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plus an interview
with Raymond E.
White author of the
book:
"King of the
Cowboys, Queen of
the West: Roy Rogers
and Dale Evans"
KMSU Radio 89.7 FM
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Monday, November 7,
2011 - 7:00 - 9:00
pm CST
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8th
Annual National Day
of the Cowboy - July
28, 2012
Purchase the
official 2006, 2008,
2009, and 2010
National Day of the
Cowboy Hatch Show
Prints; $15 each
+ $5.25 S&H for one
poster. A pair of
Hatches is $29, any
3/$42 plus $6.25 S&H
to one address.
2009 Hatch posters signed by
the artist are $25
plus $5.25 S&H.
We need your
involvement if we're
to succeed - Become
a
supporting member
today.
CAVE CREEK WILD
WEST DAYS
Cave Creek, Arizona– Wild
West Days,
Arizona’s largest
western venue and a Cave
Creek
signature event, will be
held from
November 3-6, 2011
in downtown Cave Creek.
The four-day venue kicks
off with a golf
tournament at Rancho
Manana Golf Club
followed by three days
of non-stop family
entertainment, mutton
bustin’, dances, a
period costume
competition, musical
performers, period
vendors, a western
parade and Walk for 100
benefit, bathtub races,
the Trainer’s Challenge,
Miss Wild West Days and
various horse-related
activities and other
festivities have made
Wild West Days a
renowned annual western
experience. This year’s
title sponsor is
Sanderson Ford,
Sanderson Lincoln on
Bell Road and Sanderson
Volvo of Phoenix.
This year’s Wild West
Days features an Arizona
first, Gun Down
by Sundown. Led
by the town’s
entertainment company,
Six Gun Entertainment,
the two-day event will
feature gunfighting
groups from throughout
the country that will
perform in a gunfight
competition twice per
day, per group, all day
long, onNovember 5 and 6.
Six Gun Entertainment
also will give several
award-winning
performances on the
evenings of
November 5 and
6. In addition,
this year’s Wild West
Days will host a meet
and greet at a local
resort that will feature
several prominent Wild
West characters that
will be present to sign
photos, book and mingle
with visitors.
Other exciting Wild
West Days activities
include:
Walk for
100
(Saturday during the
parade): Hundreds of
firefighters, police
and service men and
women on horseback
and on foot walk in
silence to honor and
pay tribute to
colleagues who have
fallen in the line
of duty. The events
winds up with a
western cowboy
church and breakfast
at the Buffalo Chip.
Western
parade
(Saturday, 9:00
a.m.): numerous
non-vehicular
entries bring the
true spirit of the
west to Cave Creek
visitors
Bathtub
races
(Saturday): Homemade
bathtubs race down
the street for the
grand prize
Pig
races
(Saturday): Pigs
race as fast as they
can to show their
personal best to
festival visitors
Thieves
Market
(Saturday): The
popular Thieves
Market showcases
western goods,
attire and more
Wild
West chili cook-off
Wild
West bull fest –
live bull riding
competitions
Best-dressed horse
competition
Headlining country
music at
many locations
throughout the town
Visitors also will
experience wildlife
exhibits, western art,
bull fest finals, a
cowboy jail, pie eating
contest, team horse
events, chuck wagon
cook-offs, mechanical
bull riding, cowboy
poetry and more. During
Saturday’s activities,
one side of Cave Creek
Road will be closed to
vehicular traffic. Only
wagons, horses and foot
traffic will be
permitted.
Wild West Days, now
in its ninth year, is an
annual experience hosted
by the Cave Creek
Chamber of Commerce, a
non-profit
business-to-business
entity that serves the
businesses and
organizations of Cave
Creek, a prominent
Arizona destination
locale. A portion of the
proceeds from the event
will benefit the
chamber, Luv Shack Horse
Rescue, the 100 Club of
Arizona and the
non-profit Desert
Foothills Community
Association. In
addition, the event will
provide charitable
support to several
horse-related
organizations in
community, which help to
preserve the community’s
Western heritage. A
comprehensive list of
scheduled events and
activities will be
updated at:
www.wildwestdayscavecreek.com.
This auction
caught my
attention not
only because I’m
one of the
millions of John
Wayne fans, but
also because our
Family Forest®
Project is
Networking
Family History
with Hollywood™
and U.S.
history.
From my
professional
perspective, I
wondered how
many fans and
bidders have
family ties to
John Wayne that
they are still
unaware of.
So I ran a
Family Forest®
kinship
report for John
Wayne to see how
far the Family
Forest has
networked him
through
generation-by-generation
pathways to his
fans. You can
see a summary of
the results in
this PDF report,
and maybe spot a
few of your own
ancestors.
Does TV host
Ellen Degeneres
know that she
shares ancestors
with John Wayne?
Does radio host
Don Imus know
that he shares
ancestors with
John Wayne?
Does fellow
cowboy actor
Viggo Mortensen
know that he
shares ancestors
with John Wayne?
Would some of
John Wayne’s
contemporaries,
like Ernest
Hemingway,
Winston
Churchill, and
Marjorie
Merriweather
Post, have been
surprised to
discover that
they are distant
cousins of this
towering
Hollywood icon?
Will you be
surprised to
discover that
you share
ancestors with
Hollywood actors
and historical
figures?
Bob Lorbeer, Belinda Gail, Bethany, Vi Tara, Janet & Brent Slutsky,
Jan & Larry Brady with Senators Fuller, La Malfa, and Gaines.
Thanks to our dedicated campaign volunteers, we made significant headway in securing National Day of the Cowboy resolutions across the country in 2011. Legislatures in which the resolution passed are California, New Mexico, Florida, Arizona, Texas (passed for 2011 and 2012), and Illinois. Governors' proclamations came from North Carolina, Nebraska and Georgia.
