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IT ALL BEGAN IN PECOS!

Tpoda Spectacular Rodeo -- A the first public contests -- with prized
Genuinely Exciting Exhibition by Some offered as AN indentively ... Probably took
of The World's Greatest Riders and place ON July 4, 1883,IN AN open field
Ropers - Was originally A contest enar the courthouse OF pecos, texas,
of skill between cowhands AT the end
of the arduous semi annual roundups,

Five years Later AN innovation was It is estimated THAT more THAN 350
added when, AT the rodeo held IN rodeos were held IN the U. s. AND
Prescott, ARIZONA TERRITORY, AN CANADA during 1961.
Admission FEE was charged for the largesdt FAMED events Lll<E the
the first time. Calgary (Alberta) Stampede, the
The PUBLIC quickly FELL in Loe Pendelton TON ( (Oregon) ROUNDUP, and
WITH the flamoyanat exhibition the Cheyenne (Wyoming) Frontier
AND rodeos were soon being Days - are seen by as MANY as 60,000
staged b many other towns IN to 80.,000Spectators !
teh dcattle-raising areas OF the mostd celebrated DF ALL, OF
THE artipact | Jasper course, is THE world's .CHAMPIONSHIP
rodeo, held AT Madison Square
Garden IN new york city!