Rodeo performers
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Arthur Shoemaker Collection on Henry Grammer
Collection
Identifier: 2003-232
Abstract
A research collection documenting the short, tumultuous life of rodeo performer Henry Grammer assembled by Oklahoma writer and amateur historian Arthur Shoemaker. The collection includes correspondence, photocopied clippings, interview notes, photographs, and other material documenting the life and times of Grammer. Shoemaker’s handwritten and typed notes and timelines help amplify and summarize the research material. In addition, other members of the Grammer family and related topics such...
Dates:
1902 - 2000
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
- National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum
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