Nine of us traveled to Sacramento, California, in August, to receive California's first NDOC resolution, and what a beautiful resolution it is. Jan and Larry Brady, Janet and Brent Slutsky, Vi Tara (Highway 50 Wagon Train), America's Western Sweetheart Belinda Gail, Bob Lorbeer (Long Beach Mounted Police) and my mom, Nina Braley, and I, were all there for the Senate ceremony. We were the guests of sponsors, Senators Fuller, Gaines, and La Malfa. The California senators presented us with a beautiful framed copy of their resolution and arranged a tour for us of the spectacular California capitol buiding, then volunteer Larry Brady and his wife Jan, treated us to lunch on the banks of the Sacramento River. It was a memorable day to say the least. Thank you all for this special show of support.
Now it's time to begin the 2012 effort, so if you'd like to volunteer to secure a sponsor in your state legislature, email info@nationaldayofthecowboy.com. We'll send you everything you need in order to begin. It is not a difficult process, but we do ask that you follow through on your committment. We post a list on the NDOC website with the names of each volunteer in every state, but if you see there is already a volunteer in your state, don't be shy about offering to help anyway. Sometimes volunteers like to work together, an ideal way to approach this and share the load. In 2012, we should be able to achieve passage in at least 25 states.
We need to start the 2012 effort immediately as states have different procedures for the resolution process which effect our progress. For example, our Oregon volunteer was told that each member of the Oregon legislature has an annual allocation for only five resolutions and most of them already had their quota when the session opened in January, so it was too late to enlist an NDOC sponsor by the time he approached them in April. In other words, please sign up now if you want to become involved, and start seeking out a sponsor before next year's sessions begin.
Hats
Off
to
the
Cowboy
Benefit
for
the
National
Day
of
the
Cowboy
501(c)3
Moonlight Bronc by Bev Pettit
We're
holding
an
early fall
fundraiser
for
the
National
Day
of
the
Cowboy
at
the
historic
Rock
Springs
Café
in
Black
Canyon
City,
Arizona,
on
Saturday,
October
22.The
evening's
festivities
include an
all-you-can-eat
dinner
of
traditional
cowboy
fare
prepared
on
Rock
Springs'
outdoor
grill
and
served
on
the
Café's
spacious
patio,
dancing
under
the
Arizona
stars
to
the
music
of a
country
band,
a
live
(and
lively)
auction
led
by
Dakota
Livesay
with
help
from
the fabulous Cowgirls
Historical
Foundation,
a
"tacky"
raffle
(we'll
be
offering
raffle
tickets
for
good
used
tack),
and
a
regular
raffle
with
a
wide
variety
of
donated
items
on
the
table.
There
will
be
door
prizes
to
boot,
and
one
free
raffle
ticket
to
everyone
who
wears
their
cowboy
hat
to
the
party.
Public
radio's
KSJD
Western
Belle,
DJ,
Barb
Richhart,
will
be
there
from
Colorado
with
country
and
western
music
to
entertain
guests
during
the
cash
bar
happy
hour
starting
at
5PM.
This
is your
once-in-a-lifetime
opportunity
to
have
your
picture
taken
with
the
famous
National
Day
of
the
Cowboy
flag
which
traveled
to
the
International
Space
Station
and
back
to
Earth
with
NASA
Commander
Mark
Kelly
aboard
the
Discovery
Space
Shuttle
in
2008.
This good-time
celebration
takes
place
about
25
miles
north
of
Phoenix,
in a
spectacular
high
desert
setting
bordering
the
majestic
Bradshaw
Mountains
on
the
west
side
of
I-17,
on
what
should
be a
perfect
October
desert
evening.
And,
Rock
Springs
Café
owner,
Augie
Perry,
says
you're welcome
to
ride
your
horse
to
the
party!
We're
already
expecting
friends
from
Texas,
California,
Colorado,
and
New
Mexico,
as
well
as
all
over
Arizona,
so
come
on
out
and
join
the
fun.
If
you feel
preservation
of
America's
pioneer
heritage
is
important
(and
perhaps
in
jeopardy),
we
want
you
join
us
at
"Hats
Off
to
the
Cowboy,"
and
help
us
continue
working
to
protect
the
Cowboy
culture. I've
come
to
realize
many
people
erroneously
assume other
NDOC events
around
the
country
donate
something
back
to
our
national
effort,
but
that
is
seldom
the
case.
It
seems
very
few
of
them
consider the
national
effort when
donating
proceeds
from
their
events, and
may forget
or
perhaps
still
don't
even
realize
we
are
a
nonprofit
organization
too,
always
struggling
financially to
keep
this
crusade
moving
forward.
Thus
we
decided
we
would
have
to
create more
fundraisers
of
our
own
so
that
we
have
more
resources
to
keep
building
awareness.
Email
info@nationaldayofthecowboy.com if
you
or
your
company
would
like
to
be
an
official
sponsor
of
this
important
event,
or
if
you'd
like
to
make
a
financial
donation
in
any
amount.
Sponsorship
levels
are
$2,500
Trail
Boss,
$1,000
Wrangler,
$500
Flanker,
and
$250
Outrider
Stage
Sponsor.
You
may
contact
any committee
member
if
you'd
like
to
donate
an
item,
or
to
donate
used
tack
for
the
tacky
raffle.
We've
already
recieved
items
from
Cowboypoetry.com,
Lee
Anderson,
Jo
Mora
Gallery,
Highway
50
Wagon
Train,
Marvin
Del
Chiaro,
Barb
Richhart,
Chronicle
of
the
Old
West,
Corinne
J
Brown,
Hard
Spirits,
and
many
others. Chronicle
of
the
Old
West
also
became
the
first
official
sponsor
of
Hat's
Off.
A
big
thank
you
too
to
the
generousl
folks
at
Bridle
&
Bit
who
have
been
so
great
about
giving
us
coverage.
Skull
Valley
photographer,
Bev
Pettit,
donated
her spectacular
image,
"Moonlight
Bronc," for
our event
poster.
The
11X14
art-quality
posters may
be
purchased
at
the
event,
or,
for
those
of
you
unable to
attend,
you
may
order on
line.
Ms.
