The Nevada Historical Society, located in Reno, NV, has a new exhibit titled "Cowboy Up! One Hundred Years of Rodeo". The exhibit brings an opportunity to people who know rodeo to see things they've never seen before. For those who don't know rodeo, the exhibit traces the sport from its beginnings in the late 1800s to its modern-day status as a spectator sport.

The exhibit was assembled with artifacts loaned from private collector, the ProRodeo hall of Fame, National cowboy and Western Heritage Museum, and the Cowgirl Hall of Fame, among other sources. The exhibit includes a ranching section, detailing how rodeo began as competition between cattle ranches, and how rodeo became a spectator sport in the early 900s.

The exhibition also details the debut of professional cowboys - the Cowboy Turtles Association (called that because they were real slow in getting started), and the organizations change into the PRCA, with more than 11,000 cowboy and cowgirl members.

This Will James drawing is part of the "Cowboy Up! One Hundred Years of Rodeo" exhibit.
(Story and print extracted from a story in the Sunday, June 17, 2001 Las Vegas Review-Journal by Guy Clifton)

Trivia Question Other than the United States, from what country do most visitors to www.cowboyartshow.com come?

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Scene from the Wrangler ProRodeo Tour Winter series final - Las Vegas Nevada

Jesse Bail didn't make 8 seconds on Mighty Whitey, but advanced to the final round based on his previous scores. (Photo by Amy Beth Bennett, Review-Journal)

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Trivia Answer: Australia - where there's a big interest in rodeo.

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