Joe Berger grew up in the livestock business working for different ranches before he entered the U.S. Army in 1954. When he returned home in 1957, he spent his time working at Kist Livestock Auction in Mandan and for other ranching interests as a cattle buyer. Berger’s aspirations in raising rodeo
- [Dale Carlson](https://northdakotacowboy.org/dale-carlson/) - Dale Carlson was born August 12, 1940, in Minot, ND where he grew up and graduated from Minot High School in 1958. Dale dreamed of being a cowboy since he was a small boy and spent hours roping the back of a chair in his attic bedroom. With the help of Sonny Ehr and Bob
- [James Connolly](https://northdakotacowboy.org/james-connolly/) - James Louis Connolly was born May 11, 1912 at the family home in Dunn Center, ND. In his early years, James lived and worked on the Two Bar Ranch at Dunn Center. During the winters of the 1930’s and 40’s, he also worked at the cow cap on the Little Missouri River, later purchasing the
- [Jim Cook](https://northdakotacowboy.org/jim-cook/) - 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 Butte High School in 1953, and attended Dickinson State
- [Rex Cook](https://northdakotacowboy.org/rex-cook/) - Born on his parents homestead north of Sentinel Butte in 1928, Rex Cook personifies the quintessential “renaissance man”. He broke his first horse at age 12 and bought his first ranch land when he was just 14. After graduating from high school, he started teaching with an emergency teaching certificate at the Goldsberry Country School,
- [Matt Crowley](https://northdakotacowboy.org/matt-crowley/) - Matt Crowley, born in southern Minnesota 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. ​
- [Dickinson Match of Champions](https://northdakotacowboy.org/dickinson-match-of-champions/) - The Dickinson Match of Champions contributed greatly to the laurels of North Dakota's future Cowboy Hall of Fame rodeo inductees and the love of rodeo for all North Dakotans. Ray Schnell and sons Raymond, Howard and Willard organized and promoted the popular event held each August near Dickinson. The Match started as an invitational calf-roping
- [Virginia Eck](https://northdakotacowboy.org/virginia-eck/) - Virginia Eck was born, raised and has lived her entire life in North Dakota. She is the fourth oldest of six children born to Samuel and Enola Eck. Ginny, as she is better known by friends and family, started her ranching and horse career at age five. Her mother loaded Ginny, her pony and foal
- [George Fenton](https://northdakotacowboy.org/george-fenton/) - George Fenton was born October 30, 1907, near Oakdale and at the south slope of the Killdeer Mountains. When his father died, his mother moved upriver to live with her brother. He was educated in Grand Forks and Killdeer. After Fenton finished 8th grade, he hiked 25 miles from Killdeer to start a full fledged
- [Angus Fox](https://northdakotacowboy.org/angus-fox/) - Angus Fox was born in Elbowoods, N.D., in 1936 to Guy and Grace (Parshall) Fox. Educated at Shell Creek Day School and Elbowoods High, he finished up high school at Killdeer because the waters from the Garrison Diversion project had inundated his parents' home place, and they were forced to relocate their large family to
- [John ‘Buzz’ Fredericks Jr.](https://northdakotacowboy.org/john-buzz-fredericks-jr/) - 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
- [Brad Gjermundson](https://northdakotacowboy.org/brad-gjermundson/) - Born March 25, 1959, in Richardton to Stanley and Sharon Gjermundson, four-time World Champion Saddle Bronc Rider Brad Gjermundson's achievements, accomplishments, criteria and biographical information are well known. ​ After joining the PRCA in 1980, he promptly earned the ‘Rookie of the Year’ award. Gjermundson qualified for his first National Finals in 1981 and repeated
- [William Roscoe "Bill" Hadden](https://northdakotacowboy.org/william-roscoe-bill-hadden/) - In 1923, Bill Hadden was born on his father’s ranch near Sanish, North Dakota. Bill was riding, roping and doctoring cattle from the time he could sit on a horse. He broke and trained colts for his own use and neighboring ranches. When Bill turned 18 years of age, he decided to try the rodeo
- [Bob Hansen](https://northdakotacowboy.org/bob-hansen/) - Bob was raised on the family ranch north of Dunn Center, North Dakota. Bob, along with his family, still operates the ranch. Bob enjoyed ranching with his parents, three brothers and three sisters. Growing up in a ranch family, Bob had early exposure to rodeo. He competed in high school rodeos, and earned a scholarship
- [Joan ( Lennick) Hecker](https://northdakotacowboy.org/joan-lennick-hecker/) - Joan Hecker Larson Lennick is not only a cowgirl but was a rodeo queen, too. She grew up on a ranch north of Belfield, ND, where a horse was never far away. She dreamed of being a trick rider while riding her first steed, a Shetland pony. Her father bought her a good horse in
- [John Hovde](https://northdakotacowboy.org/john-hovde/) - John Hovde is, far and away, the ‘Horse Whisperer’ of North Dakota. Growing up on a Williams County ranch, he was already learning how to train horses at age six. The Hovde kids showed horses and cattle in 4 H. After the family moved into Williston, Hovde spent summers on the ranch alone, under rustic
- [Melvin Leland](https://northdakotacowboy.org/melvin-leland/) - Melvin J. Leland was born January 14, 1944, in Sidney, MT, to Tony and Mary (Link) Leland. He grew up on the family ranch homesteaded by his father. His father died in 1948 so Leland started helping on the ranch at a young age. He attended the Squaw Gap School in McKenzie County and Sidney
- [Lynn Linseth](https://northdakotacowboy.org/lynn-linseth/) - Born June 29, 1936, Lynn Nordean Linseth was raised in McKenzie County, one of 13 children of Severne and Gudrun Linseth. He grew up on the family farm and attended Dickinson State University on a football scholarship before joining the military. After a distinguished career in the United States Army, Lynn returned to North Dakota
- [Little Yellow Jacket](https://northdakotacowboy.org/little-yellow-jacket/) - Often called the "most famous bull in the world," Little Yellow Jacket #P761 was bred and raised by the Joe Berger family of Mandan. Later owned by Joe and Nevada Berger, Tom Teague and Bernie Taupin, this ferocious 1,600 pound bundle of bull has participated in major bull riding events all over the U.S. He
- [Walter Piehl, Sr.](https://northdakotacowboy.org/walter-piehl-sr/) - Walter Piehl, Sr. was born July 23, 1915, in Marion, ND, to John and Fern (Mart) Piehl. He was educated in Marion and grew up farming with horses. Piehl married Hattie DeVries in 1939, and they had three children. They purchased land and farmed for a time. Through his love of horses and trading, Piehl
- [Harold Schafer](https://northdakotacowboy.org/harold-schafer/) - Harold Schafer was born on a small farm near Stanton, ND, in 1912, the second of Edward and Bertha Schafer’s three children. No stranger to hard work, he took his first paid job at the age of eight, working in a butcher shop for $4 per week. He developed a strong work ethic, often working
- [Joseph Schaff](https://northdakotacowboy.org/joseph-schaff/) - Joseph Schaff was born May 8, 1928 on a small farm southeast of St. Anthony, North Dakota. He was in charge of running the family ranch at a young age. He started his cow herd in 1946 and grew the herd to nearly 800 cows at its peak. To build a quality herd, Joe compiled
- [Willard Schnell](https://northdakotacowboy.org/willard-schnell/) - Willard Schnell is one of 11 children born to Ray Sr. and Clara Schnell, Dickinson. Schnell’s father and two partners founded the Dickinson Livestock Sales Company in 1937 and, from that time on, the auction and livestock market business played a major role in the family. Schnell launched his auctioneering career at age 18, learning
- [Lee Selland](https://northdakotacowboy.org/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,
- [Jerry Weinberger](https://northdakotacowboy.org/jerry-weinberger/) - Jerry Weinberger was born in 1947 and raised near Carson, in Grant County. J.C. Stevenson got him going in the rodeo direction when Weinberger was just a lad by letting him ride steers out of the branding chutes. Trying out all the events except “dogging”, Weinberger decided that bull riding was the most lucrative and
- [Don Short](https://northdakotacowboy.org/don-short/) - Don Levingston Short was born in La Mars, Iowa to Hugh Con and Anne Corkery Short. He began his education in Medora, then went to St. James Military Academy in Fairbault, Minnesota, when he was 11 years old. Don graduated high school at Pillsbury Military Academy in Fairbault, and attended the University of Minnesota. After
- [Levi Wisness](https://northdakotacowboy.org/levi-wisness/) - Levi was born April 21, 1981, the son of Milo and Julie (Stenehjem) Wisness, in Williston, ND. He was raised on their ranch north of Keene and graduated from Watford City High School. In high school Levi excelled in wrestling, football and rodeo. He was a five-year letterman in wrestling and four years in football.