Pettit
will
be
also
be
signing
a
limited
number
of
the
art
quality
prints,
which
you
may
also
purchase
at
the
event
or
order
on
line.
Come
out
to
the
Rock
Springs
Café
on
October
22nd
and
show
your
support
for
the
effort
to
secure
permanent
status
for
an
official
day
of
honor
for
cowboy
and
cowgirls.
We
need
the
participation
of
thousands
more
of
you
if
we
expect
to
pursuade
Congress
to
give
credence
to
this
Cowboy
crusade.
Tickets
for
Hats
Off
to
the
Cowboy
are
only
$20
per
person
for
all-you-can-eat
and
may
be
purchased
from
any
of
the
benefit
committee
members,
through
the
mail,
or
from
the
National
Day
of
the
Cowboy
website.
Attendance
capacity
is
limited
so
please
order
your
tickets
in
advance
if
you
can!. Proceeds
benefit
the
National
Day
of
the
Cowboy
501(c)3
nonprofit
organization.
Esteemed
and
highly
appreciated
members
of
the
benefit
planning
committee
include
John
and
Pat
Manes
from
the
Arizona
Horse
Council,
Dakota
and
Sunny
Livesay
who
publish
Chronicle
of
the
Old
West,
Babs
Sanders
from
the
Black
Canyon
Saddle
Club,
Moonlight
Mesa
Publisher,
Becky
Coffield
from
Wickenburg,
the
ever
recognizable
Arizona
Duuude,
living
historian
Lee
Anderson,
and
Kelsee
Brady
Bradshaw
from
the
Cowgirls
Historical
Foundation.
Remember,
the
mission
of
the
National
Day
of
the
Cowboy
non-profit
Organization
is
to
contribute
to
the
preservation
of
America's
Cowboy
heritage
so
that
the
history
and
culture
which
the
National
Day
of
the
Cowboy
resolution
honors,
can
be
shared
and
perpetuated
for
the
public
good,
through
education,
the
arts,
celebrations,
gatherings,
rodeos,
and
community
activities.
We want to acknowledge our friends at Western Horseman Magazine for offering a 20% discount to new subscribers if they ordered a subscription on the National Day of the Cowboy. Also, thanks go out to Stetson for including a link to the National Day of the Cowboy on their website and featuring information about our new custom NDOC belt buckle made by Gist Silversmiths. We know we'll have to put a dollar in the bragging jar for this next one, but we have to point out that at long last, there's a picture of us with our good friend, writer/author, Corinne J. Brown (Come and Get It!), in the September issue of Cowboys & Indians Magazine. Yeehaw! Each of these gestures help make far more folks aware there is a National Day of the Cowboy, and as you already know, the key to its success depends on constantly increasing awareness and participation.
NDOC Google Alerts
A tip of the hat to Jason Cupp for telling us he receives NDOC Google alerts sent to his phone. This was a new one on me. I don't have one of those high tech phones, but he did set up a gmail account for me and now I get NDOC Google alerts too. Anytime something new gets posted on the internet referencing 'National Day of the Cowboy,' they send it directly to my gmail box. This was how I learned the American Quarter Horse Museum had a National Day of the Cowboy celebration this year. I learned about many other events I was previously unaware of too, since not everyone remembers to send us their event listing for our website calendar.
NDOC on the Trail
Glen Keller accepts the Cowboy Keeper Award for
the Westernaires in Denver
The
Westernaires
of
Colorao
hold
their
National
Day
of
the
Cowboy
event
on
the
Friday
before
the
fourth
Saturday
in
July,
so I
was
able
to
attend
their
event
this
year
in
order
to
present
this
incredible
group
of
young
people
with
their
2011
Cowboy
Keeper
Award. I
knew
these
talented
kids
were
highly
accomplished
horsemen
having
seen
them
perform
their
meticulous
equestrian
drills
many
times
at
the
National
Western
Stock
Show
and
at
Don
&
Sharon
Endsley's
Great
American
Wild
West
Show. However,
I
had
never
been
able
to
attend a
show
which
showcased
the
full
range
of
their expertise
which
includes roman
riding,
whip
cracking,
equestrian
drills,
and
even
an
11
year
old
trick
rider!
They
are
wildly
impressive
performers.
From
the
Westernaires
in
Denver,
I
traveled
north
to
Dubois,
Wyoming,
for
their
6th
annual
National
Day
of
the
Cowboy
celebration
which
lasts
three
days.
Had
a
ball riding
in
the
parade,
seeing
Tommy
Turvey
fly
into
the
rodeo
arena
standing
on his
horse
as
he
carried
the
NDOC
flag
and
finally
meeting
so
many
of
the
Dubois
folks
who've
been
participating
in
this
event
for
years.
Enjoyed
excellent
music
and
good
food
everywhere
I
went
too.
I
also
had
the
privilege
of
presenting
Dubois
Main
Street
with
their 2011
Cowboy
Keeper
Award
in a
beautiful
park
on
main
street,
along
with
my
old
friend,
Susan
Thomas,
widow
of
the
late
Senator
Craig
Thomas
who
orginally
sponsored
the
Cowboy
Day
resolution.
Tommy Turvey flying with the NDOC flag!
We
want
to
acknowledge writer
JR
Sanders'
NDOC
event,
"Read
em
Cowboy,"
which
he
held
at
Barnes
&
Nobel. JR
and
B&N
felt
it
was
extremely
successful
and
may
expand
to
more
B&N
locations
next
year. Thanks
to
Texas
Fred
(the
Zydeco
Cowboy) who
created an
NDOC
exhibit
for
the
lobby
of
the
U.S.
Dept
of
the
Interior
in
Washington,
DC,
to
NDOC
Spokesperson
Tom
Bass,
who
put
together
an
NDOC
event
with
the
Osceola
County
Historical
Society
in
Florida,
John
Davison
who
for
the
second
year
in a
row
hosted
Land
Stewardship
Workshops
in
Flagstaff,
Arizona, Kim
Raabe
who
held
her
first
event
in
Washington,
and
the
American
Quarter
Horse
Museum
in
Texas
who
also
held
their
first
celebration
this
year.
