Rodeos -- Colorado -- Colorado Springs
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Bruce McCarroll Collection of the Bonnie & Frank McCarroll Rodeo Archives
Collection
Identifier: RC2006-076
Abstract
The married rodeo partners, Frank and Bonnie McCarroll, were an extremely popular and successful pair during the 1910s and 1920s. Frank was known for his bulldogging abilities and Bonnie for her trick riding, steer riding, and saddle bronc riding prowess.Bonnie’s death due to injuries sustained in a bronc riding wreck in 1929 at the Pendleton Round-Up was a significant event, a turning point for women in the rodeo. It marked the beginning of the end for cowgirl participation in...
Dates:
circa 1900-circa 1940
"Pikes Peak or Bust" Rodeo Programs
Collection
Identifier: RC2014-006
Scope and Contents
The Pikes Peaks or Bust Rodeo Programs collection contains programs, daily sheets, and newspapers pertaining to the Pikes Peak or Bust Annual Rodeo in Colorado Springs, Colorado, from 1948-1990, excluding 1989.
Dates:
1948 - 1990
Ralph R. Doubleday Rodeo Photographs
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 1979-026
Abstract
This collection contains 4,003 photographs taken by rodeo photographer Ralph R. Doubleday.
Dates:
circa 1910-1955
- National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum
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