NEW STAMP UNVEILED
Denver-raised actress honored
Tonight at the National Western’s first-ever Martin Luther King Jr. African-American Heritage Rodeo, the U.S. Postal Service will unveil the newest Black Heritage series stamp, featuring Hattie McDaniel, who grew up in Denver and was the first African-American to win an Academy Award, for Best Supporting Actress in “Gone With the Wind.”
The new stamp will be available Jan. 26.
FIRST RODEO
Deer Trail started it all
Deer Trail, in eastern Arapahoe County, was an early cow town thanks to the Kansas Pacific Railway, which came through in 1869 and was soon followed by a depot and a stockyard.
Thousands of cattle, horses and cowboys poured in, and on July 4, 1869, men from various camps made bets on the best rider, roper and wrangler – what many consider to be the first rodeo in the United States.
An Englishman named Emil Gardenshire rode Montana Blizzard for 15 minutes and was named “Champion Bronco Buster of the Plains.”
Source: “Riding High” by Tom Noel
100 AND COUNTING: NUMBERS FROM THE NWSS
15,000 Total animals
16 Days of NWSS
84.1 Millions of dollars in economic impact
620,000 Visitors come
40 Countries they come from
SOLID REMINDER
Western art highlights bison
“On the Wind” is a new 10-by-13-foot, 3,000-pound bronze North American bison, commissioned from renowned cowboy artist T.D. Kelsey.
James J. Volker made the public art possible, and it will be displayed at the Colorado History Museum’s public plaza near the corner of 13th Avenue and Broadway in Denver.
T.D. Kelsey is the featured artist of this year’s Coors Western Art Exhibit & Sale at the National Western.
Today’s events
8 a.m. – Cutting
– Denver National Maine-Anjou Show
– Hunter Classes
– National Red Angus Pen Bull/Female Show
8:30 a.m. – National Charolais Show
– Simmental Pen Bull Show
Noon – National Red Angus Mile High Classic Female Sale
1 p.m. – Super Dogs
– Shorthorn Bull Show
2 p.m. – ProRodeo
3 p.m. – National Red Angus Jr. Stockgrowers Activities
4 p.m. – Simmental Sale
6 p.m. – Junior Market Swine Showmanship
7 p.m. – $35,000 Jack Daniel’s Grand Prix
– Martin Luther King Jr. African-American Heritage Rodeo