There
were
many
more
National
Day
of
the
Cowboy
events,
too
numerous
to
mention,
but
we
thank
you
all
for
getting
involved.
Every
event
is a
testimony
to
the
growing
interest
in
establishing
this
as a
permanent
holiday.
Cowboy Keepers
NACD & NDOC bridge building
The National Association of Conservation Districts is considering adopting an NDOC resolution at their Joint Regional Meeting in Taos, NM in September. John Davison, formerly of the Coconino Natural Resource District, and Mike Macauley of the NACD, see this as an alliance which holds the significant potential to benefit both of our causes since we both promote stewardship of natural resources as part of our work.
This brings up the idea that there are more alliances we should all be building, in order to give us all more impact in local government and in Washington. The western movement is characterized by many diverse segments working in smaller niches to preserve and promote their special interest, such as music, western art, rodeo, photography, writers, retailers, riders, publishers, etc., but none of us have any real idea what our numbers would reflect if we were all joined together in one formal alliance.
Cowboys Helping Kids
Cowboys Helping Kids is an organization started by SFC Russell Anderson, who has been the head wrangler of our soldiers, the DesertCowboys, for many years. The Desert Cowboys flew the National Day of the Cowboy flag over their barracks in Irag and Afganistan and distinquished their group on many occasions, including Russell earning a Bronze Star. During the years they were in service, we asked to have 'cowboy' things sent to them, like Cds from Western Jubilee Recording, magazines and books from Western Horseman, Chronicle of the Old West subscriptions, ropes from Fast Back Ropes, and two laptops when theirs crashed. When they got to Afghanistan we worked with Congresswoman Giffords' staff in an effort to secure a satellite dish for them so they could access the internet. In 2009, we awarded the Cowboy Keeper Award to Russell Anderson and his Desert Cowboys.
Russell is now stationed in Oklahoma and will soon retire from the military and perhaps move to a ranch in Bisbee. His current 'giving back' to the community project is his own creation, Cowboys Helping Kids an organization he started (and currently funds mostly from his own pocket) to work with terminally ill American kids in his capacity as a cowboy. He aims to brighten their lives while at the same time showing them cowboys are good role models. This is where Russell's heart lives. He works to build this organization with every spare minute he has, including constantly using Facebook and promoting his cause through the websites he maintains, while all the while organizing fun events for kids to participate in.
Russell Anderson has been behind the National Day of the Cowboy 1000% since we first began emailing way back in January 2005, and he has encouraged me through many hard days to keeping the NDOC alive. It was Russell who explained to me that he had purchased a number of domain names with the word "cowboy' in them and pointed them at the NDOC website to help get traffic to it. He keeps the NDOC logo and link on all his other websites, such as Cowboy Crew, and always notices when other sites are promoting their own NDOC events whileneglecting to acknowledge our nationwide effort without even a link or our logo. He ferrets this detail out religiously and swears it totally confounds him!
Russell could use your help to further his Cowboys Helping Kids project. He creates bumper stickers, mugs and t-shirts himself to raise funds for the kids' activities, and he and his crew also donate their time to help on kids' projects hosted by other organizations. He is constantly working to bring awareness to the needs of many American kids while addressing those needs himself to the best of his ability and often past the limits of his resources. Check out Cowboys Helping Kids and see if there might be something you want to do to support Russell and his crew, all of whom exemplify the Cowboy Code every day of their lives.
NDOC Gist Limited Editon Numbered Buckle
Western Mercantile
We'll soon have more of the NDOC Gist buckles in stock, so if you're looking to order one, now is the time. Remember, only the first 100 buckles will be numbered. We're accepting advance orders for art quality 11X14 prints of Bev Pettit's Moonligh Bronc image we used for all of our Hats Off to the Cowboy publicity. Bev Pettit, an Arizona photographer from Skull Valley, donated the image for our event and will be signing a limited number of the prints for us. We've got a fresh batch of red, white, and blue, NDOC bumper stickers which look great on guitar cases, hat boxes, horse trailers, and car and truck bumpers. You can still order raffle tickets for the autographed Yamaha guitar ($20 per ticket) and the set of 5 limited edition Hatch posters ($10). We'll be drawing the winners' names at Hats Off to the Cowboy on October 22.
Swing Riders
How you can help the National Day of the Cowboy succeed?
Become a supporting member today and help move us closer to the goal. Donate something back to our organization from your own events. Raffle a print for us (we'll even send it to you). Help us find sponsors for our fundraiser. Make a financial contribution to our fundraiser, donate autographed books or Cds, western memorabilia, DVDs, used tack, photographs, art, prints, gift certificates, anything you think might help us raise some revenue. Donate a percentage of your ebay sales to National Day of the Cowboy (a Missionfish certified charity).
Musicians - Would you mention somewhere in your show or your travels that the 4th Saturday in July is the National Day of the Cowboy and encourage your fans to celebrate that day? Rodeo announcers, when you're searching for something to say to fill dead air, remind the fans that the 4th Saturday in July is the National Day of the Cowboy and we need to have them celebrate!
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Many many thanks to our friend, Rhonda Stewart, who stopped in for a visit on the road from Texas to California and ended up painting our new little office on a very hot afternoon to boot. We did get to do a few fun things while she was here too, like going to downtown Prescott for the Best Fest, where we were lucky enough to catch Hotshot Johnny Tuscadero's amazing gun spinning and great jokes. First we went into the Palace though so Rhonda could say she sat at the same bar where Junior Bonner once sat.
As NDOC activities continue to ramp up, we desperately need an executive assistant type volunteer for about 8 hours a month. There are just too many details to follow up on and not enough time, money or resources to manage it adequately anymore. We also need a portable AC unit for the new office we're hoping to open this month.
Bunkhouse
Culture
I
had
a
wonderful
evening
meeting
the
members
of
the
Granite
Mountain
Riders
organization
in
Prescott.
