Cowboy Park : Steer-Roping on the Border

John O Baxter

ISBN 10: 0896726428 / ISBN 13: 9780896726420

Published by Texas Tech University Press Dez 2008, 2008

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Neuware - A century ago, when Texas, New Mexico, and Arizona outlawed steer roping contests, there was one place a southwestern roper could go to hone his skills: Cowboy Park, the arena established in 1907 in Ciudad Jurez, Mexico, just across the Rio Grande from El Paso, Texas. During the formative years of rodeo that preceded the first Calgary Stampede in 1912, Cowboy Park promoted the sport of steer roping and provided a ready training ground for up-and-coming champions. From its inception until growing political turmoil in Mexico brought the enterprise to a halt, Cowboy Park kept the sport alive and fostered celebrity - its alumni swept the first prizes in Calgary and continued to dominate for some years. This unique institution, despite its significant influence on the future of rodeo, has until now received scant attention. Through the history he has recovered and photographs - many published here for the first time - John Baxter documents and illuminates the era of Cowboy Park and the early champions who won their spurs there.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Cowboy Park : Steer-Roping on the Border
• Publisher: Texas Tech University Press Dez 2008
• Publication Date: 2008
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0896726428
• ISBN 13: 9780896726420
• Binding: Buch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 211W x 161H x 23D millimeters 211 millimeters width by 161 millimeters height by 23 millimeters depth
• Weight: 481 grams

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Synopsis

A century ago, when Texas, New Mexico, and Arizona outlawed steer roping contests, there was one place a southwestern roper could go to hone his skills: Cowboy Park, the arena established in 1907 in Ciudad Juárez, Mexico, just across the Rio Grande from El Paso, Texas.During the formative years of rodeo that preceded the first Calgary Stampede in 1912, Cowboy Park promoted the sport of steer roping and provided a ready training ground for up-and-coming champions. From its inception until growing political turmoil in Mexico brought the enterprise to a halt, Cowboy Park kept the sport alive and fostered celebrity―its “alumni” swept the first prizes in Calgary and continued to dominate for some years. This unique institution, despite its significant influence on the future of rodeo, has until now received scant attention.Through the history he has recovered and photographs―many published here for the first time―John Baxter documents and illuminates the era of Cowboy Park and the early champions who won their spurs there.“Rodeo fans will find some familiar names . . . and places here―Guy Weadick, Zack and Lucille Mulhall, Bill Pickett, Will Rogers, Fog Horn Clancy, Guy Allen, Dan Patch, and Calgary, Pendleton, and Cheyenne. But most of the names will be unfamiliar, all but forgotten in the annals of early rodeo. [Baxter’s] penetrating and original research is underpinned by the use of nearly fifty different newspapers from around the country.” ―Richard W. Slatta, from the foreword

About the Author

John O. Baxter is an expert in water rights and other aspects of the history, culture, and law of the Southwest. A former archivist and historian for the State of New Mexico, Baxter holds the Ph.D. from the University of New Mexico and is the author of Dividing New Mexico’s Waters, 1700–1912 and Las Carneradas: Sheep Trade in New Mexico, 1700–1860. He lives in Santa Fe, New Mexico.Richard W. Slatta is professor of history at North Carolina State University. He is the author of eight books, including Cowboy: The Illustrated History, and more than 250 articles and reviews. He lives in Raleigh, North Carolina.