- [Philip Haugen](https://northdakotacowboy.org/philip-haugen/) - Philip Haugen was born in Williston, ND on August 10,1964 to Noral and Sonja Haugen. He was raised in Williston along with his siblings Naomi, Heidi and Barry, graduating from high school in 1983. Phil first entered the arena at the age of nine, competing in the M-T Saddle Club Youth Rodeos, Little Britches Rodeos
- [Steve Brooks](https://northdakotacowboy.org/steve-brooks/) - Steve Brooks comes from a long heritage of farmers and ranchers in Slope County. Steve’s great-great grandfather homesteaded in Sheets Township in 1904, and his great-grandfather homesteaded six miles west in 1905. Steve’s grandfather, Harold, bought land 6 miles north in the 1930’s. His dad, Wayne, and uncle, Howard, added more land 25 miles west
- [James Uhlman](https://northdakotacowboy.org/james-uhlman/) - James McEwen “Mac” Uhlman was born April 11, 1854, at Chelsea, Nova Scotia. He married Millie Dean Jaynes in 1878, and together they immigrated with family members to Wisconsin, settling near Roberts and River Falls. In 1891, Mac moved to North Dakota, setting up camp in the unorganized area of the Missouri River across from
- [Black Leg Ranch](https://northdakotacowboy.org/black-leg-ranch/) - George H. Doan was born in Ontario, Canada in 1856, a descendent of Deacon John Doan, who came to America from England in 1629. After George’s father died, George came to the United States with his mother and siblings. In 1880, George came to Dakota Territory looking for land and a new beginning. He homesteaded
- [North Dakota Stockmen’s Association](https://northdakotacowboy.org/north-dakota-stockmens-association/) - If there is ever a lesson a cattleman learns, it is this: not to fight is to perish. Those were the sentiments of Watford City rancher Andrew Johnston, whose foresight and leadership led to the formation of the North Dakota Stockmen’s Association (NDSA). Cattle rustling was plaguing the state in the 1920s, and Johnston took
- [Rockie Kukla](https://northdakotacowboy.org/rockie-kukla/) - Rockie was born in 1959 in Dickinson, ND, and raised north of Killdeer. He began his rodeo career at the Killdeer Mountain Showdeo. During high school, in 1976 and 1977, he team roped and rode saddle bronc, being taught and coached by Doug Hansen. He qualified for the National High School Rodeo finals in Lake
- [Harvey Billadeau](https://northdakotacowboy.org/harvey-billadeau/) - Harvey Billadeau was born March 17, 1953 to Leon and Lorraine Billadeau. He grew up on the family farm/ranch south of Parshall, ND. As a young child Harvey had a love for horses and riding and was always dragging around a rope. He started roping calves in the feedlot, pasture, and at brandings. ​ Harvey
- [Carroll Johnston](https://northdakotacowboy.org/carroll-johnston/) - Carroll F. Johnston was born on January 24, 1935, in Watford City, North Dakota. He was the firstborn son of Andrew and Leva (Thompson) Johnston. After the death of his father in a barn fire in 1939, Carroll went to live with his Uncle Ben, where he learned the way of the cowboy; ranching, breaking
- [Martin Hovde](https://northdakotacowboy.org/martin-hovde/) - Martin S. Hovde was born February 14, 1913, to Jeremiah and Laura Hovde in Harvey, North Dakota. The family homesteaded in McKenzie County; however, during the winter of 1921, they moved south of Epping, North Dakota in Truax Township. Martin grew up on the family ranch helping neighbors and riding on many cattle drives for
- [Walter Piehl Jr.](https://northdakotacowboy.org/walter-piehl-jr/) - Walter Piehl Jr. has brought credit to western heritage through his internationally known artistic talents, his preservation of rodeo and western heritage through his art, and his varied involvement in the sport of rodeo in North Dakota. Walter Piehl has been a rodeo competitor, producer, and announcer; father of rodeo competitors, acclaimed artist, teacher and
- [Darrell Hermanson](https://northdakotacowboy.org/darrell-hermanson/) - Darrell Hermanson was born to Art and Christine Hermanson on November 29, 1955. He was the sixth of eight children to grow up on a farmstead south of Litchville, ND. Growing up, Darrell was quite the hand and stole the attention early competing in Little Britches and amateur rodeos. Horses and rodeo would continue to
- [Gerald "Pat" Effertz](https://northdakotacowboy.org/gerald-pat-effertz/) - Gerald "Pat" Effertz, the youngest of eight children was 13 in 1938 when his father Joseph died leaving he and his two older brothers to help their mother Hannah hold onto the farm homesteaded in 1903, near Velva, ND. After graduating and serving in the Merchant Marines for two years Pat returned home and worked
- [Charles  C.F. Martell](https://northdakotacowboy.org/charles-c-f-martell/) - In 1908, a young man left his family dairy farm in New York going west to fulfill his dream in western North Dakota. Charles Franklin (C.F.) Martell arrived with nothing, worked for his uncles and was on his own by 1914. He established a ranch headquarters known as "Horse Camp", running several hundred head of
- [Kaye Nelson](https://northdakotacowboy.org/kaye-nelson/) - Born in Watford City, North Dakota, on July 12, 1937, Kaye (Van Dyke) Nelson is the daughter of Norwegian immigrants Arnold Stromme and Anna Signalness Stromme Van Dyke Jorgenson. Much of Kaye’s life was spent on her grandparent’s Bar U Ranch along the Little Missouri River north of Killdeer. Life lessons were learned sitting beside
- [Top Hand](https://northdakotacowboy.org/top-hand/) - Purchased by North Dakota’s own PRCA Champion and Stock Contractor Bob Aber in 1973 and weighing in at over 2400 lbs., “Top Hand”, a grey Simmental Charolais bull was as athletic as they come. Quickly becoming one of the best bulls in the business, Top Hand traveled the rodeo circuit in North Dakota, South Dakota
- [Steve Weekes, Sr.](https://northdakotacowboy.org/steve-weekes-sr/) - Steve Weekes, Sr. was born in 1851 in Toronto, Canada. He arrived in the United States with his parents at six months of age. The family initially settled at Waterloo, Iowa. In 1878, he met and married his wife, Margareta Annie Thompson. They had their first child before venturing north to Bismarck, N.D. in 1880.