Thanks
to
Elizabeth
Lopez
for
inviting
me
to
attend
and
arranging
for
me
to
let
the
members
know
about
the
NDOC
and
our
upcoming
fundraiser.
While
at
their
meeting
I
learned
that
equestrians often find
themselves
sharing
the
trail
with
bicyclists
these
days
- a
potentially
dangerous
situation,
especially
if
the bikers keep
their
heads
down
and
earbuds
in
their
ears
while
traveling
at
high
rates
of
speed,
creating
a
hazardous situation
for
the
riders,
the
horses,
and
the
cyclists.
Accidents
involving
cyclists
and
horseback
riders
are
becoming
more
frequent
here
in
Arizona,
leaving
me
wondering
if
it's
happening
elsewhere
too
and
if
so,
what
are
other
states doing
to
address
this
frightening
situation?
R.
J.
Vandygriff
sent
us
this
link
on
Facebook.to
his
website,
"The
Cowboy
Ain't
Dead
Yet,"
so
we
want
to
share just
one
of
his
inspiring videos
with
you
now.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K_un1Tv0FJM This
one
is
"Keep
the
Campfire
a
Burnin'"
Thanks
for
letting
us
know
about
your
entertaining
and
educational
work
R.J.
Scottsdale
has
approved
a
$33
million
dollar
Equidome
expansion
of
the
Tony
Nelssen
Equestrian
Center
at Scottdale's
Westworld. Tony
Nelssen
would
be
so
proud
to
know
his
many
years
of
work
on
behalf
of
saving
some
of
Scottsdale's
western
heritage
were
a
huge
factor
in
the
City's
decision
to
invest
in
its
Equidome.
Those
horse
people
out
in
Rio
Verde,
Cave
Creek,
Scottsdale,
and
Carefree
must
be
breathing
a
huge
sigh
of
relief
now
that
this
decision
has
been
made. Congratulations
to
the
City
of
Scottsdale
for
making
this
happen.
On the Event Trail
Bob Orth's annual National Day of the Cowboy Trailride,
Saturday, October 1, at 10AM in the beautiful Mohican Forest of Ohio. Bob's event benefits the National Day of the Cowboy organization too. He flies the NDOC flag and encourages participants to become supporting members. It's not too late to sign up for his NDOC ride and picnic lunch. Email Bob at
Hats off to the Cowboy Saturday October 22, 2011 Rock Springs Café, Black Canyon City, AZ. 5PM-11PM. All-you- can -eat dinner, dancing to a live band, Cowgirl Historical Foundation, Dakota Livesay's live auction, Western Belle DJ Barb Richhart, raffles, silent auction, and door prizes. Wear your cowboy hat for a free raffle ticket.
Buck Montgomery's Wild Western Festival Sahuaro Ranch Park, Glendale, Arizona, October 14-16. This annual festival is where history meets Hollywood. It's a fun filledevent Buck creates with entertainment for the family in mind featuring live music, wild west performers, dutch oven and chuckwagon cooking camps, and much more. The National Day of the Cowboy will be well represented at Buck's event.
Cowboys of Color Rodeo National Finals
Mesquite, TX Resistol Arena
11th Annual Cowboys of Color Rode Finals Saturday October 29th.
Doors open at 6PM for the largest multi-cultual rodeo in the country, just 15 minutes from downtown Dallas. Bull riding, barrel racing, steer wrestling, and bronc riding highlight the contribution of Blacks, Hispanics and Native American cultures to cowboy culture. This rodeo is wildly exciting! Cleo Hearn and the Cowboys of Color Rodeo are recipients of the National Day of the Cowboy 2011 Cowboy Keeper Award.
Saturday October 29th Gold Canyon Golf Resort, Gold Canyon, Arizona
Celebrating the Cowboy's rich history and contribution to our culture. Event kicks off with a "Round Up" golf tournament. Enjoy two-man Western Scramble, lunch & prizes. Western BBQ all day. Western Art, Live Country Western Music and "Western Fireworks Spectacular." Event to be held at "The Gold Canyon Golf Resort", Gold Canyon, AZ. A representative from the NDOC will be attending this event.
Saturday, October 29, 2011 - 10:00am, 2:00pm, 7:00pm
Sunday, October 30, 2011 - 2:00pm
Tickets $8.00
Denver National Western Events Center
47th and Humboldt, Denver, Colorado.
HORSECAPADES is the unique presentation of the Westernaires. It combines talent with skill that is centered around the horse and Western tradition. It's a circus-like review combining action, speed and a variety of skills set music. It's a professional performance put on by the largest precision drill riding group in the world.
Help save America's ranches and your health, demand grass fed, American raised beef.
(Postscript - I always end the newsletter with the above statement, so I must tell you, I went in to town looking for grass fed beef at a local market a few weeks back. Now remember, I live in Arizona where they always touted their 4-Cs; Cotton, Copper, Citrus, and CATTLE. I even drive by cattle on my way into town. Yes folks, they had grass fed beef at that store, but when I read the fine print, it traveled all the way from Argentina! Enough said.)
The National Day of the Cowboy News goes directly to 4,000 subscribers. It's also posted on our website. If you or your company would like to become a sponsor of our newsletter with your logo featured in it, email us at info@nationaldayofthecowboy.comor call 928-759-0951.
Sharlot Hall Museum
415
W. Gurley Street
t
Prescott AZ86301
t
928-445-3122t
Fax928-445-9053
t
www.sharlot.org
Western History Symposium Set for August 6 in
Prescott
The ranch woman’s
life, war, gold, softball
and lovelorn suitors will be
among the topics attracting
scores of authors,
historians, educators and
western buffs to Prescott
for the eighth annual
Western History Symposium on
Saturday, August 6 at the
Sharlot Hall Museum. The
Symposium, which opens at 10
a.m., is free and open to
the public, although seating
at the Museum is limited and
available on a first-come
basis.
This year’s Symposium
includes five presentations
at the Museum’s Lawler
Exhibit Center (415 W.
