WYOMING'S FRONTIER DAYS CELEBRATES OLD WEST.Byline: Daily News Cheyenne Frontier Days Cheyenne Frontier Days, held annually since 1897, in Cheyenne, Wyoming, USA, claims to be the largest outdoor rodeo and western celebration in the world. The event, which always occurs during 10 days of July, centered around the last full week in July, draws an estimated 300,000 , Wyoming's annual outdoor rodeo and western celebration, will bust loose for the 100th time on July 19. The centennial edition of the annual event will run for 10 days, closing with a championship rodeo-go-round July 28. More than 1,100 cowboys and cowgirls The following list of cowboys and cowgirls from the frontier era of the American West (approximately 1830 to 1910) was compiled to show examples of the cowboy and cowgirl genre. Cattlemen, ranchers, and cowboys
Rodeos will be held every afternoon July 20-28. After hours Adv. 1. after hours - not during regular hours; "he often worked after hours" , country and western music fans can catch chuckwagon races, American Indian American Indian or Native American or Amerindian or indigenous American Any member of the various aboriginal peoples of the Western Hemisphere, with the exception of the Eskimos (Inuit) and the Aleuts. dancers, and such artists as Garth Brooks, George Strait George Harvey Strait, (born May 18, 1952), is an American country music singer. The native Texan is known for his honky tonk country western sound. Strait is sometimes referred to as the "King of Country" and some critics call Strait a living legend (Bego, 2001). , Brooks & Dunn, Vince Gill, Alabama, Kathy Mattea, Terry Clark, Randy Travis, Mark Chesnutt, Sawyer Brown, Charlie Daniels and Wynonna. Daytime events include four grand parades and pancake breakfasts, authentic American Indian crafts and foods, Old West gunfights, western fashion shows, air shows by the U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds and chili cookoff contests. For information and tickets, call (800) 227-6336. |
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