- [Ralph Murray](https://northdakotacowboy.org/ralph-murray/) - Ralph Francis Murray was born October 3, 1911 at his family's Beulah, ND homestead. He spent his lifetime in Mercer County, ND. Murray owned and operated the Ralph Murray Ranch, 12 miles southwest of Beulah, ND, from 1948 until 1971. The ranch consisted of about 3600 acres of deeded land. He also leased roughly 1500
- [Olson Ranch](https://northdakotacowboy.org/olson-ranch/) - Ole T. Olson came from Ridgeway, Iowa to North Dakota seeking land. He looked for three requirements to build the foundation of a successful cattle ranch: coulees to protect cattle from the elements, good grazing and a spring to provide water. In 1897, Ole's search ended in the beautiful badlands of western North Dakota, where
- [Nevada Jorgenson](https://northdakotacowboy.org/nevada-jorgenson/) - Nevada started riding saddle bronc and went on win the Minnesota Saddle Bronc championship in 1972. He then moved to Dickinson to attend college and competed on the rodeo team. He left the amateur and local rodeo associations and got his PRCA card in 1975. He attended many of Bob Barnes rodeos and went to
- [Larry Sandvick](https://northdakotacowboy.org/larry-sandvick/) - Larry Sandvick was born to Thorris & Lynell Sandvick on May 15, 1966, the 5th of 6 children. He grew up on their ranch in the Little Missouri River Badlands, north of Killdeer, ND graduating from high school there in 1984. Larry then attended Casper Community College, graduating in 1987 with an associate degree in
- [Jack Reich](https://northdakotacowboy.org/jack-reich/) - Jack Patrick Reich was born September 15, 1969 in North Dakota. He started his rodeo career riding calves in local shows. He competed in HS rodeo as a bareback rider competing in National HS Finals Rodeo several times. He attended MSU (Bozeman, MT) on a rodeo scholarship. Jack was National High School Reserve Champion in
- [David Dahl](https://northdakotacowboy.org/david-dahl/) - David (Dave) Dahl, internationally-known bronc saddle maker, was born on December 12,1945 to John and Mildred Dahl at Keene, North Dakota. The third child born in a family of eleven children, he grew up on the family farm. He attended grade school at both the Keogh School and Reservation Schools near his home. In 1962,
- [Chad Berger](https://northdakotacowboy.org/chad-berger/) - Chad Berger was 6 years old when he started riding steers and Shetland bucking horses. By age 9, he was riding in Little Britches rodeos. Berger started entering NDRA rodeos at the age of 13 and made his first NDRA finals as a freshman. He competed at NDHSRA finals each year and qualified for Nationals
- [White Earth Valley Saddle Club](https://northdakotacowboy.org/white-earth-valley-saddle-club/) - The White Earth Valley Saddle Club filed Articles of Incorporation with North Dakota’s Secretary of State in September of 1956. The club purchased 57 acres of land on the east side of White Earth Valley Road and went to work building an arena and chutes, with all construction work performed by volunteers. Telephone poles, donated
- [Denver Jorgenson](https://northdakotacowboy.org/denver-jorgenson/) - Denver Carl Jorgenson was born on September 14, 1951 in Williston, ND. He moved to Cook, MN for a time before returning to North Dakota for college and work. He worked on his brother Dale’s ranch and for Gerry Linseth at Grassy Butte, ND. Jorgenson competed in bareback, steer wrestling, saddle bronc and bull riding
- [Brenda Lee Bonogofsky Pickett](https://northdakotacowboy.org/brenda-lee-bonogofsky-pickett/) - Brenda Lee (Bonogofsky) Pickett was born April 6, 1962 in Bismarck, ND, and grew up working on the family farm/ranch located on the Heart River bottom near Carson, ND. Her family raised Simmental cattle and alfalfa for hay. As a child, Brenda Lee was active in Horse 4-H and Play Days sponsored by the Bismarck
- [Leo Sorensen](https://northdakotacowboy.org/leo-sorensen/) - Leo Sorensen was born to pioneer parents on their farm north of Garrison on March 30, 1909. He would live his entire life in North Dakota. Leo was destined from the beginning to be a cowboy. He went on his first cattle drive while attending grade school, helping move cattle from north of Garrison to
- [Herb Birdsall](https://northdakotacowboy.org/herb-birdsall/) - Herb was born on his family’s farm north of Berthold on September 11, 1904, and grew up farming alongside his dad and brothers. Herb’s parents had passed away by the time he was 20. He and his brothers grew the family farm into a business, calling it the Birdsall Farm Company. In time, bringing son-in-law
- [Paul Christensen](https://northdakotacowboy.org/paul-christensen/) - Born April 1, 1955, Paul Christensen lived the life of a cowboy. He learned the cowboy way at an early age, following in the footsteps of his father, Dr. George Christensen. He enjoyed working with horses, participating in countless cattle drives, roundups and brandings as well as trail rides. He especially enjoyed riding in the
- [Clarence  Parker](https://northdakotacowboy.org/clarence-parker/) - Clarence H. Parker, born March 12, 1873 in Minot, was widely recognized as a pioneer rancher. He was considered North Dakota’s main breeder of buffalo and was also well known for his cattle and horses, the latter of which he entered in races. In the early 1900’s, Parker maintained what was believed to be the
- [War Paint](https://northdakotacowboy.org/war-paint/) - War Paint #18 is one the most prolific bucking horses in the last half of the 20th century. A black and white stud raised by Brad Brettin is one of North Dakota’s most famous rodeo stallions whose genes are crossing through herds of bucking horse producers and stock contractors in the U.S. and Canada. War
- [Taylor Ranch](https://northdakotacowboy.org/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
- [Skoal's Centennial](https://northdakotacowboy.org/skoals-centennial/) - Bareback bronc “Centennial” was purchased by Lynn Linseth in 1989. The seller, Dave Hermanson said he was a registered Quarter horse with a little buck in him. Chestnut in color with a white blaze down his face and three white socks, Centennial was 14 ½ hands tall, weighed about 1200 pounds and was branded L2.
- [Sitting Bull](https://northdakotacowboy.org/sitting-bull/) - Born in the Grand River Valley along the North and South Dakota border in the 1830’s, Sitting Bull was the last of the great Sioux spiritual leaders. A leader of Indian forces at the Battle of the Little Big Horn in 1876, he became one of the world’s most famous men. A defender of his
- [Russ Silha](https://northdakotacowboy.org/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 taken over the operation and continues the family tradition of raising Corriedale sheep,
- [Red Pepper](https://northdakotacowboy.org/red-pepper/) - Red Pepper #V34 was a red sorrel gelding approximately 15.3 hands tall and weighing 1,300 pounds. His age and breeding are unknown. The Fettig Brothers Rodeo Company purchased him in Miles City, Montana, from Eddie Vaughn in the late 1950s and branded him with their rodeo brand Y. Red Pepper was a consistent saddle bronc,
- [Price Ranch](https://northdakotacowboy.org/price-ranch/) - The Price Ranch was established north of Mandan in the early 1900s by William and Emily (Watkins) Price, starting with a quit claim deed of range land. At first, they lived in a tent and later built a log house. By 1910, the Prices and their six children had a two-story house and a barn.