Gurley St.) plus an evening
presentation at the St.
Michael Hotel in downtown
Prescott at 7:30 p.m.
The eclectic line-up
for this year’s event
includes:
•
“Life and War on the Edge of
the Spanish Frontier” by
Richard Collins at 10 a.m.;
•
“Cora Viola Slaughter:
Arizona Ranch Woman” by Dr.
Reba Wells Grandrud at 11
a.m.;
•
“Military Expeditions to the
Arizona Gold Fields” by Troy
Groves at 1:30 p.m.;
•
“‘Batter up!’ Arizona
Women’s Softball Teams” by
Dr. Mary Melcher at 2:30
p.m.;
•
“C.G.W. French: Chief
Justice, Supreme Court,
Arizona Territory” by Dr.
James C. T. Pool at 3:30
p.m.;
•
“Arizona’s Famous Army
Belle: Carrie Wilkins and
Her Lovelorn Suitors” by Dr.
Thomas P. Collins and Karen
Churchill at the St. Michael
Hotel at 7:30 p.m.
Additional
presentation and presenter
details are available on the
Sharlot Hall Museum website
at www.sharlot.org.
This popular event is
sponsored by the Prescott
Corral of the Westerners in
conjunction with Sharlot
Hall Museum. For more
information, call Fred Veil
at 928-443-5580 or visit
www.sharlot.org or
http://www.prescottcorral.org/.
The
first ever Western Shooting
Horse 4- and 5-Year-Old Breeders
Futurity will be held October 14
and 15 at the Curry County
Events Center in Clovis, NM. The
Futurity will be held in
conjunction with Road to the
Worlds and the Mounted Shooting
All-Stars.
This event is the first of its
kind in mounted shooting. Not
only does it provide a platform
for the great up-and-coming
young shooting horses, but it
also makes the horse the star by
encouraging top breeders to
nominate stallions for the
program.
Many of the breeders who have
been a part of Western Shooting
Horse Magazine's Stallion Issue
are excited about the
possibilities a breeders
futurity will open up for the
sport.
"Futurities are a breeder's
game. It's where you evaluate
younger horses against their
peers," says Quarter Horse speed
events breeder Jud Little, owner
of Chicados Cash and JL Dash Ta
Heaven. "That's where you get a
good look at the results of your
breeding program."
Western
Shooting Horse Magazine will
host a CMSA Double Points "Road
to Guthrie" competition at the
Bernalillo Sheriff's Posse
Covered Arena in Albuquerque,
New Mexico, June 4-5, 2011.
The Western Shooting Horse "Road
To Guthrie" will feature a
six-stage CMSA Double Points
match with the main match stages
being shot on Saturday and
Sunday. Main Match contestants
will compete for a 50% Circuit
Payback with Buckle Choice for
full classes. Overall men and
women's buckles will also be
awarded.
More...
Join us in Phoenix to represent the last
of America's wild horses and burros
The clock is winding down for the BLM's
Wild Horse and Burro Advisory Board
meeting in Phoenix. On March 10 and 11
(Thursday and Friday), The Cloud
Foundation will be in leading the
charge, along with friends of wild
horses and burros from across the
country. We are calling for an immediate
halt to all BLM roundups that are
destroying the last of America's wild
herds at enormous taxpayer expense. We
urge you to join us on those two days at
the Phoenix Sheraton
Downtown Hotel
(340 N. 3rd St). Even if you cannot come
to the meeting itself, we urge you to
come show your support at one or all of
the events below:
Attend the candlelight vigil, organized
by Garnet Pasquale of American Wild Horse
Advocates
and other wild horse and burro
supporters, Thursday evening from 7-8pm,
or the rally on Friday from 12-2pm
(scroll down for a complete list of
events).
"Americans need to stand up to save
what's left of our wild horses and
burros. We no longer have millions. The
removal forever of the animals that
played a key role in allowing America to
be settled by humanity is not only
wrong...it is done with criminality,"
states Michael Blake.
"The BLM and the Secretary of the
Interior should be in court... defending
themselves. Stop them now America."
There are only a few hundred wild burros
and wild horses left in Arizona, but
they are still being targeted for
removal. The BLM claims there are over
38,000 wild horses and burros nationally
on Western ranges, but an independent
statistical review,
using the BLM's own numbers, reveals a
population of less than 18,000.
The BLM has stockpiled over 40,000 wild
horses and burros in costly government
holding, leaving millions of their
homeland acres empty or devoted to
livestock.
Please come help us in supporting and
giving voice to our nation's last
vestiges of our free wild horses and
burros.
Schedule of Events:
Thursday, March 10th:
11:30am - 12:30pm: Press conference at
the Phoenix Downtown Sheraton Hotel, 340
N. 3rd St, South Mountain Room.
1:00pm - 5:00pm: BLM Advisory Board
Meeting begins in a hotel conference
room.
7:00pm - 8:00pm: Candlelight vigil for
the wild horses and burros who have died
and suffered at the hands of the BLM,
beginning in front of the Sheraton.
Friday, March 11th:
8:00am - 9:00am: BLM Advisory Board
Meeting resumes.
9:00am - 12:00pm: Public comment period
of meeting.
12:00pm - 2:00pm: Demonstration/rally
beginning in front of the Sheraton.
1:00pm - 5:00pm: BLM Advisory Board
Meeting concludes.
We hope to see you there!
Just wanted to let you know that my good friend, Jeff Connors, will be at the High Noon Show and Auction in Mesa next weekend to auction off one of the two rifles his dad, Chuck Connors, used on his TV show, The Rifleman. Jeff also commissioned an Italian gun maker to make a replica which will also be auctioned off that night as well. These are authentic pieces of wonderful Americana, especially for a whole generation of baby boomers!
If you are a gun collector or you know of any gun collectors (such as Hank Jr., or the owner of Cimarron Rifles) who might be interested in bidding on these rifles, please let them know about the auction which will be next Saturday night. I'm sure you can phone in bids too so you don't actually have to be there to win one. Would of course make a great addition to most any western museum too.
