Pikes Peak or Bust Rodeo

Pikes Peak or Bust Rodeo is a rodeo that takes place in Colorado Springs, Colorado every July. It used to be sanctioned by the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association (PRCA). Starting in 2014, it will no longer be partnered with the PRCA. The rodeo dates back to 1937.[1][2] In 2008, it was inducted into the PRCA Hall of Fame.[3][4]

In 1923, the journalist and university professor Elmo Scott Watson, former staff writer for Colorado Springs Gazette and Telegraph, met the old-time cowboy Frank H. Maynard, who was working as a nightwatchman at the rodeo. Watson's article on Maynard, published in 1924, brought national attention to both men.[5]

References

  1. ↑ "49th Annual Street Breakfast A Huge Success". Kktv.com. Retrieved 2013-07-04.
  2. ↑ "NewsLibrary.com - newspaper archive, clipping service - newspapers and other news sources". Nl.newsbank.com. 2003-08-09. Retrieved 2013-07-04.
  3. ↑ "Home - Pikes Peak or Bust Rodeo". Coloradospringsrodeo.com. Retrieved 2013-07-04.
  4. ↑ Mario Aguirre (July 6, 2008). "Rodeo Heeding its own Advice: Event breaks from herd with new schedule". The Gazette (accessed via HighBeam Research). Colorado Springs, CO. Retrieved July 3, 2013.
  5. ↑ Frank H. Maynard, Cowboy's Lament: A Life on the Open Range (Lubbock, Texas: Texas Tech University Press, 2010), p. 29, ISBN 978-0-89672-705-2

Coordinates: 38°49′23″N 104°50′56″W / 38.82296°N 104.84882°W / 38.82296; -104.84882

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