- [ND Winter Show](https://northdakotacowboy.org/nd-winter-show/) - A tradition since 1937, the North Dakota Winter Show moved to the newly constructed North Dakota Winter Show Events Center on Grainger Hill in 1963. That same year, the PRCA sanctioned the North Dakota Winter Show and Fettig Rodeo produced the event in the new arena. Bob Aber (2010 NDCHF Inductee) was associated with the
- [Mandan Rodeo](https://northdakotacowboy.org/mandan-rodeo/) - One of the nation's oldest continuous rodeos, the Mandan Rodeo became famous in the 1940s as part of the 'big loop" that included Cheyenne Frontier Days and the Calgary Stampede. However, the event dates back to 1879 when a baseball game and pony races marked the 4th of July. The first bronc busting match performance
- [50 Years in the Saddle](https://northdakotacowboy.org/50-years-in-the-saddle/) - On May 26, 1957, 22 ranchers who had been working with cattle since at least 1907 met in New Town and organized ‘50 Years in the Saddle’. They decided to gather once a year to reminisce and "to preserve memories and traditions". Many of the charter members also belonged to the Western Livestockmen's Association (now
- [Double Jeopardy](https://northdakotacowboy.org/double-jeopardy/) - Double Jeopardy #08 was born in May 1970 and went to the National Finals in Oklahoma City for eight straight years from 1976-‘83. 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
- [Blaisdell Rodeo Club](https://northdakotacowboy.org/blaisdell-rodeo-club/) - The Blaisdell Rodeo got underway in 1956 when 11 men formed an organization to build a rodeo arena for Mountrail County youth. Any Moore donated land while free labor and sweat equity built the arena. Neil McGrady was contracted to provide four buckles, and Nick Ganes furnished 35 “horses that buck” for that first rodeo
- [Brooks Hereford Ranch](https://northdakotacowboy.org/brooks-hereford-ranch/) - James Brooks married Goldie Tittle in 1924 and farmed the land in Lansforth ND that became Brooks Hereford Ranch. Their sons Loren and Robert used money from selling a bum lamb to purchase a sow whose litters became the seed money to buy registered heifers from breeders. The ranch increased to 12,000 acres with land
- [Anchors Aweigh](https://northdakotacowboy.org/anchors-aweigh/) - Anchors Aweigh #00 was raised near Blaisdell on the Clarence Wirtz Ranch. In 1971, Wirtz brought him into town to be tried out at the Blaisdell NDRA Rodeo because he didn’t appear to be cut out for regular ranch duties. Maybe he was meant to be a bucking horse. Indeed, he bucked in the bareback
- [Joe Wicks](https://northdakotacowboy.org/joe-wicks/) - Joseph Frederick Wicks was born May 11, 1902, in St. Paul, Minnesota. He was orphaned soon after birth, came to North Dakota on an orphan train and was placed with the Frederick Fix family in Mandan. In 1912, William Langer became Joe’s legal guardian. Joe was educated in Mandan and at the Catholic monastery in
- [Frank Wetzstein](https://northdakotacowboy.org/frank-wetzstein/) - 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 Mansfield, Casey Tibbs and the North Dakota ‘Six Pack’ and movie stars
- [James Frances "Jim" Weekes](https://northdakotacowboy.org/james-frances-jim-weekes/) - Jim Weekes was born four miles from the Riverside Ranch on a homestead near Almont, North Dakota. His grandfather, S.P. Weekes, and his uncles produced rodeos. Weekes entered his first pony race when he was a seven year old tenderfoot. His folks moved to the HT Ranch near Amidon in Slope County just a few
- [Howard Wanna](https://northdakotacowboy.org/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
- [Lettie L. Uhlman-Kellogg](https://northdakotacowboy.org/lettie-l-uhlman-kellogg/) - Lettie Lee Uhlman Kellogg was born in Roberts, Wisconsin on December 2, 1890. Lettie's best friend was her father, James M. "Mac" Uhlman. The family headed out west and homesteaded on Timber Creek in the valley of the Missouri River. They called the homestead, the Bird Head Ranch, and it was built in 1891. Lettie
- [Marie Tyler](https://northdakotacowboy.org/marie-tyler/) - Born on a farm near Moffit, Burleigh County, in 1908, Marie Cordner graduated from Bismarck High in 1926. In 1938, she married Jim Tyler in Poplar, Mont., and they began married life operating tourist cabins at the foot of Bismarck’s Memorial Bridge. Later, they ran Bismarck’s Finney Drug Store and owned and operated a gift
- [Steve "The Senator" Tomac](https://northdakotacowboy.org/steve-the-senator-tomac/) - 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 to do that. When he
- [Ed Sundby](https://northdakotacowboy.org/ed-sundby/) - In the late 1960's thru the 1980's, Ed Sundby was a talented all-around cowboy competing in high school, college and professional rodeos earning many event and all-around titles. Ed was known as a good horseman and trained his own bulldogging teams. Ed is the son of Orvin and Ginger Sundby and was raised in Williston,
- [Donald  Stevenson](https://northdakotacowboy.org/donald-stevenson/) - Donald ‘Don’ Stevenson, one of the state's best known early ranchers, was born April 12, 1833, in Scotland. He immigrated to Ontario with his parents in 1842 and to Minnesota in 1856. After a year in Texas, Stevenson returned to Minnesota in 1861, purchased a farm on land that became Osakis, Minnesota. He married Lydia
- [Tom Solberg](https://northdakotacowboy.org/tom-solberg/) - Ronald Thomas “Tom” Solberg was born April 30, 1944, in Killdeer, North Dakota. He grew up at Grassy Butte, and graduated from New England’s St. Mary’s high school in 1964. He was the ND High School Bullriding Champion in 1963 and 1973-1981 finalist at the Badlands Circuit Finals in Deadwood, SD. He also participated in
- [Sam Rhoades](https://northdakotacowboy.org/sam-rhoades/) - Samuel ‘Sam’ Rhoades was born in Tennessee on March 6, 1872, and moved to Texas with his parents in 1874. His father worked for the Miles outfit and when Sam was big enough, he did, too. Sam took up bronc riding because it paid better than being a regular cowpoke. He rode north up the
- [John F. "Johnny" Quilliam](https://northdakotacowboy.org/john-f-johnny-quilliam/) - John ‘Johnny’ Quilliam was born December 3, 1905, in Morris, Minnesota. He started his rodeo career at age 14 and, for 16 years, was spurring wildly at local rodeos. He once said that he was never quite as showy in the saddle bronc events. He tried all of the rodeo events, from saddle bronc riding
- [Stanley Pope](https://northdakotacowboy.org/stanley-pope/) - Stanley “Longhorn” Pope might’ve been born in 1931 in Bowman, but he lived the majority of his life on the TP Ranch, southwest of Amidon, in Slope County. His great-grandmother was Margaret Barr Roberts, the “First Lady of the Badlands”. His grandmother, Elizabeth, served for 30 years as a Deputy Game Warden in North Dakota,
- [LeRoy "Bud" Perry](https://northdakotacowboy.org/leroy-bud-perry/) - LeRoy "Bud" Perry was born in Drake, ND, on the Fourth of July, 1907. His parents moved to the Killdeer area where Perry graduated from the 8th grade. Perry's life as a cowboy began one day when he was only 11 years old and riding down Killdeer's Main Street. He was noticed by Bob Wilcox,
- [Pete Pelissier](https://northdakotacowboy.org/pete-pelissier/) - Pete Pelissier was born March 11, 1865, in Cold Springs, MN, to Antoine and Samantha (Bonney) Pelissier. The family moved to present-day Jamestown area in 1873. Antoine died in 1874. In about 1883, Pelissier left his widowed mother and siblings behind in MN when still in his teens. He headed west, showing up at the
- [Harry Olson](https://northdakotacowboy.org/harry-olson/) - Harry Olson, born June 28, 1940, has been at home on the range near Killdeer his whole life, save for travel time to rodeos. Olson's rodeo career started in high school. In 1958, he qualified for the National High School Rodeo Assn. steer wrestling. At various times, he entered each rodeo event, qualifying, winning or
- [Norman ‘Peg’ O’Neil](https://northdakotacowboy.org/norman-peg-oneil/) - Norman ‘Peg’ O’Neil was born in April 16, 1923, on his parents’ homestead north of Dunn Center to Robert and Margaret (McGuire) O’Neil. He was educated in a country school and graduated from Beulah High School in 1941. He married Phyllis Murray in 1954. Farming and ranching and brand inspecting for the NDSA (with a
- [Bruce Northrop](https://northdakotacowboy.org/bruce-northrop/) - Bruce Northrop was raised on a ranch near Grassy Butte and gained horse sense from his dad, W.S. ‘Pete’ Northrop. In 1950, at only 17 years old, Bruce left home to work for Fettig Brothers Rodeo. The Fettig outfit trailed all rodeo stock to events until 1953 when they gave in and began trucking. It
- [James Earl Mrnak](https://northdakotacowboy.org/james-earl-mrnak/) - James Earl Mrnak was born June 7, 1927 on the place that was homesteaded in 1906 by his grandfather Vincent Mrnak. The ranch is located five miles south of Bowman, North Dakota. Jim married Marlene Brown and they raised their five children on the ranch that is now managed by their sons and their families.