Annie Bianco Ellett, Cowboy Mounted Shooting Association (CMSA) World Champion Cowgirl and Single Action Shooting Society (SASS) Overall World Champion, is perhaps the most recognized person in all of cowboy mounted shooting and has helped revolutionize the sport. She is the first and only woman in mounted shooting to win a world title overall. Annie travels the country competing and offering shooting seminars. Her student following is world wide. Annie’s shooting and riding skills have been featured on ESPN, Outdoor Life Network, TNN and Fox Sports Television, and she is the official shooting instructor in CMT’s hit reality show “Cowboy U.” She is also staring as one of the three judges in the New CMT show "Americas Top Cowboy. Articles about her have appeared in numerous books, and worldwide magazines, where she has graced many of the covers. No stranger to the spotlight, Annie has had a successful career in modeling that has spanned two decades, and was recognized as one of Daimler Chrysler’s Top Presenters at Automotive New Product & Concept Introductions Nationwide. She has a marketing degree from Saint Mary’s Notre Dame, South Bend, Indiana. Annie was the front-woman for the PRCA Team Colt Rodeo program.
Annie is currently the National spokesperson for CMSA and was inducted into their Hall of Fame in 2007, She’s a Wrangler endorsee and a member of the Prestigious Cimarron Firearms Team of World Champions. She was honored as one of the judges for the Miss Rodeo America Contest during the 2007 WNFR. As a shooting enthusiast, she is a member of the National Rifle Association and SASS. She is also a lifetime American Quarter Horse Association (AQHA) and American Paint Horse Association member in the horse world. Her world and national champion AQHA foundation stallion, El Costa Prom is highly sought for breeding across the country and is the "winningest" horse in the sport of mounted shooting. Annie makes her home at her ranch in Cave Creek, Arizona with daughter Sierra Lyn and husband Dave Ellett, retired National Hockey League Allstar and owner of the New Mexico Scorpions Hockey Franchise.
Jeff Chadwick Director of Western Events Wrangler
PBR – PRCA – Toughest Cowboy
Miss Rodeo USA Program – NFR Vegas
Jeff Chadwick is no stranger to Pro Rodeo. He started off as a Professional Rodeo Cowboy competing on the national stage decades ago. Today, Jeff heads up Wranglers professional rodeo management team, a role that places Jeff in charge of all of Wranglers sponsored riders, events and western promotions. It was Jeff’s dream to create a program that mirrored the signature “Tough Enough To Wear Pink” fund raising campaign, which to date has raised millions for Breast Cancer Research. Working with Robi Powers, of The Warrior Tours nonprofit along with Senior Management at the VF Corporation, we are now on the cusp of seeing a dream become reality. In the early summer of 2010 the first ‘Wranlger National Patriot’ custom western apparel items will be available across America. The goal is simple- Raise Millions of Dollars for Fallen and Wounded Service Members and their Families. Jeff and his staff at Wrangler are passionate about their love of America and its greatest heroes of all – Our Volunteer Service Members and their Families, Employers and Friends. Jeff will be active in ensuring that Armed Forces Entertainment Staffers and MWR Military Liaisons have all the necessary tools at hand to provide deployed service members access to information about this new campaign. He will also be on hand to work with Anne and Kaycee to teach interested service members a ‘thing or two’ about roping, rodeo’n and championship belt buckles of the NFR and PBR Circuits.
Natalie Johnson Ms Wrangler National Patriot 2010
Phoenix Arizona
Natalie is a former Ms Rodeo Arizona. As a 20 year old she spends the vast amount of her time riding horses, volunteering with local charities and saluting our Nation’s Service Members. Natalie nearly grew up on horses...and finds herself pursuing a career in Rodeo mapped out for her by Annie Bianco-Ellett, who Natalie looks up to as a mentor, friend and coach.
The Wrangler National Patriot Staff is pleased to announce Natalie as the first ever ‘Ms Wrangler National Patriot’ ... and looks forward to showcasing her patriotism and outward love of our Men and Women who serve our country in the Armed Forces throughout the 2010 Professional Rodeo Season!
Kaycee Feild Collegiate National Champion
Current World Ranking - 1st
3rd in the World 2009
Every cowboy or cowgirl has memories of the first time that he or she walked into the Thomas & Mack Arena in Las Vegas as a competitor in the Wranglers National Finals Rodeo, the Super Bowl of the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association. Kaycee Feild, of Payson, Utah, is no different, talking about “getting chills up my spine,” in 2008 when he stepped behind the chutes for the first time as a professional. It wasn’t his first trip to Sin City, though. Throughout the 1980s, Feild made annual trips to the desert to accompany his father, Lewis, a five-time world champion (all-around 1985-87, bareback riding 1985-86) and member of the PRCA Hall of Fame.
After leaving the circuit, Lewis Feild moved into coaching at Utah Valley State College, retiring in 2008, the same year that Kaycee Feild won the College National Finals bareback championship. “I had the best coach in the world,” Feild said Saturday night after earning an 82-ponit score on a reride in the bareback competition during the second round of the 77th SandHills Stock Show and Rodeo at the Ector County Coliseum. “He’s one of my biggest supporters and to be able to walk into the arena in Las Vegas, knowing that my father had competed there and won, was the thrill of a lifetime. It’s something that I’ll always remember. Feild, however, did more than just show up the National Finals Rodeo the past two years, he made sure that everyone understood he was there for a reason.
In 2008, after five so-so rounds, Feild won the sixth round with a 90.5-point ride on Wise Guy and then placed in three more rounds before the end of the event, finishing eighth in the world. Last year, after entering the NFR in seventh place, Feild won the second round with an 89-point ride on Dusty Dan and placed in three other rounds to move up to third in the final stands for 2009. “It’s an great experience to make the (victory) lap after winning at the NFR,” Feild said. “When I would go with my dad, it was something that you dream about and to do it both years is great.” Feild also learned that life on the chute side of the arena is much different than sitting in the stands for 10 nights. In 2008, the then 21-year old experienced all the nightlife that Las Vegas had to offer — and paid for in during the later rounds of the competition. “By the eighth and ninth rounds, I was really sore because I was just competing, then going out and then laying around during the day waiting for the performance.
