National Day of the American Cowboy

July 26, 2008
12:00 - 4:00 p.m.

The late Senator Craig Thomas (R-Wyoming) sponsored Senate Resolution 130 to name the fourth Saturday of every July as the "National Day of the American Cowboy." Set aside as an official day "to honor and remember the contributions of the cowboy into the history of the American West, and to encourage Americans to live the values and the code of the cowboy."

The Buffalo Bill Historical Center is hosting rodeo clowns, a children's rodeo, music, gallery presentations,a roundtable discussion and other activities associated with this special day.

SCHEDULE OF EVENTS

Cowboy Music – noon– 2 p.m.
Fiddler Adam McOwen and guitarist Tim Bushnell from "Dan Miller's Cowboy Music Revue"

Little Pokes Rodeo – Braun Garden – 1– 4 p.m.
Stick horse barrel racing @ 2 and 3 p.m.
Calf-in-a-bale roping
Rodeo clown face painting
Bucking bronc training
Photos with Buford the Bull & Tootie the Pony

Gallery Spotlights
Wearing the White Hat: The Cowboy Hero – 10 a.m., Buffalo Bill Museum
The Chuckwagon: The Heart and Soul of the Roundup – 11 a.m., Buffalo Bill Museum
Hollywood's West – noon, Cody Firearms Museum
Bill Nye's "The Cowboy Scourge" – 3 p.m., Buffalo Bill Museum

Ranchers Roundtable – John Bunker Sands Photography Gallery– 2–3 p.m.
A disscussion of ranching life with local people.

Our Partners

The Buffalo Bill Historical Center presents the National Day of the American Cowboy in partnership with the Cody Enterprise, Cody Nite Rodeo, and The Dude Ranchers' Association. Thank you!
Dude Ranchers Association

More Information

Learn more at the National Day of the American Cowboy Web site.

For more information, please contact Nancy McClure or by phone, 307.578.4102.

Tim McCoy rides Star in downtown Cody, Wyoming, 1908. Brownie Newton Photograph.