- [Richard Moore](https://northdakotacowboy.org/richard-moore/) - Richard Moore was born in 1884 near Coon Rapids, IA to Ernest and Sarah (Thomas) Moore. The family relocated to Rushville, NE when he was six years old. The Battle of Wounded Knee took place within 30 miles of his home. This was a frightening memory for him to recall. Richard had two sisters Julia
- [Andy Moore](https://northdakotacowboy.org/andy-moore/) - Moore was born in 1921 at Palermo, ND, to Albert and Emily (Peterson) (Halvorson) Moore. His parents came to the area in 1908 and built their ranch with the help of their six children. Moore was educated in country schools and at Palermo High School. Moore’s love for ranching began early in life. He herded
- [Robert McLeod](https://northdakotacowboy.org/robert-mcleod/) - One of the Badlands' most colorful cowboys, Bob McLeod was born April 1, 1902, in Dickey, North Dakota. Growing up on horseback, he was raised on a horse ranch on Franks Creek north of Medora where the family raised horses, which they sold to settlers for their transportation and farm work. As a teenager, Bob
- [Raymond ‘Butch’ Luger](https://northdakotacowboy.org/raymond-butch-luger/) - Raymond ‘Butch’ Luger was born November 27, 1907, in St. Paul, Minnesota. His parents were both orphaned immigrants from Germany/Austria. The family moved to Raleigh, North Dakota, in 1912, establishing permanent roots on the Standing Rock Indian Reservation near Fort Yates in 1923. Butch married Thelma Lucy Claymore, an enrolled member of the Cheyenne River
- [Arthur Link](https://northdakotacowboy.org/arthur-link/) - Arthur ‘Art’ Link was born May 24, 1914, near Alexander, North Dakota, in McKenzie County. His father was an immigrant from what is now the Czech Republic, and his mother was from Germany. They gradually found their way to western N.D. and filed a homestead. Link’s formal education was in a one room country school
- [Kenneth Krueger](https://northdakotacowboy.org/kenneth-krueger/) - Kenneth Krueger, began his rodeo career as a saddle bronc rider in the early 1930s. He was instrumental in promoting rodeo in the southeastern region of North Dakota. Many of the rodeo posters listed him as “Wild Horse Krueger,” bronc rider, rodeo producer and trick rider. He dressed and lived the part.
- [Andrew Johnston](https://northdakotacowboy.org/andrew-johnston/) - Andrew Johnston is noted for authoring the first two volumes of 50 Years in the Saddle, inventing the cattle guard and being instrumental in starting brand inspections in the Dakotas, keeping detailed brand records that are still used today as historical mementos of the west. Born March 25, 1885, near Taylor, Andrew spent most of
- [Ben Johnston](https://northdakotacowboy.org/ben-johnston/) - Ben Johnston’s father and uncle came to the Dakota Territory from Sweden in 1886 and Ben was born in Taylor, North Dakota in 1909. Looking for better grazing land, the family settled twelve miles north of what is now called Watford City. Johnston and his brother, Andrew, began breaking horses for the Martell Cattle Company
- [James P. ‘Jim’ Jefferies](https://northdakotacowboy.org/james-p-jim-jefferies/) - Born March 12, 1925, in Dickinson, James P. ‘Jim’ Jefferies grew up near Grassy Butte. At age 12, he went to work for Pat Woods. At 15, he was at Leighton Trotter's, learning blacksmithing and inlaying silver on bridles and spurs. Jim served in the U.S. Army in 1944 1946. On June 1, 1948, he
- [Arthur Jefferies](https://northdakotacowboy.org/arthur-jefferies/) - Born July 30, 1852, Arthur Nathaniel Jefferies trailed the first herds of cattle from Texas to North Dakota, bringing 4,000 head of Longhorns. He established the permanent headquarters of the Reynolds Bros. Long X Ranch as one of the stockholders. There were at least four more cattle drives from the Rio Grande north, moving as
- [Wayne Herman](https://northdakotacowboy.org/wayne-herman/) - Born in 1964, Wayne Herman has almost always called Dunn, Mercer or Stark Counties home. After honing his skills in bareback riding, saddle bronc, calf roping and team roping in high school and winning 5 state titles, as well as 3rd place in bareback at the Nationals in 1980 & 1982, he went off to
- [Don Hart](https://northdakotacowboy.org/don-hart/) - Donald W. ‘Don’ Hart was born October 10, 1926, in Browerville, Minnesota. He lived in the Fargo area most of his life, served in the U.S. Navy from 1944 1946 and graduated from NDSU in 1951. Don married Grace Wichmann on June 22, 1950, in Fargo, and they had three children. From 1951 1959, he
- [Douglas Hansen](https://northdakotacowboy.org/douglas-hansen/) - Douglas was born in 1947 and raised on the Hansen Ranch northeast of Dunn Center, ND. Doug qualified and competed at the National High School Rodeo Finals from 1962-1965 and also the National Intercollegiate Rodeo Finals from 1966-1969. He was part of the NDSU rodeo team where he was named the Great Plains Region Calf
- [Edward S. Hall](https://northdakotacowboy.org/edward-s-hall/) - Edward S. Hall was born May 7, 1857, at Little Falls, Minnesota. At 12 years old, he left home and went to work on a bull train that carried freight from St. Cloud, Minnesota, to Fort Buford. In 1871, Ed hauled ties and freight for the Great Northern Railroad. The next year, he hired on
- [Mervel Hall](https://northdakotacowboy.org/mervel-hall/) - Mervel Raymond Hall was born on the family ranch near Elbowoods in 1928 and grew up on horseback. He served overseas in the U.S. Navy and has ranched and farmed near Mandaree since 1948. Ed Hall Sr. was his grandfather. He reared a family of six children. The NDRA named him champion bareback and saddle
- [Maude Gullickson](https://northdakotacowboy.org/maude-gullickson/) - Maude (Kirk) Gullickson was born in Washburn in 1911 and started riding as a toddler. She rode nearly every day until she was 73 years old. Gullickson trained and rode barrel horses and competed in dozens of rodeos throughout North Dakota, South Dakota, Montana and into Canada every summer from the 1950s through the ‘70s.
- [Melvin Griffin](https://northdakotacowboy.org/melvin-griffin/) - Born into the ranching life in Miles City, Mont., on December 4, 1908, Melvin Griffin started helping trail cattle into Miles City with his dad when he was only 10 years old. He finished eighth grade and got the rest of his education in the ‘School of Hard Knocks’. After trailing some cattle into North
- [Dale Greenwood](https://northdakotacowboy.org/dale-greenwood/) - Dale Greenwood, started at age 16 as a rodeo contestant being partial to saddle bronc riding. Self-employed as a rodeo cowboy, clown/ bullfighter and rancher he served as the first president of the Assn of National Grasslands. He took his passion to the McKenzie Grazing Assn and the ND Stockmen’s Assn.