“Last year, we planned things during the day to get up and moving around, so we were asleep a lot earlier and I felt a lot better. It’s something that you don’t understand until you’ve been through the NFR and 10 straight days.”
Levi
Strauss and Jacob Davis receive patent for blue
jeans
In 1873, San Francisco businessman Levi Strauss
and Reno, Nevada, tailor Jacob Davis are given a
patent to create work pants reinforced with
metal rivets, marking the birth of one of the
world's most famous garments: blue jeans.
Born Loeb Strauss in Buttenheim, Bavaria, in
1829, the young Strauss immigrated to New York
with his family in 1847 after the death of his
father. By 1850, Loeb had changed his name to
Levi and was working in the family dry goods
business, J. Strauss Brother & Co. In early
1853, Levi Strauss went west to seek his fortune
during the heady days of the Gold Rush.
In San Francisco, Strauss established a
wholesale dry goods business under his own name
and worked as the West Coast representative of
his family's firm. His new business imported
clothing, fabric and other dry goods to sell in
the small stores opening all over California and
other Western states to supply the rapidly
expanding communities of gold miners and other
settlers. By 1866, Strauss had moved his company
to expanded headquarters and was a well-known
businessman and supporter of the Jewish
community in San Francisco.
Jacob Davis, a tailor in Reno, Nevada, was one
of Levi Strauss' regular customers. In 1872, he
wrote a letter to Strauss about his method of
making work pants with metal rivets on the
stress points--at the corners of the pockets and
the base of the button fly--to make them
stronger. As Davis didn't have the money for the
necessary paperwork, he suggested that Strauss
provide the funds and that the two men get the
patent together. Strauss agreed
enthusiastically, and the patent for
"Improvement in Fastening Pocket-Openings"--the
innovation that would produce blue jeans as we
know them--was granted to both men on May 20,
1873.
Strauss brought Davis to San Francisco to
oversee the first manufacturing facility for
"waist overalls," as the original jeans were
known. At first they employed seamstresses
working out of their homes, but by the 1880s,
Strauss had opened his own factory. The famous
501 brand jean--known until 1890 as "XX"--was
soon a bestseller, and the company grew quickly.
By the 1920s, Levi's denim waist overalls were
the top-selling men's work pant in the United
States. As decades passed, the craze only grew,
and now blue jeans are worn by men and women,
young and old, around the world.
Victory is won not in miles, but in inches.
Win a little now, hold your ground, and
later, win a little more.— Louis L’Amour
Western Coen Brothers Style with Classic John Wayne "True Grit" Remake
We read in the New York Times that the Coen brothers' are working on a remake of "True Grit" "True Grit" is scheduled to hit theaters at the end of this year, on December 25.
This is great news for western aficionados wanting westerns introduced to another generation who seem more preoccupied in the science fiction and fantasy of the future than the history of their ancestors past. Coens are capable of making a film the next generation will embrace and maybe open the door a crack for more westerns.
Jeff Bridges reunites with the Coens, taking the Rooster Cogburn role that was previously made famous by screen legend John Wayne. Also cast are Matt Damon and Josh Brolin, as Cogburn sidekick La Boeuf and main villain Tom Chaney, respectively. An unknown actress, Hailee Stanfield. 13-years-old, has been cast for the character of Mattie Ross.
"True Grit" is the story of Mattie Ross, a teenage girl who convinces Cogburn to help her find justice for the murder of her father at the hands of Chaney. Also investigating the crime is Damon's character, a Texas Ranger, whose idea of justice is more within the bounds of U.S. law than Ross and Cogburn's.
If you have never seen the original John Wayne "True Grit" movie, pick it up at BlockBluster or in the discount bin at Wal-Mart. It's a classic worth viewing over and over again.
Reenactor
Guild of America Apr 30-May
2 Jean NV Gold Strike Hotel
Head for
Jean NV From April 30th
to May 2nd, 2010.
Join us for three fun filled
days of re-living the "Old
West" as you walk the
streets of the Tent City and
see Artisans, Mountain Men,
Gunfighters, Indians, Civil
War Soldiers, Gold Miners
and more as they live the
life of the 1800's. Join in
the Fast Draw contest and
test your skills against the
best with a gun! Fun for all
ages that doesn't stop when
the sun sets. The Gold
Strike Hotel and Gambling
Hall is open 24/7 to
entertain you at the
greatest event of the year
in Jean, NV!
That’s right The
Reenactment Guild of America
presents the 2010 Grand
National Competition at the
Gold Strike Hotel &
Gambling Hall. Welcome to
everyone, the first
Southwest gathering of the
“Old West“; Jean Nevada
Style.
This event holds the promise
that the streets of Old
Jean, Nevada will have you
stepping back to days long
passed. Gunfighters, Chuck
Wagons, Living History
Encampments include Mountain
Men, Native Americans….
Teepees’ and all.
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Mark
Everett Guardians of the Grain CD Review
by
LeeAnn Sharpe
“Guardians of the Grain”
by Mark Everett hit the market this month with 12 of the
most delicious new tracks you could ever hear. Everett’s
beautifully deep resonating voice brings life to
articulately crafted lyrics telling stories in these
ballads. Those with a love for history and bygone years
will enjoy his nostalgic lines. Danceable and catchy,
you will find yourself singing along in no time. He
engages a theme of longing for the kinder gentler world
of the past and offering hope for the future. Story
Continues
Panoramic Horizons
Magazine promotes many causes and supports new products and companies at
little or no cost.
Therefore you are likely to read about events, people and products not
seen elsewhere.
Just wanted to let you know that my good friend, Jeff Connors, will be at the High Noon Show and Auction in Mesa next weekend to auction off one of the two rifles his dad, 
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