- [Alvin ‘Gabby’ Gabbert](https://northdakotacowboy.org/alvin-gabby-gabbert/) - Born July 24, 1921, Alvin ‘Gabby’ Gabbert lived his entire life on the land his father homesteaded west of Lefor. In 1950, he purchased the family farm and changed it from farming to a ranching operation. Alvin bred and raised Registered Black Angus cattle and Quarter horses. He added an indoor arena for training and
- [Guy Anthony Fox](https://northdakotacowboy.org/guy-anthony-fox/) - Guy Anthony Fox was born in 1902 and lived his entire life on the Fort Berthold Reservation--Elbowoods, Shell Creek and Mandaree. As a youth, he went to school at Shell Creek and later attended Pipestone Indian School in MN. A member of the Flint Knife clan, his first name was Yellow Dog, but his Grandmas
- [Perfecto Fernandez](https://northdakotacowboy.org/perfecto-fernandez/) - Perfecto Fernandez, a/k/a Georgie Baye, was born in Brownsville, Texas, on May 12, 1861. His first cattle drive was to Wyoming in 1875. After hooking up with John Goodall, he came along to Dakota Territory. According to folks at the Wibaux Museum, Fernandez helped Pierre Wibaux drive longhorns from Texas to Montana. He worked as
- [Leonard Davis](https://northdakotacowboy.org/leonard-davis/) - Born January 19, 1913, near Belfield, Leonard Davis grew up on a small, diversified ranch. In his adult years, he was dedicated to improving the productive quality of the land and conserving precious moisture. He was noted for his careful planning and record keeping skills and for trying new ideas and techniques. Leonard married Mildred
- [Russ Danielson](https://northdakotacowboy.org/russ-danielson/) - Russ Danielson grew up on a diversified farm in Barnes County, North Dakota. He graduated from Valley City High School and attended North Dakota State University majoring in Animal Husbandry. After graduation in December 1964, Russ joined the NDSU Animal Science department in 1965 as beef cattle herdsman and instructor. He served in this position
- [William Connolly](https://northdakotacowboy.org/william-connolly/) - William Connolly was born in 1861 on his family's homestead near Henderson, Minnesota. At age 16, he was employed by the Northern Pacific Railroad as it progressed through Dakota Territory. He headed for Montana and lived in the Moccasin Mountains on the Judith River, cutting railroad ties and cordwood for the NPRR. Connolly and Charles
- [Bob Christophersen](https://northdakotacowboy.org/bob-christophersen/) - Bob Christophersen was born in Iowa on March 21, 1950, to John and Edith (Kunkel) Christophersen. He wrestled steers at youth rodeos in 1959. While competing in high school rodeo, winning Iowa State steer wrestling championship in 1966 and ‘69. He was also Iowa State All-around Champion in 1966 and 2nd in bull riding and
- [Emerson Chase](https://northdakotacowboy.org/emerson-chase/) - Emerson was born in 1927 in Twin Buttes on the Fort Berthold Reservation, a brother to Emmanuel and Joe Chase. He was only seven when their father died and it was a godsend that the Hansen Brothers of Marshall, ND, mentored the boys and hired them for ranch work. Emerson had just finished his 8th
- [Jack Chase](https://northdakotacowboy.org/jack-chase/) - A cowboy's cowboy, Jack Chase was born July 27, 1934, near Carson. He was a top rodeo cowboy and a person who did a great deal during his lifetime to promote and keep alive the cowboy way of life and our western heritage. Jack grew up on a ranch in Grant County. From an early
- [George Charging](https://northdakotacowboy.org/george-charging/) - George Charging was born in 1893 in Lucky Mound Township, McLean County, on the Missouri's east bank, just opposite Independence, in Dunn County. Practically born on horseback, it was only natural that he would eventually compete in rodeo. At age 17, he was hired by George Phelan to ride the range on the Big Lease
- [Archie Campbell](https://northdakotacowboy.org/archie-campbell/) - Archie Campbell was born in 1897 and spent most of his life in Wells and Eddy counties. He traveled to New Brunswick, Canada, in 1914 and, while there, met a Canadian lass, Jessie Gilliss. They married in 1917, returned to the U.S. and, by 1932, had established the Crystal Springs Ranch, a spread that eventually
- [Newton Burr, Sr.](https://northdakotacowboy.org/newton-burr-sr/) - Newton Burr, Sr., was born on September 25, 1929, at Elbowoods, ND, to Oscar ad Mary (Wounded Face) Burr. He was a member of the Prairie Chicken Clan of the Four Clan and a child of the Flint Knife Clan. He was raised near Mandaree and educated in Elbowoods. Burr enjoyed being around livestock and
- [Bob Aber](https://northdakotacowboy.org/bob-aber/) - Bob ‘Aber’ Abernethy has been intimately involved with the sport of rodeo throughout his life. He was born in 1934 and raised on a ranch north of Sentinel Butte. 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
- [Phil Baird](https://northdakotacowboy.org/phil-baird/) - Phil Baird and Evelyn Neuens made a unique intergenerational commitment to establish a Rodeo Hall of Fame in 1994. The dream eventually became the N.D. Cowboy Hall of Fame with its centerpiece standing in historic Medora. Born at Quantico, VA, Phil grew up on South Dakota’s Rosebud Sioux Indian Reservation before coming to North Dakota.
- [Henry G. “Hank” Baker](https://northdakotacowboy.org/henry-g-hank-baker/) - Henry “Hank” Baker was born March 10, 1907 near Garrison, ND to Albert George and Lena Bakker. Henry later changed the spelling of his last name due to people frequently misspelling it. In 1927, he married Alice Lorna Tower. Henry and Alice lived and ranched on the Fort Berthold Indian Reservation, the Bakker homestead, and
- [Leslie ‘Jim’ Barnhart](https://northdakotacowboy.org/leslie-jim-barnhart/) - Born Oct. 31, 1903, near Dazey, North Dakota, Leslie ‘Jim’ Barnhart was one of North Dakota’s early rodeo producers. In 1913, he came with his parents to a homestead 7 miles east of Grassy Butte where he ranched with his father for 13 years. During that time, Jim made a showing as an all-around good
- [Angus W. Bell](https://northdakotacowboy.org/angus-w-bell/) - Angus W. Bell was born in Singhampton, Ontario, Canada, in September 1876. His parents, Thomas and Elizabeth (Bates) Bell, moved to Jamestown, ND, when Angus was one year old. Bell received his education in Jamestown and, at age 15, he went out west to Medora where he worked breaking horses at the Eaton Brothers Custer
- [Christen Bjornstad](https://northdakotacowboy.org/christen-bjornstad/) - Christen Per Bjornstad left Norway at age 17 and lived in Minnesota and South Dakota before settling in North Dakota in 1905. He acquired 9 1/4 sections of land in Logan County from a land speculator for $800 a quarter and purchased the YO brand. He transported about 200 head of cattle, 25 horses, his

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- [Plan your Visit](https://northdakotacowboy.org/plan-your-visit/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ module_class=”page-title” _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” background_image=”https://northdakotacowboy.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/visit.png” custom_padding=”||45px||false|false” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” custom_margin=”||0px||false|false” custom_padding=”||0px||false|false” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” text_font=”Raleway|600|||||||” text_text_color=”#f7f7f7″ text_font_size=”40px” header_font=”||||||||” text_orientation=”center” global_colors_info=”{}”] VISIT [/et_pb_text][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” custom_margin=”0px||0px||false|false” custom_padding=”0px||0px||false|false” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row column_structure=”1_2,1_2″ make_equal=”on” module_class=”full-row” _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” width=”100%” max_width=”100%” custom_padding=”0px||0px||false|false” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ module_class=”full-column” _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” background_enable_image=”off” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”https://northdakotacowboy.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/visit-middle-left.jpg” title_text=”visit-middle-left” module_class=”img-bg” _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_2″
- [Staff Directory](https://northdakotacowboy.org/staff-directory/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ disabled_on=”on|on|on” admin_label=”section” _builder_version=”4.16″ disabled=”on” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row admin_label=”row” _builder_version=”4.16″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.16″ custom_padding=”|||” global_colors_info=”{}” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” _builder_version=”4.16″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” global_colors_info=”{}”][/et_pb_text][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ module_class=”page-title” _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” background_image=”https://northdakotacowboy.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/middle-back.jpg” custom_padding=”44px||44px||false|false” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row make_equal=”on” _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” custom_margin=”0px||||false|false” custom_padding=”0px||0px||false|false” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” custom_css_main_element=”display: flex;||flex-direction: column;||justify-content: flex-end;” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” header_text_align=”center” header_3_font=”Raleway|600|||||||” header_3_text_align=”center” header_3_text_color=”#fbf9f2″ header_3_font_size=”40px” custom_margin=”||10px||false|false” global_colors_info=”{}”] STAFF
- [Facility Rental](https://northdakotacowboy.org/facility-rental/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ disabled_on=”on|on|on” admin_label=”section” _builder_version=”4.16″ disabled=”on” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row admin_label=”row” _builder_version=”4.16″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.16″ custom_padding=”|||” global_colors_info=”{}” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” _builder_version=”4.16″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” global_colors_info=”{}”][/et_pb_text][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ module_class=”page-title” _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” background_image=”https://northdakotacowboy.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/visit.png” custom_padding=”||45px||false|false” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” custom_padding=”30px||0px||false|false” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” header_3_font=”Raleway|600|||||||” header_3_text_align=”center” header_3_text_color=”#f7f7f7″ header_3_font_size=”40px” header_font_size_tablet=”” header_font_size_phone=”24px” header_font_size_last_edited=”on|phone” global_colors_info=”{}”] RENT OUR FACILITY [/et_pb_text][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.16″
- [Hall of Honorees](https://northdakotacowboy.org/hall-of-honorees/) - Doing some research on one or more of North Dakota’s most influential people? We’ve provided this online directory, including bios and photos of every inductee in our Hall of Honorees, for the readers’ enjoyment and study. We hope you’ll make plans to visit the Hall of Honorees in person on your next trip to North Dakota!
- [Ginny Eck Memorial Scholarship](https://northdakotacowboy.org/ginny-eck-memorial-scholarship/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ disabled_on=”on|on|on” admin_label=”section” _builder_version=”4.16″ disabled=”on” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row admin_label=”row” _builder_version=”4.16″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.16″ custom_padding=”|||” global_colors_info=”{}” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” _builder_version=”4.16″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” global_colors_info=”{}”][/et_pb_text][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ module_class=”page-title” _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” background_image=”https://northdakotacowboy.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/middle-back.jpg” custom_padding=”44px||44px||false|false” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row make_equal=”on” _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” custom_margin=”0px||||false|false” custom_padding=”0px||0px||false|false” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” custom_css_main_element=”display: flex;||flex-direction: column;||justify-content: flex-end;” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” header_text_align=”center” header_3_font=”Raleway|600|||||||” header_3_text_align=”center” header_3_text_color=”#fbf9f2″ header_3_font_size=”40px” custom_margin=”||10px||false|false” hover_enabled=”0″ global_colors_info=”{}”
- [Annual Meeting Videos](https://northdakotacowboy.org/annual-meeting-videos/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ disabled_on=”on|on|on” admin_label=”section” _builder_version=”4.16″ disabled=”on” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row admin_label=”row” _builder_version=”4.16″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.16″ custom_padding=”|||” global_colors_info=”{}” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” _builder_version=”4.16″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” global_colors_info=”{}”] [/et_pb_text][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ module_class=”page-title” _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” background_image=”https://northdakotacowboy.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/visit.png” custom_padding=”||45px||false|false” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” custom_padding=”30px||0px||false|false” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text admin_label=”Annual Meeting Videos” _builder_version=”4.26.0″ _module_preset=”default” header_3_font=”Raleway|600|||||||” header_3_text_align=”center” header_3_text_color=”#f7f7f7″ header_3_font_size=”40px” global_colors_info=”{}”] ANNUAL MEETING VIDEOS [/et_pb_text][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=”1″
- [Board of Directors](https://northdakotacowboy.org/board-of-directors/) - The North Dakota Cowboy Hall of Fame (NDCHF) is a 501(c)(3) organization established in 1995 to promote, preserve and sustain North Dakota’s western culture through the organization’s gold buckle facility, the Center of Western Heritage & Culture : Native American Ranching and Rodeo.
- [This Year's Nominees](https://northdakotacowboy.org/this-years-nominees/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ disabled_on=”on|on|on” admin_label=”section” _builder_version=”4.16″ disabled=”on” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row admin_label=”row” _builder_version=”4.16″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.16″ custom_padding=”|||” global_colors_info=”{}” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” _builder_version=”4.16″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” global_colors_info=”{}”][/et_pb_text][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ module_class=”page-title” _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” background_image=”https://northdakotacowboy.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/visit.png” custom_padding=”||45px||false|false” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” custom_padding=”30px||0px||false|false” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” header_3_font=”Raleway|600|||||||” header_3_text_align=”center” header_3_text_color=”#f7f7f7″ header_3_font_size=”40px” custom_padding=”||1px|||” global_colors_info=”{}”] MEET OUR 2026 HALL OF FAME NOMINEESOur 2026
- [Join Us](https://northdakotacowboy.org/join-us/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ disabled_on=”on|on|on” admin_label=”section” _builder_version=”4.16″ disabled=”on” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row admin_label=”row” _builder_version=”4.16″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.16″ custom_padding=”|||” global_colors_info=”{}” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” _builder_version=”4.16″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” global_colors_info=”{}”][/et_pb_text][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ module_class=”page-title” _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” background_image=”https://northdakotacowboy.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/visit.png” custom_padding=”||45px||false|false” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” custom_padding=”30px||0px||false|false” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” header_3_font=”Raleway|600|||||||” header_3_text_align=”center” header_3_text_color=”#f7f7f7″ header_3_font_size=”40px” global_colors_info=”{}”] JOIN US [/et_pb_text][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ fullwidth=”on” _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_fullwidth_code _builder_version=”4.16″
- [Events-old](https://northdakotacowboy.org/events-old/) - North Dakota Cowboy Hall of Fame events.
- [Legacy Project](https://northdakotacowboy.org/legacy-project/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ module_class=”page-title” _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” background_image=”https://northdakotacowboy.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/visit.png” custom_padding=”||45px||false|false” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” custom_padding=”30px||0px||false|false” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text admin_label=”LEGACY PROJECT” _builder_version=”4.26.0″ _module_preset=”default” header_3_font=”Raleway|600|||||||” header_3_text_align=”center” header_3_text_color=”#f7f7f7″ header_3_font_size=”40px” global_colors_info=”{}”] LEGACY PROJECT [/et_pb_text][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.26.0″ _module_preset=”default” background_color=”#f2f3f0″ custom_padding=”||0px|||” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.26.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.26.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text admin_label=”A Legacy of Trailblazers:” _builder_version=”4.26.0″ _module_preset=”default” header_2_text_color=”#CB8557″ header_2_font_size=”30px” header_3_font=”Roboto Slab||||||||” header_3_text_color=”#3a160e” header_3_font_size=”32px” global_colors_info=”{}”] A
- [Trustees](https://northdakotacowboy.org/trustees/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ disabled_on=”on|on|on” admin_label=”section” _builder_version=”4.16″ disabled=”on” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row admin_label=”row” _builder_version=”4.16″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.16″ custom_padding=”|||” global_colors_info=”{}” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” _builder_version=”4.16″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” global_colors_info=”{}”][/et_pb_text][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ module_class=”page-title” _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” background_image=”https://northdakotacowboy.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/visit.png” custom_padding=”||45px||false|false” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” custom_padding=”30px||0px||false|false” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” header_3_font=”Raleway|600|||||||” header_3_text_align=”center” header_3_text_color=”#f7f7f7″ header_3_font_size=”40px” global_colors_info=”{}”] TRUSTEES [/et_pb_text][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ custom_padding_last_edited=”on|phone” _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” background_color=”#fbf9f2″ custom_margin=”0px||0px||false|false” custom_padding=”50px||50px||false|false”
- [CONTACT](https://northdakotacowboy.org/contact/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ module_class=”page-title” _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” background_image=”https://northdakotacowboy.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/visit.png” custom_padding=”||45px||false|false” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” custom_padding=”30px||0px||false|false” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” header_3_font=”Raleway|600|||||||” header_3_text_align=”center” header_3_text_color=”#f7f7f7″ header_3_font_size=”40px” global_colors_info=”{}”] CONTACT [/et_pb_text][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ fullwidth=”on” _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_fullwidth_image src=”https://northdakotacowboy.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/contact-banner.jpg” title_text=”contact-banner” _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][/et_pb_fullwidth_image][/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” background_color=”#fbf9f2″ custom_margin=”0px||0px||false|false” custom_padding=”50px||50px||false|false” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” custom_margin=”0px||0px||false|false” custom_padding=”0px||0px||false|false” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text admin_label=”Thank you for considering
- [Nomination Process](https://northdakotacowboy.org/nomination-process/) - Categories for induction into the North Dakota Cowboy Hall of Fame (NDCHF) rotate on a varying schedule, year by year. Any NDCHF trustee in good standing may submit nominations.
- [The Cowboy Chronicle](https://northdakotacowboy.org/the-cowboy-chronicle/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ disabled_on=”on|on|on” admin_label=”section” _builder_version=”4.16″ disabled=”on” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row admin_label=”row” _builder_version=”4.16″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.16″ custom_padding=”|||” global_colors_info=”{}” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” _builder_version=”4.16″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” global_colors_info=”{}”][/et_pb_text][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ module_class=”page-title” _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” background_image=”https://northdakotacowboy.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/visit.png” custom_padding=”||45px||false|false” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” custom_padding=”30px||0px||false|false” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” header_3_font=”Raleway|600|||||||” header_3_text_align=”center” header_3_text_color=”#f7f7f7″ header_3_font_size=”40px” global_colors_info=”{}”] THE COWBOY CHRONICLE [/et_pb_text][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” background_color=”#fbf9f2″ custom_margin=”0px||0px||false|false”
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## Events

- [NDCHF Annual Meeting Weekend](https://northdakotacowboy.org/event/ndchf-annual-meeting-weekend/) - Friday, February 16 and Saturday, February 17, 2024 Prairie Knights Casino, Ft Yates, ND 2024 Annual Meeting -- Table of eight 2024 Annual Meeting -- Weekend pass 2024 Annual Meeting -- One day registration -- Saturday Only
- [NFR Watch Party 2023](https://northdakotacowboy.org/event/nfr-watch-party-2023/) - Saturdays' and Sunday's -- December 8, 9, 15, and 16, 2023 5:00 pm till rodeo's end each evening Limited seating, Meal served at 6:30 pm Held at NDCHF, Medora Limited registrations accepted by calling NDCHF at 701-623-2000 Ask for Becky or Irene. No online registrations. Download more info
- [Fall Gather](https://northdakotacowboy.org/event/fall-gather-2/) - Saturday, November 11th 2023 5pm Watford City, ND
- [NDCHF East Greets West](https://northdakotacowboy.org/event/ndchf-east-greets-west/) - Friday, October 20th 2023 5pm Eagles Club in Valley City ND Ticket deadline is October 7, 2023. Limited number of late registrations and walk-ins at a cost of $60.00 per ticket will be accepted.
- [Medora’s Old Fashion Cowboy Christmas 2023](https://northdakotacowboy.org/event/medoras-old-fashion-cowboy-christmas-2023/) - December 8th thru December 10th 2023 North Dakota Cowboy Hall of Fame Medora, ND
- [Badlands Circuit Finals](https://northdakotacowboy.org/event/ndchf-gun-raffle/) - Friday, October 13th 2023 thru Sunday, October 15th 2023 NDCHF Raffle Drawing on Saturday, Oct. 14th ND State Fairgrounds Minot, ND
- [Brad Gjermundson Extreme Bronc Riding](https://northdakotacowboy.org/event/brad-gjermundson-extreme-bronc-riding/) - Friday, October 6th & Saturday October 7th 2023 7pm 4Bears Casino & Lodge New Town, ND
- [Event 3](https://northdakotacowboy.org/event/event-3/)

## Categories

- [Cowboy Long Rider](https://northdakotacowboy.org/category/cowboy-long-rider/)
- [Great Westerner](https://northdakotacowboy.org/category/great-westerner/)
- [Leaders of Ranching - Rodeo](https://northdakotacowboy.org/category/leaders-of-ranching-rodeo/)
- [Legacy Award](https://northdakotacowboy.org/category/legacy-award/)
- [Ranches](https://northdakotacowboy.org/category/ranches/)
- [Ranching Modern-era](https://northdakotacowboy.org/category/ranching-modern-era/)
- [Ranching Pre-1940s](https://northdakotacowboy.org/category/ranching-pre-1940s/)
- [Rodeo Arena](https://northdakotacowboy.org/category/rodeo-arena/)
- [Rodeo Livestock](https://northdakotacowboy.org/category/rodeo-livestock/)
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- [Special Achievement](https://northdakotacowboy.org/category/special-achievement/)
- [Inductees](https://northdakotacowboy.org/category/inductees/)
- [Pre-1940 Rodeo](https://northdakotacowboy.org/category/pre-1940-rodeo/)
- [Western Arts & Entertainment](https://northdakotacowboy.org/category/arts-entertainment/)

## Tags

- [Modern-era Rodeo](https://northdakotacowboy.org/tag/modern-era-rodeo/)
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- [Rodeo Producer](https://northdakotacowboy.org/tag/rodeo-producer/)
- [Leaders of Ranching & Rodeo](https://northdakotacowboy.org/tag/leaders-of-ranching-rodeo/)
- [Pre-1940s Ranching](https://northdakotacowboy.org/tag/pre-1940s-ranching/)
- [Pre-1940s Rodeo](https://northdakotacowboy.org/tag/pre-1940s-rodeo/)
- [Arts & Entertainment](https://northdakotacowboy.org/tag/arts-entertainment/)
- [Great Westerner](https://northdakotacowboy.org/tag/great-westerner/)
- [Ranching Pre-1940](https://northdakotacowboy.org/tag/ranching-pre-1940/)
- [Western Arts & Entertainment](https://northdakotacowboy.org/tag/western-arts-entertainment/)
- [Cowboy Long Rider](https://northdakotacowboy.org/tag/cowboy-long-rider/)
- [Leader of Rodeo and Ranching](https://northdakotacowboy.org/tag/leader-of-rodeo-and-ranching/)
- [Western Arts and Entertainment](https://northdakotacowboy.org/tag/western-arts-and-entertainment/)
- [Cowboy Longrider](https://northdakotacowboy.org/tag/cowboy-longrider/)
- [Leaders of Ranching and Rodeo](https://northdakotacowboy.org/tag/leaders-of-ranching-and-rodeo/)
- [Ranches](https://northdakotacowboy.org/tag/ranches/)
- [Rodeo Livestock](https://northdakotacowboy.org/tag/rodeo-livestock/)
- [Special Achievement](https://northdakotacowboy.org/tag/special-achievement/)
- [Special Acheivement](https://northdakotacowboy.org/tag/special-acheivement/)
- [Pre-1970s Rodeo](https://northdakotacowboy.org/tag/pre-1970s-rodeo/)
- [Ranching Pre-1940s](https://northdakotacowboy.org/tag/ranching-pre-1940s/)
- [Rodeo Pre-1970s](https://northdakotacowboy.org/tag/rodeo-pre-1970s/)
- [Leaders of Ranch & Rodeo](https://northdakotacowboy.org/tag/leaders-of-ranch-rodeo/)

## Season

- [Fall Events](https://northdakotacowboy.org/season/fall-events/)
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